The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-10
pIXIE'S RAPTISTs.
Delegates to the Centennial - The
Financial Methods.

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Financial Methods.
ATLANTA, GA. May 9.-The southern
Baptist convention to-day elected delegates
to the centennial TO take place in Phila-
delphia on May "a, Is and 26, as follows:
S. A. Haydn. 7. c. Porter, F. N. Ellis, H.
A Upper, L E. Kline, T. q Eaton, E. Y.
Mullen, J. L. johnson, w. Il. Williams, G q.
/ A. Loften, Lansing Burrows, T. J. Drane,
! J. F. Dove, J. B. Turpin, W. II. Harris, W.
/ Z. Hatcher and r Nanderventer.
] The resolution of DR.. Carroll of North
| Carolina. looking 10 reducing the size Of the
! delegations so as 20 make the size Of the con-
vsntions Of the future more compact bodies,
was called up, but had again to give way to
the regular order.
Reports upon financial affairs were re-
ceived Several suggestions from the for
| eign mission treasurer looking 70 economy
Of expenditures were adopted.
The special committee on financial
methods, appointed year ago, made its re-
! port through DR.. Fitzpatrick. The committee
| recommended that upon the adjournment
| of the convention the home and foreign mis-
sions boards each make an appointment
among the states giving the money needed
for next year; that the state board is
requested TO ratify or modify these
appointments, and on the basis OF
these recommendations the two boards
| shall conduct their operations for next year;
that the state boards subdivide the appor-
tionment among the associations, and fur
Their subdivide it among the churches; that
the board seek more earnestly to enlist the
pastors OF the churches in the work: that
they seek to know the pastors and get them
to hold meeting for the purpose OF edu-
eating the people in the work Of missions.
The report was adopted, after able speeches
in its support
Sunday school work was discussed at
length in all its bearings.
DIR. Kerford reported the condition of the
theological seminary at Louisville and his
report was a most favorable one. DR..
Broadus also spoke for the seminary, show
ing that there were 40 per cent more stu
dents than had ever been there before. He
reported that DR.. z. G. Dargan of Charles
ton had agreed TO take the chair of asso-
ciate professor Of Latin theology, though
at great sacrifice. A meeting Of
the alumni OF Louisville was held, with
H. A. Upper, Jr., D. D., in the chair.
They passed a resolution 60 raise 100000
for an endowment. DR.. Upper was elected
trustee of the seminary for Maryland.
THE COLOR LINE.
At the afternoon session Of the con vention
there was breezy discussion Of the race
question. Rev. DR.. Brown OF South Caro-
lima Of the committee to whom the home
nlAseiOu bOdIu . EtpOIL nhu Deem TbIeTT6Q,
brought In report saying that il the Bap-
tists are held accountable for the treatment
Of the negroes the home mission
boards report would be damaging
evidence against them at the
last great assizes. DIR. Brown reviewed
with bitter sarcasm the boards reference
to the fact that slavery had Christianized
the negroes and that the southern state
governments we're doing much to educate
them. He closed by saying that the negroes
were going to the dogs and the devil.
THE FIRST DIsCoRD.
DR.. J. B. Hawthorne Of the First Baptist
church replied by saying that this was the
first sign of discord in the convention.
Good horses, he said, do not make much
noise when they pull. but horses that balk
and kick create a great sensation. There
is, he said, disposition on the part of
few members of the convention to kick and
balk In order to attract attention,
which they would not get II
they worked we'll in harness. As to slavery
Christianizlng the negroes. DR.. Brown was
the first southern man to deny that the
negroes came here barbarians, and were
largely civilized and Christianized by the
time Of emancipation.
VERY LITTLE PREJUDICE IN THE SOUTH.
DR.. Hawthorne asserted that the south
ern white people had less prejudice against
the negro than any people on earth. DR..
Browns statement that they were going to
the dogs and the devil showed him to
be fuller Of race prejudice than any
man he knew. DIR. Hawthorne
said the state Of Georgia was
doing more for the education of the negroes
than for the education Of white people, He
called on Gov. Northen, who was present on
the platform, to state how much tax the
whites aud blacks paid. The governor said
the total taxable property was s444 ,OOO, 900,
and OF this the negroes paid tax on $14, O00,-
900.
THE BULK PAID BY THE WHITES.
Then, said DR.. Hawthorne, the whites
pay the bulk Of the tax and the state gives
the negroes more than the white people for
education. He said the Baptists were a
dominant sect in Georgia and this public
fund could not be used without the consent
OF the Baptists. In defense of the home
mission board, he said that it had sixty mis-
sionaries now among the negroes of the
south. The convention will meet at Nash
vile next year.