The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-01
A. M. E. MISSIONARY MEET.

A. M. E. MISSIONARY MEET.
The q~uadrennial session Woman's
Parent Mite Missionary held at Jack
sonville, Florida, October 1921, was
largely attended. Amount raised
during the Quadrennian was over
$97, 100000. Mrs. Nora F. Taylor had
for sale over a thousand dollars
worth of needle work contributed by
women of Africa, Bermuda and other
Islands and American branches. Mrs.
A. B. Workman brought in S374.00
from Sarah Tanner Memorial Fund;
in the future this fund is to be d.
vided among widows and orphans of
foreign and home missionaries. A
big missionary drive was planned
with Mrs. r. C. Ransom of New York
as leader. This will mean many
thousands added to the missionary
treasury if all the Mite women take
hold of it as is hoped.
Important changes in the Constitu-
ton were five executive officers in
stead of three. Statistical Secretary
secretaries of young peoples work
Sarah Tanner fund and Editor add
ed to Executive Board. Ten cents
is to be collected annually from each
local Mite Missionary member and
forwarded as Quadrennial contingent
money. Part of money raised by
young peoples department will be
used for training of Missionaries.
Returned Missionaries present were
DR.. ]. w. Rankin, Secretary of Mis-
sions; DR.. and Mrs. j. A. Gregg,
South Africa; Mrs. Emily Kinch,
South Africa; Rev. Mayhem, Trini-
dad; Mrs. Nora F. Taylor, Bermuda.
Mrs. Kinch is author of a Mission
text book on Africa and had a large
collection of African souvenirs on ex-
hibit. Convention Ode, written by
Mrs. Nora F. Taylor and Woman's
Missionary Hymn, written by Mrs.
Katherine Tillman were sung. An eff
fective solo was sung by Mrs. T. w.
Greene of Kansas. Mrs. F. D. Wells,
delegate S. w. Missouri; Mrs. X. D.
Tillman, delegate North Missouri, and
Mrs. Greene of Kansas served on i'm
portant committee and in every way
VI NlloDlS ACplC oCAISu NlSll III ollNASo
Bishops Tyree and Hurst were pres
ent at each session, also wives of
Bishop Saltee Johnson, Chapelle and
Smith. Mrs. W. T. Vernon was a
fraternal delegate; Mrs. Mary A.
Handy presided with kindly dignity.
The opening mt was preached by
DR.. Rankin; the Quadrennial sermon
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Mass Meeting On Sunday afternoon
was held by Mrs. Bishop Smith and
Mrs. Middleton.
Sunday evening speakers were:
Mrs. R. c. Ransom, Civic Righteous
ness" Mrs. X. D. Tillman, THE
/, Hands of Missionary Clock" anC
Mrs. S. G. Simmons, President P. H
& F. The election Monday Afternoon
was as follows: President, Mrs. Mary
A. Handy; LIST Vice President, Mrs
Nora F. Taylor, Chicago; End Vice
President, Mrs. S. d. Houston, Flori
da; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Dovit
King Clarke, Wilberforce; Assistan
Secretary, Mrs. Jennie Day, Virginia.
Treasurer, Mrs. B. X. Hurst; Stats
teal Secretary, Mrs. Sadie Anderson
Secretary Contingent, Mrs. E. H. Hun
ter; Secretary Young Peoples De
partment, Mrs. C. S. Smith; Editor
, Mrs. X. D. Tillman, Kansas; Elk
Board, Mrs. Mumford, Kentucky
Mrs. r. B. Brooks, Florida; Mrs
,, jamie Pope, Colorado; Mrs. E. ]. Rob
erts, Philadelphia.
Tuesday evening a Quadrennial re
n ception was rendered Bishop an,
A Mrs. Hurst by the 18th Episcopal Dis
trict and Mrs. Hurst was p~resente,
6 with a purse of $625.0O with man.
words of praise for their good wor'
q in Florida.
The visitors were highly please
a with Edward Waters College wher
DIR. j. A. Gregg presides over seN
9 eral hundred students. The new CeI
~tennial building with it's large bri
liantly lighted Auditorium would d
credit to any campus. There is niue
talk in Florida of DR.. Gregg bein
made Bishop at the coming genera
conference. He and his good viii
were untiring in their efforts to a
sist DR.. r. A. Grant and the goo
~ people of Jacksonville in caring fC
the Quadrennial. The session close
with N automobile trip to st. A
- g~ustine, ~thirty-eight miles from JAG
&c sonville. Mrs. T. w. Greene, Mrs.
d. Wells and the writer made prof
able side trips to Tuskegee Institut
where we were highly enlightene
and instructed and TO Nashvil
where Prof. Ira T. Bryant, builder
is our famous A. M. r. Sunday Soho
st Publishing House and DR.. Julian
~ Caldwell, League Secretary, with h
ul charming wife, showed us this CT
ly of schools and churches.
81 KATHERINE d. TILLMAN,
III Fort Scott, Kans.
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