The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-12


fled with all departments of church
work
The work of the Christian Wo-
mans Board of Missions was resumed
this morning at 9 O'Clock at the
Chautauqua auditorium The first
feature on the program was the
Junior Workers Conference This
| service was conducted by Mrs. c. A.
Chasteen of Garland These exer-
cises consisted of songs. scriptural
quotations and short talks on the
work In auxiliary societies Quite
an interesting talk was made by Miss
| Matte Pounds of indianapolis
At s:45 the regular program of
the Texas Young Peoples depart
ment was taken up. Mrs. r L. Jew
EFT OF Austin offered a short prayer
and conducted the bible study
Under the head of the Kings busi-
| ness the reports Of district officers
were received
A report showing the condition of
the Junior work in Texas was sub
mltted by Mrs. c. A. Chasteen Of
Garland Since last MAY the follow
ing new societies have been organiz-
| ed; Midland, Celina. Forney, Tay-
| lor. Weatherford. Plano, New Hope
Palo Pinto, Royse. Fort Worth, Hico,
Cisco Coleman, Haskell, Howe, Cor
| sicana, Brownwood and Henrietta
| Number of societies now on the book
So; number of societies reporting
during the year, 43; number of So
cieties organized during the year, 10.
number of societies not reporting, 90;
number of members reported, 1888;
/ Junior builders taken, S34; amount
contributed to the national treasurer
| S566. so; amount contributed to the
state treasurer, $3.50; amount con-
| tributed to other work, sS212: total.
s665.53
Temple has the honor of having
| the largest reporting society in the
state, numbering 11S members
| Amarillo follows a close second with
| 1913 members. Ladonia has made the
| largest per cent of increase in mem
| bership, having more than doubled
in the past year, growing from g to
As members Four societies were
close competitors for the banner.
They were Oak Cliff, Bonham. Gar
land and Hillsboro. Garland was
contributed SLAB per member. Oal
|
land $1.99.
| The banner was presented to tn
, Garland society by Miss Matti
> Pounds and was accepted by Mr.:
, Chasteen. On the banner was II
scribed the young peoples motto
, Eve for Christ: Christ for AL"
, The reports of district secretarie
were next called for. There ar
, eleven district organizations in tn
state, but only two reported today
Mrs. John L. Andrews of Dallas re
ported for the Hillsboro district
According to her report there ar,
thirteen auxiliaries in the district
The district is composed of ten coun
ties. and during the year five new
lauXiliarieS were organized
The report of the Waco district
showed two auxiliaries and one Jun
ior society. The offering was s25
per capita
The report of the state treasurer
showed a total disbursement during
the year of s7S6.0S. leaving a bal
ance of $50 in the treasury.
Miss Bertha Mason of Oak Cliff
corresponding secretary of the Tex
as Christian Womans Board of Mis-
sions. submitted the twelfth annual
report for the organization. The re-
port shows a total enrolment OF sc
societies during the year. Six OF
these having since disbanded. leaving
q present enrolment OF eighty
Following this report Miss Clara
l.. Case "a missionary of the church
at Monterey Mexico gave a most in
teresting report OF the work being
accomplished iu that country