The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-09
FORCES Of BAPT|SIS
THRONG ASHE WILLIE
The Great Convention Pro-
per Opens Today.
YOUNG PtOPLES' UNION
An Address From the National Presl-
dent, J. Fl. Chapman.
LOUISVILLE SEMINARY TRUSTEES MEET
The Baptist Educational Society Convene anc
Reports Are Read Making Most En-
couraging Showing. Dele
gates Pouring In.

Especial to the News and Observer
Asheville, n. c., May S.-Preceding the
Baptist Convention, which cOnvenes to-
morrow, the Baptist Young Peoples
Union, auxiliary to the convention, as
sembled today at 10 o'clock. d. 5.
Gambler, of Corinth member of Con-
gress from Mississippi and vice presi-
dent of the Union, called the meeting to
order, stating that President Dawson
had been delayed Mr. Gambler requested
Dr. H. C. Rosamond, of Mississippi, to
conduct the opening exercises.
He asked for Dr.. Madison C. Peters, of
Baltimore, and Rev. w. C. Tyre, of Dur
ham, speakers of the session. Both were
absent President Gambler spoke earn
estly and in the absence of the regular
speakers called to the platform John H.
Chapman, of Chicago, president of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union of AM
erica. Mr. Chapman said his remarks
would be brief; that the hope of the or
ganization was the union of all the
Baptist unions and a complete and per-
J
erica. The Baptist Young People
Union are working zealously and with
great effectiveness because they are
drawn together by meetings like this and
kept in touch with each other by wide
circulation of Baptist union literature.
Rev. P. T. Hale moved that in the alb
sence fthe regular speakers DR.. j. B.
Hawthorne, of Richmond, and B. ID.
oil
Kentucky. be asked to address the meet
ing. Both spoke at length. o. f. Flipo,
organizer of the first union of the South,
also supoke Another session was held
this evening.
The trustees of the Baptist Theological
Seminary at Louisville, the largest
school of it's kind in the world, held a
meeting this morning. Hon. Joshua Lev
ering, of Baltimore, presided and M. d..
Jeffries, of Knoxville, was secretary.
Reports of the various committees were
read, all of them showing the institution
in a flourishing condition.
The report of the visiting committee,
which was presented by DR.. Charles E..
Taylor, president of Wake Forest Col
| lege was exceptionally gratifying. 1t
showed an increase in attendance and
high character of students, The COM
mttee called attention to needed i'm
provements and urged that the endow-
ment be increased.
The fourteenth annual meeting of the
American Baptist Educational Society
was held this afternoon, at which the
speakers were DR.. f. Boatwright of
| Philadelphia, and DR.. ]. P. Greene, presi-
dent of Wilbar Jewell College, Missouri.
| President E. NJ. Poteat not having ar
rived the meeting was opened by DR..
| Jas. P. Taylor, of Richmond. President
| Pollach, of Mercer College, Macon, Ga,
was elected president pro TEN. The eX-
ecutive board submitted its report show
| ing grants to ten institutions during the
year. The aggregate is $4,000 condi-
toned upon $346.0O0 more being secured
| The number of high schools in the South
| has increased from 343 in 1900 to 1858 in
| 1901.
| The report of Treasurer E. " Cary,
showing receipts for fiscal year of ST.
| 075.73, was also read.
Dr. Greene spoke against universities
as a source of theological training, urg
ing that ministers be trained in semi
nar!es.
The convention proper convenes to-
! Union. Over thousand delegates and
visitors have arrived. Three special
| trains came in today.