The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-05-23
W. F. N. $.
An Interesting and Profitable Dis
trict Convention

trict Convention
The annual convention Of the Won.
ans Foreign Missionary society Of
the Aberdeen district Of the Methodist
Episcopal church was held in our city
last Friday. Saturday and Sunday.
May 10. II and Is 1t wa, a memora-
BILE occasion, a great convention: said
to be the best in the his story of
the district. Every day was crowd
ed full Of good things along mission
airy ines One of the interesting feat
| ures of the convention was the display
of curlos from the PHILIPPINES and At
rica BY MeSdames Sa ford and Hab-
good Of Aberdeen and Ian gtord re-
spectively. Every paper and address
on the program was instructive and
! inspira tlonal.
! Friday forenoon and afternoon were
/ given t, organization. reports, papers
| and addresses The evening was the
| address of welcome by MIR. Tibbett>
response by Mrs Hau-er of Aberdeen,
| and the address OF the evening by Mrs,
| Sa ford OF aberdeen, on the Manners
I and Customs of the hiEphines. The
j specia music for the evening was a
| duett by Mrs pr. Pay and Miss Mary
| Partridge; The Sweet Bye and Bye
| in the tougo, African, language,
which was very beautiful and sweet
Saturday forenoon and atterno on
were given to- business pa perS and ad-
! dresses, Mrs G. r. Mill, sang very
beautifully and touchlngly a solo in
the afternoon session. Another inter
esting feature OF the afternoon pro-
gram was the making OF Vincent tu-
gene Bice. grandson OF MIR. and Mrs.
'Fibbett- IA ife member of thew + NJ :.
Mrs. Grandma Abbott, the senior mem
her OF the local society, held Ba by
! Vincent in her arms while standing
before the altar Of the church, and the
entire convention marched around and
dropped IA free viii Offering into his
little dre>, with which to pay his mem
herShip fee which was ten dollars. Sat
urday evening after the deyotlonal>
led by Mrs. Miller Of Groton, Mrs.
Alice Gold Of Big Stone City, sang IA
beautiful solo and Mrs Gerald Pra It
OF this city gave very touching read
ing Mrs Longley of ST. Paul, Mimi,
the speaker of the evening gave a
strong address on her travel, in the
Orient.
There were three great ,eyice~ or
Sunday The music in the morning
wa, exceptionally fine The quarte
rendered two beautiful anthems. Ma
dine Mills sang sweetly inthe afternoon
and the chorus and orchestra de- lght
ed the great audience in the evening
: Mrs Carlow read an excellent papel
: on tithing. and Miss Georgia Raw-ol
gave a pleasing missionary recitation
Mrs. Longly gave three telling ad
dresses during the day on her travel
! and what she saw in China .J pan am
Korea. She Is a gifted woman and |
! was great privilege and blessing t,
! have her present a, the conyentlo
spea ker. Her message will not 500
he forgotten and all who heard he
!. will have a greater sympathy with tn
; work OF world evangelism than eve
< before. Mrs. Sa ford Of aberdeen CAV
a very interesting description OF LII
n the Philippines 10 the young peopl
al the EpwoIth League meeting IN tn
evening. The ladies and friends grea1
g y enjoyed renewing their acquaintar
/ ceship with Mrs. Holgate, former pa,
@ tor, wife, who was one Of the dele
gates.
The delegates al declared they Wei
: royalty entertained and that Mllba n
y knows how to la ke care Of folks Th
:, convention goes to Groton next yeal
The out-of town delegates were:
Mrs Hauser, Aberdeen
Stafford, Aberdeen
Mr., Morri son, Andover
James Black. Big Stone
Harrington, Big Stone
John Black. Big Stone
Alice Gold. Big Stone
Rtenbark, Big Stone
thinner. Big Stone
Eyers. Big Stone
Rrongher Brtton
$ DR. Adams. bristol
Heagy. Bristol
Brokaw, Claremont
Gage. Groton
II Miller Groton
!, !, . Flatt, Langford
Il : Habgood, I.angford
/. Bowles. Claremont
4 :. John Anderson. Peever
q Holgate. Redfield
:. :. Lincoln, tedeld
g Schmidt. Sissetou
!. Carlow. SiSseton
v . Shearer. SlssetOn
q Longley, st. Paul
= The following officers we're eleett
TO. the coming year;