The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-28
BAPTISTS LEAVE
MAYFIELD TODAY
Association Comes to End at
Morning Session
Decides Finally TO Meet ut Louisville
Church Instead of at
Ashland.
RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.

Mayfield, Ky. June 2S. Especially
After amending the report of the
committee on arrangements so as to
make the next meeting of the asso-
citation the last week in June, 1908,
at the rwenty-second and Walnut
street Baptist church in Louisville,
instead of at Ashland, the General
Association of Kentucky Baptists ad-
iourned this morning.
Many resolutions we're adopted.
one thanking Mayfeld heartily for
her hospitality. Nearly all the dele
gates left today, hurrying to get home
before Sunday. and the Illinois Cen
trail treated the 'rowd with marked
courtesy, furnishing extra coaches
on all trains
DR. J. c. Bow, secretary OF the
state board Of missions. was granted
a vacation.
Beckham Praised.
| Governor Beckham's appointment
of Robert Bingham as mayor of Lou
isville met with acclaim. when It
was read in the association, during
a discussion of the temperance situa-
ton, and resolutions commendatory
of his action were adopted unani-
mously. f ~
The report on temperance which
was taken up at a largely attended
mass meeting last night brought
forth the following facts:
Up to 1906, So counties we're dry.
Since then so have been added. leav-
ing only 30 of the 119 counties, and
so towns and cities open to the sale
of liquor The temperance forces
have lost the fight in but two coun-
ties and seven cities under the Cam
mack law. All the temperance Leg
islatlon has been upheld by the
court of appeals. The 80 counties
closed to the sale of liquor drove out
l23O saloons, from an area of IL 600
square miles, having population of
more than 500 1000 people Allow
ing five square miles for each town
and city, 81 per cent of the states
area is under prohibition laws. The
entire Eleventh district, excepting
Middlesboro, is dry. AS soon as the
licenses expire in Bowling Green.
one may ride from Louisville to
Nashville or to Memphis on the Lou
isville G. Nashville railroad without
passing through an open town.
The report expressed satisfaction
with the temperance plank in the Re-
publican platform and the promises
Iof the candidates for governor and
United States senator on the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Home Missions.
Many reports were introduced dur
ing the afternoon session yesterday
and taken up for discussion at night.
DR.. b. d. Gray of Atlanta. made
splendid address on the subject of
home mission, following the intro
duction of the report on that subject.
The report calls for the raising of
$500 900 in the southern states, of
which $4,000 is to come from Ken
lucky. The tide OF immigration
turning southwark. Dr. Gray said.
necessitates provision to care for pc
culiar perils and responsibilities aris-
ing from TIE influx of large mum
Der of foreign born citizens He cited
the case of New York, of whose pop
ulation 50 per cent are foreign born
or of foreign parentage. Boston,
Philadelphia and other northern cit
les have the same situation to face
in degree, and the southern immigra-
ton compels southern Christians to
prepare to meet the situation.
He said one-third the wealth of
the south is in the hands of the Bap-
fists and nine-tenths of the religious
force in the south is comprised of
Baptists and Methodists.
Baptist Young People.
The Rev. ]. T. Watts read report
on the Baptist Young Peoples Union.
which is to hold a convention at Lex
ington the last week in October A
program of unusual merit ard inn
portance is to be carried out.
Evangelism.
Or. T. n. Compton delivered
strong address on the evangelist.
who, he said, was not intended to at
tract large crowd with monkey
and a grind organ" but to intelll-
gently instruct the people. He de-
nounced the nondescript, unauthor-
lied and independent evangelist He
should not be manipulstor. but
preacher said DR. Compton.
The Rev. NJ. H. smith, an evange-
list, sang a song set to the tune of
my Old Kentucky Home After
the first chorus few voices Joined
him, until the final chorus swelled
lumbar the imnnlsa of the nnlfad