Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-05-13
BAPTISTS MEETING.
The Organization of the Convention
Affected.
NEARLY 1000 DELEGATES PRESENT
y Delegate From the Indian Territory
Secures Recognition Meeting OF the.
Nomcn's Missionary Union.

Savannah. Ca. Special. forty
eishth annual session OF the Southern
Baptist Convention was called to o.
der Friday morning. in the first Ban
tlst church. by President James p
Eagle. cX-Govcrnor OF Arkansas Not
withstanding the prevalence of 4 dis
agreeable northeast storm. the audi
forum was crowded. there being 1.S67
delegates in attendance. Half an hour
was given to devotional exercises. An
address of welcome to Georgia was de-
llVered by Hon. Jos. NJ Terrell. Gov
ernor of the State. TO which the re-
sponsc was made by Rev. f.. p. Hale
of Kentucky. Rev. John d. Jordan
welcomed the delegates To Savannah
On behalf OF the convention. E p
Hale. of Kentucky. responded. The Or
ganization of the convention was ef-
f"cted rs follows: President. James
Philip Eagle. Of Little Rock. Ark.
vice presidents. Edwin VIM. Stephens.
OF Columbia. Mo-; Geo Hilyer. of
Atlanta. Ga; Il. c. Buckncr. of Texas.
y. T. Owen. of Portsmouth. Va:
secretaries. Lansing Burrows. d. d..
Of Nashville. Tenn: Oliver F. Greg
ory. y. d.. of Montgomery. Ala:
treasurer. G. w. Norton. of Louisville.
Ky; auditor, Wm. 2. Harvey. ID. D..
OF louisville. The only changes in
the officers were among the vice presi-
dents. Vice Presidents IIillyCr. Buck
ncr ana Oliver being the new officers
CHOSEN. Governor Eagle in accCpting
the pTcsidccy said: IL would rather
he president of the Southern BAPTIST
Convention than to be President of
the United States"
An interesting feature of the enroll
ment came about by the delegate from
the Indian Territory. A. c. Washburn.
part Indian. insisting that he be re-
cognized. He had not arrived in time
TO get his credentials in. bat insisted
that this was no fault of his. BY his
persistence he oVorcaAi, ;he chair and
the entire convention ana was recog-
nized on the spot. He did not propose
To come all this way across the Mis-
sissippi. he said. to represent his pcu-
pie and then not be recognized. And
he did not.
The report of the foreign mission
oard was received. showing that the
Southern Baptist church is represent
ed by missionaries in Mexico. Italy,
Brazil. Africa. China and Japan. There
has been but one death among them
during the year. Rev. s. r. Williams
died at Canton. China. April of men
ingitis. The most encouraging reports
arc made by all the missionaries.
There have been the following changes
in officers during the year Rev Wes-
ton Bruner, had been elected n mem
ber Of the board in place Of Rev. III.
a. Bagby, resigned: Rev. j. NJ. Car
roll, vice president for Texas resigned.
and Rev. &. w. Mcdaniel. elected in
his stead; Rev w. T. Ami5 was elect
ed vice president for Arkansas: II. s.
Woodland. who was elected vice presi-
dent for the District of Columbia. re
signed, and Rev. T.. II. Sem was
chosen in his place, and Rev. l.. c.
Wolfe was elected vice president for
Indian Territory. anI Rev ~ p
Stone for Oklahoma.
The financial report shows that
Georgia has taken first place in this
cause. The report OF Sross receipts
for forciSn missions is as follows:
For the States represented in the con
ycntion Alabama, $lG.!2606: Arkan-
ea5. s2,2J624; District of Columbia.
$l,GG7 Florida. S2.203; Georgia. $33.-
COS; Indian Territory. 5000 Kentucky.
$23.24l Louisiana. $4.S9C.5G: Mary
land. $7ff3.S5; Mississippi S1G,l05
Missouri. $9l07; North Carolina. SIS
5il; Oklahoma. 25l; South Carolina.
$l7399 Tennessee. S9.34l; Texas.
23.2GI3S: Virginia. $2S,50l The
board does not now owe y cent and
carries a net balance of S19,G21.
Priest not GEiIty.
Elyria. o.. Special.-At the end OF