The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-18
WoMAN'S WORK OF ABBEVILLE
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.

! On Saturday, August the 31st, Mr.
J. A. Osborne held a Division meet
ing at Mt. .Moriah. The meeting wa
we'll attended by delegates of Fiftl
divisions and officers of Association
] The following program was carried
out:
| Devotional conducted by Mrs. j. a
Osborne; Roll call and response o.
delegates; Prayer-Mrs. ]. Spanr
Harris; Mission Study Demonstra
ton to Sunbeams, Mrs. J. W. Cul
bertson.
State Mission Demonstration-Lo
cal band of Sunbeams. Talk, "Love'
Mrs. j. S. Harris. Appointment OF
committees and resignation of Mrs
Osborne as Division President and
Miss Griffin as Secretary. Lunch.
A plea for Aged Ministers, Mrs. T.
C. Anderson; Our Work, Mrs. D. A.
G. Outz.
Mission Study-Mrs. W. P. Wham.
Young Peoples Work-Miss Ruth
Pinson.
Report of Committees.
Damascus next place of meeting.
Mrs. T. C. Anderson was elected
Division President with Mrs. G. c..
Johnson, secretary.
Meeting closed with sentence pray
ers for the soldiers.
The first meeting in the Third Div
ision of the associational year was
called to order by Mrs. S. w. Brown,
at Donalds, October 5th. Delegates
from Ware Shoals and Donalds res
ponded. Good reports from all the
organizations were given. Mrs. T. c.
Anderson, President of the Fifth Di-
vision, and Mrs. J. F. Kellar, Presi-
dent of the Fourth division were pre-
sent and reported the work in their
respective divisions. Mrs. w. P.
Wham talked on Mission study, urg-
ing that all organizations have at
least one class during the year. The
books on Africa were recommended
for present study.
Mrs. D. A. G. QUITS spoke at length
on Recommendations of Executive
Boards, and other features of the
work. She is filled with enthusiasm
and is an inspiration to all who hear
her talk, Christian Patriotism was
the subject Of an interesting talk by
Mrs. J. E. Burnsides. Mrs. M. C.
Milling, Supt. of Royal Ambassadors,
brought helpful and instructive
message on work for boys. The next
meeting will be held at Due West.
Mrs. S. w. Brown, who acted Pres
ident pro TEN, was elected President
of the Third Division and Mrs. I. N.
McDill, Secretary.
A meeting of the First Division has
been planned at Beulah church, Octo-
Der 9th. 1t is urged that all church
es in this division send representa-
tives with full reports of the work.
The Fourth Division Of the Able
vile Association W. M. U. held a
meeting at Greenwood, Sept. 18th.
The meeting was called to order by
the President, Mrs. J. F. Keller. The
Devotional was conducted by DIR. j.
R. Jester. His theme was Goods
Work, First. Delegates, answered to
roll call from every church in the
division except Jordan street. Mrs.
D. A. G. QUITS, the new Superintend-
ent of the Association gave an inspir-
ing address on the w. M. U. work.
Miss Ruth Pinson, the Associate Su-
perintendent of Y. w. AS and G..
AS, discussed the need of young
peoples societies in every church.
Mrs. J. R. Jester stressed the need of
Divisional meetings, because they
fostered deeper love for Christ, en-
couraged the workers, and brought
out new plans. Little Misses Josie
Lee Simmons and Elizabeth Smith,
of the 1st church Sunbeams, sang, II
Think When l Read that Sweet Story
of DID," very sweetly. After some
discussion it was decided to hold the
next Divisional meeting some time in
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