The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-03
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
MEET IN ANNUAL CONVENTION
HERE FRIDAY.
SESSIONS LAST FOUR DAYS.
CONVENTION MET HERE ONCE Be
FORE IN 1851.

All Who Wish TO COme-SOme
Pleasant Social Features.
This week will see the greatest gath
ering of Baptists in Savannah that has
ever gathered in the South. The
Southern Baptist Convention will meet
Friday, May 8, and continue in ses-
sion until Monday night, May IL. The
convention will bring together the
most prominent Baptists in the South,
the membership being from fourteen
states, two territories and the District
of Columbia.
Organized in 1s45 the convention has
met in nearly every Southern state and
was once before in Savannah, in 1861.
Rev. James Philip Eagle of Little
Rock, Ark, Ex-Governor of Arkansas,
is president of the conven-
ton and will call the body to order.
From indications there will be at least
900 duly accredited members of the
convention present during the sessions
and naturally there will be a thou
sand or more visitors and members of
delegates families.
Lie NOhlldH , OuISS1On AuAlk-
larry will meet at the same time as the
convention, with about 100 delegates.
Mrs. Charles Stakely is president of
the union, and there will be many 9TH
er prominent ladies here to take part
in their proceedings.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union
will meet Thursday, May Z, and will
be in session during the week. The
Alumni Association of the Southern
Theological Seminary will hold it's an
nual meeting here and the trustees
will also have their annual session dur
ing the convention.
A number of pleasant social func-
tons have been arranged and the Wis
itors to Savannah will be given ample
time to see the beauties of the city and
to get acquainted with it's people. The
most pretentious function perhaps will
be the banquet to the alumni of the
southern Baptist Theological Sem
mary, to be given at the De Soto
Thursday night. A reception will be
rendered by the local branch of the
Woman's Missionary Union, also at
the De Soto, Friday afternoon, to the
visiting ladies and friends. Excursions
to Tybee and to Beaufort are an
nounced for Tuesday, May II, and
there will be trips arranged for va
r1ous points of interest at resorts near
the city.
Work of the Convention,
The convention will open Friday
morning, in the First Baptist Church.
at 10 O'Clock. Devotional exercises
VIII be held and then will come the
calling of the roll of representatives.
The officers for the ensuing year will
be elected as soon as the names of
members are properly enrolled. Com
mittees will be appointed for various
matters, among them being one on or
der of business, and this will about
occupy the morning session. In the
afternoon there will be a number of
reports submitted, on Sunday-school
work, home missions, foreign mis-
s1ons. The afternoon sessions will
likely be from $3.50 to o'clock The
night session will open with devotion
al exercises and following will be va
rious business matters. Among other
things committees will be appointed
on Foreign Populations and Cuba, on
Appeal of the Home Board, on Mis-
sions East of the Mississippi River,
on Missions West of the Mississippi
River, on Woman's Work, on Work
Among the Negroes, on Preaching and
on Time and Place of the next meet
ing.
Saturday will be another busy day,
and committees will likely be an
nounced, on Pagan Fields, on Papal
Fields, on Finances of Foreign Mission
Board, on Items of Special Interest in
Foreign Mission Report, on Report of
the Sunday School Board, on Nomina-
tons of New Boards, on Enrolment,
on Reports of Vice Presidents. These
committees will later make reports
The afternoon session will be taken up
with reports and various matters. The
night session will also be a busy time
for all of the members of the conven-
ton, as among other things the place
OF the next meeting will be decided.
Memorial Service.
There will be no business sessions on
Sunday, but at o'clock in the Taber-
nacle. in the Park Extension, a mem
orial service will be held at which
tributes will be paid to the late DR..
Tichenor of Atlanta, and the late DR..
J. L. NJ. Curry of Richmond. The adj
dresses on this occasion will be made
by the Rev. J. B. Hawthorne, D. D.,
of Richmond. and the Rev. Dr. Whit
slit of Richmond College.
All the pulpits in the city will be
supplied by visiting ministers. The
number of distinguished divines in
OdNdIlIldL Oh IIldI Qdy Will insure 10
each church man of more than ordi-
nary ability.
Monday morning the work of the
convention will be resumed and it will
take all of the three sessions usually
held to dispose of the business in view.
Among other things that will come
up for disposition during the conven-
ton will be the proposition to amend
article three of the constitution, with
reference to eliminating the money
basis of representation and adopting a
numerical basis.
Local Committees.
The work Of preparing for the COM
ing of the Baptists has been
under the general charge of
the Rev. ]. D. Jordan and
committees have been appointed to
take up special features. The commit
tees, given below, are requested to
meet in the First Baptist Church at
$3.50 o'clock Monday evening for con-
sultation and general arrangement of
plans:
Finance-W. K. Pearce. William F.
McCauley, Frank S. Jette, John w.
Parker, J. Lawton HERS.
Furniture and Furnishings-D. r.
Morgan, A. M. West, w. @. Powell
James Earle, Jr., w. F. McCauley, A.
l.. Farie, Frank S. Jette, E. G. Caba-
ness, c. R. Bordley Charles Inglesby.
Postoffice = George B. Whatley
Daisey Sibley. Claudia Ingraham
Maggie Farmer. Fannie Whatiey. Ben
H. Gibson. Marion Roote
Sunday chools-James R. Cain. p
L. Bugg, H. A. Fountain.