The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-07-20
Home Mission Items.

The Monthly Bulletins both from the General
Superintendent OF Press Work and from the
North Mississippi Conference Superintendent,
are full of information for July that it is diff
icult to select items for this column without
leaving out much of interest.
NORTH MISSISSIPPI AT THE HEAD.
North Mississippi still is ahead of all the 80
Correspondents. Her w. H. NJ. Society is the
only one that sends out a Monthly Bulletin in
addition to the one sent out by General Supt, of
Press Work. She stands fourth III number of
subscribers to Our Homes and is well up in the
line in all departments of work.
ANNUAL REPORT.
The minutes of the 18th annual meeting of the
Womens' Home Mission Society of the North
Mississippi Conference viii shortly be ready for
distribution They have been somewhat delayed
by the fact that the list OF auxliaries, which the
committee requires before it can undertake the
distribution has been twice missent.
COR. SECS. REPORT FOR FIRST QUARTER 1906.
Mrs. Shorts report for first quarter of fiscal
year March. April and May is as follows:
Number of adult auxiliries ................ 101
Number of members in adult auxllarles.. 1865
No. young people and juvenile auxlllarles 10
No. young people and juvenile members. 185
Total number of members. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1850
Subscribers to Our Homes. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4l6
Number of boxes sent of and reported IL
Number of visits to sick and strangers 49,. 1850
Number of needy assisted Observation-Disclosures. 35
Some new societies have been organized dur
ing present quarter and the Treasurer's report is
no doubt full OF encouragement
ITEMS FROM THE GENERAL WORK.
The Board appropriated for correctional work
$49 $40. AZ for the present year. which is large
increase over the appropriations of last year
To meet this increase there must be a multiple
cation of auxiliaries and members. generous do
nations and active work
SUMMER SCHOOLS
During the three months that the regular facul-
ty of the Ruth Hargroye Seminary is taking
much needed rest. Miss Daniel has charge of a
summer school which will accommodate sixty or
more students.
The Italian day school in Tampa. Florida, has
not closed for a vacation. The demand for the
school was so great that the principal Rev. Mr.
Ghedoni. has felt it imperative to continue
through the summer. recent graduate of the
scarritt Bible and Training School. Miss Jennie
Smith will in August become one of the teachers
in this school.
WORKING FORCES.
Not including Board officers or volunteers in
Woman's Home Mission Society. the regular
working force those who gave their entire time
to the work last year, We're:
Teachers in schools. &c
Missionaries 81
DeaconeSses II
FLoRINE MCEACHERN BRIGADE.
This organization WAS started three years ago
to enlist children between the ages OF five and
fifteen in Home Mission work. The specific
work emphasized by these brigades in the pre-
paration of trained workers for city evangelical
ton especially such Is nurse deaconesses. Since
its organization in Atlanta in 1906 1855 children
have enlisted. and. through their mite boxes,
have collected 81. 569.5s.
hava 70
cover dollar with dollar until the sum of $40 600
has been raised by the children. making total
sum of $4,000 for this work. Their remains only
s. 40 AZ for the children raise in order COM
plete the full amount. and they viii raise that
during the fiscal year. Z. w. f.