Cleveland County herald., 1919-11-20

hvideneing tte larger sphere which women have come to occupy in church lie, as we'll as other activities. when the Baptist 13 Million Campaign was decided upon at tho meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention In At lsnta last May, the women. through their regular organization, the Wo- maa's Missionary Union. at once agreed to be responsible for one fifth CT the sum sought, or $15,000,000. This means that the Baptist women of the south will raise for missions of all kinds, Christian education and benev- elcnces, the sum cf $3,O00,O00 a year for the next five years, in addition to taeir contributions to local enterprises and special work
 Through the chanels of the Wo. mans Missionary Union, with head. quarters at Baltimore, Md, the Bap- tist women of the South have since their organization contributed more than s 100000 in cash to various Ge rominational purposes. With the ad Gition of boxes of food and clothing sent to orphanages and other benevo lent institutions, the total of their contributions through this channel has reached $5.710.45371.
 NfiC~ Jyofhlooo Afan1vx- spending secretary of the Woman's Missionary tJnion, and in appreciation Of the service she has rendered in that connection the Baptist women oi Alabama have established the Kath leen Mallory Hospital for Women 6: Laichow-Fu, Shanturg. China. Miss Mallory being native of Alabama.
 Women of many ot 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, girls school at Kumamoto, Japan, the Catherine Bryan Kinder. garten School at Canton, China, and the Mary P. Willingham School for Girls at Blue Ridge, Ga, a school de. signed especially for the education of girls in the mountainous section of that state.
 MEny of the other state unions have special projects such as Good Will Centers in the tenement. factory and mining districts. where effort is made to t-ing more sunshine and enlighten. mens 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 un. dertakings.
 The general W. NJ. U., representing all the women of the Southern Baptist Convention owns. and operates the Wanen'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 has ca. tablished the Margaret Fund for the education in the Baptist schools of the South tie sons and daughters of mis- SiOildllSs C1 tAc lO1CiSu liSlQS, &Aku the Fannie F. s. Heck Memorial, a church building fund established in honor cf one of the greatest leaders Southern Baptist women has known.
 But money for the support of these institutions as well as that for the pay ment of the women's pledge of s16.- 000,0 900 in the 75 Million Campaign.
  will be raised by tha actual work ok the women and through economy and sacrifice. Church fairs, bazaars, sup rers, ice cream socials and the like. are frcwnsd upon by the organized Baptist women of the South as ua- worthy means for raising funds for carr ..g forward the work of the kirg- dom of God and their contributions will not can.e rr-3I this source. t N eaak ,;ussk <. ,s..s>, A. aEi-u.n
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