The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-04-24
kilograms Received BY For
eign Missionary Commit
tee of Five Years Meeting
This Morning.
REPORTS ARE READ
ON MISSION WORK
Committee Takes Up Plans
For Raising Funds to Car
ry on Work in Various For
eign Countries.

kilograms were received by the
Foreign Missionary committee of the
Five Years Meeting in session at the
South Eighth Street Friends church
today from Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mex
leo, signed by r. S. Tice stating that
the missionaries were all safe and re-
Questing the members of the commit
tee to notify friends and relatives. The
telegram was dated April "a, and it is
probable that revolutionists are caus
| ing trouble in that locality. No dis
what the trouble might be. Mr.. Tice
is one of the Friend missionaries from
Russiaville, Ind. The missionaries
who are reported to be with Mr.. Tice
are his wife, Miss Emma Reeder, Miss
Nancy Lee, Miss Mary Pickett and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Roberts. Most of
these are Indiana people.
.- Work in Mexico.
Yesterday afternoon reports were
made on the work of missionaries in
Mexico and Africa. In Africa fifteen
missionaries are maintained and sim
liar number in Mexico. The condi-
tions are exceedingly good at this time
in both countries as far as having the
work properly organized. In Mexico
considerable work has been done by
missionaries. The natives have been
appealed to, to ignore calls of insti-
gators of plots against the govern
ment.
Mrs. Trueblood of this city reported
as to the conditions in Mexico. The
missionaries of Mexico have made re-
ports to her relative to the work of the
missionaries in Mexico who have been
considerably handicapped in their
work by revolutions.
| In Africa the missionaries are con.
sistently working with the natives to
help them in their attempts to culti.
vate fields the reports read. Plaques
are being fought and health conditions
are being improved. The evangelistic
work is progressing rapidly, it is re-
: ported.
! To Raise Funds.
Plans for raising funds were taken
up by the committee. Money is need
ed for the work of the missionaries
1t was decided that the Friends would
cooperate with the churches interest.
ed in the United Missionary campaign
The plans of raising money have not
been made public, as yet.
VIM. Taber Here.
The African work was reviewed by
VIM. C. Taber of New York city. He
has been closely allied with the
African missionaries and is the repre-
sentative of the African branch to the
Five Years meeting.
James Carey Reports.
l. The work of the missionaries in
Cuba was reported on by James E
Carey of Baltimore. Reports on edu
cational work being done there was
especially interesting to the members
of the committee. In places where al
one time a small coin was given to
children and natives to induce them to
attend the evangelistic meetings, mer
are being turned away for want OF
room. The Friends missionaries, who
number fifteen, are mostly stationed
in eastern part of Cuba.
Harry Keats of Des Moines, Ia
chairman of the Evangelistic and
iChurch extension committee made ar
lrangements to extend aid to the work
ers in the church extension depart
ment in the western part of the coun
ttry. In Washington the work of the
conventions and yearly meeting viii
be encouraged. Several parts of the
west will be visited by Mr.. Keats per
sonally. He will make further re
port as to conditions there at the Oc
tober session of the executive commit
tee of the Five Years meeting
kenworth at Newcastle.
Rev. Truman Kenwcrthy of this
city, went to Newcastle today to at
tend the meeting of the Church Ex
tension and Evangelistic committee o.
the Yearly Meeting of Indiana Friends