The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-11-18
The Woman's Baptist Mis-
sionary Union---The Con-
vention Held in Charleston
From The News and Couzier.

tiOn of the WOman's Missionary I'm
ion of the Baptist denomination in
South Carolina was brought to a close
yesterday afternoon, and the five
hundred delegates will go back to
their homes well pleased with the
work done in tie sessions and de-
lighted with the hospitality of the
people Of Charleston.
The election of officers was the most
important feature of yesterdays work,
but at the morning, afternoon and
night sessions there was always
much OF interest going on. The Con-
vention could well be termed a work.
ing one, and the meetings, always
harmonious, were well directed by
the able president, Mrs. [. w. Wingo.
The committee on time and place for
the next convention recommended
that the invitation of Greenwood be
accepted, and the date will probably
be during the early part of next No
vember
y
opened with a short devotional SER
vice led by Mrs. w. III. Hunt, Of New
berry. After the reading of the min
utes the recommendations of the ex-
ecutive committee were received and
later adopted. In this report special
stress was laid upon the Importance
of enlarging the work of the Young,
WomeD's Auxiliary. the Sunbeam
bands and the Order of Royal Am
bassadors, society among the Bap.
lists in which the boys aid the mis-
sion work. Four standing committees
were then elected, the first of which
was on the Margaret Home, an insti-
tuition in Greenville maintained by
the Baptist denomination for the
families of missionaries and also as a
resting place for missionaries who
are at home on a vacation or sick
leave. Another standing committee
was on the Training School for Mis-
sionaries at Louisville, KY, conduct
ed by the Woman's Missionary Union
of the South, and other committees
were those on literature and obitu-
aries.
Large apportionments were recon-
mended to be made by the woman's
Missionary Union OF South Carolina.
The sum OF SD, 300 will be given to
foreign missions, Sill, 900 to home mis-
sions, and Sta te missions Will receive
the sum of $4,000. 1t was also recon-
mended that the Sunbeam Band raise
$1,000, which will he apportIoned as
follows: ktate missions $500, home
missions $500, foreign missions $3.50,
Margaret Home $3.50, missionary at
Canton 5000 and $500 for the mantle
nance of a chapel at CardeDas, Cuba
Twenty delegates, the number &C
credited from this State to the Wom-
ans Missionary Union Auxiliary,
were chosen by the committee on
nomination and elected by the Con-
vention. These delegates are: At
large, Mrs. Sojourner, Mrs. Wingo
and Mrs Quattleba baum; northern di-
vision, Mrs. ] + Vines, Mrs. H G..
Miller, Mrs. l.. NJ. Roper. Mrs Cudd
and Mrs Candel; southern division,
Mrs. j. A. Fizer, Mrs. Howard Jones,
Mrs. Eunice Williams; eastern di-
vision, Mrs. j. K. McLaurin, Mrs. j.
Il. Coker, Jr. and Mrs. Camelia Ma
pier; western division, Mrs G. f..
eBurts, Mrs. w j. Hatcher, Mrs. G.. T..
Jamison; central division, Mrs. o. f.
Scarborough, Mrs Ii. j. Horton and
Miss Lilly Mobley.
DR.. II M. Bailey the secret ry OF
the State board of missions, was then
heard in an address, which was very
interesting and told OF the great work
being done by the Baptists in South
Carolina, especially in the cotton
mill district. Miss II. III. Wright, a
State lady missionary, gave an inter-
esting talk on her-wOrk at Langley, a
manufacturing town in the western
part Of the State. The collection,