The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-12-18

the sSout therpgS State
friday was 10 busy day tn9the Conf
7ention, and the opening exercises |
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ofS GreenYille Jamis ION, / SDa DE-
81 Atlanta, score starry $Of 4 State mis- |
sions I'm Georgia, af1d lansing Burrow,l
DID, OF N Nashyill 81 repreSe ntat tive Of
the. Sunday School bea ard, were well
coined to. the cony yentioh. Sc
The special ord der i: was y inisterial
and the rsport + was sread
by Rev. Nv. 8. Dorsett, of Beaufort.
In q very few remarks : following his
report, Mr.. Dorset iemph hasized the
great Importance of contributing to
this work. Il DR.. 81. P. Fitch; made
quite a lengthy address on the report.
Prof. i, NIX. Bailey mad a. stimu-
lating speech rather of a negative,
which brought out more
interest than the report did. Many
OF the members wers anxious to speak
at this point and the time had been
extended for two speakers, Prof..
Bailey and Rev. o. e. Burts, but
having q program for the day the vote
was called for on the report. 1t was
adopted and the convention went on
to consid ideration OF Sunday schools.
The report Of Sunday sci nj work
was offered by Rev. w. M. Jo.1s, who
made q speech to his report. Rev. r.
w. Lide offered resolutions to the ef-
feet that the convention undertake
field work in. the Interest Of Sunday
schools to be done by field secretary
under the control OF the State board.
Before the vote on this resolution was
taken the convention was addressed by
Dr.. Lansing Burrows, who Is great
favorite In South Carolina and In his
address lost no ground. ~ :.
DR.. B. w. Spillman, Of Nashville
Sunday school field work secretary,
made his first appearance before the
convention md spoke helpfully con-
cerning the Importance Of systematic
Sunday school work.
When the Llde resolutions provid-
Ing for Sunday school field worker
came up again there was considerable
discussion, but an amendment to the
report, offered by DR.. Al. s..
Thomas, which carried all the main
features of the resolutions was accept
ed and the report was adopted. This
commits the State board to a new
and enlarged work, that of putting a
Sunday school field secretary into the
work.
Rev. r. H. Rurriss, for the com
Mite on time and place, reported for
Chester, with Rev. L. NJ. Roper to
preach the convention sermon and
Revs @. r. Burts, alternate RssT. T.
NJ. Satterwhite moved to amend by
inserting Tuesday as the day of the
week for the meeting instead Of Wed.
nesday. which was adopted.
Mr.. O. NJ. Douglass, Of Columbia
moved to strike out Chester and In.
sert Columbia, and spoke earnestly III
favor of his motion. ".
He was followed In an earnest
speech by Rev. John Bass Shelton
pastor Of the Chester church, urgipp
the propriety Of going to Chester.
When the vote was taken Chester
was the place, and Rev. w. e. Will.
kins, Of Columbia, moved to make 1t
unanimous.
Rev. r. W. Lide, on behalf Of the
committee to nominate trustees of
Furman University, reported recon-
mending Charles a.. Smith, of Tim
monsyille: Joel I, Allen, of Dillon; 81.
veil EdWafdae, 81 Sf }ags Spring, and
r. Y. Leavcll, Of Newberry, to sue
ceed those whose terms expire this
year, namely: w. II. Hunt, Fl. j.
Haynesworth. L. NJ. Roper, David M.
Ramsey and A. @. Wilkins. The re-
port was adopted.
DR.. David M. Ramsey, president of
the board Of trustees read the report
OF the board, officially announcing the
acceptance of the notes given by sub
scribers to the endowment fund. Every
note accepted has been endorsed by a
reputable bank, through It's president
or cashier. DR.. Ramsey made an i'm
pressive speech.
Joel I. Allen, who travelled all over
South Carolina to raise S1O0, 900 en-
downment for Furman, and succeeded
In getting Sl25,000, was called for,
and as he walked down the aisle the
Convention rose to greet him Presi-
dent Smith extended bhe hand Of grati-
tude to Mr.. Allen on behalf of the
Baptists Of the State.
Mr.. Allen declared that he had been
but a fgure-head in The matter; that
j. w. King, Of Dillon, devised the
plan the Pee-Dee Association offered
the matter to the State Convention,
and that the Baptist Of the State had
contributed the money. Mr.. Allen Is
modest man, but the Convention
knows that his personal effort secured
the 1925, 900.
MIR. Allen has been elected financial
agent Of the University for the year
1904.
DR.. D. w. Key submitted a resolu.
tion thanking Prof. q. II. Judson for
his gift Of $780, to Furman's en-
dowment, and J. D. Pitts was re.
quested to lead in q prayer for the
OF the health of the
venerable professor Of mathematics.
at the afternoon session several
boards we're elected.
L. M. Roper moved that the CEN
trail committee of the Women's Mis-
sion Societies shall hereafter be elect.
ed by the Women's Convention,
which motion was ad opted.
At the night session the interests
Of the Greenville Female College were
discussed by President T.. @. James
and other members OF the Convention.
The college is in very prosperous
and its attendance is limit
ed only by its dorTnitory capacity;
81 ,225 was pledged towards buildinp