The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1903-04-30
WOMAh'S FOREIGN
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
A Large Attendance of
the Conference BY
Delegates.

JO~AOSJ "a OAAC ANOA va \ANOA 81 N<OAkCACliQC
convened in annual session at the Meth
odist church on Thursday evening.
After prayer and song, DR.. S. B. Led
better, presiding elder of the Marietta
district, in behalf of the district ard
Mrs. w. r. Power the district secre-
tary, extended cordial and humorous
welcome to the visiting delegates. Rev.
j. M. White gave avery able address
of welcome in behalf of the church and
city; Mrs. w. L. Richardson in behalf
of the Methodist local society; Miss
Susie Anderson in behalf of the Young
Peoples Society little Ruth Stephens
in behalf of the Juvenile Society Mrs.
w. ]. Hudson in behalf of the Baptist
Missionary Society, and Mrs. Siler in
behalf of the Presby terrain Missionary
Society. Miss May Cole represented
the Episcopal Society.
Miss Jennie Armstrong, of Atlanta, II
very gifted young woman, responded
to the greetings of welcome in most
felicitous remarks, making fine i'm
! preston upon the audience.
Mrs. Lovejoy, President of the soci-
ETY., presided and concluded the even
ings exercises.
present who delivered addresses-Mrs.
M. d. Wrightman, of Charleston, S. c.,
President tof the Woman's Board of
Foreign Missions; MISS Bell Bennett,
of Richmond, Va, President of the
Woman's Board of Home Missions !;
Mrs. H. S. Bradley, ST., of Atlanta !;
Miss M. L. Gibson, President of the
Scarritt Bible and Training School of
Kansas City, Mo-, Mrs. Young J. Allen,
Mrs. George Il. Loehr, returned mis-
sionaries. Mrs. w. B. Higginbotham,
Mrs. Luke Johnson, Blackboard Talk" !;
paper on missions by Miss Margaret
Cook and also talks by Mrs. g. }. Fore
acre, Miss Jennie Armstrong, Miss A..
M. Barnes, Mrs. A. II. Byers and others.
Rev. ]. F. Nixon delivered az ad-
dress on Cuba !; devotional exercises by
Rev. v E. Manget, and address by DR..
Lovett of Wesleyan Advocate.
Sunday morning the service was
| largely attended, the house being
crowded beyond its seating capacity
DR.. d. c. Kelley, of Nashville, formerly
missionary in China, delivered mag
nificent sermon, of great power and
excellence.
Sunday night another immense au-
dience was present and several remi-
niscent talks were made.
One of the best talks during the con-
ference was by Miss Daisy Davies on
Friday night.
The report of the conference cores
ponding secretary, Mrs. E. A. Gray,
showed an increase of one thousand
members in the conference during the
year with proportionate increase in
the amounn of money raised. North
| Georgia has six missionaries in the for.
eign field. An earnest desire was ex-
pressed that some young woman of the
conference present herself as candi-
date for the Scarritt Bible and Train
! ing School.
The report of assistant corresponding
secretary, Miss Sallie Stewart, gave
evidence of Jealous work in the distri-
button of literature.
The conference treasurer, Miss Mary
Wikle, reported $l2 ,628.12 raised by all
the auxiliaries.
The Atlanta district leads with the
sum of $3,025 80 to her credit; the next
being Athens district, with $1,793. 10.
The reports of the several district Sec
retaries showed splendid work.
A pleasant reminder of the silver an
niversary was the gift to the society of
q silver goblet by Mr. and Mrs. Len
Baldwin, OF Marietta. Many silver Of
ferings in money Sunday night were in
evidence.
Mrs. H. S. Bradley, of Atlanta, in
leading devotional service, spoke
straight from the shoulder in her re-
marks on the duty of women and
church members with regard to card
playing, etc.
Mrs. George Loehr, wife of one of our
missionaries to China, in short talk
impressed her hearers with the great
need of more money and more workers
for the successful furtherance of the
! work.
The singing'of Miss Julia Till, of At
lanta, wassa marked feature of the con-
ference, especially on Sunday.
The lectures by Mrs. Simeon Shaw
OIL Japan and Mrs Loehr on China Sun
fternoon, and address by Miss
Awere quite interesting.