The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-15

service of the church and that the church
was behind them in their work
The young women who were conse
Grated last night were Miss Sarah Hear
on, Denver, Col; Miss Zola Brown, Sci
ma, Cal; Miss Laura Bell Proctor, De
Kalb, Tex; Miss Hazel Cooper, Linden
Ala; Miss Mary Fausnaugh. Birming
ham; Miss Mary Merriwether Trenton
Ky. Miss Matte Anderson, Alpine, Tex
Miss Lucy Epps, Newberry, S. c., ant
Miss Falla Richardson. Corinth, Miss.
Election of Officers
Tho election of first vice president
second vice president and a secretar,
of the home base was the principal fea
lures of interest which occupied the
attention of the Woman's Missionar,
council at It's sessions yesterday in tht
First Methodist church.
The election was for the purpose O
filling the offices which had been mad,
vacant during the winter by the retire
ment of the incumbents and of the new
office which was created by the council
Friday.
The first election was that of the first
vice president and the tellers selected
by Miss Bennett, the president, were Miss
Conway. Miss Mary Moore and Mrs. Holt
Instead of having nominations, an
Informal ballot was taken for the pur-
pose of selecting two ladies to be the
nominees. thus facilitating the speed
of the election. The voting was so near
ly unanimous in favor of Mrs W. A.
Albright of Atlanta that a motion was
made and carried to the effect of max
ing this informal ballot the formal one
and of instruoting the secretary to cast
the vote of the council for Mrs. AL
bright. Mrs. Albright has been filling
this position for the past six months
when she was appointed by the exec
utiye committee to fill out the unex-
pired term of the retiring officer.
The next election taken up was that
of the second vice president This cleo
ton resulted in almost the same way
as the election of the first vice presi-
dent for the council was so over
whelmingly in favor of Mrs. f. f. Ste
vens of Missouri that by motion the
informal ballot was made the formal
and Mrs. Stevens was declared second
vice president. Mrs. Stevens, like Mrs.
Albright, has been holding the second
vice presidents office temporarily for
the past six months.
The election of a secretary OF the
home base was very close and was not
decided until the last few ballots. The
preliminary ballot resulted in Mrs.
Bessie Lipscomb of Mississippi and Mrs.
Humes Steel receiving the largest num-
ber of votes out of list OF 10 con-
testants In the regular election Mrs.
Lipscomb won out after a close race
by receiving 4s votes to Mrs. Stee"1 81.
Mrs. Lipscomb Is president OF the
Woman's Missionary society OF the
Mississippi conference and is also
president of a girls college at Gre
NADIA, Miss.
Immediately after Miss Lipscomb's
election a motion was made to send
a telegram to her in Grenada, Miss,
asking her acceptance of the office
and requesting her to be present at the
council during the last few days.
Following the roll call and the min
utes of Saturdays session the council
reconsidered it's action of Saturday in
adopting Roberts Rules of order to
govern Its meetings and substituted In
its place Mrs. Logan's rules of parlia-
mentary law.
Mrs. Cobb's Address
The first business on the programme
was a special report submitted by Mrs
J. g. Cobb on the missionary work In
China Mrs. Humes Steel, chairman OF
the special committee on laws, followed
Mrs Cobb with a report from hei
committee. She recommended that the
council adopt a classification of its
laws. She discussed the different heads
under which the laws should be class
flied. Her report was unanimously
adopted
The calendar business was then taker
up. The first of which was a report
on estimates and appropriations of the
foreign department.
The following are the estimates o1
the work in 1912. the estimates from
the field and the estimates approved