Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-21
MISSIONS SHOW
GREAT GROWTH
Rev. s. L. Morris, of Atlanta, Sec
rotary of Presbyterian Assem-
bly,, Will Make Interesting Re-
} port at Savannah

SAVANNAH, Ca, May 2O.-One of the
most interesting reports to be presented
to the Presbyterian general assembly
will be that from the executive committee
of home missions. The report is signed by
Rev. S. L. Morris, of Atlanta, secretary.
| 1t deals in great detail with the work Of
the board during the past year. The to-
tai receipts for home missions amount TO
$50, 64l.29, being S19,507.71 in excess of those
for last year. Many new churches have
been organized and a new presbytery Gre
ated for the Mexicans in Texas. The
growth of the church in Oklahoma has
been so substantial that the organization
! of new synod has been found justified.
The contributions from all sources are
three times what they were eight years
ago. The greatest work of the year has
been done west of the Mississippi river
Many churches have been aided by loans
lfrom the church erection fund. The Moore
fund, Of s, 600, which can be loaned to
churches, but not donated, was drawn on
for $500 during the year for the Wallace
Memorial church in Georgia. The manse
fund now aggregates $4,000, and il is con-
stantly being loaned out and paid back.
i The permanent fund of the church has
been augmented through legacies during
the past several years, and investments
have been made from 1t in churches, col
Ileges, schools. etc.
AN ANNUITY FUND.
| The question of the ACCESSIBILITY of hav-
ing an annuity fund is brought up in
1.-THE report for consideration. The Meth
bodists have derived considerable benefit
from their annuity funds, says the re-
Eport. These are funds given to the pres
bytery by living persons to. become lega-
I cies at their death, the income from such
funds to go to the donors during the
lifetime The annuity is usually paid by
the church to whom the money is loaned
and there is in consequence no expense
to the committee having the fund in
hand. .-,,.-..
I There are, on the sustentation list at
this time 100 ministers, whose salaries are
supplemented by funds from the treasury
| of the, committee. There, are more than
! forty ministers engaged In evangelistic
work under the direction Of the commit
tee, and much good is being accomplish
! ed The work of the evangelists Of Tex
as and Oklahoma is especially heavy.
| It has been found that irrigation broad
ems the field TO be covered very largely,
and western Texas will soon make eX-
lhaustlve demands upon the committee.
Woman missionaries. something new for
! Presbyterians have been tried In. Okla
homa with excellent results. They have
aroused interest in the church work and
assisted in establishing new churches
The greatest number Of people of for
eign speech who come under the direction
of this committee, are Mexicans in Texas
and they. are coming. in ever increasing
numbers. The Mexfcans have shown
great interest in the religious work, ....
MISSION SCHOOLS PROSPER.
The mission schools under the direction
of the committee are prospecting, but the
main work along this line is confined
largely to Durant college and Goodland
Indian school and orphanage. The In
dians gave the committee land at Good
land for the school, which is now In a
good condition. 80 ., --.- ..
The Indians, who are not counted as
foreigners but who are counted as peo-
pie of foreign speech. continue to receive
much attention from the Presbyterians.
The. care Of them is turned over largely
to the Indian presbytery whose delibera-
tions are conducted in Choctaw. There
are 600 communicates in this presbytery.
A colony of Bohemians at Petersburg.
Va, has been given attention and work
among the Cubans at Tampa, Fla, will
begin soon.
The report speaks in complimentary
terms Of the work Of Governor Glenn for
home missions and the work of the wom-
en- is said to be encouraging. .., -
Only once before has there been such
large legacies as the committee now
has at it's disposal. The Home Mission
Herald, the organ of the committee. is
said to be prospecting. .,: .....
Burt Hartman, a carpenter, was bound
over to the city court Wednesday after
noon by Justice of the Peace Edgar H.
Orr on the charge of having struck j. w.
Bryan. another carpenter in the eye with
claw hammer. Harman's bond was 800.
The two men were at work on a house
on the Pine Ridge sanitarium grounds
when they fell out over the question of
each others authority, clinched, tussled,
fell into a ditch and were finally pulled
out by the claw hammer to which they
were both cfinging. Bryan's sight is not
supposed TO be hurt permanently