The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-23
MEETING TO END TO-DAY
FRIENDS WILL BRING THEIR SEES.
SION AT PLAINFIELD TO A CLOSE.
Interest Continues Unabated-Reports
from Various Departments Indicate
Growth and AdvancemeAt.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PLAINFIELD, Ind. Sept 22.-Thoush
several delegates have returned to their
homes interest in the various departments
of work continues undated. With the
closing session of this assembly western
Yearly Meeting will come under the adj
ministration of the uniform discipline. Q
common declaration of faith and doctrine
prepared and approved by the Five Years
Meeting and adopted by a majority OF
Friends in America. Several important
points Of business have come up for con-
sideration as the transition Is being made
from the old discipline to the uniform dis
cipline, but exceptional harmony has pre-
vailed throughout the different sessions.
At the suggestion OF Drusilla Wilson. the
veteran temperance worker. the Yearly
Meeting, by an almost unanimous VOTE In
dorsed the work being done by the w. c.
T. u. for the suppression Of the liquor
traffic. Mrs. Orville Jones sang a beauti-
full solo. The address Of the evening was
given by Oliver w. Stuart. Of Chicago.
chairman of the national Prohibition COM
mittee and a member of the Illinois Legis-
lature. He spoke for an hour on THE
Duty of the Christian Citizen in Reference
to the Saloon" A pleasing humor made
more emphatic the strong arguments con-
tanned in his address The large audience
heartily Endorsed the sentiments expressed.
The o'clock meeting. in which James r.
Jones and Carrie L. Jones. Of North Caro-
lima, and Nathan Frame, Of Wilmington,
were speakers, was one OF the best yet
of William p. Pinkham and John Kittrell
followed
The regular business session opened with
a time of earnest prayer, led by David
Latum, of Chicago. Before taking up the
full programme Lewis E.. Stuart, the pre-
siding clerk, introduced to the audience
Willis r. Hotchkiss. Of the African In
dustrial Mission. The clerk also announced
Charles Z. Cosand. principal Of Central
years work in Central Academy, but owing
to severe burns received by Mr.. Cosand,
owing to the explosion Of a lamp, he will
be unable TO do school work for week or
more.
Joseph r. Evans. of indianapolis. made
his twentieth annual report as treasurer OF
Western Yearly Meeting. The report
showed the expenditures of the year TO be
S. 763. %, leaving a balance on hand OF
81, 1854. Mr.. Evans was reappointed treas
urer. the appropriations to the various de-
partnents of work made and the quarterly
meetings directed to collect and forward TO
the treasurer their respective apportion-
ments Of $500 for the needs OF the coming
| year.
The nominating committee on printing re-
| ported the following: Lewis Z. Stout ana
| ID. w. Edwards for term of one year;
Milton Hanson and Lydia Taylor Painter
| for two years, and Ida c. Doan and Syl-
vester Newlin for three years.
Drusilla Wilson was elected superintend-
ent of the social purity department for the
coming year.
| The temperance committee of last year.
| S. d. Woodland, chairman, was reappointed.
Miiican Woodland, of Plainfieid. was
chosen Yearly Meeting trustee, for a term
| of five years.
| worth were appointed members OF the
| Earlham Institute board to serve three
years. Morton c. Pearson was elected TO
| fill the unexpired term of Albert j. Brown
/ on this board.
A permanent board. composed of the fol-
lowing. was appointed; For one year
| Lndley, George II. Moore, Willis Bond,
| Eliza Armstrong, John Thomas, Thomas
Holiday, William z. Parry and Lurana
| Newlin.
For two years-willard Trueblood, Jona-
Chandler, Rachel e. Thomas, john Stout.
William l.. Pyle. Leander Guyer, w. Z.
Morris, Zerilda Ellis.
For three years-Lydia A. Perisho, Rea-
son Reagan, Edwin Stout. Nathan III.
Clark, w. r. Bowman. William ]. Morgan,
Rachel Johnson. ], b. Foulke. Anna Mills
| Stanley, Sarah A. Kelsey.
For four years-Albert Lindley, Amos r.
| Hollowell, G. NJ Hobbs, Samuel Green.
! Elvin Reese. A. X. Tomlinson, L. j. Fes-
| Elliott.
For five years-w b. wickersham. J..
T. Hadley, William TruebloodA Milton Ken
| worthy, Ruth w. Newsom, John Hender-
son. Dinah Henderson, Amos Carson. Nor
| ris 4. Cox, p w. Raidabaugh.
! The vacancies In the delegation from
| Western Yearly Meeting to the Five Years
| Meeting, caused by the removal to other
| States of Lindley Wells and Albert j..
| Brown, Were filed by the appointment OF
Morton c. Pearson and Murray s. Ken
worthy.
| William p. Pinkham, of Cleveland, held
| his second noon meeting for men to-day:
His plea for pure lives was scholarly and
well received.
| To-day. in the afternoon. the minutes
| from the representative meeting were read.
and the suggestions made were adopted.
The committee on reports TO the press
| suggested that I'm future this COMMITTEES
shall have full authority TO arrange with
| newspapers for reporters TO cover the ses-
| sions of the Yearly Meetings. The meet
ing approved the suggestion and Milton
| Hanson was reappointed chairman Of the
| press committee
The following Friends were appointed a
| committee on order of business for next
| year: l. f. Stout, Sarah j. King. David
| Hadley. Anna III. Morris and Peter w.
Raidabaigh
| "wednesday will close the forty-sixth an
nual assembly OF Western Yearly Meeting.
There will be no business session during
the forenoon The last OF the 8 o'clock
meetings will be one Of special interest