The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-22

Son of New Brltian Mrs. George l'ol- lett of Hartford.
 Prayer was offered by Mrs Pruddcn after which tho new nominating com mIttoc was appointed, Mrs. C. C. El- wolL chaTmaD Mrs r s, Case ot Poquonock and Mrs. Goodwin oC Hart ford being elected,
 Mrs Walker gave q report from the committee on g. fund in memory of Mrs Choatc who for seven years has led ln tho work of the missionary so- caty. IL ls hoped to raiso fund of ti,oOO to bc placed at interest, the in- come to be used as an offering for Mrs Choate for the work she SO dearly loved; S15O has already been pledged to start tho fund.
 Mrs. Paul Douglass read an Inter- cstiug paper In behalf of the Ameri- can Missionary association on New Aspects of old Problems" her matter being founded on things she has seen lG the south among the mountains and on the poor low-lands. Mrs. Douglass husband has had a parish in the southern part of Missouri and they have lived there for about seveu years, doing work in the section which has been the scene of fearful poverty since the war and which is just recovering thercfrom, This portion of the south having just commenced to develop the natural richness of the country to it's great betterment The missionary cf- r.., gl,t t,,1 ,N negro of this particular locality are developing it's rural life very eXtens- ively Mills for the manufacture of products of cotton taking tho people into the cities and making nocd for much caro and attention to their spir- itual welfare have given food for work and thought among those whose ambition for their fellow-men has ta- ken them Into tho field of missionary labor There is great need for chris tian education.
 Tn behalf of tho Congregational Homo Missionary society. Mss Merriam WoodberrN Its. secretary. told some facts regarding Immigration" which held the interested attention of her hearers for over twenty minutes Miss Woodberry is an unusually delightful | speaker and her stories of somc of I thc many hcart-absorbiug incidents which have como Into her life wore | beautifully told She took her hear | CTS 10 Ellis Island to tho mining dis- ] tricts of Pennsyyania and into Che west where personal experiences were ! detailed and surely no one who heard her talk of tho good done by the socie- | ty along tho particular line of immi- grafton, tho forming of settlements | building of churches and establishing of schools for the comfort and up- raising of our foreign brothers and sisters can doubt the truth of hcr statement that America is not the homo of any one particular race but belongs to an sorts and conditions of Gods crcaturf
 During the taking m If the cocc. ton, America was sung and tho meet | Ing closed with the henedictlon pro lnouncod by Dr Phillips
 The meeting in the morning wa, the largest ever held hy thc society IL was voted one ot tho pleasantcsi and most interesting also There Worc about 100 delegates from the branches in other cities and town in tho state Mrs F T. Munger opened thc meet. ing with Scripture reading and prayer and then Mrs w w Mclaue wei comel tho out -of-town delcgatrs in tli' name of the Now Haven branch Mrs Willston Walker responded
 The report of fhe treasurer was thor road and showed that total ~ ove' Sl6000 had boon contributed from th, societies of tho state This was diyd cd into two nearly equal parts. N.25' being in cash coutrlGltlons and ss.oo' taken from tha boxes Tho New Tla ven churches donations were ns fol lows Church of tho Redeemer aux Hilary. t52o Howard Avenue 'hurcl auxiliary. j2 Pilgrim Church aux ilsry. tl5, Plymouth church auy Hilary, Sli5 The contribution of tho Church of the Rcdeener auxiliary i' the third largest in the lst being ox cccded only by two churches in Hart ford
 The reports of tho secretaries iron the different auxiliaries were then reac after which Mrs C r Willard outlined the plan of work for the coming year The figures are as follows. MssonaH society of Conneticut, ss65; Concrega tlonal Home Missionary society. S.s50 American Mlaqlonarr association tl6O0, Congreg gational Church Building society. $500 Congregational Educa tioual society, 1895: special, sl5o, sun day school and Publishing society s25o National Ministerial Relief. Slco Mrs Clarence WicSham conducted thD conference after which the momoria service 10 Mrs. Choate was held. NerN beautiful and appropriate remarlS were made by pr W. L. Phillips, af ter which Mrs Williston Walker reaC tribute to Mrs, Choate