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Newspaper

Roanoke Baptist Union

Location

Roanoke, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1894

Page

3

Resignations and listings mark Roanoke Baptist news

Danville Virginia notices dated November 1894 announce Rev E Pendleton Jones resigning as missionary to Cuba and Prof A Poindexter Taylor leading a flourishing school in Hartsville South Carolina. Also reported are Claude A Swanson reelected to Congress and a Pelham North Carolina wedding of Capt A J Clark and Nannie Conway. Brooklyn plans a 100000 Baptist Temple and Rev G Jones to Covington Kentucky. West View Church in Richmond calls Rev I Morton Mercer. The Bell family deaths and local church reports follow with updates on Rev L G Broughton in Clifton Forge and Rev M A Adams in Reidsville. A government India church stat and American Baptist press move are noted, plus election results and a tour offer to Alexandria via steamers. Hood’s products advertised.

Woman's Missionary Union Officer Roster Listed

Central Committee of the Woman's Mission Societies of the Baptist General Association of Virginia names President Mrs A M Gwathmey Secretary Miss Juliet Pollard Treasurer Mrs Wm Ellyson and Roanoke Association vice president Mrs Frank B Woopson in the updated roster.

Southern Baptist Convention A. M. Gwathmey F. M. Enis Richmond Baltimore Annie W. Armstrong Mi&s Tyler Baltimore, Md Central Committee Woman's Mission Societies OF Baptist General Association OF Virginia Juliet Pollard Wm. Ellyson Roanoke Association E. F. Acree W. W. Waddill Wm. Nelson W. T. Harris G. E. Coleman H. R. Miller

Missionary Society Meeting To Be Held In Alexandria

The General Association plans its annual Central Committee meeting in Alexandria on the 13th. The Woman's Missionary Societies report eight months in, with letters, visits, and new societies totaling 463.67 dollars. Danville and Mt. Tabor lead among Roanoke Association groups with strong year contributions.

General Association Alexandria Woman’s Missionary Societies Evergreen Prince of Darkness Central Committee Roanoke Axton Cascade Chatham Chestnut Level Chatham Sunbeams Danville Danville Sunbeams Greenfield Kentuck Laurel Grove Mt. Herman Mil Creek Mt. Tabor New Prospect Riceville Ringgold Shockoe Sharon Mt. Zion J. W. Fitzgerald Mattie Lewis Mt. Hermon Society J. H. Harper Mt. Hermon S. B. Robertson Fannie Maynard Ringgold Society W. E. Clark Chatham Society Chatham Church Society Britt Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals L. P. Britt CoLtece Place New York

Brother Motley Very Sick at Monument Street Home

The notice reports Bro. R. R. Motley is very sick at his Monument street home and mentions his family has faced illness for months. It also notes the Young Ladies Sewing Circle meets Saturday afternoons and that Maj. Gray and wife of Culpeper visited their daughter, Mrs. H. R. Miller.

R. R. Motley Monument Street Sewing Circle Maj. Gray Culpeper H. R. Miller

Also Mentioned on This Page

Roanoke Baptist Wuion Danville, VA E. Pendleton Jones Cuba A. Poindexter Taylor Hartsville, S. C Claude A. Swanson Congress A. J. Clark Nannie Conway Pittsylvania Co Pelham, N. C T. H. Walker Brooklyn N. Y G. Jones F. H. Jones Covington, Ky West View Church I. Morton Mercer Greenville S.C Mercer R. H. Bell J. P.bell & Co Lynchburg R. W. Bell Bell, Dance & Co L. G. Broughton Clifton Forge Virginia North Carolina M. A. Adams Reidsville Wake Forest Raleigh Adams Grace Memorial Church Belle Smith John Lloyd Grace Church G. W.smith Arthur Lloyd Norfolk Government of India On Religion India Church of England the Times North Madas Lower Burmah The American Baptist Publication Society Sawson Street House of Representatives Atlantic Chesapeake Bay Washington and Norfolk Navigation Co Baptist General Association Southern Railway Co Hood J. B. Winston Mr. H. Hodges Etna Iron Works Broadway Rathvon & GO Main ST Ing F. Rison James G. Penn W. W. Williamson Commercial Bank City Depository R. W.peatrobs, James B, Lay C. B. Kreser James Fe, Lipscombe J. D. Buatt, M. P, Jordan James G, Penn Abner Anderson Joan F. Rison Woman's Missionary Union Frank 8. Woopson Woman’s Missionary Society Dep't Frank 8. Woodson Danville Society Italy Rowland 8S. C. Burch Mill Creek Society Foreign Mission Board W. C .Yate Geenfield Society Riceville Society Foreign Missions Johnnie Wooding Shockoe Society Chestnut Level Society Carrie Adams Cascade Society 0. W. Venable Conway Clark Kentuck Society China Sunbeam Lizzie Wood Joseph Schofield Mt. Zion Society 8. A. Lefeber A. Lefeber Rossmayne Webstlix U. S. Gov't Printing Office U.S. Supreme Court Hon D. J. Brewer U. S. Supreme Court G. & C. Merriam CO Springfield Mass U.S.A Estes & Wooding T. H. Averett James E. Schoolfield H. F. Vass Schoolfield, Yass & Go Dixie and Farmers Friend Plows Miller’s Monumental J. R. Jopling Oliver
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