The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-09
Local Committees Hard at Work
Completing Arrangements for
Great Convention.
THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED
Outline Of Work That Will DC
cupy Attention OF Body While
in Richmond.

doubling their efforts to have all ar
rangements complete for the day on whlch
the thousands of delegates and VISITORS
will begin to pour into the city 40
program has been announced, as the
body determines its own order OF busi-
ness after the session begins.
When applied to for Il program OF the
convention. DIR. Q. r. Gregory, secretary
OF the body. said yesterday: IT Is a
great deal easier to form prognosticntlons
Of what the weather will be then It Is
to tell just what a Baptist Church or con-
vention will do" Some OF the matters
which claim tho attention OF the con-
vention nre In their nature stercotyped.
and It may be taken for granted that
they will come UP as usual IN o'nef
matters the convention is law unto
itself and tho forecasts Of the most ex-
pericnced members are but guesses'
What They Will Do.
On Thursday, May 10th, ut +. N.
the convention will be called to order
by the president, Hon. Z. w. Stephens,
If Missouri and short religious exercises
will follow. The election OF officers Is
then taken up. The bylaws OF the con-
vention wisely contain this section: mo
| speeches advocating the claims OF any
brother nominated for an office OF the
convention be allowed, but one speech OF
denomination and one speech seconding the
| nomination; also that addresses ana re-
| sponses of welcome be limited TO one ad-
dress not more than fifteen minutes IN
length and one response OF not more
| than ten minutes
MOI over half -hour can therefore be
occupied by the welcoming address and
resnonse. The welcome this year Will
be delivered by Mayor Carlton Mccarthy.
who will be member of the body, and
will he responded to by one OF the dele
rotos appointed by the president.
The secretaries will then announce
enrolment of delegates. They have
provided a simple plan of enrolment
by supplying the State secretaries
with postal cards for them TO use IN
the appointment Of delegates. II all
the state secretaries will cooperate,
delegates will be promptly enrolled
They are requested to report to the
secretaries Of the convention at their
headquarters office at the Jefferson
Hotel, and file their cards as soon as
possible after their arrival in the city.
This will obviate the necessity for a
roll-call, which has heretofore proved
tedious matter in so large gather
ing. occupying nearly an hour.
The officers to be elected are presi-
dent, four vice-presidents and two sec
retaries After this business the con-
vention sermon will be preached by
Rev. a. ]. Dickinson, D. D., OF Ala
bama, or his alternate, Rev. r. 7. Vann,
D. D., Of North Carolina.
On the converting Of Friday morn.
ing's session. the reports of the For
eign Mission Board Of this city, the
Home Mission Board of Atlanta. and
the Sunday school Board lof Nashville.
he INV, ~. ~;
taries and referred to appropriate COM
mittees.
DR.. Hawthorne to Speak.
At noon Friday Rev. j. d. Haw-
thorne, D. D.. of Richmond, at the re-
quest Of the last convention will ad-
dress the body on q topic to be Sc
lected by himself. This viii be one
Of the most interesting features Of
the convention. as DR.. Hawthorne is
greatly beloved and honored by his
brethren. and will be heard with re-
spectful attention by large audience
OF Richmonders as we'll as by the visi-
| tors.
committee on order of business and
on religious services will be appointed at
the opening service. and will have entire
charge OF the program after that
1t Is the general custom OF the conven-
ton to give the evenings to great popu-
lar meetings In the interests Of the mis-
sion boards. and 1t is probable that a
meeting will DO held at the Auditorium
on Friday night for foreign missions
and will be addressed by number OF
returned missionaries, and like meeting
on Saturday night for home missions.
1t is also possible that some sort OF
children's service will be arranged for
Sunday afternoon at the Auditorium, In
which all OF the Baptist Sunday-school
Of Richmond and vicinity will take part
| During the business sessions q numbe,
/ OF committees appointed last year viii
present their report.
The last convention passed q resolu.
tion for the appointment Of committed
Of tlve known as the committee on place
Of meeting, to receive all applications
from places desiring the meeting Of the
convention two years from tho date Of
its appointment, and to submit printed
report on tho same at the meeting sue.
ceeding It's appointment.
1t Is hoped that this action will rcsul
In doing away with the lengthy discus
sions which usually attend the considera
ton Of the next place Of meeting
The members Of this committee are B
w. splman. North Carolina: M. p. Hunt
Kentucky; ]. +. Kemper, Missouri; w
B. Crumpton, Alabama; j. Il. White
. j .
Georgia.
Another resolution OF tho Chattanooga
Convention provides that a committed
OF five be appointed upon the subject o
General UNCONVENTIONAL Education within
our bounds. This committee shall be In.
structod. first, to gather statistics ano
other information which broad study
OF the field shall yield; second, to confer
with tho committee on order of bust
| he SnSSfop of thtc M
arrange n time at which this report shall
DO submitted to the convention mex
year"
Tho committee on education is as fol
lows: p. 4. Hale, Tennessee; II. w, Boat.
wright, Virginia; s. p. Brooks, Texas
=, Y. Mullins Kentucky; w. L. Poteat
North Carolina.
Another report WILL come from tn
committee on tho Worlds Alliance, Q
which the members are: ]. N. Prestrdgc
kentucky; p. NJ. Ramsey South Caro-
, lima; w. w. Landrum. Georgia. j. Nj