The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-07
The Deaconess Committee
Will Meet This Morning
LIST OF SECRETARIES
Delegates From All Parts of Country
Will Be Present and Make
Speeches-Curios Have
Been Received sa


| A large number of delegates arrived
yesterday for the meeting of the Wom-
ans Missionary council of the Metho-
dist church, which will convene in Biz
mingham for daily and nightly sessions
this week.
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..
Among the arrivals yesterday were
the members of the deaconesses conn
mittee, which meets in the Sunday
school room OF the First Methodist
church this morning atss:o0 o'clock.
| Mrs. Bodfentlet, chairman of the gem
eral arrangement committee, has re-
ceived word that Miss Roberts. one of
the principals of the Methodist college
in Mexico City, and who will head the
Mexican delegation, Is on her way to
Birmingham. During one of the ses-
sions she will deliver an address on
Latin Languages" Several other speak
ers have been added to the programmes,
among which are Miss Adeline Peoples,
a deaconess from the Wesley House in
Mobile; Mrs. Henry. Knowles of Wash
ington, d. c.. Mrs. o. Nj. Abbott, a
teacher in the Home for Unfortunate
Girls Dallas, Tex; Miss Lottie Adams
of Tampa, Fla. Miss Helen Gibson, a
deaconess from Kingdom House, St.
Louis, Mo, and Miss Mable Howell, head
of the sociological department of the
Scarritt Bible and Training school, Kan
sas City, Mo.
Several shipments of curios for the
curio exhibit to be located in the First
Methodist church have been received by
Miss Mable Head, who has the work
in charge. She is expecting the other
shipments today and tomorrow.
| Miss Belle Bennett, head of the dea
conesses committee, urges that all mem
bers of this board be present today at
the meeting, for there will be a good
deal of important business to transact
The following is the first complete
| list of secretaries who will be here to
represent at the council conference or
ganizations throughout the United
States:
! Alabama Conference: Mrs. T, d. POW
er, Opelika; Mrs. A. L. Dowdell, Ope-
lika.
Arkansas Conference: Mrs. Stella
Tolleson, Dardenelle, Ark; Miss Nellie
Denton. Ft. Smith, Ark.
| Baltimore Conference: Miss Vivian
Conway, Fredericksburg, Va; Miss
Nina Wilson, Baltimore. Md
Central Texas Conference Mrs. j. r.
Bloodworth, Grapevine, Tex; Mrs. NJ.
l. Wood. TT Worth, Tex.
Denver Conference: Mrs. j. b. Hyder,
Denver; Mrs. NJ. II. Blackwell. Denver.
East Oklahoma Conferences: Mrs. ]. G.
Fowler, Poteau, Okla; Mrs. III. j. Fowler,
Poteau Okla.
Florida Conference: Mrs. o. d. Weth-
erel, Tampa; Mrs B. F. Holland, Bar
tow
Holston Conference: Mrs. w. b. Sullins,
Knoxville Miss Bette !, Browder, Sweet
water, Tenn.
Illinois Conference: Mrs. F. w. Spicer,
Marion, ILL.,
Kentucky Conference Mrs. J. III. Spill
man, Harrodsburg, Ky; Miss Julia Dur
ham. Danville, Ky.
Little Rock Conference: Mrs. George
Thornburs, Little Rock; Mrs. w. IL. PEN
berton, Little Rock
Los Angeles Conference: Mrs. George
Cooke, Los Angeles, CAL; Mrs. s. p.
Hamilton, Santa Anna, Cal.
Louisiana Conference: Mrs. Grove
Girard, Lafayette, La; Mrs. A. p. Holt,
Crowley, La.
Pacific Conference Mrs. A. B. Nc
Mahan, Berkley, CAL, Mrs. NJ. A. Todd,
San Francisco, Cal.
South Carolina Conference: Mrs. ID. N.
Bourne, Sampit s. c.; Mrs r. l.. Kirk
wood, Bennettsville, ). c.
South Georgia Conference: Mrs. E.. J.
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Southwest Missouri Conferences: Mrs.
George Gross, Kansas City; Mrs. w. T..
Mcclure, Kansas City.
st. Louis Conference: Mrs. Edwin sher-
ger, Ct Louis; Mrs. a. II. Robbins, st.
Louis.
Tennessee Conference: Mrs. A. b. Smith.
Nashville: Mrs. T.. B. Loggins, Dixon,
Tenn.
Texas Conferences: Mrs. J. w. Spivey,
Marvin, Tex; Mrs. c. A. Hooper Calves
ton
virginia Conference; Mrs II. f. Wall,
Farmville. va. Mrs. BriclShouse, Norfolk.
West oklahoma Conference: Mrs. C. f.
Bobo, Norman, Okla. Mrs. 0. f. Sensa-
baugh. Oklahoma City.
West Texas Conference: Mrs. 4. A.
Brown, Austin, Tex; Mrs. M. Y. Stokes,
Western North Carolina Conference:
Mrs. James Atkins, Waynesville, N. c.;
Mrs. L. w. Crawford, Washington, d. c.
western Virginia Conferences: Mrs. 8.
Fl. Bowman, Huntington, Va; Mrs. G. "A,
Nash, Louisa, Ky,
Louisville Conference: Mrs. j. II.
pickey, Louisville Miss Tula c. Dam
iels, Hardensburg, Ky.
Memphis Conference: Mrs. Ross With
erspoon, jackson, Tenn.
Mississippi Conference: Mrs. B. F.