The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-04-22

mans Missionary Advocate, addressed
ually successful year, for the Advo-
cate.
Mrs. Sowell, the corresponding secre-
tary of the Conference, read her report
of the work for the past year, as fol-
lows:
Report of Home Work.
The District Secretaries have been
| faithful in sending reports.
| District meetings have been held in
four districts.
The increase in the number of aux
iliaries has been larger than for sew
eral previous years. There has also
been an increase in the number of life
members as well as in the number of
subscriptions to the Woman s Advocate
and to the Little Worker. There are
included in this Conference: 10 Dis
tricts; 80 Adult Auxiliaries; 81 Young
Peoples and Juvenile Societies; Is
New Auxiliaries New Juvenile
Societies; 1867 Adult Members; 1877
Juvenile Members 276 Life Members
IA Honorary Life Members; Homo
rary Life Patron; 55 Honorary Mem
bers 4 Bible Women; 10 Scholarships;
l Day School. The success of the edu-
cational work of the board in China
has been phenomenal.
The Woman S Board is represented
in China by Stations rs Missionaries
30 Teachers and native helpers 4
Boarding Schools; Isl Pupils in Board |
ing Schools; 81 Day Schools; III
Pupils in day school; 1862 total pupils
2 Bible colleges; As Bible women;
School buildings owned by the Wo-
man S Board, Z; Value of same $22, !
SOL Hospitals, 9; Value of same, $40,
O00 Total value property, $32, 591.
Work is being done in Korea along
the lines similar to the work in China.
The Womans Board also has work
in Mexico, Brazil and Cuba.
STA e Treasurer's Report
Mrs. S. X. Welburn. the State
Treasurer of the Conference submitted
ler report for the year, which was as
'ollows
Dues, 50. 3o5. SO; Special Collections,
1923; From Mite Boxes, $l46. GA;
Thank Offerings, S133 Al; For Scholar
hip S417.20; For Bible Women, $267 80
Easter Offering for (Wightman Lee
$1O6.27; Student S Loan
fund (Scarritt SCHOOL,, SIG 35; Week
If Prayer, $50 2S; Buds and Blossoms,
'el; For extension of work, $134j. So ; ,
Cor Tulip Street School in Shanghai.
60. co. Life Memberships. 1920. 90; .
silver Jubilee, $88. "a; For Tenn.
school in Hoochow So so; Annuity
'und, $4,000: Contingent Fund, (
l51.9l Balance from last year. SO. 90;
'otal IS, 800. 3d.
Disbursem ents.
Conference expenses, S,6O,O4; Remit
81 to Treasurer of Scarritt School, {
l24,l2: Remitted to General Treasurer,
!, 350.07; balance, s75 90; total, s., 8o9.- =
Summary.
Collections from adult societies, q
1881 81; collections from yonng people 2
nd Junevile societies., S745 30:
elections from irregular SOURCES 2
1876; bolance contingent fund. 1890.
otal 80. 800 23.
The remainder OF the morning session 2
as devoted to the reports of individual Z
'cieties. These showed great improve Y
ent over last year and we're most en- <
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Wednesday Aftern ION. .
At the afternoon session of April 30, 2
lie minutes of the previous meetings =
the Conference, and the minutes of =
le meetings of the executive com g
ittee during the year were read Y
The remainder of the afternoon was &
voted to the reading of the reports Y
ON the individual societies compos- z
e the Nashville and East Nashville Y
istricts. z
DIR. j. j Tigert, OF Vanderbilt Uni =
rsity, preached Wednesday night. <
Thursdays Proceedings. 3
The session Of the Womans Foreign =