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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 19, 1876

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 48, No. 16.

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ILLINOIS T. & M. SOCIETY.

By G. W. Colcord; F. M. T. Simonson

The annual meeting of the Illinois T. & M. Society was held in connection with the camp-meeting, at Kankakee, Ill., Oct. 2, 1876.
After prayer and singing, the minutes of the last annual, and the last quarterly, meeting were read and accepted. The president and others then made remarks, in which they endeavored to impress on the minds of the members that no personal benefit would arise from joining the Society, as they could expect no deductions on anything for themselves; but they could have the publications cheap to use in missionary labor. Where it is practicable, we must use postal cards instead of letters, from motives of economy.
The members were tested on their knowledge of the Constitution, by questions from the Chair. Some illustrations on the evils arising from procrastination were presented, and a promise was exacted from the members that they would arouse to a greater degree of diligence. Several times Eld. D. M. Canright made remarks just to the point under consideration.
A report of the work of the preceding quarter was presented, but not the report of the entire year, as the last quarter’s report was not received in time to make it out. The sum of the reports was as follows:— Letters written, 348; families visited, 180; new subscribers for periodicals, 22; old subscriptions renewed, 15; charts, “Bird’s-eye View,” given, 2; No. of pages of reading matter given and loaned, 86,491; periodicals distributed, 1079; and almanacs given, 93.
Money received was as follows:—
On widow and orphan fund, $22.88
By donations, 33.75
Book sales, 1.10
Membership fees, 7.00
Total, $64.73
The Committee on Nominations handed in a report; and after some substitutions, the following officers were elected:— President, Eld. G. W. Colcord; Vice President, Eld. R. F. Andrews, Gilman, Iroquois Co.; Secretary, F. M. T. Simonson, Hillsdale, Rock Island Co.; Treasurer and Librarian, George Foreman, Somonauk, DeKalb Co. For Directors: Dist. No. 1, C. A. Bates, Greenvale, Jo Daviess Co.; Dist. No. 2, J. H. Bennett, Belvidere, Boone Co.; Dist. No. 3, J. M. Bute, Sheridan, La Salle Co.; Dist. No. 4, Cary Dryden, Keithsburg, Mercer Co.; Dist. No. 5, sister B. A. King, Eugene, Knox Co.; Dist. No. 6, Wm. Penniman, Woodburn, Macoupin Co.; Dist. No. 7, M. Kittle, Marshall, Clark Co.; Dist. No. 8, Lewis Logan, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co.; Dist. No. 9, Dr. Pottenger, Kankakee; Dist. No. 10, Jared Mallernee, Lovington, Moultrie Co.; Dist. No. 11, Flavel Simonson, Hillsdale, Rock Island Co.
The Society voted to redistrict the State; and Brn. Ivory Colcord, Wm. Herald, and Dr. A. K. Atteberry, were chosen as a committee for this purpose.
A continuous plea for promptness formed a thread upon which the whole meeting seemed to be strung.
Adjourned according to form.

SECOND SESSION.

The following is the result of the deliberations of the committee upon arranging districts:—
Dist. No. 1 is to comprise Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll, and Ogle Counties.
Dist. No. 2, Boone, Winnebago, McHenry, Lake, Cook, and Kane Counties.
Dist. No. 3, La Salle, De Kalb, Du Page, Kendall, Grundy, Putnam, Marshall, and McLean Counties.
Dist. No. 4, Mercer, Rock Island, and Henderson Counties.
Dist. No. 5, Knox, Stark, Fulton, Hancock, Tazewell, Warren, Peoria, McDonough, Schuyler, and Woodford Counties.
Dist. No. 6, Macoupin, Jersey, Scott, Sangamon, Brown, Menard, Madison, Christian, Montgomery, Green, Calhoun, Morgan, Adams, Cass, Mason, Bond, and Logan Counties.
Dist. No. 7, Clark, Coles, Jasper, Fayette, Edgar, Cumberland, Crawford, and Effingham Counties.
Dist. No. 8, Jefferson, Marion, Washington, Franklin, St. Clair, Jackson, Union, Alexander, Massac, Saline, Gallatin, Edwards, Lawrence, Clay, Wayne, Clinton, Perry, Hamilton, Randolph, Williamson, Johnson, Pulaski, Pope, Hardin, White, Wabash, Richland, and Monroe Counties.
Dist. No. 9, Kankakee, Iroquois, Vermillion, Will, Ford, and Livingston Counties.
Dist. No. 10, Shelby, DeWitt, Champaign, Macon, Piatt, Moultrie and Douglas Counties.
Dist. No. 11, Whiteside, Lee, and Henry Counties.
Voted, to give an order on the treasurer to defray the expenses incurred by the secretary during the preceding year.
Adjourned sine die.
G. W. Colcord, Pres.
F. M. T. Simonson, Sec.
P. S. The President requests that each member cut this out, and paste it in a convenient place for frequent reference.
F. M. T. S.