The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-20
RE OLUT|ON H|NDERS
MEXICAN PROGRESS
Missionary Speaks Before
Board of Friends Five
Year Meeting.

Boards and committees designated
by the Friends Five Year Meeting, at
Indianapolis, last year, are holding
their annual meetings in Richmond
this week The entire week will be
necessary for the sessions of the vari-
Gus boards Most of the meetings will
be held in the South Eighth Street
Friends church.
The Friends Board of Foreign Mis-
sions met in the library of the church
this morning to discuss the missionary
situation in Mexico. Raymond S. Hold
ing. Friends missionary at Matehula,
Mexico, spoke to the board on condi-
lions in the disturbed country.
THE present revolution is greatly
hindering the progress of Christian
work, especially in the section in
which | am located" declared the mis-
sionary. Things are so disorganized
and the natives are filibustering in
their own land when they should be
settled down.
No Definite Action.
Although nothing definite was de-
cided at the morning sessions it is ex-
pected that some effort will be made
to combat the unusual situation which
nowexists. Those on the board are DR.,
kle, Lynn, Ind, Mrs. Sarah J. King,
of Greentown, Ind, Mrs Flora Mills
Morris, Brdgetown, Ind, and Mrs E.
P. Trueblood, of this city.
The general board of the Five Years
meeting will hold it's sessions tomor-
| row all day in the South Eighth street
| church. This meeting includes the rep
/ resentatives of each department, de-
| signated by the Five Years Meeting
officials and will be attended by a
| large number of Friends representa-
tives from surrounding states.
| The program for the weeks meeting,
as arranged by the officials, follows:
Program of Sessions.
(Al1 meetings will be held at the
South Eighth Street Friends church
unless otherwise specified)
Monday morning to Thursday A. NJ g.
| October 23.-American Friends Board
| of Foreign Missions in the Library
| room.
Wednesday, 1870 P. M Friends
Publication Board in the office of the
American Friend.
Wednesday, 400 P. M-Board on
| the Welfare of the Negro, Pastor S
| study.
Wednesday, Z to 8 P. M.-Informal
reception arranged for by Friends of
Richmond for visiting Friends, Sunday
School room.
! Wednesday, 8 P. M.-Central Com
mittee of Executive Committee in Pas
tors Study.
| Thursday, 9 A. M.-Meeting of the
Committee on Efficiency appointed by
| Indiana Yearly Meeting, pastor S
study.
Thursday, 2 P M.-General confer
ence of members of all Boards and
Committees.
| Thursday 1880 P. M.-Second ses-
sion of the general conference, if a
| second session is desired, or if no sec.
ond session is desired. first session of
the Executive Committee. All meet
ings of the Executive Committee will
be in the Library room.
! Thursday, 8 A. M.-Central Com
mittee of Executive Committeeman.
| day School room.
Friday-Meetings of the Executive
| Committee according to adjournments
If the first meeting of the Executive
| Committee does not occur on Thurs
day evening the first session will be
| held on Friday morning at o'clock
| The Finance Board is requested to
meet at 4:30, Thursday afternoon or
at the close of the conference to fix
a time for meeting. Unless otherwise
announced, the pastors study may be
! considered the place of meeting