The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-28
BEST IN ITS HISTORY
Y. NJ. c. A. CELEBRATES CLOSE OF
ITS MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
YEARS REPORT AND ADDRESS.
GIVEN IN THIRTEEN OF THE PRIN-
CIPAL CHURCHES OF THE CITY.

The Speakers Among the Most Prom
inent Y. Vi. c. A. Men of the south.
Told of the Work of the Organiza-
ton and of the Need of New
BuiIding-President Stubbs Sub
mits a Report showing Work OF
Each Branch of the Association
and Its Present Financial stand
ing-Messrs. j. v. Read and G. l..
Gates to BE Present at Annual
Meeting of Directors.
In thirteen OF the principal churches
OF Savannah yesterday at least one of
the chief services of the day was de-
voted to the consideration of Y. NJ. C.
A. matters. In each of these the an
nual report of Mr.. w. B. Stubs, pres
ident of the Savannah association, was
read by one of the directors, and the
work, usefulness and future OF the az
phases by some Of the most prominent
Y NJ. C. A. workers of the South.
The occasion of these addresses was
the celebration of the fifteenth ami
versary of the Y. NJ. c. A. in Savan-
nah, since reorganization, and the fact
that the past year has been the best
in its history The great majority of
the visitors took occasion to congrat-
ulate Secretary H. M. Johnson, and
the other officers upon the very excel
lent showing that has been made.
Those that took part in the services
were Mr.. c. l.. Gates, international
secretary for the South. who spoke in
the morning at the Independent Pres
byterian Church, where the report of
President Stubs was read by Mr.. c.
G. Bell, and again in the afternoon, at
the mems meeting in the rooms of the
association Mr.. w. B. Stubs, who
was the association speaker in the
First Baptist Church, at night, when
the report was read by Mr.. C. L. Full
ton. and Mr.. A. c. Bridgman, general
secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A. in Column
bia, who delivered an address at the
morning service at the Duffy Street
Baptist Church, where the report was
read by Mr.. A. Earle.
Another prominent speaker Of the
occasion was State Secretary ]. V.
Read, who delivered an address in
Trinity Church, in the morning. and
in Grace at night; the report vas read
respectively by Rev. Bascom Anthony
and by Mr. B. F. Finney..
Mr.. D. E. Luther, general secretary
of the Atlanta Y. M. C. A, spoke at
the night service in Wesley Monument
al Church, and the report was read by
Capt. w. B. Stephens. Mr. Luther
also spoke at the morning service in
Epworth Methodist Church. where the
report was read by Mr. H. NJ. Johnson.
At the morning service in Christ
Church Mr.. e. H. Thornton of Atlanta
was the Y. M C. A. speaker, while
the report was read by Mr.. f. S. Ell
lott. Mr.. Thornton spoke also at the
night service of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church. In the First
Presbyterian, at the morning service,
an address was made by Mr.. Stubs
and the report read by Mr.. Walter E.
Coney.
Mr.. e. S. McFadden, general secre-
tary of the Macon Y. M. G. A, spoke
at the morning service in the Lutheran
Church of the Ascension. and at the
night service in st. Paul's Lutheran
Church, where the report was read, re-
spectively, by Capt. w. N. Nichols and
Dr. w. F. Galloway. The service at
the Southside Baptist Church was at
night and consisted of Mr.. H. NJ.
Johnson'S illustrated lecture on the
history and work of the Y. M. c. A,
and reading of the report by Mr..
Charles Inglesby. A service, conduct
ed by Mr.. Bridgman. also was held
before the Army Branch, Y. M. G. A,
at Fort Screven.
All of the speakers are of the opin-
ion that the Y. NJ. c. A. of Savannah
needs and deserves a new building and
this fact they impressed upon their
hearers. Also many of them attended
a conference held in the association
rooms in the afternoon during which
| this matter was discussed. Those pres
ent at this meeting were Messrs. w. B.
Stubs, H. d. Stevens, G. M. Gilbert
! James Earle, G. l.. Gates, ]. V. Reed
! e. H. Thornton, d. f. Luther, Z. S
! McFadden and H. NJ Johnson.
Messrs. Read and Gates Will remain
| in Savannah to be present at the an
nual meeting, and the election of d.
rectors of the association, which will
be held tomorrow night. Two of the
gentlemen, Messrs. J. f. Beck and e
II. Fraser of Atlanta, were unavoiad-
ably prevented from coming to Savan.
nah.