The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-05
Association Begins Two
 Day Session. .26 CHURCHES REPRESENTED Woman's Missionary Union Also
 Holds Convention. Ministers and Messengers Expect to Come to Montgomery from Every
 Member Of Organization,
 Making Largest Attend- ance In History.
$ CHURCHES REPRESENTED

Members of the Baptist Church will assemble at the West End Church this morning at 10 o'clock, and hold the opening session of the twenty-fifth an- nual convention of the Montgomery County Baptist Association. The as- sociation will continue in session through today and tomorrow. holding three sessions daily.
 It is expected this convention or the association will be the largest from point. of attendance in the history of the county organization. From all over Montgomery county, ministers ana messengers from the Baptist churches will be in attendance. and their num- Der will be further augmented by rep resentatives from a number of churches in the county of Fillmore, Lowndes' Autauga and Bullock. Twenty-six churches are included in the member ship of the Montgomery Assoclatioh' and each church is allowed a repre- sentation of three messengers for ev- cry fifty members. with one messen- ger for each additional fifty or frac- tion thereof.
 A number of ministers of the various churches in the association together with a number of the messengers came to Montgomery last night and the morning trains will bring the remain Ing TeDTeSSutdttok
 Guides Wear White Ribbons. A committee consisting of Rev J. H. Bush, pastor of the West End Baptist Church. w. H. Breed, Henry Williams and Miss Lucy Copeland, met the trains last night and will be at the Union Railway Station to meet all trains to- day. Their duty Is to direct out or town visitors to the cars wnlcn run near the church at West End. At the church, a committee is in waiting to register the names of attendants anu assist them to their homes. Serving on the entertainment committed. are
 NJ. Johnson, Romeo Cargill, J. E. Lloyd and Miss Mary Williams Mem bers of the. Committee on Recep- tion and Entertainment will fear white ribbon badges.
 There are i've Baptist Churches in Montgomery,. and after the meeting of the association today there will be six as at this time, the new Baptist Church at Highland Park will be received into the association. The five churches of Montgomery with their present pastors are: The First Baptist. with pr Charles A. Stakely pastor; The Adams Avenue Baptist, with Rev. John Bass shelton, pastor; the Clayton Street Raptist. with Rev. J. W. O'Harra, pas tor; the West End Baptist. with Rev. I H. Bush. pastor and the South Side Baptist with Rev. Eldred M. stewart pastor. The Highland Park Baptist expect to have a minister for their church at an early date.
 Membership is Voluntary.
 Rev. w. J. Elliott makes his home at Montgomery and has charge of the Baptist churches at WetumpkA' Iownde and fitzpatrick. all of which are included in the Montgomery As- sociation
 No Baptist church of Alabama is forced to belong to any certain or spe- cific association, but all have the prlV- ileRe of becoming members or any pre- ferred association. or the one most con veniently located. Any church can withdraw membership from an asso- citation at any time, to become aniliat- ed with one more convenient, or TOT any other reason, membership or the various Baptist Associations through out the State being purely voluntary oh the part of the churches.
 Meeting at the same tune Wlth r,rn .ne asaociation the members of the Wo- mans' Missionary Union, auxiliary to the Montgomery Baptist Association will hold their annual session. Ine 1s,oynan,s meeting will be held at the riFth Avenue Methodist Church at 9;SO o'clock this morning, ana Will cohtlhue' with intermissions, in session through ont the day special program mas been arranged for the occasion. Fol- lowing is the complete program of the Association and the womans' Mission ary Union today:
 sunday school Program.
 gao a. m.-Devotional exerclses. py
 fo:oO-Can to order by Moderator
 Enrolment of messengers
 Election of officers
 Call for petitionary letters
 Receive correspondents and visitors.
 n 11:00-Introductory sermon, by w. J. D, Upshaw
 Appoint committees.
 a:oo D. m.-Devotional exercises, by l.. Lasseter.
 s:l5-Miscellaneous business.
 S:sO-Report on Aged and Infrm Ministers, by George W. Ellis.
 Discussion by s. B. sightleP.
 4:0O-Report on Denominational Lit erature, by Willis L. Chandler.
 Discussion by Representative of Ala bama Baptist and othee