Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-24

Monroe college is to receive the active
support of the commission in raising $4O'-
600 this year and Shorter is to have the
moral support Of the body.
BAPTIST CONVENTION
HAS NOW ADJOURNED
AMERICUs. Ca. Nov. 22.-The Georgia
Baptist convention adjourned tonight,
after a very busy day. <.......-
The most important action was the
adoption of the report of educational COM
mission. This commission is composed
of G. A. Nunnally, P. o. Jessup, c. II. s.
jackson. A. B. Green, M. l.. Britton,
S. Y. Jameson, w. w. Landrum, John
D. Jordan, B. d. PollocA, F. G. Neon
nell, w. J. Northen and j. G. Mccall
THESE brethren will have charge of prac-
tically all of the eduS ational affairs of
Georgia Baptists.
There has been some question as to
whether all OF the colleges in the state
would be willing to come under the con-
troll of the commission, this being option
al with them. In the report made by DR..
Pollock, it was shown that Mercer univer-
sity at Macon, Monroe college at For
syth. Shorter university at Rome and
Hearn High school at Cave Spring had
all come into the commission. The COM
mission will give the right of way during
the year to. Monroe college, through its
financial secretary, w. d. Upshaw. He is
in charge Of the work OF raising $4,000
with which 10 build a new dormitory for
girls at Forsyth. The moral support of
the commission will be given to Shorter
for this year, and next year the active
support viii be given to Shorter through
its financial agent, DR.. L. r. Gwaltney.
Under Shorter's proposition to come in
the commission she gave the right to the
commission to appoint eight of her fifteen
trustees. The appointees are z. H. Cal
laway and c. b. Gibson, for one year; T.
P. Bell, B. E. Willingham and j. P.
Cooper. for two years; w. w. Landrum,
John d. Jordan and ]. l.. Bass, for three
years.
One significant clause in the report of
the commission was that no school receiv-
ing aid from the state would under any
consideration be admitted into the COM
mission. This sounds the death knell to
a union of church and state in Georgia.
This question had been sidetracked after
the exciting debate of the night, but this
will sooner or later settle II.
When the report of the commission had
been adopted the convention to express
its JOY joined i'm singing the doxology.
The convention decided to undertake to
raise this year $4,000 for foreign mis-
sions, so. 900 for home missions, $25.OO0 for
state missions, $4,000 for the support Of
the orphans home, $3.50 for ministerial
education, 5000 for ministerial relief and
10000 for Monroe college.
The consideration of the needs Of
Mercer university brought out the fact
that several new buildings were needed
to meet the growing demands and efforts
will be made to erect them as soon as
possible. The report of the committee
on woman's work showed that Georgia
Baptist women had raised in the last
seven months, since the Rome conven-
ton, two thousand dollars for foreign
missions. six hundred and fifty dollars
for home missions, eight hundred and
twenty-eight dollars for state missions,
eight hundred and twenty-eight for or
phans' home, three hundred and fifty
dollars for orphans inhrmary and seven
teen hundred dollars for other purposes.
During the conventional seven months
fourteen thousand dollars has been raised
by the Baptists for supporting the or
phans and for erecting a new building
on the grounds.
Rev. J. d. L. Hillyer made a stirring
speech on the disgrace and shame that
has come to the nag CT the union from
the work of the whiskey demon. A reso-
luton as a substitute for the church and
state resolution was introduced by Rev.
A NJ. Simms, calling on the Baptist
schools receiving state money to cease
IL after the S0th Of next June. -