The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-15
HUNDREDS OF BAPTIsTs.
wuL ATTEND b. Y. r. .. STATE
CONVENTION THIS WEEK.

ABOUT F"ur Hundred Delegates Have
Already signified Intention of
ComiEg-WiII Begin 10 Arrive
tuesday AfternOOn-Trains TO BE
Met by Committee Who VIII Es-
cort Delegates TO Homes Assigned
Tbem-Ohicers of state Union and
Invited Guests VIII stay at De-
Soto-That Building ind First Bap-
fist Church, Where Sessions VIII
Re Held, to BE Decorated VITA
CoIors of Union, olive and Gray.
The state convention of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union, which will meet
T., savannah Tuesday and continue
through Thursday, promises to be the
largest convention in point of attend
aura that the society has ever held.
Rev. r. VanDeventer. chairman of
the Committee on Hospitality, and one
who indefatigible work in that and 9TH
er departments, will have much to do
with the anticipated success of the
Gathering, has already received appH-
cants for homes from four hundred
delegates, and he expects that others
will be received tomorrow and next
dav. in fact up to the time for the con-
ventiOn to assemble.
All the details of arrangements for
the convention, Mr.. Van Deventer SAYS
are quite complete, SO complete that
not even possibilities have been left
unprepared for. Quite a remarkable
thing about the arrangements is that
despite the exceptionally large number
of delegates who have already been
assigned homes, there is still a num-
Der of homes that have been offered
TO the committee, but which at pres
ent are unneeded.
The complete programme for the
convention has already been published
in the Morning News. The local unions
have gotten out a souvenir pro-
gramme, a handsome booklet contain
ing besides the programme, a brief
history of the organization, and pic
lures of the men who will address the
different sessions of the convention
as well as photographs of the various
places of interest in the city.
Delegates Come Tuesday.
But few of the delegates are expect
ed to reach Savannah before Tuesday
afternoon. Then quite a number, in
GLIDING those of Rome and Atlanta,
as well as intermediate points, will lie
brought in on special train, operat-
ed by the Southern Railway. This
train will arrive at o'clock, while a
little later another large body of del
egates will be brought in on the regu-
lar train of the Central of Georgia.
The trains will be met, of course, by
committees, who will see that the del
egates reach the homes to which they
are assigned
The officers of the state organiza-
ton, as well as the invited guests of
the convention, will register at the
De Soto, which will be the headquar-
tiers for the delegates during their
stay in the city. The colors of the
society are olive and gray and both
the De Soto and the First Baptist
Church, where all sessions will be
held, will be decorated with these col
ors.
The officers of the state union are:
Presidential. L. Britain of Atlanta.
First Vice President-G. w. Macon
of Macon.
Second Vice President-C. H. Davis
of Columbus.
Third Vice President-L. G. Todd of
Rome.
Secretary-W. w. Orr of Atlanta.
Treasurer-J. M. Moore of Macon.
Deventer of Savannah, chairman; ].
j. Whitfield of Hawkinsville, T. b.
Bell of Atlanta, w. w. Gaines of At
lanta, j. ]. Bennett of Atlanta, r. c.
Norman of Washington, e. L. Doug
las of Atlanta, ex-Gov. w. J. Northen
Of Atlanta, and the state officers.
Some of the Speakers.
The programme of the convention is
of interest not only because of the
subjects to be discussed, but as well
on account of the speakers themselves.
Among these are DR.. w H. Geiswelt,
editor of the Baptist Union, the official
paper of the B. Y. P. U. A; Col Blood
worth of Forsyth, solicitor general of
the Flint Circuit, a cousin of Mr.. F. d.
BOdoworth of this city, and Rev.
Sparks Melton of Augusta, well-known
throughout the state as speaker of
much interest and eloquence. Col.
BlOodworth will speak of Christian
Citizenship in a Business Life" and
Rev. Mr.. Melton on christian Citi-
zenship in Social Life"
The exercises on Wednesday after
noon will embrace the Junior Work"
and will illustrate the manner in which
the Christian Culture Courses are car
ried on in this line of work. The Ju-
niors from Atlanta and from the Duffy
Street Baptist Church of this city will
participate in this service, which will
be very interesting and will be
revelation to all who are not convers-
ant with this feature of the work.
On Thursday morning an interesting
feature of the convention will be en-
acted, being the presentation of BAN
ners awarded to the successful unions
Tor excellence of work in connection
with the Christian Culture Courses.
These banners are highly priced by the
unions who gain them, and the COM
petition has been quite sharp this
year among the various unions of the