The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-05
Four Bishops and Others
Prominent i'm Methodist
Work to Attend
STARTS WEDNESDAY;
LASTS WHOLE WEEK
Will Embrace Southern Division of
Women's Missionary Council.
Third Convention Since
Combining Missions

| On April the southern division of the
Women's Missionary council of the Meth
odist church will convene in Birmingham
and daily and nightly sessions will be held
up until April IS.
! This is the third annual convention of
the Womens Missionary council since
] the combining of foreign and domestic
missions. The previous meetings were
held in Kansas City, Mo-, and Washing
ton D. c.
The sessions will be held at the First
Methodist church and in the Sunday
school room will be located large curio
exhibit which will continue throughout the
session.
At a meeting of the general reception
committee, held recently, plans were for
mulated to begin active work, and the
following ladies and gentlemen We're APP
pointed to serve as chairmen of the diff
ferent committees:
General chairman, Mrs. Bodfentlet.
Lunch, Mrs Bell.
Reception at trains, Louisville and Nash
willie station. Mrs, E. w. Tolliver; Ter
minal, Mrs. Richard Massey.
Hotel Mr.. James Hard.
Boarding house, MIR. De Shazo.
Publicity, II. j. Saler
Exhibit room, Mrs. ~ o. Tyler
Missionary room, Mr.. Hundly.
Finance. Mr.. Rnehart.
Information, Mrs. Kellogh.
Reception at church, Mr.. Brown and
Mr. Aird.
Manager of council daily, Mr., Slaton
Badges, Mr. Morrison.
Printing of programme, Mr.. Saler.
Houses for speaker Mr.. j. w. Fain.
The delegates will number about 400
among whom will be many men and wom-
EN- of prominence from all over the United
States including four bishops and repre-
sentatives from Brazil Cuba, Mexico
Japan, China and Korea.
Among the speakers on the programme
the most prominent are Mrs. J. ID. Ham
mond of Augusta, ga, who represents
the Paine Annex, an industrial school
for negro girls; Prof j. c. Lewis of
London KY, president of a school for
mountaineers: Bishop Lambeth, head of
the foreign missions, who has just re-
turned from a trip to Africa, where
ne went to select a location for a new
missionary field; Bishop j. II. Mccoy OF
birmingham; Mrs. W. f. Johnson of Dali
las Tex, founder of home FOR un-
fortunate girls at Dallas, Df. w. u oei-
wiler pastor of the West End church at
Nashville, who will conduct one hour
Bible study each day; Prof. A. W. Mohn,
principal of the Ruth Hargrove School
for Cubans at Key Vest, Fla; DR.. w.
w Pinson of Nashville, who Is the gen
eral missionary secretary, and Miss Mary
DeBardeleben, extension secretary for ne
gro work, with Headquarters at Paine
Annex, Augusta, Ga.
The official headquarters for the Of
ficers Of the council will be the Morris
hotel on Saturday Miss Mabel Head of
Nashville, who is the educational sec
retary arrived In Birmingham to ar
range for the curlo and missionary ex-
hbits both Of which will be located in
the Sunday school rooms of the First
Methodist church.
The officers of the council are:
President. Miss Belle Bennett, Rich
mond, Ky. vice presidents, Mrs. T. G.
Ratcliffe, St Louis; Mrs. ]. +. Grubbs,
Winchester KY; Mrs. j. w. Perry st.
Elmo Tenn; Mrs. Archibald Trawick of
Nashville: corresponding secretaries, Mrs.
!. b. Cobb, foreign department, Nash
Vile; Mrs r. w. MacDonell, homes de-