The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-22

The Love Fight Carried Into the State
Convention.

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The First African Church sohism
Breaks Out Afresh-Pastor Love Ar
rested in Atlanta Charged With
Criminal LibeI-The Auti-Loveites
seoede From the State Convention
and a New Convention Organized.
All Sorts Of Complications Arising.
Deacon Brown 5 Letter to the Sece-
ders of Pastor Loves Church.
The Love difficulty in the First African
Baptist church has caused a split in the
colored Baptist denomination of the state.
DR.. Love is president of the colored
Baptist state convention. When the
fight was made on him in Savannah an
effort was made to GUST him from the
state convention There was vigorous
fight and DR.. Love scored signal vic
tory by securing his election as president
of the convention. Yhe result was
split in the denomination.
The anti-Love faction seeded and
this week organized the "New Baptist
Convention of the State of Georgia." in
Atlanta.
1t is claimed that there were 215 dele
gates present at the convention and that
they represented 100000 colored Baptlsts
in the state Of Georgia.
PASTOR LOVE ARRESTED.
AS a side issue to the convention DR..
Love was arrested in Atlanta yesterday
on the charge of criminal libel on two
warrants sworn out by Mrs. Mary j.
Marsh, who was one of the witnesses
against the pastor of the First African
A. inl Go
vannah, which resulted in his acquittal
with flying colors.
A telegram was received in Savannah
last night by oneof the anti-Loveltes from
J. H. Brown, the leader Of the antl-Love
faction, which said chat Love had been
arrested on two charges for libel. Some
very serious charges were made against
the Marsh woman by Pastor Love when
she appeared here on the stand against
him. She threatened vengeance against
him then, and the result was Key. Loves
arrest in Atlanta yesterday.
The Love fight has now become Sc
rious question with the colOred Baptist
denomination n A letter was received
yesterday by Deacon Monroe from Dea-
con Brown in Atlanta, addressed to the
First African Baptist church, of Russell
street, which is composed Of the seceders
from DR.. Loves church.
TIE ANTI-LovE CONVENTION.
Deacon Browns letter says the anti
Love convention was a grand success.
DR. Love and a committee from the old
were present with the inten-
ton of compromising the difficulty
if possible, and preventing the Organiza-
ton of the new convention. They were
however, and no compro-
mise was made. Rev. w. J. White, of
a member of the committee,
went before the executive board of the
new convention, Deacon Browns letter
said, and presented DR.. Loves resignation
as president of the old convention, which
he said had been received by the execu-
tive board Of that body. This did not
satisfy the seceders, however, and they
went ahead with their organization.
The officers of the new convention are:
Rev. G.. II. Dwelle, of Augusta, president;
Rev. w. H. 1illman, of Atlanta, vice
president; Prof. M. Q. Parker, of Rome,
secretary, and Rev. d. d. Crawford, as
sistant secretary.
THE NEW CHURCH.
Deacon Browns letter will be read at
the meeting of the new First African
Baptist church on Russell street to-day.
Mr. w. w. Chisholm, prominent mem
Der of the First Baptist church, it is an
nounced, will preside at the meeting of
the new church. The anti-Loveites claim
that their meetings are largely attended,
and that their members are increasing
rapidly.
1t is said that new discussions have
arisen in the First African Baptist church
since DIR. Loves acquittal two months
ago. DR.. Love occupied q prominent
position in the National Baptist
Convention (colored), being pres
ident of the foreign mission
board. He was IN attendance upon the
national convention in Washington in
September when he received a telegram
from friend here saying the church had
passed a resolution taking the control of
the church funds out of his hands DR..
Love hurried home to look after matters
here and some one else was elected to fill
his position in the national convention.
THE CHURCH IN DEBT.
The reason for the move to take the
funds of the church out of Pastor Loves
hands is said to be because he has run
the church into debt over So 900, and the
church proposes to dispense the funds
little differently hereafter. DR. Love
made fight on the confirmation Of the
minutes Of the meeting at which the res
olution was passed, after his return to the
city, and succeeded in having the ques-
ton deferred. The church fund question
is still unsettled.
The anti-Loveites say that DR. Love
spent nearly 81, 900 to secure his election
as president of the state convention in
June last. The money, it is said, was used
TO pay the fare of delegates to the conven-
ton who were favorable to Love and to
secure their admission to the convention
after their arrival. This is the means, it
is charged that DR.. Love used to secure
his vindication by the convention.
Evidently the fight upon DR.. Love is
not ended yet.