Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
IN FIELD OF LABOR
TO TOLL FOR GOOD.
Meeting of Woman's Foreign
Mission Society.
MANY VISITORS IN ATTENDANCE
Womsn's Foreign Missionary Confer
ence Holds Annual Session in Amer
Icus = Missionaries From Fo elsn
Fields are Here.

The Woman's Foreign Mission Con-
ference of South Georgia convened in
annual session at the Methodist church
Friday night A large number of We
men ara in attendance, among them
being mar J prominent women of South
Georgia and visitors from distance.
Mrs. George w. Matthews of Dub
lin, president of the body, is no stran-
ger in Americus, being the wife of the
former pastor of the Methodisl church
in this city
Under her leadershipthe South Geor-
sia Conference has come to lead all
Southern MethodIsm in contributions
to missions. The vice president of the
conference is Mrs. R G. Nicely of
Waynesboro, who is also president of
the Home Mission Conference. Mrs
S. W. Hitch of Waycross is secretary
Among the visitors is Miss Maria
Gibson of Kansas City pricipal of the
Scarrett Training School and recently
elected president of the Womaus Board
of Foreign Missions. Miss Gibson
easily ranks at the head of the women
of Southern Methodism, having
represented the womans work of the
southern church at many notable
gatherings in the north.
Missionaries from Brazil, China, and
other countries are also present.
A large audience filed the FIRST
Methodist church at the opening ses-
sion of the con ference.
Addresses were made by Miss Maria
Gibson and Mrs. g. w. Matthews. A
pleasant incident was the introduction
to the audience of the missionaries
present, also the young ladies recently
assigned to works in foreign field,
The morning session yesterday was
called to order by the president. Mrs.
Hal Lawson of Abbeville being elected
recording secretary. The report OF the
treasurer, Mrs. Burghard, of Macon
showed nearly $4,000 contributed the
past year, by membership Of nearly
5000.
Following the treasurer's report was
talk by the conference secretary,
Mrs. Hitch, her subject being, "MiIe-
stones" The reports of district secre-
taries showed progress in all districts.
The talk of Mrs, Conner Woodward of
Spar ks on "Our Leaks" was especially
fine.
The services are all open to the
public, and are from a. m. to 1890
and $3.50 p. M. to $50. Night services
begin al o'clock.
Large crowds attended the after
noon ses ion. The exercises were in
teresting, among the speakers BIZ ing
Miss Glenn of Brazil and.Miss GIBSON
of Kansas City.
Miss Gibson talked on the close re
lations of home and foreign missions,
and from personal knowledge of con-
ditions in our cities showed the great
need of missionary work among the
foreigners now ,ponring into our coun-
try at the rate of one million year. N
Last night Miss Gibson and several
graduates of the Scarrett TrainIrg
School at Kansas City told of the won
derful work of this institution.
The Sunday services will open WI b
prayer service at o'clock this morn
ing. At $50 O'Clock the missionaries
will talk on ''rhe Children of Heather
Lands" DR.. o. G. MingIedorf of Dub
lin will preach at II o'clock.
Thtre will be mass meeting for
young people at 4:30 p M, and 8 p m.
Miss Leverett will talk on China and
Miss Glenn on Brazil.