The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-09
Miss Fannie Heck Re.
Elected President.
A WARM WELCOME
At Baptist woman's Missionary Unior
in Session Here Reports Show That
the Women, One Seventeenth in
Membership are One Fourth
in Contributions TO Convention.

in Contributions to Convention.
The Woman's Missionary Union of
North Carolina held the opening ses-
sion of it's fifteenth annual meeting
yesterday morning in the First Baptist
church. 1t was splendidly attended
and promises to be the largest meeting
of the organization yet held.
The main event of the morning was
the election of officers, and in the
selection of its president the organi-
zation honored itself and its efficient
and untiring president by re-electing
Miss Fannie +. S. Heck, of Raleigh,
who in the past has worked so earn
estly and SO successfully for the
Union, promise of still further use
fulness in the future.
The singing of hymns and Bible
reading by Mrs. j. c. Murchison, of
Greensboro, began the meeting, after
this prayer being offered by Mrs. E.
NJ. BATHS, of Raleigh, this followed
by short prayers by a number of
ladies'
The welcome addresses came next.
and Mrs. T. n. Ivey the acting presi
dent of the Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the First Baptist church, ex-
ID
church, while Mrs. j. G. Massee ex-
tended a welcome on behalf of the
Tabernacle Baptist church Each of
these welcome addresses showed to
the visitors that the hearts of the
people of Raleigh beat in sympathy
with them in their work and that all
were welcome in the greatest degree.
A charming reply was made to these
addresses by Mrs. Juliet Duffy. Of
New Bern.
Election of Officers.
The business of the first session
was then taken up, and Mrs. Lump
kin, of Littleton, was appointed as the
secretary During the enrolment of
members and Mrs. a. l.. Belts, of
Winston-Salem, called to the chair to
conduct the election of officers. One
hundred and thirty-seven delegates
were reported as enrolled and the
following officers were elected:
President, Miss Fannie E. S. Heck,
of Raleigh
First Vice-President, Mrs. J. G.
Murchison, of Greensboro.
Second Vice-President, Mrs H. l..
Grant of Greensboro.
Secretary, Mrs. d. Rich, of Winston
Salem.
Treasurer, Mrs. S.. A. Howard, of
Salemburg.
Annual Address of President.
Miss Fannie E. S. Heck, the presi-
dent then made her annual address,
which was an elevating and inspiring
one In it she spoke of the great things
that had been done in missions in
the first years of the new century.
She spoke of the awakening of the
church of God to it's responsibilities
and opportunities, how dissatisfaction
was manifested in the small things
done and determination shown TO DO
greater. Miss Heck told in earnest
words of the good that had sprung
from the terrible martyrdoms during
the Boxer uprisings in China and OF
the good that seemed already growing
from the Russian and Japanese war.
To the women of North Carolina she
spoke of their debts and duties to the
denomination, to the Sunday-schools,
to the young ladies' societies, and to-
the children. Of the amounts given
in the convention this year her report
showed that one-fourth was given by
the women, in spite of the fact that
only one-seventeenth of the Baptist
women are members of Woman
Missionary Societies.
The Financial Report.
Mrs. w. n. Jones, Corresponding
Secretary of the Woman's Central
Committee. next submitted report
for the year ending November 30,
1905, this being by association, the
sum totals being:
To Foreign Missions ..$ 4,523.26
To Christmas Offering :. 1.O24.51
To Yates College 40.O8|
Total Foreign Missions IS 5.5S7.87
To Home Missions IS 1852
To Self-Denial Offering. 1,093.53
To Home Mission Boxes 5,24O.SS
Total Home Missions IS 5,311 Loo
To State Missions - O9Z,ol
To Expense Fund :. 1901
Total to Foreign, Home and
State Missions :. ..$17,15S.49
OF all above amount the Sunbeam
Societies. contributed
To Foreign Missions IS 524S3
To Christmas Offering 1888
Total Foreign Missions IS 62266|
To Home Missions IS 147.0g
To Self-Denial Offering 1880
To Home Mission Boxes 1888
Total Home Missions IS 1892
To State Missions =. 80 2l5.lb
To Expense Fund :. LOO
Total to Foreign. Home and
State Missions l,lV1.0f
Grand total :. :. III 15S.49
Gain over last year 2,Sl0.5o
Committees Appointed.
Committees were appointed with the
following ladies as chairmen:
Apportionment-Mrs Ashley Horne
and all the associational vice-presi-
dents
Home Missions-Mrs / K. Proctor.
Lumberton, chairman.
State MissionS-Mrs Lucretia
Young, Mitchell county chairman.
Program Today.
Moments of Prayer and Praise.
$50 a. m.
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