The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-03
State Report Of Sunshiners.


It is not charity that we ask,
but an interchange Of kindly
greetings and the passing on Of
good cheer. If you have done a
kind act, write to the president Of
the Advertiser Branch and you
will be enrolled q member and re-
ceive a membership card. The
membership fee consists of some
suggestion that will bring sun
shine to some of the members Of
the society. For instance, ex-
change Of books, papers and pic
lures, ideas that may be utilized
to advantage in the sick room,
holiday suggestions, sending flow
ers, a general exchange of ideas
beneficial to the members. Your
letters will be published once a
month in this column. 2
Miss Dockery, our worthy State
Organizer, contemplates giving a
handkerchief and neckWear sale
for the benefit Of State work
among her branches; any dona-
tons gladly accepted.
Brookhaven Branch meets every
Thursday. Organized by Mrs. r.
I. Scherck, June 23rd, 1904.
Membership, 6S. President, Mrs.
d. j. Batchelder; vice-president,
Mrs. Henry Greenwood: secreta-
ry, Mrs. j. III. Redding; treasur-
er, Mrs. Il. FL. Baggett. Branch
named by popular vote, selected
from a number Of names given in
by members of the Branch at ten
cents a vote, from which was real,
lied the sum Of nine dollars and
ninety cents. We are contribut-
ing by voluntary donation of
clothes and food supplies, to the
support of a needy person with
several small children; are send
ing out several magazines and pa :
pers in the rural school districts;
have placed in the home of a
dressmaker, who stood in need,
telephone to the furtherance of
her work. We are discussing the
Rest ROOM project, for farmers
wives and children. We are send
ing in ten subscriptions for the
Sunshine Bulletin, and hope to
keep in touch with other branches
and their methods of work.
Mrs. J. Fl. Redding, secretary.
The officers of the Brookhayen
Branch will be pleased to receive
all magazines and good literature
that any reader may wish to dis
pose Of.
Aubrey Branch, Aubrey, Miss,
composed Of young ladies the ma
iority Of whom are school teach
ers, will shortly prepare for an
entertainment, the funds of which
will be sent to the international
Headquarters. Have visited the
sick, assisted those who were in
distress, sent our Christian Advo-
Gates to those who were loo poor
to take papers. We are now
working to establish Sunshine
Library, and have about six dol
lars worth of books, and now are
working for more to buy a book
case. If you know Of any one
who has a good book, who would
wish to pass it on, give them
my address, it will help us so
much and will indeed add many
rays of sunshine to the Aubrey
Branch. This branch meets every
two weeks, reads q chapter from
the Bible, comments on same,
prayer, and singing, and then
general business discussion. En-
closed find one dollar. our regular
annual dues. Mrs. j. I. Clark,
Pres, Aubrey Branch.
Alden Gem Circle, jackson,
Miss. Situated IN the Baptist Or
phanage, has Al members in Che
Home and Is outsiders. The or,
phans do all the Sunshine work
they can BY helping each other,
caring for the little ones, always
having a sunny nature, even in
cloudy weather, passing on litera-
ture when they have it. Mrs. ..
r. Carter, Pres.
Alden Merry Little Sunbeams,
fernando, Miss. Organized ,Ju-
ly 1st, 1903, membership Is. In
tention is to make someone happy
every day that we live, individ-
ually, and ais circle. Realized
fifty dollars out of two bazaars,
which we have used for general
good, sending letters of cheer and
reading matter to someone every
day except Sunday We have
twenty three dollars yet in the
bank and will furnish library with
the best books. The children
meet and make scrap boUks for
day nurseries and learn verses in
the Bible. Each child has pic
ture of Mrs. Alden, nicely Tram
ed. Each child pays a two cent
stamp at each meeting and litera-
ture is sent out. Miss Mary Dock