Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY MAY, 1890 VOL. XLIV. NO. 5. CONTENTS EDITORIAL. BALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL, MACON, GA. TEACHERS' HOME AND GIRLS' DORMITORY, MACON, GA. REMOVAL--FINANCIAL OUR MISSION IN ALASKA SOUTHERN NOTES FACTS ABOUT BALLARD SCHOOL BALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL AND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, MACON, GA. INTERIOR OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDING CHRISTIAN NEGRO LEADERS CONFERENCE OF EDUCATORS A PRIZE POEM THE SOUTH. NOTES IN THE SADDLE THEN AND NOW CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION "SIX DAYS SHALT THOU LABOR" ENCOURAGED AND THANKFUL TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY DEATH OF ELI TAPLEY THE INDIANS. A JANUARY TRIP THE CHINESE. OUR CHINESE WORK BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. NOTICE OF MEETING OF STATE UNIONS LETTER FROM A SOUTHERN LADY WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIPTS * * * * * NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION, Bible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York. * * * * * Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter. _American Missionary Association_. PRESIDENT, Rev. WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D., LL.D., N.Y. _Vice-Presidents_. Rev. A.J.F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. D.O. MEARS, D.D., Mass. Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. _Corresponding Secretaries_. Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ Rev. F.P. WOODBURY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Recording Secretary_. Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Treasurer_. H.W. HUBBARD, Esq., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Auditors._ PETER McCARTEE. CHAS. P. PEIRCE. _Executive Committee._ JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman. ADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary. _For Three Years._ S.B. HALLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLMES, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, ELBERT B. MONROE, _For Two Years._ J.E. RANKIN, WM. H. WARD, J.W. COOPER, JOHN H. WASHBURN, EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN, _For One Year._ LYMAN ABBOTT, CHAS. A. HULL, CLINTON B. FISK, ADDISON P. FOSTER, ALBERT J. LYMAN. _District Secretaries._ Rev. C.J. RYDER, 21 _Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._ Rev. J.E. ROY. D.D., 151 _Washington Street, Chicago, Ill._ Rev. C.W. HIATT, 64 _Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Ohio._ _Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._ Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON. _Secretary of Woman's Bureau._ Miss D.E. EMERSON, _Bible House, N.Y._ COMMUNICATIONS Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretaries; letters for "THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY," to the Editor, at the New York Office; letters relating to the finances, to the Treasurer. DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS