The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
$2SO,OoO IS PLEDGED
BAPTISTS WILL GIVE LTBER.
 ALL FOR MISSIONS.
Alabama will Contribute SEQ, GOO to Aid in the Spreading of the Gospel-the Convention in
 Savannah.

Savannah Ga., May s.--The Southern Baptist Convention devoted most or the day and evening to considering missiona- ry matters. Foreign missions Qecupied the morning and afternoon sessinns. and homo missions tonight's session;
 Last year at the Asheville cefyention the foreign Missions Beard asked for s200. .o00 It was given s2is,ooo during the year. II was proposed that the sum for foreign mission work should be not, less than $350.0oo. After the can was made, s2so, 900 was quickly pledged by the various State organizations.
 By States, the pledges for the foreign missions fund during the ensuing year were as follows:
 Alabama, $2o.o00: Georgia. $4o,ooo; Vir- ginia. $40, 900; Texas, $30,0o0; Kentucky, $So. 900; North Carolina. $20.000: South Carolina, $20, GOO: Mississippi. $1s,000; Ten nessee, $15, 900; Missouri, $15,000; Maryland, s. 900: Arkansas. $7o00; Louisiana. 5000; Florida, $2,500; District of Columbia. 2.OOO; Indian Territory, 800; Oklahoma. $500.
 An effort was made at the morning ses- sion to change the name of the Southern Baptist convention to that of the "Bap- tist Convention of the United States" A resolution to that effect was offered by Judge Hillyer of Atlanta. Under the rules the resolution was sent to the table. It will be brought up at the next meet ing
 The troubles of Rev. A. J. Diaz of Cuba came to the attention of the convention. It appears that a suit has been instituted in Havana by the members of the First Baptist Church there to oust the Ameri- cans and dispossess the home board of the Southern Baptist Convention. which sup piled the funds for the erection of the (st- NNy 6a-.k of a commission that investigated the situation in Havana. made this report:
 There are in Havana two Baptist churches, one kn own as the Gethsemane Church, of which Rev. A. J. Diaz is the pastor, and the second. known as the Calvary Church, of which Dr. c. D. Daniel formerly of Texas. Is the pastor. The first church Is composed of a Cuban membership exclusively and is not in harmony with the Southern Baptist Con- vention, but it Is allowed by the conven- ton to worship in the building which the convention owns. The convention has now asked the Gethsemane Church to withdraw from the building by January 1, 1904.
 The Calvary Church is in perfect har- mony with the convention and after January i, 1904, will have exclusive use of the church ediflce now used jointly by both churches.
 "Dr. Diaz is no longer in the employ of the convention and he has grievances asserting that the Americans desire to enthusiastically enslave the islanders" There was trouble between Dr. Diaz and the convention because of funds en- trusted to the Cubans that the Home | Beard claimed he would not account for. | pr. Diaz also made claim for back pay to more than $1o,000 that the board | did not look favorably upon. The Diaz matter will probably receive further attention before the convention | is over.
 After a warm contest for the place of neeting of the convention next year, | Nashville. Tenn, was selected. Dallas, Tex, was the closest contestant. Memorial services in honor of Dr. J. L.. M. Curry will be held tomorrow.