The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-14
WOMEN MEET NEXT /
In CEDART0WNI
BAPTIST UNION REFLECTS ALL
THIS YEARS OFFICERS AT
MEETING HERE.

AL IH0 I74i OlllCleTS were rejected
these being as follows:
President Mrs W. ]. Neel, Carriers
vile,
vice-President, Mrs. j. P. Nichols.
Griffin.
Corresponding Secretary, Miss EVE
NJ. Campbell
Assistant Corresponding Secretary,
Mrs. G, e. Laird. Atlanta.
Personal service chairman, Mrs. p.
8. Awtrey, LaGrange
Auditor, Mrs. II. H. Hale, Atlanta.
Editor mission Messenger, Miss
e. NJ Campbell.
Division Vice Presidents.
Northeast division, Mrs. c. r. Brown,
billiard
Northeast division, Mrs. d. B. Ham
ilton, Rome.
Southwest division, Mrs. C. +. Cater,
Quitman
Southeast division, Mrs. G. II. Will
liams, Dublin
West central division, Mrs. T. w.
Without, Fort Valley.
East central division, Mrs. w. IL.
Prior Greensboro.
The church people of Cordele were
indeed happy at the splendid manner
in which local people threw open their
homes to the visitors The days pro
gram at each session, too, was greatly
enlivened by the local church workers
in the many different little helps rem
dered and the convention was consid-
cred most important and most sue
cessful meeting of the Baptist church
women of the state.
While the enrolment of the conven-
ton shows an attendance of nearly 500
the voting strength of the convention
was $3.50 A number OF visitors Wed
nesday, who came by way OF automo-
bile to Cordele, showed and increas-
ed attendance of nearly 500.
Merging Of Junior Organization.
The merging Of the organization, the
r. A, the G. A. (the junior auxilia-
riers) into an organized B. Y p. U. I'M
der the direction of the W. B. M. u,
came again before the convention, this
change being recommended by the
executive board to meet the problem
of overlapping organization in some
churches in the state.
} This step, Georgia alone Of tn,
eighteen states of the S. B.. c. W. I'M
w, advanced. This question, which is
Of the much IMPORT was heartily dis
cussed. o1The convention unahimously
| 51ldoP86d this decentralization Of the
board 5y an g&pgrrimmehht for the e!ir ne4t
| Year, with the APPOINTMENT Of a com
mitteeo to revise til w. NJ. w. consti
tuition, So that In convention in 1915
this matter may be in parliamentary
way adopted as, a permanent method
and means the present constitution
prohibiting a change without due no
tice.
a conference on circle class meth
DDS, led by Mrs. d. r. Malone, of Ma
con, followed, and was enthusiastical
y, ly entered INTO.
A motion to re-divide the state diyis
ons according to railroad facilities was
carried, and the matter was referred
to a committee.
A motion Of Mrs. Charles Cater, OF
EQuitman, looking to the establishments
~of d home for aged Baptist women was
carried and referred to committee.
11 Cedartown Ia Named
Mrs Gostin, of Macon chairman OF
[ the time and place committee, report
led that Cedartown was recommended
for the next place, the time to be de
termined by the executive board
Ninety thousand dollars was desig
mated as Georgia's ". M. L. aim in
gifts for next year.
Miss EVE Campbell suggested that
the Georgia State Convention be asked
to grant the women the disbursement
of $500 Of the $2O,7OO given by the wo-
men to state missions, this to cover
some expenses.
A message from Miss Katherine
Bryan, missionary in China, was read,
The convention voted to send a phon-
ograph to DR.. T. W. Ayres, China,
to use in his work there. Also to
send $500 to Miss Katherine Bryan,
China, for kindergarten equitment.
Good common sense always takes
precedence over any subject that re