TEXAS T. AND M. SOCIETY.
By E. G. Rust
The first annual meeting of the Texas Tract Society was held at Dallas, July 1, 1877. Eld. R. M. Kilgore took the chair, the director being absent at the commencement of the meeting on account of sickness. The report of previous meeting was read and accepted. The reading of the roll was then called for, which showed a membership of forty-five, only twenty-five responded to their names. On motion, The chairman appointed a committee of three, consisting of Bro. Bahler, Brooks, and Simonton to nominate officers for the Society, to hold their office till Jan. 1, 1877. Each member read his own report, which, added greatly to the interest of the meeting. Eld. Kilgore then made some remarks upon the clubbing system and the added one-third. It was decided that all monies, including the added one-third, subscriptions, etc., should be retained by individual members and handed in with their reports at each quarterly meeting, that the returns of monies might agree with reports. Under this new arrangement, it becomes very important that every member report to the Secretary at each quarterly meeting, whether present or absent. The Nominating Committee reported in favor of the old officers, A. B. Rust, Director, and E. G. Rust, Secretary. Report accepted, and on vote, the old officers were unanimously re-elected. The following is a summary of the reports of members for past quarter:— Membership, 45; No. families visited, 151; letters written, 42; new subscribers, 12; periodicals distributed, 535; almanacs distributed, 357; tracts and pamphlets distributed, pp., 55,437. Rec’d for memberships, $2.00
Donations, 25.00
Book sales, 9.10
New subscribers, 9.55
Total, $45.65