The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-21

. begin october 1st or earlier They also decided to increase the time of State evangelist and employ Rev. J. w. Dick inson Tor all his time The Board in fecognltion of the valuable services of the emeient secretary granted him a months leave of absence when he de- Ares 10 take 1t.
 Young Women. Meeting.
 on yesterday at the First Baptist Church. Mrs. J. W vesey, the leader oa the Young Women of the State, caiien meeting for organization and sne initial launching of the new work NO more competent or worthy woman could have been selected for this im~ portaht work. All who know her rec osnl5s, the fact that success Is as Tured in advance.
 The report .on Temperance was read py Rev. w. !. D. Upshaw. The report T1eeommendei 1 total abstinence and to- tal prohibition for the entire State Fa- vorable mention was made of the work or Anti-Saloon League.
 Hon. J. p. Norman in speaking to the report said that the men and women 1ation He saw only two difficulties. One was in creating such a sentiment as 70 influence properly the representa- : the expenses for the State work He saia the newspapers were all friendly 10 the Ami-Saloon League movement. <, Hev " B Crumpton. the President superintendent Mr. Iawrencss nsmes toid e1sdted Id graphic. strong and forcefui words of fias fls e',,n onWara march of the Anti-saioon sesaaediy or the brave and optimistic type, iin,ng Ior the complete defeat of the niiquor traffic of the State and the abo-
 Some, he said, were afraid of inc vast number of saloons of the State put what are they as compared with Ine army of Baptist. Methodist and with their thousands of adherents. They can easily drive the liuuor dealers of the State out of business.
 In strong, emphatic words, he said. tne saloon must gor to which there was deafening applause by the large au- dtence., Mir. Lawrence explained in de- tail the working of the legislative de- partment of the League. He said that the same results could be attained here as Tn the Northern and Eastern States. He says that the aim is to give a eoun- ty local option law for the whole State MT Lawrence's address met with hearty response and manifest approval by all who listened to his stirring ad- dress of temperance information.
 Rev L. o. Donson offered resolu- tion to the following effect. Resolved first. That we reiterate our undying enmity to the liquor traffic in any
 
 otherwise, and that we pledge the Conventions support, until the wretch cd business Is entirely destroyed
 second-That. we endorse the work of the Anti-Saioon League.
 The resolution was adopted
 Cards were distributed through the audience for subscriptions to the Anti Saloon League and large number were signed with a handsome sum for
 Dr. A. J. Dickinson offered a resolu- ton that the Statistical Secretary con- tinue his work under the direction oe istics are complete and that the Board appropriate such money as may be nec- essary.
 read by Rev. ". s. Brown of Birming. ham. The report recommended the appointment of a Sunday School evan gelist to give all his time to the wo. and also that the Convention take up it out in connection with B. Y. F. U. the Encampment suggestion and work work.
 The report of young peoples work was read and adopted. 1t called at- tention to the splendid work being done by the young people in their personal training and development. A report on woman's work was read by J. M. Shelburns. The godly women or the state have wrought nobIy during the year and deserve the hearty praise 
 The convention comes to a close with the morning session today. The speeches have been of an unusually high order. The spirit of harmony and feILowsnlp has been sweet and beau tifuI. The messengers come for busi- ness and remained closely at work during all the hours and sessions of the convention. They go back home resolved to carry the many strong ana helpful things back to their people. A note of advance has been sounded. Progress everywhere is the Baptist slogan for the ensuing year.
 Too much cannot be said of the hos pitality of the people of TalIadega. The entertainment committee of which w. B. Castleberry was chairman, has cared splendidly Tor the hosts or Bap- within theIr bounds and homes.
 While the convention proper closed with the morning session, those re- naming until tonight and all the people of Talladega, had a rare treat in nearing the sermon of Paul V. Bo- mar of Marion,
 Yesterday afternoon the report of the Committee on New Charter for ths Judson was heard and the following recommendations were made: Increase In amount Of property to be held from $20O,00O to $1,V00,000. Increase in the Board of Trustees from present num- Der to not less than twenty-seven and not more than thirty-six. No proper ty for endowment can be sold except TOT felnNeSlnlSnl. OncefS were named as follows: Statistical Secretary, M NJ. Wood; Treasurer, k. F. Mosely; Au- ditor, S. P. Fowlkes; Directors, w. B. Crumpton, George W. Ellis, ]. G. Miles, w. K. Sawyer, H. s. D. Mallory, F. P. Nichols, W. A. Taliaferro, F. II. Wat kins, H. J. Willingham.
 State Board of MIssions-A. E. Burns, w. J. E. Cox, w. B. Davidson, L. O. Dawson, G. J, Sorrell, J. G. Harris, A P. Smith. To succeed Anose whose terms expire in 1906: J. W. Minor to succeed A. .. Davidson. J. w. OHara to succeed J. L. Thompson.
 Board of Ministerial Education-J. M Shelburne, l.. M Bradley, J. F. Ga ole, J. A. Hendrix, C. c. Jones, A. L. smith, I. A. White, N. A. Barrett, J. w. Beasley.
 .er to succeed L. O. Dawson. S. S. 8roadus to succeed J. l.. Thompson, los. G. Reynolds to succeed E. H. Cab ness, w. Fl. Terry to succeed J. s. Car roll. J. NJ. ShelbuTne to succeed W. G. | Curry, w. A Davis to succeed H. R. Dill, Austin Crouch to succeed c C. | Davidson, w. A. Davis to succeed H R. | Dill, Charles H. Davis to succeed J. T. | Davis, D. L. Lewis to succeed D. L. | lewis, M. B, Wharton to succeed M B. | Healing Springs Institute-W. B.