The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-16
May Make Birmingham
 Headquarters For Baptist
 Woman Missionary Board
Strong Delegation Baltimore Where Discussion oi Bringing Home Office Further South Is Soon to Be Settled Atlanta, Nashville, and
 and Memphis Interested

purpose of educating children on the
 needs for christianity among heather
 people. These scattered organizations
 were called White Bands
 "In 1SSS when the women's missionary
 unions, auxiliary to the Southern Bap-
 tist convention, were formed, the fruits
 of their early education were realized and valued The preamble to that early
 education were realized and valued. The
 preamble to that early constitution says: We, the women of the churches ln the Southern Baptist convention, desir-
 ous of stimulating missionary spirit ana the grace of giving among the women
 and children of the churches, and aidhs in collecting funds for missionary pur-
 poses to be disbursed by the boards or
 the Southern Baptist convention, orgaa- ize and adopt the following, etc: Ut is interesting to note that in. lsl'
 the women had organized benevolence, fostered and maintained exclusively oy
 the women themselves namely: the Mar garet fund for the education of misslon- aries children and the Womans Misson-
 ary Union Training School in LouisVlle' Ky.
 MT. w. c. James. of Richmond, Va, is the beloved and honored president of
 the southern convention. Miss Kathleen Mallory, at one time of Selma, Ala, now of Baltimore, Md, is the correspondlnS secretary As speaker, writer and an official, Miss Mallory has no superior The executive officers for the training school in Louisville is Mrs Maude R. Me Cure, also an Alabama woman. Royal Service, a monthly publica- tion, is edited by Mrs. w. R. Mimmo. The programme of education, entertain ment and inspiration is set forth In US pages. Miss Mittie Jean Stewart, of Bir- mingham, and Miss Mallory are members | of it's staff. MT H. M. Wharton is the secretary for organized personal service. | The subjects administered directly by 1 this department are laws affecting the woman and the child in industries, good i will centers Americanization, friendly visiting and many other activities tend- 7, ing toward a larger and further Chris- tian life.
 l '"The work of organizing and interest l ing young people is under the supervis- | ion of Mrs. E. w. Pickering. | Each state has an organization simf- l lar to the southern plans. Mrs. Charles Stokeley of Montgomery, is Alabama s official Miss Laura Lee Patrick ana Miss Clyde Metcalf, both of Montgom- 1 cry, are corresponding secretary and young peoples leader, respectively. Mrs. I Carter Wright of Roanoke, personal service secretary. MT Carol of Troy. literary secretary. Mission study classes are an important feature of this depart ment.
 ! "Tl.e state of Alabama is divided into | five districts. The officers of the north- ern district, of which Jefferson counfy | is part, are: Mrs. w. P. McAdory, pres | dent and Mrs. w. F Johnson, young peoples leader.
 ! Tn the Birmingham district the same general plans of organization prevails. Mrs B. A. Inglis, superintendent Mrs. F. F. Johnson, young peoples leader;
 Mrs. Peyton Eubanks, personal service secretary; Mrs W. F. Oldham, literary
 secretary.