The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-11-18
w. NJ. l.. ELECTS OFFICERS
Mrs. E. A. Mcdowell of kingstree
Reelected Secretary

I ne elSulceutll oliiiuoi Soi'SiisioAA NA
the South Carolina Baptist Womens
Missionary Union ended here yester-
day with business session held IN
the Citadel Square Baptist church
The devotional service with which the
meeting began was led by Mrs. Maxcy
G. White, and she and her husband,
the Rev. Maxcy G. White, who have
been missionaries in Brazil for years,
sang a song in Portuguese. An ad-
dress on personal Service" was made
by Mrs. P. ]. Mclean.
The committee on time and place
for the next convention reported that
the convention next year will be held
during the first week in November
The place where it will be held is to
be left to the executive board. The
resolution to change the headquarters
of the Southern Division from Balti-
more to a more central point was
adopted by the South Carolina Union.
Mrs. w. ]. Hatcher offered a reso-
ton to the convention to the effect
that a committee from the union Pc
tition the legislature establish a State
board of censorship for moving pic
lures. Mrs. Hatcher spoke of moving
pictures as being the worst menace
with which the modern mother had to
cope. This resolution was adopted
and arrangements were made for car
rying it out. Mrs. T. T. Hyde asked
the union to endorse the work OF the
Anti-Tuberlosis Association, and the
union also went on record as favorlng
the league of nations as set down by
President Wilson, and hoping for its
ultimate triumph. This resolution was
presented by Mrs. E. A. Mcdowell, re-
cording secretary of the union.
Mr.. N. A. Boyajian, an Armenian,
presented the cause of suffering Ar
menia to the members of the union.
Mr.. Boyajian is graduate OF the law
department of the South Carolina
University and travelling secretary Tor
the Near-East Relief Association.
Resolutions of appreciation to the
officers of the convention, to the
guests of honor and to all who helped
in making the convention success In
Charleston were passed.
Officers for the year 192O-2l were
reelected as follows: President, Mrs.
J. D. Chapman; first vice president
Mrs. Edwin Carpenter; vice president
Northern Division, Mrs. c. B. Bobo;
vice presiden Northwestern Division
Mrs. F. G. James; vice president Cen
trail Division, Mrs. L. K. Sturkie; vice
president Eastern Division, Miss Mary
Adams; vice president Western Divi-
sion, Mrs. j. Spann Harris; vice presl-
dent Southern Division, Mrs. L. l..
HYDE; corresponding secretary MRS
E. A. Mcdowell; treasurer, Miss Jes-
sic King; auditor, Miss Annie uimer;
superintendent young woman's ana
girls auxiliaries and college cores
pondents, Mrs. George E.. Davis; sup
erintendent Sunbeam Department
Mrs. w. ]. Hatcher; superintendent
Royal ambassador Department, Mrs.
Edwin Carpenter; superintend mt mis-
sion study, Mrs. 1. A. Rigby; local ex-
ecutive committee, Mrs. c. +. burts'
Mrs. H. I. Horton, Mrs. E. G. Quat-
tlebaum, Mrs. ]. T. Watts, Mrs. M. II.
Mobley, Mrs. w. T. Derieux, Mrs. u
A. Jones, Mrs. C. M. Scott, Mrs. 1. u.
Wray, Mrs. ]. N. Jordan, Mrs. Avery
Carter, Mrs. L. H. McTeer; hoaary
member executive board, Mrs. Il. T.
Hoyt.
Mrs. w. w. Lawton, one OF the
guests of the convention, led the mem
bers in closing prayer, after which
thew were dismissed by the president
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