The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
MORNING SESSION.
Reports Received on Work in the
 Mountains.

Reports Received on work in the
 Mountains.
 The morning session of the Board was called to order at 8:3O o'clock, Mrs. L. P. Smith of Texas. First Vice. President. presiding.
 After devotional exercises, the rou- tine business of the Board was dis posed of.
 Mrs. J. B. Chatfeld of Tuscaloosa presented greetings from the Alabama Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
 An encouraging report was read from the President of the Greenville Tennessee, Industrial School. Mrs. A. A. Gilson, who lives near this institu- ton made a verbal report of good work being done along educational, in- dustrial and religious lines. This is school for mountaineers and Is ore of the Boards most important works. She reported a collection of over $S,000.
 The Educational Committee, through Mrs. Mcdonnell of Nashville made tabulated report on the number of teachers and pupils. money expended in maintainance. and income of each of the institutions. supported by the Board. The report was received and filed.
 Sue Bennett School.
 Prof. J. c. Lewis, principal of the Sue Bennett Memorial School of Lon don, Ky, an institution for mountain eers, reported on the condition of the school. This institution has a student body of 34S and there were from 70 to 100 conversions during the year. A new dormitory has been built and fur nished.
 Prof. Lewis reported that the work was enormous and every labor has to be expended. He said that in its in ception. the school was intended as first class school along educational lines as well as along religious lines and in this respect the institution com pares favorably with secular institu- tions.
 He said that the school is located in a community of hard shell Baptists" and owing to the seclusion of the Church was regarded as an affront. The only way this was overcome was by making the school a practical school. a school which delivers the goods" Now the "hardshells" are pat rons of the institution. MT. Lewis said that more teachers of ability and education are badly needed in the mountain work. He gave an idea of the importance of the work by saying there are four girls in every family and that every girl has four brothers The men are magnifi- cent physically and when education comes to them they will make their impress on the country. The new building for the school had been com pleted. he said. It affords thirty bed rooms and a library.
 Prof. Lewis brought the spirit of 'he mountains with him. He Is a giant in size and says he has the strength of a bull. which strength, according to his report, he has to use in his life with the hill folk.
 Brevnrd Industrial School.
 A report by Mrs. c. E. Marr fl om the Brevard Industrial School at Bre- yard, N. C., showed the school to be in good condition. One hundred and twenty students are enrolled and over twenty young women are in the board Ing department. Good work mas been done for the school by the people of the West North Carolina Conference and a new story has been added to the dormitory.
 Mrs. c. P. Moore, wife of the Pres ident of the Brevard School, also ma ie a report of the good work done there. She said many of the boys, who were students there had voluntarily quit the cigarette habit.
 Miss Belle Bennett, President of the Board. made her report as Superinten- dent of the Mountain Work. She had visited three works beside the noun tain institutions and was glad 10 re- port that all were doing good and sub stantial work. More trained workers are needed, however, in every lnstitu- ton
 The work at Brevard has gone stead fly forward. said Miss Bennett. and all debt will be wiped out by June 1. An increase in the student loan fund is greatly needed and would be more ben eticial than scholarships. There could be many ways in which they could make money. They needed new or gan and a boys dormitory
 The school at London, Ky, is doing a great work. The cottages need ex- tending and the Lucinda B. Helm dor-