The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-11-16
MISSIONARY UNION
ADJOURNED FRIDAY
To Meet at Bennettsville
Next Year.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Laurens Convention Accomplished q
Large Amount of Work Tho Cause
OF Missions Absorbing Theme.

Large Amount OF W0rk-The Cause
OF Missions Absorbing Theme.
The Woman's Missionary Un-
ion after very successful meet
ing adjourned Friday at 1890 to
meet at Bennettsville next year
on Tuesday, after the Second
Sunday in November.
The election of officers for an
other year was the last matter of
business disposed of by the Union
and resulted as follows: Mrs. ]. D.
Chapman of Anderson reelected
president;ss Mrs. c. E Watson,
Greenville, Miss Isla Mckenzie,
Dillon, Mrs. c. L. c. Rush, Pres
ton, Mrs. M. B. Clinkscales, Due
West, Mrs. ], Il. Can't, Colum-
bia, vice presidents; Mrs. A. l..
Crutchfeld, Spartanburg, cores
ponding secretary; Mrs. A. E.
Mcdowell, Ninety Six, recording
secretary; Mrs. Beatie Rowland,
Greenville, treasurer; Mrs. E. Y.
Hydes, Charleston, band superin-
tendent; Mrs. c. H. Roper, Lau-
rens, auditor.
Miss Mary Coker, as the secre-
tary, and Mrs. John Stout, treasu-
rer. both of Society Hill, de-
sclined to serve after being unan-
imously reelected by the Union.
Nearly all the delegates and
visitors got away on the after
noon trains Friday.
AS stated last week, this meet
ing was the second annual ses-
sion of the Missionary Union
apart from the State Baptist Con-
-vention.
The large attendance, the Ell
couraging reports from the va
Tious sections of the State as to
the progress of the work fostered
ny the Union and the large
am, cunt of work accomplished
durin,r the sessions, evidences of
the erou -th and influence of this
great orga..d dzation in the State.
The Conve, etion was called to
+der Wednesda y morning by the
y'esident, Mrs. ]. u. chapman Oh
Anderson.
Mrs. Rufus Fant of Anderson
and Mrs. G. E. Watson o. Green
vile each presented a ga> 'ei TO
the Convention at the open. ING
session.
In behalf of the ladies of the
First Baptist and First Methodist
Churches of Laurens, Mrs. J. S.
Machen and Mrs. ]. ]. Pluss
made the welcoming addresses.
These were responded to by
Mrs. Beetle Rowland of Green
Vile for the visitors.
This was followed by the
presidents annual address.
There were several mission
aries, State, home and foreign, in
attendance upon the Convention.
These were Misses Alexander of
Union, Baker of Columbia, Hyde
of Charleston, Dowell of Rock
Hill, Berger of Anderson, Cum
nings of Spartanburg and Mrs.
Entzminger of Greenville.
Wednesday afternoon at 8
O'Clock Sunbeam object lesson
was conducted by Mrs. J. S. Ben
nett of Laurens. At d o'clock
conference of the band leaders
was held with Miss Hyde in
charge.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
AT an open meeting the con-
ventiol was addrcssedby r ev. ID.
w. Key OF Greenville and DIR. III.
p. Fitch, State evangelist, on the
subject of State Mission.
The feature OF the incoming
session Thursday was the address
of Mrs. w. Entzminger of Green
vile. She told of the work of
the six mission posts in Brazil as
directed by the Southern Bap-
fists. Mrs. Entminger has spent
thirteen years in missionary work
and it had been seven years since
she had met with the Mission
ary Union. Miss Branham gave
very interesting talk on Home
Missions.
This was followed by confer
ence ON methods for societies,
young ladies' circles ard ba.1ds,
which was presided over by Mrs.
Chairman