The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
Y. w. (. A. IN FINE SHAPE Institution Is Now Free of Debt. ' ALL REPORTS ARE EXCELLENT Officers and Large Membership Are jubiians. e, Trea.urer's Report shows Balance sf
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 spirtts.l Li.ss Is shewa Te Have. Been Exeeiiest.
ALL REPoRTS ARE EXCELLENT

| 4 Reports Of the various ofacers of the ". W. c. A., as submitted at the an- I nuai business meeting of the Assocss- tion Monday. night, reveal q hattertng | condition, and a year of prosperity just pc ssed. For the first time in years. &C., l cording to the, report of the Treasurer, MrE R. E. Steiner, and of the General Secretary, Miss Charlotte Davis, fact over which the Association officers arc 1 jubflant, the mortgage. under which much of the Associa ton property rest ed. Is paid in full. 'Htt i1 .f' z The membership of the Association is large, as large probably as for any time | within It's history. with 4ss upon -shs roll.
 The report of the Membership Com- mittee revealing fully the state of af- fairs, is:
 "rhe Membership Committee held regular monthly meetings, with one ex ception, during 1908, and while great | deal remains to be done in the way of | revising the membership roll, collect ling unpaid dues and securing new mem l bers, stfll much has been done to arouse | interest in the Association, on the part | of members and non-rnembers. To this end a Parlor Conference was held du ring the summer and Membership Re eeption during December.
 cone hundred active members have ] joined since January, 1908. and sever sustaining members. \ Lt.r
 "The total membership numbers {2e l This figure Is far from representing thv paid eup membership. however.
 "In addition to It's regular work. the I Membership Committee has Loyalty helped the Association in varous ways such as dlsposing og tickets for snteT' l tainmentR. helping on social occasions etc." .-. .4, l Respectfully submitted ., | Mrs. W. H. Thomas. Chairman" l The, report of the Treasurer shows . balance on the credit side at the end of the year, amounting to $S7O4. The treport in summary; Is: Balance on hand I January 1, 1908, s2ss.ss; receipts du- 1 ring year, of which the most accrues | from board, membership fees. entertain ments. and subscriptions, es.0oo,bS; total cash. se.2ss.2s. ef
 Disbursements: $6,1ss.94. of which the most goes for current expense, ana | the final payment of the mortgage held upon the property of the Association. l Much of the solvency and freedom | from debt ib due to the work of the Fi- nance Committee. This committee shows, through it's report. that through 1 its. own efforts. ih raising money by | means of sales. teas lectures and the I 1 The subscriptions collected during the year amounted to Se97.20. ES But as much as the Association has 1 prospered ia q material way, the ad- | vance spirituafly is as marked, if the excellent advantages for teaching de- votion and eonsecration which we're se- l cured during the year count for any thing. Both the report of the Religious 1 Work Committee, and that of the Gen. leral' Secretary, show much advance and progress along these lines. During the entire year, according to the Reiigious Work Committee. fin it's report. through | It's Chairman, Miss Essie Lee Jones. for ty vespef services have been held, win a total of 9s4, besides numerous special
 services at which there were speakers and religious workers of note. A sum- mary of the special services is given fin the report, as follows:
 l. During the time we have had number of special services and speak" CTS. namely: Miss AnGy Manning Taylor. who conducted two vesper ser l vices: Miss Adele DisbrO, Gulf States Secretary; Miss Alice Fitch, now Sec retary in Shanghai, China; Miss Isabel Richmond, our former Secretary; Mss Estelle Mitchell. a deaeoness from Georgia. One service was In charge
 of the FeIowship Club; two were de- voted to reports from the Southern Conference at Asheville and the Gulf States Convention at Atlanta; i've
 were led by city pastors. The General Secretary was responsible for eight and six services were led by members 1 of the Board; Mir. B. M. Washburn and MT. Casseis conducted two services and
 the remainder were led by members of the Association.
 "The week of November S-15 was observed as a Week of Prayer. not only in our local association, but in every association throughout the world The object of this concerted prayer is to have every association praying for the same thing on the 1 same day, believing that united sup plication will avail much."
 There have also been Bible classes conducted during portions of the year by students of the Book. among whom were MT. McConkey of Philadelphia, and Miss Angy Manning Taylor.
 As the chairman, Miss Jones says in 1 her report:
 We have planned each vesper ser vice during the year with the view of reaching as many non-Christians as possible, and to do this we have tried to select the very best leaders and to have good music"
 By the report of General Secretary
 Miss Charlotte Davis. much progress and development aiOn6 every ine IN shown. Much credit Is given the boarding home and It's innusnce; the religious department Is revealed as having developed wonderfully during the year; the physical department. with the swimming pool. a new feature. has
 grown fin popularity and In good re- suits, and the social department has accomplished much Miss Davis also
 tells, in her report. of aesthetic clubs within the members of the assoctat tfon. so- called Fellowship clubs" that strive after the symmetrical development of young women.
 As the business meeting. seven mem
 bers of the association were named by the nominating committee for the Board of Directors of the association.
 Each year the terms of seven directors elapse, and the following were nam ed to hlI the vacancy thus called this year:
 Mrs. W. St. John Naftel. Mrs. George W. Jones. Miss Ida Virginia Clay, Mrs. Pugh De Jarnstte. Mrs. F. J. Cramton. Mrs. John ". Jones Mrs. F. Nj. Billing.
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