Oct. 9, 1918
The Semi-Annual Meeting of the Board was
called to order at 10 A.M. hy President Ellyson. De¬
votional exercises were conducted by Brother T. iff.
O'Kelley of North Carolina. Prayer was offered hy
Brother W. P. lilks.
The minutes of Sept. 12 were read and approved.
The following were present during the ses-
s i ons :
State Members: T. I. O'Kelley, N.C.; C.B.Bobo,
S. C.; J. T. Moore, Louisiana; W. P. Wilks, Alabama;
H. M. Fugate, Georgia.
Local Members: William Ellyson, S. B. Woodfin,
W. C. James, J. J. Wicker, J. R. Johnson, R. E. Gaines,
J. D. Crump, iff. G. Mahone, W. A. Harris.
Administrative Committee: R. H. Pitt, T. C.
Skinner, F. F. Gibson. Also Secretary T. B. Ray and
Treasurer R. R. Gwathmey.
Dr. R. H. Pitt made several announcements con¬
cerning the Administrative Committee and presented a
tentative program for this session of the Board. The
program was adopted.
The first matter for consideration was tho
campaign for One and One Half Million Dollars for For¬
eign Missions.
1. Shall we try to raise it? It was tacitly
but unanimously agreed that we should.
2. "How shall we raise it" was discussed
generally by the brethren under the heads of (Dadvertis-
ing campaign, (2) literature, (3) setting up the cam¬
paign, (4) special appeals.
Adjourned morning session with prayer by
Brother J. T. Moore of Louisiana.
Afternoon Session.
At 2.30 P. M. the Board reassembled for
business. Brother J. H. Johnson opened the afternoon
session with prayer.
Motion by Brother James for power of attor¬
ney to the President;
That the President be authorized to sign
notes, annuity bonds and other legal papers while Dr.
Love, the Corresponding Secretary, is out of the country.
On motion, the Recording Secretary was re¬
quested on behalf of the Board to send a letter of
greeting to Secretary J. F. Love, and letters of sympa¬
thy to Brother J. W. Porter, who is sick with pneumo¬
nia, and Mrs. R. J. Willingham who has just lost her
son, Dr. Ben Willingham.
The following resolution was adopted by the
Board in lieu of a report from the Committee on Ap¬
pointments :
Resolved, That Rev. W. R. Flannagan be ap¬
pointed State Member from the District of Columbia, to
take the place of Dr. W. W. McMaster.
That Dr. R. D. Garcin be appointed Local
Member to take the place of Dr. William P. Mathews.
It was voted that $375 be returned to Broth¬
er Weecott Roberson in accordance with the following
resolution*
That $375 be returned to Mr.Wescott Roberson
out of the Judson Centennial Fund, he being dissatis¬
fied over the fact that the Board has been unable to
