IOWA, $234.08.

Davenport. W. N. McCandlish 10.00 Des Moines. A. Y. Rawson 10.00 Dubuque. Woman's Miss'y Soc. 25.00 Gilman. Cong. Ch. 3.35 Grinnell. By Ella E. Marsh, for Missionary, New Orleans, La. 46.00 Hawarden. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Kingsley. A. J. Brower 5.00 Maquoketa. Ladies of Cong. Ch. Bbl. C. and Box of Bonnets, for Straight U. Miles and Preston. Cong. Chs. 7.25 Mitchell. Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Butler 20.00 Montour. Cong. Ch. to const. DEA. GEORGE BLAKE L.M. 38.58 Newburg. Cong. Ch. 6.25 Onawa. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. 3.00 Oskaloosa. S. R. Pettitt 2.00 Rock Rapids. Rev. C. H. Morse 1.00 Shenandoah. Cong. Ch. 9.15 Tipton. Mrs. M. D. Clapp, 4; Mrs. J. M. L. Daniels, 50c. 4.50 Toledo. Two Bbls. of C., for Straight U. By Mrs. G. W. Reynolds Asst. Sec. For Missionary, New Orleans, La.—Des Moines, Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Plym. Ch., 30; Iowa City, "Little Gleaners" of Cong. Ch., 5; Riceville, Ladies, 2; Chester Centre, Mrs. Edward Fisher, 1 38.00

WISCONSIN, $299.53.

Appleton. Cong. Ch. Box S. S. Papers, for Talladega C. Beloit. Second Cong. Ch., 43.17; First Cong. Ch., 12.74; Y. M. C. A. of Beloit College, 1.20 57.11 Berlin. Union Ch. 2.45 Brandon. First Cong. Ch., 3 Boxes Books, etc., for Macon, Ga. Delavan. Rev. S. R. Wells 5.00 Evansville. Cong. Ch. 30.22 Green Bay. "Friends," by F. N. Dexter, Box Papers, etc., for Macon, Ga. La Crosse. Cong. Ch. 31.75 Madison. First Cong. Ch. 100.00 Madison. W. J. Park, 1 Sewing Machine and 4 Pkgs. Books, etc., for Macon, Ga. Monroe. Miss Frances A. Locke 5.00 Ripon. First Cong. Ch., 57; Mrs. O. J. Wolcolt, 3 60.00 Superior. Mrs. I. W. Gates 8.00

MINNESOTA, $250.67.

Alexandria. "A Friend" 3.00 Audubon. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Austin. Cong. Union Ch. 23.79 Cottage Grove. Cong. Ch. 8.20 Dassel. Cong. Ch. .46 Faribault. Cong. Ch. 26.40 Hawley. Union Ch. 4.28 Hutchinson. Cong. Ch. 2.45 Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., 46.60; Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Vine Cong. Ch., 5 51.60 Northfield. First Cong. Ch. 93.34 Plainview. Cong. Ch. 7.15 St. Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 25.00

KANSAS, $22.50.

Meriden. "A Friend" 12.50 Topeka. Cong. Ch., 5; Tuition, 5 10.00

MISSOURI, $25.00.

Webster Groves. Cong. Ch. 25.00

COLORADO, $10.80.

Denver. First Cong. Ch. 5.80 Fort Lewis. Mrs. J. B. Irvine 5.00

NEBRASKA, $29.00.

Tremont. Cong. Ch. 2.00 Nebraska City. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of First Cong. Ch. 7.50 "Otoe Co" —— 19.50

DAKOTA, $6.75.

Huron. Woman's Miss'y Soc., for Woman's Work 4.50 Pierre. Woman's Miss'y Soc., for Woman's Work 2.25

CALIFORNIA, $5.00

Santa Barbara. Mary B. Van Winkle 5.00

OREGON, $14.05.

The Dalles. First Cong. Ch. 14.05

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $1,887.51.

Washington. United States Government, for Santee Agency 1,887.51

MARYLAND, $151.70.

Baltimore. First Cong. Ch. 150.70 Federalsburg. John Manning 1.00

KENTUCKY, $139.45.

Berea. "Church at Berea" 8.00 Lexington. Tuition 79.70 Williamsburg. Tuition 51.75

TENNESSEE, $761.87.

Jellico. Tuition 7.75 Jonesborough. Tuition 7.00 Knoxville. Second Cong. Ch. 12.00 Memphis. Tuition 282.05 Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 445.57 Nashville. Jackson St. Ch. 5.00 Pleasant Hill. Mr. Wightman 2.50

NORTH CAROLINA, $238.97.

McLeansville. Cong. Ch. 9.32 Wilmington. Tuition 219.65 Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 10.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $317.00.

Charleston. Tuition 317.00



GEORGIA, $724.17.

Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition 269.10 Macon. Tuition, 175.85; Rent, 5.80 181.65 Macon. Cong. Ch. 11.00 McIntosh. Tuition 25.92 Savannah. Tuition 186.50 Savannah. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 50.00

ALABAMA, $236.65.

Mobile. Tuition 200.25 Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Selma. Cong. Ch. 16.40 Talladega. "A Friend" for Student Aid, Talladega C. 5.00

FLORIDA, $5.00

Hawthorne. Mrs. J. E. Chadwick 5.00

MISSISSIPPI, $103.50

Tougaloo. Tuition 103.50

LOUISIANA, $294.00.

New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 294.00

TEXAS, $188.75.

Austin. Tuition 188.75

INCOMES, $1,807.50.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 277.50 De Forest Fund, _for President's Chair, Talladega C._ 375.00 Dike and Hammond Fund 50.00 Gen'l Clinton B. Fisk, Fund, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 30.00 General Fund 50.00 Graves Scholarship Fund 125.00 Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._ 125.00 Income Fund, _for Straight U._ 20.00 Le Moyne Fund, _for Memphis, Tenn._ 50.00 Luke Memorial Scholarship Fund, _for Talladega C._ 10.20 N. M. & A. Stone Fund, _for Talladega C._ 25.00 Theological Fund, _for Howard U._ 515.00 Tuthill King Fund. 125 _for Atlanta U._; and 25 _for Berea C. 150.00 Yale Library Fund, _for Talladega C._ 4.80

CANADA, $8.00.

Montreal. Emmanuel Ch. 8.00

SOUTH AFRICA, $5.00.

Natal. Umtwalumi. Mrs. A. F. Wilder 5.00

TURKEY AND BULGARIA, $50.00.

Turkey and Bulgaria. Childrens Miss'y Soc., for a girl, Dakota Home, Santee Agency, Neb. 50.00 —————-

Total for November $26,611.27

Total from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 51,341.90 ===========

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