The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-24
Statistics of the Indiana Year.
ly Meeting, Read This Morn
ing, Were Of Interest to the
Members.
TREASURER'S REPORT
QUITE SATISFACTORY
At the Session Yesterday Aft
ernoon Temperance Report
Read, Showing That Ten
Friends ''lndulge." "

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The statistics of the Indiana Yearly
Of Friends. the treasurers re-
port. the twenty-eighth annual report
Of the trustees of Indiana Yearly Meet
Ing. the appointment OF committees
and the reports of the Quarterly Meet
lngs Of Friends occupied the attention
of the Friends Of the Indiana Yearly
Meeting at the East Main Street Meet.
ing house this morning.
Daniel Lawrance the statistical sec
retary. presented q report showing
that during the past year there had
been a gain Of three hundred and six
to the Friends Meetings In
Indiana. Last year the membership Of
the Indiana Meetings reached 20. 346.
The figures for this year are 2O.640.
The report In part 10 a. follows:
Statistics Report.
Additions by request $50. additions
by letter 80. by certificate 373. general
12S. total l.47S. LOSS by death AZ.
laneous GIT. total loss 1.1S4. Making .
gain of 294 members during the past
year according to the figures. not al
together correct. from the Quarterly
Meetings.
The report showed that there were
217 recorded ministers. One hundred
and fifty-three were making prepare
tions for the ministry In colleges. 255
men are teaching in the Yearly Meet
ing schools and colleges. Nine Quart
erly Meetings showed an increase In
membership and eight Meetings show
ed loss.
The report OF tbs treasurer showed
that during the past year there had
been donated to Indiana Yearly Meet
ing of Friends and Earlham college so
acres of land In Hancock county valu-
ed at 5000. The treasurer recon-
mended that q committee be appoint
ed to act In conjunction with Earlham
college and sell the land and divide
the money. This the Yearly Meeting
agreed to do.
reached $61. .zs5.27. the expenditures
being the same.
Report of Trustees.
The report Of the Trustees Of In
diana Yearly Meeting Of Friends rec
ommended that since there had been
Yearly Meeting. although such . thing
might happen, that . reserve fund
should be established. Il IL proposed
that SO Of the interest Of the endow.
ment fund should be reinvested and
placed az . reserve fund. Then In
case OF loss of any emuunt from the
endowment fund, the Yearly Meeting
would not have to make up the losR
When the action II taken II win
mean that about 5000 will be invest
ed each year N . reserve fund. The
Yearly Meeting acted favorably and
expressed sympathy with the recon-
mendation.
The most important committee ap.
pointed during the morning session
was = committee 10 propose names for
members to serve On the Yearly Meet
ing Board OF Foreign Missions. now
working In conjunction with the Amer
lean Board Of Foreign Missions. Ono
member was appointed from each
Quarterly Meeting and the committee
is composed Of the following: Dublin.
| William Jefferies: Eastern. Theodore
s. Maddox: Fairmount, Daisy Barr:
Marion. william Small: New Garden.
George w. Harvey: SpiceIand. Jennie
Unthank; Traverse City. franklin
Meredith; vaDdalia, Mabel vanese:
Van Vert, Tennyson Lewis: Wabash.
Mary Douglas: Walnut Ridge. william
p. Henley: West Branch. Prank Doug
las: westfield, Ida Parker: whitewa-
ter. Allen d. Hole: Winchester. C. 8.
White; Puget Sound, Dorothy Lee.
and Portland, Samuel Brunson.
| Name Other Committees.
The other COMMITTEES appointed con-
sisted of the following Friends. who
we're to propose names to fiji vacancies
on the board Of trustees OF Whites In
stitute: John w. Pickett, James A. God
dard. Edward Timberlake. Cornelius
Small and Caroline Edgerton-
The reports of the Quarterly Meet
ings showed that all branches Of the
church work kere progressing satisfac-
torfly, that the meetings for worship
are wen attended and interest In the
/ spiritual welfare Of the church was
good The report also recorded tho
admissions and deaths Of the ministers
in the several meetings
Memorial services were held this
morning and memorials for Francis
VI. Thomas. Cyrus W. Hodgin ana
| Theodore CandleT were read
Credentials Of John and NeGf3e H.
ley Of Kansas were read They have
been attending the New York and