Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-10-06
Great Meeting of Woman's
Missionary Conference is
Now in Progress Here
MANY DELEGATES PRESENT
Present Session of Methodist Or
eanization Promises to be Nota-
bic in Many Ways

Much interest is being taken IN
he meeting of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary society of the Baltimore
conference of the Methodist Episco-
nal Church South which is now IN
session for the thirty-third time. The
meetings are being held in the church
nm Lewis street and Sunday morning
the pastor, Rev. D. H. Kern, preach
ed a special sermon taking his text
from Acts, LIST. verse OF the Stn
chapter: .'But We shall receive pow
er, when the Holy Spirit Is come
upon you and ye shall be my wit
nesses, both in Jerusalem and In all
Judea and in Samaria and unto the
uttermost parts of the earth" the
discourse was learned and helpful
one, for the speaker dwelt at length
on the plan of Jesus for the COM
plete conquest of the world.
After the sermon there was the
communion service when nearly
three hundred partook of the sacra-
ment, The splendid choir gave sew
eral selections and Miss Elizabeth
Miller sang, very sweetly ''The Earth
is the Lords"
At $3.50 there was children's SER
vice conducted by the Busy Bees
under the direction of Mrs. Joseph
Barkman. Miss Elizabeth Gait de-
livered hearty address of welcome
and appropriate addresses were made
nv Mrs, Lee Britt of the Central
Council, and Miss Mary Lou White,
a returned missionary from China.
After devotional exercises. con-
Quoted by Rev. D. H. Kern at 1880 p.
m. Mrs. ]. T. Williams, the president,
called the convention to order and
the first session of the convention
r.roper was held. Mrs. G. G. Wheat
gave the address of welcome, and it
was responded to by Mrs. o. Homan,
of Roanoke. Mrs. Britt and Miss
White each made most interesting
TALKS, which were listened to by a
congregation that entirely filled the
house. Mrs. Estill, formerly Miss
Lucy Dyche, of st on, delighted
all with her solo, Oh! Zion haste Thy
Mission Long Fulling," the choir
joining heartily in the chorus, Pub
fish Glad Tidings.''
Business Sessions
Monday morning at $3.50 Mrs
Williams called the body to order
fer business after short devotional
exercises.
The officers of the conference so.
ciety are:
President, Mrs. J. T. Williams
Charles Town, w. Va; Vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. J. H. Light, Front Royal;
Corresponding secretary, Miss Nina
Wilson, Baltimore; Recording secre-
tary, Miss Julia J. Hayes, Baltimore;
Treasurer, Miss Virginia c. Massie
Front Royal. District secretaries are
as follows: Baltimore, Mrs. w. P
Johnson, Laytonsville, Md; Wash
ington, Mrs. w. J. H. Rolston; Wash
ington; Winchester, Miss Ella Hout
Sheperdstown, w. Va; Rockingham,
Mrs. ]. R.Saum, Harrisonburg; Roam
oke, Mrs. G.. o. Homes, Roanoke;
Lewisburg, Mrs. v. W. Wheeler, Will
liamsburg, W. Va; Moorefield, Mrs.
Preston Boggs, Franklin, w. Va.
Superintendent of Juvenile Work,
Miss Mary E. Cloud, Front Royal;
Director of Young Peoples Work,
Mrs. R. E. L. Smith, Rockville. Nd. ];
Superintendent of Buds and Bios
SONS, Miss Jessie Hough, Fredericks-
burg, Va; Superintendent of Scat
tered Workers, Mrs. !. H. Light,
Royal, Librarian, Mrs. R. L. Glenn
mitt, Baltimore.
After the roll-call the following
committees were announced:
Young Peoples Work-Mrs. R. E.
L. Smith and Misses Roxie White,
Ruth Ford, Holland, Templeman,
Edith Shelton, Barnsley and Mrs.
Wheeler.
On Literature Mesdames Preston
Boggs, Coffman, Kelley, Brown, Mel
ton, Greer and Walker.
Juvenile -Mesdames G.. o.
Homan, Thomas, Frank Simpson, R.
L. johnson and Miss Peck.
Finance-Mesdames w. P. John
son, ]. E. Norwood, w. H. H. Joyce,
F. ]. Prettyman, Billiard, H. M. Can
ter and Cover.
Extension of the Work-Mes-
danes T. J. Lambert, John Paul
Tyler, Roe, Rice. Sarm, Welsh, B.
w. Bond and Miss Hout.
Observation-Disclosures W. ]. H.
Johnson, G. D. White, Claggett, and
M. G. Smith.
The reports given by the CORES
bonding secretary and by the treas
urer through Miss Wilson, and of
the librarian, were very encouraging.
The membership has greatly increas-
ed and the increase in money was
$810.56 over last year, the total
amount received being $7,833.14.
When the session adjourned at IL
o'clock the ladies were invited up
stairs to the parlors where an ele-
CANT luncheon was served. In one
of the class rooms were the officers
tables beautifully decorated and the
hand-painted place-cards being nice
souvenirs of the very pleasant oc-
casion. In another room long table
fairly groaned under the load OF all
the good things which could be got