The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-17
THE LAST DAYS MEETING
N. B. BROUGHTON ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF BAPTIST CHATAUQUA.
Board of Managers Appointed and Hold Their
First Meeting--Next Meeting
Place Not Named.


The Committee on Presidents Address
and Permanent Place of Meeting report
ed, recommending that the time had not
vet come to permanently locate, and
therefore recommend that the matter be
referred to the board of managers, and
that the matter of membership be left
open for the present.
The Committee on Constitution, APP
pointed last year at Morehead City, re-
ported through their chairman, j. W.
Bailey, a constitution, which was
adopted.
| On motion of DIR. Barron a committee
of three was appointed to nominate a
board of fifteen managers, as provided
for in the constitution.
The election of officers was then gone
into, with the following result
| President-N h. BroughtOn, of Raj
eigh
| Vice Presdents-I. w. Durham, of
! Charlotte; r. NJ Pittman and j. w. Bry-
an, Plymouth.
| Secretary. G. Birdsong, of Raleigh
The next order was the discussion of
Idenominational history led by Il. M. Pitt
man, Esq, of Henderson, managing edi-
tor of the North Carolina Bautist His
torical Papers" He stated that the com
plant has been that we had no one COM
petent to write our history, but now we
have the men, and they have undertaken
| the work. We have not been wanting in
material or men, but there has been
want of interest on the part of the Bap-
lists themselves. He urged the people to
come up to the help of the committee ap-
pointed by the Baptist State convention
for the purpose of gathering the material
and publishing the same.
Rev. NJ. L. Kesler, of High Point, al
so addressed the body on the same sub
liect, as did also Prof. Carlyle and DR.. a.
NJ Simms.
Letters from John 7. Pullen, Noah
Biggs, T. II. Street, L s. Sprinkle, NJ.
A. Aellen, prominent Baptists, were read
expressing regret at not being able to be
present and praying Gods blessing upon
the body.
Rev. j. A. Smith, of Fair Bluff, made
statement with reference to the State
Line Chatauqua, which meets at Fair
Bluff each year, and extended an invita-
ton to all to come next year.
THE Teachers Meeting and Home De-
lpartment Work" was discussed by Presi-
dent Broughton.
Rev. w. Il. Haverhill, of Dunn, n. c.,
told of the Difficulties in Country Sun
day Schools" He stated that difficulties
were in the homes anu not in the Sun
day schools; in many cases with the
country pastors more than with any one
else, for they, VINO ought to be the lead
ers, rarely attend, and then often stand
on the outside and talk about the crops,
etc And in many ways he pointed out the
difficulties attending the work of the
country Sunday school.
| w. c. Douglass, Esq, of Raleigh; n.
L. Shaw, of Warrenton ]. w. Bryan, of
Plymouth, spoke on this subject and told
of the difficulties, and how to overcome
them.
The committee on nominating a board
of fifteen managers for the Chautauqua
reported the following: n. B. BrOughton,
chairman; j. Q. Adams, J. B. Carlyle, j..
| w. Bailey, w. II. Ragsdale, ]. e. White,
A. w. Early, Livingston Johnson, Noah
Biggs, A. NJ. Simms, Ii. i. Duffy, n. l..
Shaw, John A. Oates, 7. II. Streets, III.
B. Parker.
The afternoon was spent in social re-
union at the Hotel Townsend, and in an
open air concert by orchestra and band. At
a meeting of the Board of Managers held
this afternoon Rev. y. w. Spilman was
elected secretary and treasurer of the
board.
SUNDAYS EXERCISES.
At O'Clock a conservation meeting
was held at the Tabernacle, led by Rev.
M. l.. Kesler.
Six hundred people came by the c.
+. and Y. V. Railroad, so that by 10
O'clock the hour for the next service,
the crowd was immense, estimated at
over 1000 people. The great Tabernacle
was crowded to it's utmost capacity, and
hundreds stood ON the outside, but in
hearing distance.
Prof. J. B. Carlyle, of Wake Forest,
spoke on 'Our Work and its Great Re
ward"
At II o'clock DR.. A. NJ Simms preach
ed the annual Chatauqua sermon.
His theme was 'The Power of Dead
Men" At it's close there was another
great wave of spiritual influence, and
Il great number came forward, rededi-
eating themselves to God, and MANY
protested faith in Christ for the first
time.
In the afternoon at 3 O'clock Rev. o. L..
Struggled addressed the body, making a
strong plea for the education Of women.
Miss Maud Reid read a paper giving
the condition of the heather world and
making strong plea for foreign mis-
sions.
At night Rev. w. NJ. Jones, of Max
ton, preached.
At the close of the sermon parting
words were made by citizens of Red
Springs and members of the Chatauqua
generally, and the session of 1897, the
greatest in its history, closed.
Just at the close Rev. B. w. Spilman
came forward and presented to President
Broughton a beautiful bouquet of flow
ers in behalf of friends from South Caro-
| lima, who sent them after returning
home on Saturday.
Boys and young men prepared at
Davis Military School, Winston, n. c.,