The Robesonian., 1910-06-16

MISSIONARY UNION.

MISSIONARY UNION.
Women of Fayetteville Presby-
terry Union in Session in Lum-
berton- Meets Next at Red
Springs Profitable and Inter
esting Sessions.
The twentieth annual session
Of the Woman's Missionary Un-
ion of Fayetteville Presbytery |
convened in the Presbyterian
church here Tuesday afternoon
and the sessions will close this
evening with an address on for
eign missions by Rev. S. H. |
Chester, D. D., of Nash
vile Tenn, who is secreta-
ry of the Foreign Mission Board.
Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett,
Johnston, Lee, Moore, Montgom-
cry, Richmond, Robson and
Scotland counties compose the
Presbytery and in it are I3O So
cieties, the majority of which
are represented in this meeting.
In spite of the bad weather that
has prevailed this week, the del
egates present number about Is
and some have been coming and
going every day, some having
arrived this morning for today's
sessions.
There was a meeting Of the
executive committee Tuesday af-
ternoon at 3 o'clock and at 8:15
p. m. were devotional exercises
with an address of welcome by
Rev. A. E. Baker, pastor of the
Lumberton Presbyterian church.
Mr.. Baker assured the visi-
tors that they were not only well
coined by the local society and
Presbyterian church but by all
denominations and the people in
general of this municipality. A
good offering was received for
foreign missions.
| Yesterday morning at 9i3O
clock were devotional exercises,
minutes of last meeting, enroll
ing delegates and reports of Sec
retary Of young peoples work,
children's manager, boys mana
ger, county vice-presidents and
president. At 11::3O a. m. was
an address on the layman's 5 work
by DR.. w. J. Martin, of David
son College. DR.. Martins ad-
dress was an able one. It is tc
be regretted that space will not
permit a fuller account of the
speeches, for they were all ex.
: cellent and had in them much
food for thought. At 2::30 p. m,
a praise service was held; practi
, cal work, led by Mesdames l.
w. Curtis and J. M. McIver; ad
dress Work With Boys-Dr. A
L. Phillips, of Richmond, Va.
a conference = Q) Best methods
for conducting senior societies
(2). How should junior socie
ties be managed? (3). What ar
!, we going to do with our boys
Il At $3.50 .. m. was an able ad
dress on Assembly's Home Mis-
Z sion Work, by Rev. Homer Nc
) MILAN, of Atlanta, Ga. Afte
> this address, a collection was tax
: en- for E ise high school i
l. Moore county, which is the hom
mission school Of Fayettevill
n Presbytery. The call was fo
K $3.50, and while the full amour
;. was not quite raisedthen, it wa
le made up today and the obligs
y ton has been met.
Y The Young Peoples Missions
$ ry Society Of the Presbyteria
n church entertained the delegate
yesterday afternoon from 6 to
l. O'Clock at a reception in tn
a Commercial & Industrial Clu
te rooms. The crowd was larg
ly and with music and refresl
m ments the occasion was a mo:
enjoyable one.
a At the session held this mor1
ne ing officers for the ensuing ye:
ne were reelected as follows: pre-
ident. Mrs. R. N. Page, of Bi
" coe; first vice.president, Mrs.
y, M. McIver, Of Gulf; second vic
n president. Mrs. Ed. Buchanan,
- Laurinburg; recording secretar
. Miss Eloise McGill, of Fayett
y; Vile; secretary young people
81 81, work, Mrs. j. w. McLauchli
';o ~ of Raeford; secretary children
~ ~ societies, Mrs. Walter McEachi
so of Laurinburg; secretary of boy
work, Mrs. W. L. Curtis,
Hamlet. with Mrs. Chas, Ra