The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-12-14
THE BAPTISTS.
Proceedings of the Annual Con.
vention of this Year.
MEETING AT DARLINGTON.
An interesting Yearly Review OF
the Work by the Largest
Denomination in
A. S%o&o
the State.

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South Carolina was held in Darlington
Nov 3Oth to Dec 4th, inclusive. 1t
was preceded by ministers conference,
which met on the 29th of November.
On "Wednesday night the convention
sermon was preached By Rev. Z. E.
Bomar, of Aiken.
President Hudson called the conven-
ton to order and introduced the preach
cr, who read the hymn, All Hail the
Power of Jesus name, which vas sung.
He read selection Of Scri pture from the
first chapter of First Epistle of Peter
and the first chapter Of Second Peter.
Then followed the sermon
The roll of delegates was called by
Secretary c. P. Erwin, D. D., and
showed present l55.
Judge J. II. Hudson resingned the
presidency ard w. D. Rice, D. D., of
Denmark, was elected president Of the
convention. Rev. c. p. Erwin, D. D.,
was elected secretary and Rev. a. T.
Jammison assistant secretary. Col.
Zimmerman Davis was elected treasur-
! er of the convention, DR.. T. N. Bailey
casting the vote
Rev. V. l. Masers cast the vote Of
the convention for the Revs. f. j. For
ester and C. T. Scaife, for vice-presi
dents.
The following committee was ap-
pointed on order of business: j. D.
Rob, rtson, J. D. Pitts, W. f. Thayer,
Il. \. Pratt.
DR.. Frost of Nashville and DR.. Oar
gsn Of Louisville were recognized as
visitors.
Members Of the convention VINO have
recently come into the State we're also
recognized: Rev. W. 4. Pearson, Rev.
A. Z. G. Pittman and Rev. ". S. B.
Ford. The last named has not just
come into State, but into the denomi-
nation.
The convention engaged in special
prayer for Rev. D. Il. Grassland and G.
G. Wells, who are now quite i'll. This
ended the first days proceedings and
the convention adjourned.
Thursday morning promptly at 10
o'clock the new president, Dr.. Rice,
called the convention to order. Devo-
tional exercises h ere conducted by Rev.
w. S. B. Ford. The minutes Of We'd
nesday,s meeting were read and
adopted:
By unanimous consent Dr.. Montague
made short talk on the work Of elee-
tion of trustees Of Furmap University,
and offered the following resolution:
That the president appoint COM
mittee consisting of one from each as
sociation here present to nominate rs
names for trustees of Furman Univer-
sity."
The following were appointed: DR..
T. u. Bailey, chairman; A. E. G. Pitt
man, w. NJ. Waters, j. B. Boseman,
J. W. Perry, E. a. Mcdowell, :. E.
Bomar, VIM, Haynesworth, F. G. Rick-
son, +. J. Kennedy, Il. G. Buckholtz,
A. H. Martin, J. D. Winchester, j. H.
Cuesby, G. W. Gardner, j. F. Single,
ton, B. J. Woodward, j. G. Bundle, j.
L. QUITS, j. S. Croxton, A. G. Wilkins,
\. C. West, H. ?. Granger, q. S.
Baggott, E. P. Easterling, Z. I. Marsh
and Simeon Hyde.
DR.. t. NJ. Bailey made his annual re-
port as corresponding secretary Of
State missions There have been Sc
missionaries employed during the year
in % out OF the 81 associations. The
labors have been unusally blessed and
notwithstanding the depressed inan-
cial conditions the receipts are only
SlUU behind last year. 4 debt for S4,-
800 reported. Total receipts, $11 3d.
Is.
The next report was that Of Dr.. G. c.
Brown on aged ministers relief fund.
thirty benehciaries have been added
this year. Six have died this year, leav
lug Tow ~. Seven of these are now
languiShing on beds of sickness. The
board paid cut to bene6ciaries, and
printing and postage expenses $2,315.-
10.
Superintendent J. L. Vass read the
report Of the Connie Maxwell orphan
age. This is the seventh annual report.
The fifth home has just been completed.
Receipts this year amountto Sll, 49,
65- This is more than has been raised
in any one year. There are in the Or
phanage this year liz chilnren.
The Rev. D. ". Key read the re-
port Of the board of ministers educa-
ton. This board is now aiding Is min
isterial students.
Az admirable report on education
was read by Prof. F. n. K. Bailey, pre-
sident of the South Carolina Co-educa-
tional institute.
President Montague began by read
ing report of the workings of Furman
University, stating that he would not
make an address. His report began By
calling attention to the fact that some
changes have been made in the manage
ment. These changes were not made
by the president alone, but with him
we're the other members of the faculty.
The institution has two departments,
the preparatory and collegiate. There
are four instructors in the preparatory
department In the collegiate, there
are nine schools In all there are 13
professors and lecturers. In the low
est UNDERGRADUATE degree there are re-
quired some studies that are found in
the highest undergraduate degrees in
colleges in the South. The \. NJ. de-
gree Is graduate school. Some young
men are taking some studies in this
course who are reading law. This is
the beginnir Of the law course, which
the university is now looking forward
to. The student body is a noble,
high-minded set, and the friendship
between them and the president is
most cordial and genial. The number
is 10, which is above the average for
the last ten years. The financial in
come annuallyis is 1850. The need
of the University is more money, more