The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-12-18
GOOD ! lIEETING.
The BaptiBts Meet in Annual Con
vention at Sumter. #
TT ~ WAS LARGELY ATTENDED.

vention at Sumter.
IT WAS LARGELY ATTENDED.
Three Hupdreu Delegates Present
from All .Parts of the state.
Convention Meets Next
Ess;fs' Essf5 Year in Chester.
The Baptist State Convention held
Its 83rd annual session in the city OF
Sumter beginning Wednesday night,
gDec.% End, and ending the following
Sunday, night. The convention SER
mon was preached by Rev. w. J.
fLangston, Of Greenyille, and bis
s theme was Ministerial Education"
The convention was organized by
i the election OF Mr.. Charles A. Smith,
sof Timmonsyille, president; Rev. L..
u. Ezell, of Woodruff, and Rev. @. A.
Stiles, Of Eastoyer, vice presidents;
/ Rev. O. 2. Erwin, Of Campobello, and
Rev. v. I. Masters, of Greenville,
secretaries; Rev. j. L. 'Vass, Of Green
vile, treasurer.
sI Prof. John r. Sampey, of the
Southern Baptist Theological semin-
airy, made an address upon the work
Sof the seminary and 5000 was pledged
for the students fund.
Devotional exercises we're conducted
Thursday morning by Rev. j. N.
Prestridge, Of Louisville, KY, editor
Of the baptist Argus. An address of
welcome was made by Rev. O. c..
Brown, Of Sumter, and the response
was by Rev. John Bass Shelton, of
Ghester.
DR.. a. +. 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.
81. Rev. t. NJ. Bailey, D. D., made the
= report OF State mission work as fol-
1 lowsA One hundred and seven mis-
BlOnarles, six women missionaries. 136
q stations, 40 Of these in factory towns,
587 500 sermons have been preached,
7O,661. miles travelled, added to
churches 2,624. The total amount
collected for this work was S15, $50.
He reports deficit Of little more than
uOlldIS
was the basis on which the last con-
svention ordered this work done, but
the unusual and pressing interest
taken, especially in the last !. tgn
months, ia tho .ao" naI,i u. Iund Tor
Furman University cut down receipts
- temporarily. The total membership
OF mission churches is 1855. Forty
one Sundaysohools were organized dur
ing the year, making total of 1873
on mission fields. The mission
:scnurches 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 year. He has preached 378
times and made % addresses, and 357
conversions are reported at his meet
ings. yei
The twelfth annual report of Con-
!; ME Maxwell orphanage 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
8 Greenwood has been sold for So, $50,
and this amount will be put into the
the erection Of new brick school
mouse. 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 151 children, with
room for l60. Special mention is
made Of the gift Of $4,000 by Mrs. L.
Il. McIAissick for the erection Of the
e. P. McKissick Memorial library.
The churches had contributed, this
year, for the orphange Sl3,7OO, which
Is $1,000 more than the convention
apportioned for this work. On mo-
tion Of Rev. J. .. Bailey the conven-
tion voted thanks to Mrs. Nick Kissick
for her generous gift.
DR.. c.. @. Brown, secretary and
treasurer of the Aged Minister'S Re.
lief fund, read report of this work.
There are thirty-four beneiiciaries,
and there has been paid into the
treasury for their support the sum Of
a3,323.
b The report Of the women's central
committee was read by Rev. IT. l..
Smith, pastor at Society Hill. The
NVoman's Missionary society and chill
dren's bands baye contributed through |
the central committee S0,046.
DIR. w. j. Langston made his re-
FORT as president Of the board of min
= tSterial education. This board Is now
looking after the interests OF twenty
three ministerial students. For one
year the expenses have been $3,015.71.
A-a report on temperance very
elaborate paper was read by Rev.
Vernon I'Anson which he followed |
with, Il speech. In both speech and
paper he related again the sorrow and
crimes that follow drunkenness, and
also Condemned the dispensary sys-
TEN. He recommended the Law and |
Order league, and hoped that the CON
yention would pass resolutions endors-
ing 1t.
. Prof. Stiles r. 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 number of years. The
Mellichamp resolutions were adopted
with o hearty unanimity, the vote
being taken by rising.
At the evening session Rev. w. T.
Tate, Of Bolton, read the report Of
tho onrn mi too m Cfoto y,,Iccjo,, o-J