Held in Tuscaloosa, July, 1888. Officers of previous year were
re-elected. About $4,000 was raised this year. Dr. W. J. Simmons,
district secretary of the Home Mission Society, was present with plans
for missionary co-operation with our State, which were endorsed. Some
of the school grounds had been sold to meet debts, six acres having
gone to meet the $7,000.
Rev. W. R. Forbes, of Virginia, pastor at Eufaula, was present. The
board recommended Rev. W. H. McAlpine as State Missionary under the
joint plan with the Home Mission Society.