The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-07-20

pose to purchase the two existing pa
pers if practicable ; provided, however,
the convention approves this move
ment."
1t is proposed to secure charter for
the company under the State laws.
$4,000 of stock will be issued in shares
of 500 each. About half of the stock
had been subscribed for when the
Convention adjourned, and Rev. 7. j.
Bailey, of Winona, was appointed tenn
porary business manager. 1t is I'M
derstood that the editors of the Bap-
fist Record and Layman and their
business associates are willing to sell
their papers in order that the above
plan may be carried out, and the main
difficulty in the way will be agreeing
on the price to be paid. 1t is the pres
ent purpose to issue the new paper
about the LIST of September.
The report of the Board of Trustees
of Mississippi College on Saturday
morning was listened to with great in
terest. The report stated that the
| College had suffered very greatly last
year on account of the yellow fever,
but that the work done by students
and faculty during the season was
never better. One hundred and five
matriculated during the term and
| thnro fountain InntaS A
number of improvements have been
added. The total expenses of the col
lege during last term, including pro-
fessors' salaries, aggregated s1l,09O.S9.
1t is proposed to raise the endowment
to 100000. Thankful acknowledge
ment was made to DR.. W. Il. Lowrey
for raising, since last fall, without COM
pensation, $4,000 to meet a deficit in the
professors salaries.
The announcement that the Board of
Trustees had unanimously elected w.
T. Lowrey president of the college, and
that he had accepted, was received
with the most enthusiastic applause,
followed by hand shaking of the presi-
dent elect by the entire membership
of the convention and the greatest
demonstration of approval.
When quiet was restored DR.. Low
rey responded in feeling address, re-
citing how difficult it had been for
him to give his consent to lay down
the presidency of Blue Mountain Fe
male College and accept this new trust,
he believed, by the direct hand of
Providence. He closed his pathetic
and eloquent address by appealing to
the Convention for $543 to meet the
deficit due by the college, so that it
might enter on the next term free
from debt. The sum was quickly sub
scribed.
Reports were made and adopted on
State, Home and Foreign Missions,
Sabbath Schools, publications, the B.
Y. p. u, the Baptist Orphanage, Pro
hibltion and other interests fostered
by the Convention, each prov oking
more or less discussion.
The Convention reaffirmed the high
stand taken last year in its conde nina
ton of lynching by the unanimous
adoption of the following resolution
Resolved, That we, the Missis sippi
Baptist Convention, hereby reatfirm
our unqualified condemnation of mob
violence under any circumstances, it
being the most violent and offensive
form of lawlessness, and hence as hurt
full in the extreme to regard for any
and all law and destructive in its ten
dency to our best Christian civilization.
The committee on divine services re-
ported the following appointments for
Sunday:
At $50 a. m, Convention rally at
Calisthenics Hall, conducted by Rev.
W. F. Marlborough, of Crystal Springs.
Baptist Church-Dr. H. F. Sproles,
of Jackson, at IL a. M. Rev. w. E. Ell
lis, of Senatobia, at 8 p. m.
Methodist Church-Dr. E. E. Polk,
of Nashville, Tenn, at II a. M; Rev.
Oscar Haywood, of West Point, at S p.
M, 10y special request
Presbyterian Church-Dr. W. M.
Burr, of Greenville, at IL a. m; DIR. A.
j. Miller, of Yazoo City, at s p. m.
Colored Baptist Church-Dr j. B.
Searcy, of Corinth, at $3.50 p. m.
Colored Methodist Church-Dr n.
w. p Bacon, of fernando, at $3.50 p. m.
Calisthenics Hall-Address at $3.50 p.
m. by DR.. |. T. Tichenor, of Atlanta.
A contest arising over the doctrinal
views of Rev. NJ. T. Martin, which it
was at one time feared would seriously
disturb the harmony of the Conven-
ton, did not materialize. The delegate
from the Zion Hill Church, of which
Mr.. Martin is member and pastor,
was enrolled and that church duly rec
ognized as member of the Convention.
1t is believed this action finally dis.
poses of the issue of " Martinism" and
"anti- Martinism in the Mississippi
Baptist State Convention. Mr.. Martin
was seen by The LEADER after the body
adjourned and expressed himself as
entirely satisfied with what had been
done, and said he was now ready to CO.
operate with the Convention heart and
soul along all lines of its work.
The following resolution of thanks |