The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-01
ANNUAL MEETING
Of BIBLE SOCIETY
Held in Presbyterian Church Wea'
ne.day-Annual Sermon Preached
BY DR.. L. Ross Lynn-ofhcefS
and Directors Elected For
Ensuing Year.

ty was held or the ABOVE aaIe la Ot'S
PRESBYTERIAN Church at AbbeVlile'
South Carolina. The President, Dr.
IL Mccain, called the meeting 10
order and opened it with devotional
oxorc;ses The minutes of the last
meetinp were read and approved.
DR.. Mccain then introduced DR..
L. Ross Lynn, who had been selected
to preach the annual sermon. AT the
conclusion of the sermon, the usual
collection was taken up, amounting
to $3.50. e.
The auxiliary societies made their
reports as follows: ,
Lower Long Cane was Represented
bv Mr.. J. C. Dansley, and sent IN a
contribution of s22.35.
There was no report from Upper
Long Cane.
The Abbeville Society reported
through Mr.. J. F. Miller, collection
of s1s1.OO. The delegates were:
Messrs. J. M. Gambrell, J. F. Miller
w M. Barnwell, S. j. Link, Rev. H.
W. Pratt, Rev. Louis J. Bristow' Rev.
7 L, Daniel, Rev M. R. Plaxco' All
Ivon. and R. B. Cheatham.
The Shiloh Society contributed
s2o.5O. The delegates from this So
cietv were: Mrs. Cora c. BroWnlee'
Mrs. J. B. Harkness, Mrs. b. b. NC
Elrath. Miss Winton Keaton, Eugene
McCarter, R. A. Keaton, P. A. Crau-
thin and A. M. Erwin.
The Greenville Church Society was
represented by Messrs. G. N. Nlckles'
J. M. Haddon, J. N. Gordon and ). H.
W;nn the contribution being $l2.oo.
The Cedar Springs Society was
represented by Miss Nellie Presley
and John Kerr, and sent contrlDu-
ton of $3.50.
Lebanon Society was represented
bv Mr.. Carlisle. .~-fhe contribution
was s16.55.
were no delegates.
The Due West Society was repre-
sented by the following: R. 5. Gal
lowav and Mrs. Galloway, DR.. ). l.
Mccain and Mrs. Mccain, J. E. Todd'
DrF Y. Pressly and Mrs. Pressly,
Rev. C. S. Young and Mrs. Young
and John B. Pressly. The contrlDu-
tion from this society was $4O.S6.
Mr.. A. B. Morse as treasurer and
librarian, submitted his report which
was received and ordered filed. Rev.
M r. Plaxco and Mr.. Carlisle were
anpointed as an auditing committee
and reported as follows:
"Your auditing committee reports
that the books of the treasurer and
librarian are in good condition and
that the report of the treasurer IS
correct. The amount on hand at
present being s1.6s.
The following were elected lie
members of the Abbeville Bible So
ciety: Mrs. George White, sr., Mrs
Fannie J. Long and DR.. c. II. NC
Murray.
The Board of Directors have pro-
nosed that Article seven of the con-
stitution be changed so that the
time and place of the annual meet
ING might be fixed by the Board OF
Directors, the following resolution
was submitted to the meeting:
"Resolved, that the constitution be
amended by striking out of Article
seven the words, 'on the last Wednes-
day in July at Abbeville Court
House, and inserting in lieu thereof,
annually at such time and place as
the Board of Director may select"
On motion the amendment to the
constitution was adopted by vote OF
thirtv-two in favor thereof with
none against.
On motion of Mr.. Morse the selec-
tion of the speaker for the next
meeting was left to the Board of d.
rectors.
The sum of $4,000 was appropri-
ated to pay for the life memberships