The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-06
LUTHERAN SYNOD
MAKES PROGRESS
Practically Eight Hundred Young
Men Furnished to War-Orphan
Home Needs Buildings.
PROGRESS
The State.

The State.
Minutes of the Evangelical Luther
an Synod Of South Carolina, which re-
Gently held session al Little Noun
lain, give an interesting insight into
he workings of the Lutheran
churches of the state. Officers Of the
synod are: The Rev. H. j. Black OF
Charleston, PRESIDENT; the Rev. H. A
Mccullough, D. D., Of Columbia,
vice president; the Rev. c. j. Shealy
of Prosperity, secretary; w. A.
Counts of Little Mountain, treasurer;
DR.. ]. S. Wheeler Of Prosperity,
n.treasurer of Bachman endowment
Ind; DR.. George Y. Hunter of Pros
Ie.ity, treasurer of seminary fund;
~! B. Hunter of Newberry, treasurer
Lsof the semi-centennial endowment
fund and Newberry college; Henry
Holloway of Newberry, treasurer
general endowment fund; A. H.
TX ohm of Columbia, treasurer of edu-
cational fund; the Rev. H. A. Nc
Cullough, D. D., the Rev. E. Fulen-
| wider, the Rev. J. J. Long, the Rev.
, V. Y. Boozer, D. D., A. H. kohn, T.
C. Price and ". K. Shealy, members
of the executive committee and advi-
sorry board of home missions; Z. >.
Kimball, DR.. W. H.. Greever and A.
H. Kohn, members of the finance COM
-aittee: the Rev. S. T. Hallman, D. D.,
hrchivist.
J At the request of the executive
board of the United Lutheran church
in America the following special
committees are also serving: Inner
missions, the Rev. George J. Gonga-
ware, D. D., the Rev. W, H. Greever,
D. D., and Kenneth Baker. Boys
work: Prof. S. j. Derrick, Gilbert P.
Voigt. the Rev. J. L. Yonce, Minis
terial relief: the Rev. c. L. Miller, W.
x. Hantske and J. Henry Stuhr. Ben
tavolence campaign: W. A. Hantske'
Kenneth Baker, the Rev. c. J. Shealy,
3. B. Hare, C. J. Kimball, Moss Hol-
man and Mai. j. D. E. Meyer.
A matter of interest stated IN these
minutes is the information that there
were 7Ss young men of the synod who
saw service during the war. OF
this number seven were killed on the
firing line, Is We're wounded on the
battlefield and IL died from natural
causes.
There are 100 children in the Lu-
theran orphan home at Salem, va;
Forty of these are from Virginia, 81
from North Carolina, seven from
South Carolina, II from Georgia.
eight from West Virginia and four
from Tennessee. There is great need
of more buildings in order that the
institution may properly care for the
great number of needy children who
are constantly applying for admls-
sion.
The women's work is also note
worthy. The president Of the wo-
mans Home and Foreign Missionary
society of the South Carolina synod
is. swell known Columbia woman,
Mrs. NJ. o. ]. Kreps, Mrs. D. B. Grose-
/kclose of Fairfax is first vice president.
&Mrs. J. A. Summer of Pomarla, Sec
ond vice president; Mrs. W. H. Riser
of Lexington, recording secretary;
Hiss Caro- Efird of Lexington, CORES
bonding secretary; Mrs. Frank
Seegers of Columbia, treasurer; Mrs.
E. ". Leslie of Lone Star, childrens
secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Kate
Eargle of Greenville, honorary secre-
tary and Mrs. W. G. Allworden of
Columbia, honorary treasurer. Com
raittees of the women are as fol-
lows:
Literature committee: Mrs. W. B.
SheaIy, Little Mountain; Mrs. c. b.
Spinks, Newberry Mrs. z. T. Penner,
Pomaria; Mrs. E. S. Mcneil, Augusta.
Mission study secretary: Mrs. W..
{ M. Holman, St. Matthews; life men,
aership secretary, Mrs. c. A. Freed,
Columbia; Cradle roll secretary, Mrs.
Laura Wise, Prosperity; thank offer
ing secretary, Mrs. j. Fred Lightsey,
Fairfax; inner mission secretary, Miss
Julia Copeland, Ehrhardt; magazine
secretary, Mrs. J. V. Laverty, Colum-
bia; honorary president, Mrs. VI. S.
Habenicht, Columbia.