The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-23
Timothy Nicholson at Yearly
Meeting Today introduces
Proposition to Erect New
Structure.
HAS BEEN DISCUSSED
FOR OVER 80 YEARS
Matter Has Been Referred %
Finance Committee for
Consideration - Reduction
Of Navy Urged.

Ut Navy Urged
Timothy Nicholson intcoduDoa a.
proposition Of ahSndoning the East
Main Street Efas0ds Meeting hoaso
and constructing q new Meeting house
In West Richmond ut tho seaston q
the Indiana Yearly Meeting at the
East Main Street Meeting house tAis
morning. After stating the pEuposl-
ton In NO uncertain terms he asked
that tho matter be referred to The
finance committee. which vas asresd
to by the Yearly Meeting.
In introducing tho matter Mr. NlcA-
olson spoke a follows:
The proposition OF abandoning this
Meeting house was considered In tho
Whitewater Quarterly Meeting. but It
was thought best not to introduce the
matter In the Yearly Meeting. But
there has been . great deal of talk
and publicity given to this subject
and 1t 10 best that We consider the
matter now.
He Wants N Settled.
This thing has been canvassed ana
discussed for thirty years. Even BE-
fore the East Nam Street Friends
Meeting house MAS built tho commit
tee ON the selection Of grounds. was
in favor Of West Richmond Now
Friends. as II has been discussed here
and elsewhere and since there II still
some anxiety about the matter Il
would be = good thing to settle the
subject and have no further discus
sion.
Indiana Yearly Meeting 10 not
afraid to consider any proposition.
and I would suggest that instead OF
letting 1t float about, year after year.
that we consider It now. n the Yearly
Meeting IL In favor OF abandoning this
Meeting house and constructing one In
West Richmond ttis II ~ good time
as ever TO consider It
The Whitewater Quarterly Meet
ing has recently established q Month
ly Meeting In West Richmond which
now has something over one hundred
members and winch ~ trust will
grow. I think, therefore that the mat.
ter should b referred 70 the finance
committee"
r. w. Douulas opsal<s.
Robert W. Douglas followed Mr.
nicholson and stated that. with all
the faults like this Meeting house.
The old house helps me and II must
strain my voice once . year In order
to be heard. It helps me greatly dur.
ing the year."
After several expressions Of Il a.
sent" James b. Unthank said Il en-
ltertain an objection. This II . verN
important matter and I think that n
committee should be appointed to
take 1t under consideration for one
year and report at the next Yearly
Meeting"
:. The question however. was put to .
vote and the matter referred to the
finance committee.
The routine matter this mornine
consisted In the reading of tie forty
sixth annual report Of the Missionary
Board Of Southland college. the min
} utes Of the associated executive COM
mittee Of Friends on Indian affairs
and the eDistles from North Carolina,
Ohio. Iowa. Kansas and Canada Year.
} ly Meetings.
A Report 10 Heard.
The annual report Of the condition
of Southland college for the negro.
showed . very prosperous condition Of
the institution. except in finances. AZ
the request of tho teachers o special
collection was taken 1T the Yearly
Meeting and S3lz.3S was raised The
report showed that H. C. WolEord and
Anna Wolford had consented to re-
main another year at the head Of the
institution Edna Wright was appoint
ed ~ . teacher to I'M the vacancy
caused by the resignatjon Of Grant
Thomas. The enrolment Of students
showed IN increase Of sixty-seven stu
dents over the registration last year
; when II reached 30c.
Allen Jay presented the report q
: the associated executive committee On
Indian affairs. he being the only MEM
: ber from the Indiana Yearly Meeting
Who attended. The report was quite
: lengthy.
; The epistles from the several Yearly
Meetings cuneurred IN that they re-
jolced in the tsm0oe1oeo wavo which
u sWeeplng ths eo1nt1y. anA in the
ImOveOont for Infesnaf5ooal peace.
Il The following eoUD1&eoo WaD ap-
IpolnfnA 10 nom1na1e throo nNmhHu tn
; Inn tho vucane1e0 a IT, Missionary
Beard a Southland eoaloGD: Oe1n1o
lCostisnsa q rs0 osvsa.l-