The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-01
BAPTIST HOSTS TO
MEET At WINSTON
Their State Convention Opens
"Wednesday Night.
WORK FOR THE SCHOOLS
To. Establish High School in Every
Association District.
EFFORT TO RAISE sloO, 600 TO Be MADE
The Young People Convene Tuesday Night and
the.Woman's Annual Missionary Meet
ing viii Open Thursday
Morning.

Winston Salem. N. c., Nov. 30.-Win-
ston- Salem will entertain the Baptist
State Convention here next week. 1t
will open with a Young Peoples meet
ing and Pastors Conference on Tuesday
night. The address of welcome will be
delivered by Mr.. Frank T. Baldwin, OF
this city and the response by Mr.. Hurt,
of Wake Forest. There will be address
es on the same night by Mr.. r. N.
Simms, Of Raleigh, and DR.. Thomas
Hume. of Chapel Hill
On "Wednesday night the Introductory
sermon of the convention viii be preach
ed by Rev. Dr. W. c. Tyree of Durham.
Then will follow the organization of the
convention and addresses of welcome by
Mayor o. B. Eaton, of Winston, and
Bishop Rondthaler of Salem.
The Womans Annual Missionary meet
! ing, which meets the same time as the
Baptist convention, will be held in the
First Presbyterian Church. the opening
services taking place on Thursday morn
ing next at $3.50 o'clock. Miss Fannie E.
S. Heck, of Raleigh, will preside.
! The Baptist State Convention was or
ganized in 1880 in Greenville, n. c. There
was necessity for its organization in
order that the missionary and education
al enterprises of the denomination might
be carried on more effectively. At the
| first session there were representatives
| from churches and missionary societies
| in sixteen counties in the State. The
| amounts reported at that meeting fol
missions and education were insignificant
compared with the sums raised for the
same objects now. Many of the church
+ es and associations in the State did not
cooperate with the convention in the
earlier years of its history. The Baptist
| at that time had few churches in the
! larger towns; they had no college, no
| denominational organ, no corresponding
secretary, and no we'll developed system
for promoting the spread OF the gospel
among the destitute regions of the
State
The second session of the convention
was memorable meeting and the num-
Der of counties represented had grown
from 16 to 81. The spirit of progress was
in the air. Many Of these men had come
| long distances on horseback or in sui
kies," for it was before the days of rail
f, roads in North Carolina. Among the
number were some of the most
wealthy farmers, some lawyers who had
| reached distinction in their profession
some members of the legislature and
many preachers who were regarded as
the trusted leaders of the people. There
were many graduates of the University
among them, who were alive to the inn
portance of higher education. 1t is in
tereSting even now to trace the influ-
ence of these men upon the denomina
| tional work, educational institutions
| legislative enactmentS and individual
character The opposition which was
| manifested in some localities at the for
nation of the convention gradually dis
appeared and the churches throughout
this State imbibed the spirit and adopted