The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-12-11
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Great Gathering of Religious Work
ers at Greenville.

session of the Baptist convention was
we'll attended.
The devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by J. R. Aiken and the minutes
read by Secretary Erwin, VIXEN miscel-
laneous business was taken up by the
body.
!. l.. QUITS for the committee to
nominate members OF the board Of
trustees CT Furman University and
Greenville Female College. submitted
the following: l.. +. Dorm. C. X. Hen
derson. D. W. Key, J. J. Lawton and
Brooks Rutledge.
Col. Jas. A. Hoyt moved that COM
! mittee OF three be appointed 10 draft
! suitable revolutions on the dcs;:: Of
Rev. |. T. Tichenor. The following
committee was appointed: Col. Jas. a.
Hoyt. Rev. T. NJ Bailey. y. d.. and
Rev. Mike McGee.
i Rev. ". w. L.awion. missionary to
| China. was recognized by the chair and
/ welcomed to g seat in convention.
Tie report on ministerial education
was made hy J. Hadwell Edwards and
was spoken t. by c. Z. Burts. The
| speaker pleaded for more money for
this work and more interest in it. The
| fathers loved and worked for it and so
must we. Do not expect ministerial
| students to pay back what has been
given them. They go out to work for
small salaries. Other speeches were
made by l.. c. Hinton, r. T. Marsh. l..
! c. Ezell, w. J. Langston and A. J. S.
Thomas. On motion Of J. w. Blanton
the matter OF ministerial students sup.
plying churches while in the university
was left with the board OF ministerial
education.
DR.. T. P. Bell. editor Of The Georgia
Index, A. N. CroXtom, Miss Jones and
Miss Baker missionaries in South
Carolina. were welcomed by the chair.
A. C. Wilkins read the report on the
report Of the State missionary board.
This recommends $4,000 for State mis-
sionary work; more female mission
aries for work in the mill districts;
that State evangelist be appointed, If
the board thinks best. Speeches were
made by A. c.. wilkins and H. A. Bag
ley.
On State missions. Dr.. Bagby said.
1t was good for the improvement Of
citizenship. thus purifying politics.
People with religion do not buy and
sell votes.
Rev. E. NJ Lightfcot also made
fine speech to the report. He was fol-
lowed by Rev. Vernon PAnson, mis-
sicnary in the mill town of Columbia,
q district c. 10000 population. He
spoke in highest terms of the earnest
work being done by the female mis-.
sionaries. Misses Jones and Baker
Jesus. he said. is again sending mes
sages to His disciples through the wo-
men to arouse them to the work and
the faith. He plead for school for
the training of female workers.
This speech was followed by spon-
taneous hearty Offering OF S10s.25 for
the building CT the Southeside church.
of which Mr.. fAnson is pastor. The
delegation just got up and carried their
offerings to the front like the colored
people do. S37.00 was pledged.
Dr. Bailey, the veteran State mis-
sion secretary, expressed great pleas
ure at the fine speeches made to the
report and asked the pastors who are
going to work for $4,000 for this work
next year to stand. They were hearty
in their response.
On motion of r. ". Lyde to amend
one Of the concentrations, striking out
tie words missionary evangelist" and
inserting instead Sunday school evan
gelist," speeches were made by R. w.
Lide, V. I. Masters, F. c. Hickson, E.
T. Atkinson and R. W. Sanders.
On motion of F. c. Hickson this
matter was placed in the hands Of the
committee on order of business, to be
brought up later.
On motion of J. D. Chapman the re-
port of Young Peoples work was ap-
pointed to come up tonight.
On motion of L. c. EZell, DR.. Lee
Davis Lodge of Limestone college, and
Rev. H. Hatcher of the American Bap-
tist Publication society. will he assign
ed an hour to address the convention.
J. B. Parrotte submitted the follow
ing which was adopted: Trustees OF
Connie Maxwell orphanagaS A. G.
Youngblood, J. J. Waters, D. w. Key.
G. H. Burton. Orlando Shepherd and
D. A. Williams.
G. W. Gardner for the committee to
nominate board of ministerial educa-
tion submitted the following, and 1t
was adopted: w. ]. Langston. VIM.
Goldsmith, Jr.. H. T. Cook, F. N. X.
Bailey. l. NJ. Rice. F. M. Satterwhite.
C. E. Burts. J. E. Covington, F. P.
Covington, ]. A. Brown, Simeon Hyde
and ]. B. Parrotte.
Gold Standard for Hcxlco.
Mexico City, Special.--It is again re-
ported that a powerful New York syn