The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-07
.BAPT|STS LEAVE
For CHAT TANOOGA.
Southern Baptist Convention
Delegates Go "Wednesday.
Attendance Will Be Large.
MAY LAND IT FOR RICHMOND

S vi ~ from l MS City Will
E,i71tdeavor to Bring Great Body
toTlis City. I.
among the matters Of special Interest
70 be decided by the approaching meeting
Of the Southern Baptist Convention at
Chattahooga Is the future location OF the
heaequarters OF the Womnn's Missionary
Union and the election Of d CORRESPONDING
secretary. Since the organization OF tins
BODY IN Richmond In May.S 1855, tic hcad-
quarters have been In Baltimore, and Miss
ammo Armstrong, of that city hn, Decn
the corresponding secretary. She has an
lmnctinp , and p4hrpose e retire at TN:
agog over tho selection of, her s,,ccessor.
H. may pc that, the sccretury i; chosen
t rpn , snf}o Other section, the hcadu,,ar.
crn c,ty. Iho sessions OF the Missions
airy Union for the. past few years navu
n91 see md tam =, and Nd, sprItless " an
rrohchlng sessions will not be lacking in
vlvacity. Tails organization OF Southern
women have done q wonderful work dur
| lnS the eighteen years OF their history,
ana this year their report Is better tt1n
ever. a q IA
Around The Southern Baptist Convention
~
sidiary organizations, which meet In con-
nection with the main body. One of these,
,lle Womans Missionary Union, has Just.
neGn mentioned. Another is the Young
Pe2ple's Union, which meets the morning
OF the 10tlI; another the Educational Con-
io,nne5 rhe trsees q the Southern
incur allnnai meeting IN connection with
.he convention.
The sessions OF the convention proper
viii be held in spacious auditorium. with
which Chattanooga fortunately Is pro-
vided:
While the reports from the various agen..
Cies are not yet available for Dubicu-
ton II Is known that they VIII all show
almost unprecedented growth In the con-
tributions Of the, churches and in the
years a go. for example, receipts for for
eign missions were about $4,000. This
year they will 80 away beyond $4,000.
Then converts on foreign fields were NUM-
Tered BY X tlic hundred, now by the thou
sand: This work has its headquarters
In Richmond.
Will It Meet Here?
A committee. consisting OF Drs. C. S,
Ga Ga, y. + iiawthorns, il "a Hu;san
and ar Ryl liL Knight and r; r. Pitt. has
been appointed TO carry to the convention
the Invitation of Richmond. to hold.
che next session of the body hcrc.ssrney
viii do their best and it Is, practically be.
Richmond had an auditorium adeqnat.
for the uses Of the body They may
succeed at any rate In having the aues-
the understanding that II will come to
b,E provided. otherwise it viii 20 10
Norfolk, which has already invited H. s
liz It should come 10 Richmond, there
will be a record breaking attendance
"a Following is the list OF delegates APP
pointed BY the Stat Mission Board to re-
present Virginl:. in the convention There
VIII be additional appointments and he.
tsldcs these are q number elected by 3
the various district associations.
The majority of these VIII leave for
Chattanooga on Wednesday.
ald;ia; J; ", Mitchell, Richmond; L. ~.
Mehi,onsl. 4, 4 lBristow, nliirbanina: '.i ionn
Hrsdsfs:'rf b 81 Rie fnns g &
Johnston, Norton; r. w Grizzard Adam ) +
Grove; F.. Fcndleton Jones. Elampton: J.
II. Frlnklin, Greenvillc; y. r. Buckles,
Erynn:. Mace; T.. II. Elicit, Richmond;
II. 1. Harrison. Richmond: David Hep.
burn. Richmond; ". Elyson, Richmnnn:g
Jones: r. j.. Wiiingham Richmond; VI.
Hundley. Eastyllle; E. II, Dudley, Nor
folk; r.. II. Bo@dcn. Red Hill; = a. An
q c; Benton, Mddleburg: ": IL Wni;stt,
Richn,ond;; r. II Pitt; Richmond; ", Z: f
". Fl. Smith. Richmond; r, ". Cridlln.
Manchester; T. S. Dunaway. Frcdcricks-
burg; j. NJ. Thomas, Roanoke 9. j. Gil
bert Roanokc w A. Broxton. Roanoke;
II. r. Pollard. Richmond; c. $. Gardner,
Richmond; Ryland Knight. Richmond; 2.
l.. Grace. Richmond: George y. Cowan,
Bristol: C. a. Hotchkiss. Urbanna; " NJ
Ruckcr. Petersburg; ]. r. Doan, Peters,
burg Thomas ), Shipman, Roanoke: J. l..
Camp, Franklin; O. r. Gregory, Staunton;
C. p. Ryiand, Windsor. +. W. Moore. Pc
tersburg: z. p. y, yAylor' Chatham; Z; y.
Mcfarland, Farmvillc: w. NJ. Vines. Nor g
folk; II. c. BURROWS, Culpeper; T.. Peyton
Little, Oakrdge; S. Ii. rhonpsoa, blue
field, w Va; f.. S. Picrce,,. Ne"soms:
George Brnxton Taylor, Holltls; Estes
Cooke, IIolins; r. w. Duke. Iollins; ], ..
Kirk. Rchmond W.. g. CorDtit, Ports
pointed by the State Mission Board to re-
moltht e. W. Robertson, Portsmouth;
r, b. Garrett. Portsmouth; y; G Griz-
card, Adams Grove; j. e. Hicks, DAN
Vile; Fl. Il. Quarles. Ashland; W. II.
Hatcher. Fork Union; w n. Leake, Dam
vile.
4 Others wishing appointment are request
al ~ notifv Sccret ary William j-ilyson.