The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-27
THE BAPTISTS ADJOURN
COMPLETED PROGRAM AHEAD
 OF TIME.
Nominations for Trustees of Colleges of the State and Clerical ofh- cers of the Convention.
 Resolution of Thanks.

Resolution of Thanks.
 Decatur. June 26-(SpeciaL)--A today's session of the State Baptist Convention Rev. A. J. Dickinson of Birmingham, discussed the place of Baptists In educa- College He said that no college in Ala bama had done better teaching last year than Howard.
 Rev. J. l.. Thomson, for the Commit tee on Nomination. reported list of nominations for trustees of State Col leges, and clerical officers of tho Conven-
 tion as follows:
 Statistical Secretary. M. M. Wood.
 Treasurer-R. F. Manly.
 Auditor-S. P. Fowlkes.
 Directors in Addition-W. F. Welch,
 Law Lamar T. NJ. Johnson, R. R. Kor- negay, J. B. Ellis, R. c. Patrick. J. L. Gross. Paul V Bomar. H. O. Murphree. State Board of Missions. to succeed those whose terms expire in lso2-R. E. Pettus J. s. Carroll. H. S. D. Mallory, C. A. Stakely, W. J. Elliott, w. c. Curry. | c. G. Miles.
 l To succeed J. F. Purser, removed from State-Lum Duke.
 | Board of Ministerial Education-w. M. Biackweider,. J. V. Dickinson. C. c. Jones, J. c. Lowery, l.. NJ. Bradley J. M. Shel- l burne, E. A. Jones.
 Howard College Trustees-M. B. Neece | T. G. Bush. F. s. White A. J. Dickin. | son, J. A. Glenn. J. M. Falkner, E. F. Enslen, H. R. Dill
 Judson Institute Trustees-To succeed J. r. Purser. J. B. Graham; to succeed E. o. Fowikes. J. F. Parke; to succeed | H. O. Murfree. J. W. Bailey. | Scottsboro Institute Trustees-W. R; | Crumpton. ". Y. Quisenberry. W. T. Roberts, Virgil Bouidin. Law Lamar, w w. Howard, c. T. Starkey, R. l.. Butler. Delegates to American Baptist Educa- | ton Society--J. B. Graham, J. c. Har- | ris, w. J. E. Cox. J. w, Abercrombie, l B. F. Giles, l.. o. Dawson, c. A. Stake | ly, J. A. Liner. R. c. Patrick, Paul V. l Bomar, J. Nj. Dewberry. H. w. Provence, T. NJ. Galloway.
 The State Board of Missions and the | Trustees of Scottsboro Institute met at the Tavern at 8 o'clock this morning. Dr. J. M Shelburne introduced a reso- | lrtion providing That the Board of Min | lsterial Education be instructed to as- I sume the necessary expenses of the Ala | bama students of the Seminary. as il | | while we invite and urge the Seminary I representatives to present its claims to | the Convention that no further collec- | tions be taken in the Convention for that | purpose; but that all our churches be re- | quested to send their contributions te | pr. c. c. Jones of East Lake. Treasure. | of the Board"
 | This resolution brought on a general | and vigorous discussion. Prof. w. O. | Carver and Dr. T. T. Eaton representing l the Southern Baptist Theological Semi nary at Louisville. decidedly opposed the | resolution It was championed by l large number of the delegates. The following amendment to the Senl- 1 mary resolution was offered by H. w l Provence of Montgomery: That the | Treasurer of the students fund be au- | thorized to draw monthly on the Treasur- | CT of the Ministerial Education Board for | the amount needed for the support of the | Alabama students of the Seminary" l Dr. Eaton commenting on the amend 1 ment and the statement made that many l notes given for educational funds In Ala
 bama had not been paid, said he was sor- | " to hear that Alabama Baptists did not | pay their obligations l They don't do it in Kentucky, either, | lnterjected Dr. Crumpton.
 Rev. A. Y. Napier moved to lay both resolution and amendment on the table. | The Napier motion was carried. A motion to reconsider the resolution | of pr. Shelburne on Ministerial Educa- | ton funds was carried, and when the or iginal resolution was put to vote or | the Convention, 1t was carried with but l few dissenting votes.
 Frank Willis Barnett. editor of The Ala | bama Baptist, again entertained the con aHo of rx,ff ga fire and a rare detail of the woes of the news
 paper editor. especially of a religious pa- ner. After his remarks the convention adopted a resolution pledging the cordial support of the convention to The Alaba-
 ma Baptist.
 Rev. F. c. Mcconnell, one of the Sec retaries of the Southern Mission Board,
 addressed the convention at Il o'clock on
 missions. His address displaced the con-
 vention sermon to have been delivered
 by Dr. A. B. Campbell of Troy. Continuous night sessions having placed
 the convention far in advance of it's pub-
 lished program, the afternoon session to-
 day wa1, dispensed with. and the con-
 ycntion adjourned sine die at F noon.
 This was the result of hard work In fact,
 this Is the distinguishing characteristic
 of the Baptist in convention--hard work and piles of it. If the Baptists work as hard out in the vineyard as they do in conventions, they will eventually evange- lize the world.
 The convention concluded its iabors by the adoption of the following resolution
 Resolved, that the hearty thanks of this convention are hereby extended to this church and the business men of New
 Decatur for the most delightful outing given US yesterday in an excursion up the beautiful Tennessee River. This ex- cursion will ever be one of the pleasant memories of our meeting in the thriving. progressive city. and our thanks are fur ther extended to the members of the Gen. tral Baptist Church for their delightful entertainment.
 In the dying moments of the convention a dramatic and pathetic incident occur red that stirred the souls of some, but fell largely upon pulseless attention.
 Just after the ad 1ress by Dr. Mcconnell In which he had made the startling dec Iaration that he believed the negro was worse off today, morally and in every oth- CT way, than he was ten years ago. and would be worse off ten years hence than he is now" Dr. Booth of Selma, a dis tinguished looking. and as Moderator Mall lory said in introducing him, "a cultured and consecrated colored theologian," was presented to the convention. pr. Booth was evidently under deep feeling over what he had just heard enunciated by a leading Baptist divine, and when he mounted the rostrum it was with shak- s1o x.oiaa that ha anoka saving that hn