The Era-leader., 1919-11-13

corresponding Secretary, W. m. U,
Baltimore.
Evidencing the larger sphere which
women have come to occupy in church
life, as we'll as other activitcy. when
the Baptist IS Million Campaign was
decided upon at the meeting Of the
Southern Baptist Convention in At.
lanta last May, the women, through
their regular organization, the Wo
mans Missionary Union, at once
agreed to be responsible for one.fifth
of the sum sought, or $15,OOO,Oo0. This
means that the Baptist women of the
South will raise for missions of all
kinds, Christian education and beney.
olences, the sum of $S,OO0,OOO year
for the next five years, in addition to
their contributions to local enterprises
| ana Speclai work.
Through the channels of the Wo
mans Missionary Union, with head.
quarters at Baltimore Nd, the Bap.
tist women of the South have since
their organization contributed more
than $5,OOO,00O in cash to various de-
nominational purposes. With the ad.
dition of boxes of food and clothing
sent to orphanages and other beneyo.
lent institutions. the total of their
contributions through this channel has
reached $5.710,4s3.71.
Miss Kathleen Mallory is the corre
spending secretary of the Woman's
Missionary Union, and in appreciation
Of the service she has rendered in
that connection the Baptist women of
Alabama have established the Kath.
leen Mallory Hospital for Women at
Laichow-Fu, Shanturg, China, Miss
Mallory being native of Alabama.
Women Of many of the other states
have also undertaken special enter.
prises of their own. Those of Georgia,
for instance, established the Ayers
Hospital for Women at Hwanghien,
China, a girls school at Kumamoto,
Japan, the Catherine Bryan Kinder
garten School at Canton, China, and
the Mary P. Wlllingham School for
Girls at Blue Ridge, Ca, a school de.
signed especially for the education of
girls in the mountainous section OF
that state.
Many of the other state unions have
special projects such as Good VIII
Centers in the tenement, factory and
mining districts, where effort is made
to bring more sunshine and enlighten.
ment and love into the homes and
lives Of needy families, especially
those of foreign birth; church building
funds, scholarships for young women
who want to obtain training for spe,
cial Christian service, and similar ur.
dertakings.
The general W. NJ. u, representing
all the women of the Southern Baptist
Convention owns, and operates the
Women's Training School at Louis.
vile, KY, which has already sent out
700 trained women for special service
in all parts of the world; and las es.
tablished the Margaret Fund for the
education in the Baptist schools of the
South the sons and daughters of mis-.
sionaries on the foreign fields, and
the Fannie e. S. Heck Memorial. a
church building fund established in
honor Of one Of the greatest leaders
Southern Baptist women has known.
But money for the support of these
institutions as we'll as that for the pay.
ment of the women's pledge of SIS.
100000 in the rs Million Campaign.
will be raised by the actual work Of
the women and through economy and
sacrifice. Churcl. fairs, bazaars SUD.
pers, ice cream socials and the like.
are frowned upon by the organized
Baptist women Of the South as un.
worthy means for raising funds for
carrying forward the work of the king.
dom Of God and their contributions
will not come from this source, It Is
announced