The news & observer., 1900-12-08
FACTORY PROBLEM
AND THE CHURCH
Discussed by Baptists in The
Convention.
STATE MISSION WORK
E MISSION WORK
Religious Condition of the MountaiI
Section Of the State.
EDUCATION AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Rev. Livingston Johnston Elected Corresponding
Secretary Of the Mission Board. About
$4,000 Raised Last Night For
Educational Purposes.

Yesterdays session of the Baptist
State convention was most interest
ing one.
Three subjects engaged its attention,
and were fully discussed and finally
disposed Of:
/, State Missions, religious and edu-
cational.
2. Work of the women in the church
through their organizations.
3. General education and plans for
a Twentieth Century movement to
raise 100000 for education, half of it
to go to the Baptist Female University
at Raleigh, three-tenths to Wake For
est College and the remainder to be
divided among the other institutions.
In the discussion of State Missions
the factory problem was touched upon
and every speaker declared in favor of
regulation of the hours of labor by law
and the prohibition of child labor in
factories.
The work of the women during the
past year, especially in the way of or
ganizatiOn, was endorsed and the inn
portance of encouragement of such
work urged upon churches and pas
tors.
When it came to the subject of edu-
cation the convention stopped talking
and went to doing. The report pledg-
ing the Baptists of North Carolina to
raise 100000 during the next year
was not only adopted, but some $4,000
Nf ho lodi no sod
the spot. The first $4,000 raised will
go to the Baptist Female University
of this city.
Among the largest contributors to
the $4,000 raised last night were the
following Chief Justice w. T. Fair
cloth, $1,000; First Baptist church,
Raleigh, $4,000; Tabernacle Baptist
church. Raleigh, $1,5O0; Wake Forest
church, 81 900; w. f. Daniel, Weldon.
$500; f. f. Aydlett, Elizabeth City.
$500: Dennis Simmons, Williamson.
$500: C.. b. Justice, Rutherfordton,
5000: Waynesville church, $500; East
Durham church, $50; John T. Pull
len, Raleigh. 500; Judge f. w. Tim
berlake. Louisburg, $100; Apex church.
500: ID. F. King, Leaksville, $500; }.
ID. Moore, Gastonia. 800; H C. Dock
erv, Rockingham, 500; West Durham
church, $100 And a large number OF
smaller subscriptions.
These were made last night after
powerful address on the educational
needs of North Carolina, by President
r. T. Vann, of the Baptist Female Uni
versity.
Also at last nights session, the con-
vention elected Rev. Livingston John
ston. of Greensboro, 20 succeed Rev.
John f. White, as corresponding Sec
retary of the Mission Board.
Another important matter was the
adoDtion. at the morning session of
the convention, of a resolution asking
the next Legislature to establish re-
formatory or industrial school for
Youthful criminals.
Two other resolutions were adopt
ed. one expressive of the conventions
appreciation of the services of its re-
firing mission secretary, Rev. John f.
White. and the other cOndemning
scven-day newspapers.
The program for today's meeting OF
the convention is as follows:
9 80 a. m.-Devotional Exercises
10 a. m.-Periodicals.
Report of Committee on Re-
corder.
II 80 a. m.-Reports on Obituaries.
1850 a. m.-Reports of Special Commit
tees and Miscellaneous
Business.
1 D. m-Historical Papers.
1880 p. m.-Orphanage.