The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-12-16
A GOOD MEETING.
The Baptists Meet in Annual Con-
Vention at Sumter.
IT WAS LARGELY ATTENDED.
Three Hundred Delegates Present
from All Parts of the State.
Convention Meets Next
Year in Chester.
Year in Chester.

Dec. End, and ending the following
Sunday night. The convention ser
mon was preached by Rev. ". J.
Langston, of Greenville, and his
theme was Ministerial Education"
The convention was organized by
the election Of Mr.. Charles A. Smith,
Of T;mmonsville, president; Rev. L.
G. Ezell, of Woodruff, and Rev. G. A.
Stiles, Of Eastover, vice presidents;
Rev. c. P. Erwin, Of Campobello, and
Rev. V. I. Masters, of Greenvllle,
secretaries; Rev. J. L. VaSS, of Green
vile, treasurer.
Prof. John E. Sampey, Of the
Southern Baptist Theological Semin-
ary, made an address upon the work
Of the seminary and 5000 was pledged
for the students fund.
Devotional exercises were conducted
Thursday morning by Rev. J. n.
Prestridge, Of Louisville, KY: editor
of the Baptist Argus. An address ot
welcome was made by Rev. c. c.
Brown, Of Sumter, and the response
was by Rev. John Bass Shelton, of
Chester.
DR.. A. J. Rowland, of the Ameri-
can Baptist Publication society, spoke
UPON the work of this society, which
is the largest Baptist publishing house
in the world, and the Bible is printed
by the society in many foreign langu-
ages.
Rev. T. N. Bailey, D. D., made the
report Of State mission work as fol-
lows: One hundred and seven mis-
sionaries, six women missionaries, l36
stations, 10 Of these in factory towns,
1859 sermons have been preached,
70,e6l miles Travelled, added to
churches 1924. The total amount
collected for this work was SIS, $50.
He reports deficit Of little more than
$4,000. Eighteen thousand dollars
was the basis on which the last con-
yention ordered this work done, but
the unusual and pressing interest
taken, especially in the last two
months, in the endowment fund for
Furman University cut down receipts
temporarily. The total membership
Of mission churches is 1855. Forty
one SundayschoolS were organized dur
ing the year, making total Of l3S
on mission fields. The mission
churches contributed 1851 TO mis-
sionary and benevolent objects. A
State evangelist was employed by the
board, II. P. Fitch, at a salary Of
$1,000 a year. He has preached 31S
times and made % addresses, and 357
conversions are reported at his meet
ingS.
The twelfth annual report Of Con-
ME Maxwell o-phanage was read by
the superintendent, Rev. A. T. Jami-
son. During the year one new home
has been built with room for thirty
inmates. The Maxwell home in
Greenwood has been sold for SS, 250,
and this amount will be put into the
the erection Of new brick school
house. In the: parlor Of this school
house will be placed pictures of DR..
and Mrs. Maxwell and their little
daughter, Connie. There are now in
the orphanage Isl children, with
room for l6O. Special mention is
made Of the git of $4,000 by Mrs. I.
G.. McKissick for the erection OF the
E. P. McKissick Memorial library.
The churches had contributed, this
year, for the orphange Sl3, 700, which
is 81, 200 more than the convention
apportioned for this work. On mo-
ton of Rev. J. D. Bailey the conven-
tion voted thanks to Mrs. McKissick
for her generous gift.
Dr.. c. G. Brown, secretary and
treasurer Of the Aged Ministers Re-
lief fund, read report Of this work.
There are thirty-four benefciaries,
and there has been paid into the
treasury for their support the sum Of
SO, 323.
The report Of the women's central
committee was read by Rev. T. l..
Smith, pastor at Society Hill. The
Woman's Missionary society and chill
dren'S bands baye contributed through
the central committee 50, ,046.
DR.. ". J. Langston made his re-
port as president Of the board of min
isterial education. This board is now
looking after the interests Of twenty
three ministerial students. For one
year the expenses have been s3,015.7l.
Asa report on temperance very
elaborate paper was read by Rev.
Vernon Hanson which be followed
with a speech. In both speech and
paper ne related again the sorrow and
crimes that follow drunkenness, and
also Condemned the dispensary sys-
TEN. lie recommended the Law and
Order league, and hoped that the con-
vention would pass resolutions endorS-
ing it.
[ Prof. Stiles E. Mellichamp offered
resolutions of cooperation with the
Woman's Christian Temperance work
ers and the Law and Order league.
Mr.. Baggott's relation of the facts
Of the tyranny Of the dispensary in
the town of Saluda aroused the inter-
est of the Baptist convention on the
temperance subject more than it has
been for a number Of years. The
Mellichamp resolutions were adopted
with a hearty unanimity, the vote
being taken By rising
At the evening session Rev. W. T.
Tate, of Bolton, read the report of
the committee on State missions, and
George II. Edwards, Of Darlington,
made an address, strongly appealing
for aid in this work Evangelist
Fitch was called upon and his speech
was very appropriate. A. c. Will
kins, Of Batesburg, and E. T. Atkin-
son of Chester. also spoke on the sub