The age-herald., 1902-05-10
BAPTISTS ELECT
 EAGLE PRESIDENT
Governor Northen of Georgia
 Declines a Reelection
VARIOUS REPORTS ARE READ
Southern 5aptists Have Contributed Within the Last Year $2,666,767 to Missions, $172,ooo Being
 for Foreign Ones.

ASheVille, N. L., May 5-Ine ooulhei H Baptist convention. which began it's for l ty-seventh annual session here this
 morning. elected former Governor J. P.
 Eagle of Arkansas president. The first session was called to order by
 President w J. Northen of Atlanta AL
 most the entire morning session was
 taken up with the enrolment of dele l gates About 40O0 delegates and represen-
 tatives are in attendance. When the en- l rollment was complete the election of of l fcers for the following year was taken up. MT. Northen having declined a re- election, the names of ex-Governor Eagle of Arkansas, the Hon. Joshua Lowering | of Baltimore and Dr. R. H. Marsh of North Carolina were presented with ap- | propriate speeches. Ex-Governor Eagle | received a majority of the votes and his election was made unanimous. Dr. Lansing Burrows and Dr. O. F. Gregory were reelected secretaries, Dr. w. P. Harvey auditor and George w. Norton treasurer.
 Prayers were requested for Dr. B. M.
 Palmer, the noted Presbyterian minister of New Orleans who was recently injured there and for Rev. F. G. Jones of Cov-
 ington, Ky.
 The Afternoon Session. The afternoon session was devoted to
 the hearing of reports of the various
 boards. According to the report of the foreign mission board, 115 missionaries and I'll native assistants are now under the supervision of the convention. South
 ern Baptists have contributed within the
 last year g, 666, 767 to missions, of which
 SIP, GOO was given to foreign missions. The report of the home mission board,
 read by Dr. w. w. Landrum of Atlanta,
 its president, showed that the total
 amount received during the year for reg
 uar work of the home board was about
 900 and the amount expended s59,O
 A decrease in institute work in nearly
 all the states in the South was reported. In his report Dr. Landrum said:
 "The question has arisen in the minds of some of us whether 1t would not be better for our board todeak-with the ne-
 groes in the South by giving them aid en- tirely In the line of evangelization, leat- ing our brethren of the North to continue the educational movement theyshavo sn- stituted. This would not in any way im- ply antagoniSm between the boards north | and south, but in utmost harmony and good fellowship each could pursue it's
 work on the line most congenial to It. | self"
 Report on Cuba. The committee Rn Cuba reported that
 in the statements rendered in February last by the special commission which vis- | ited the island, the action of Gethsemane church in disclaiming any title or ,claim to the Jane church property was duly I sent out. The board had, at the instance of Dr. Diaz, pastor of Gethsemane in Ha- vana, adopted a resolution acknowledging | arrears of salary alleged to be due him | amounting to $12,000 or $14000, but neither 1 the commission nor the committee on | Cuba could see any basis for such a claim.
 The eleventh annual report of the Sum- day school board was submitted by Dr. l. J. Vanness editorial secretary. The re- ceipts for the past year were $S9, 345. The | reserve fund now stands at $5O,000, in- vested in safe interest-bearing securities.
 In addition, $12,000 has been set aside to start a building fund.