The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
CONVENTION
 IS ADJOURNED Southern Baptists Finish
 Their Work. GREATEST MEETING YET Indians and Mexicans Deliver Ad- dresses in Native Tongue. The Last Work of the Big Convention Was the Naming of a stana-
 ing Committee on
 Prohibition.

Prohibition.
 Hot Springs, Ark, May is.--After a night session devoted to addresses in natve tongue from members of the | usage and Pawnee Indian trfbes and from Mexicans of the Texas frontier. interpreted through field workers of the organization, the fifty-thIrd annual session of the Southern Baptist Con. vention came to a final adjournment today.
 The session passes into history as the greatest in the progress of the de- mountainous move in this country. Re- ports from home and foreign mission departments, from the Sunday School Board; from the Baptist Young Peo- pies Union and from the womans' Missionary Union, made in this body, all evidenced the growth of the organ ization and pledges for even greater extensions of these departments were l made.
 The last work of the convention was the naming of a standing prohibition l committee to carry out the declarations iterated in the resolution passed at the morning session. This committee is composed of A. J. Barton. J. 4. Johnson. s. P. Brooks. J. B. Gambrell. | = 6. CIdnnl, J. A, MdpleS, h. w. Dan- iels and P. E.. Burorughs of Texas: W Tamis of Arkansas, H. A. Sum- merville and c. V. Edwards of Lou isiana, S. c. Wolf of Oklahoma, W. T. Lowry of Mississippi, E. E. Polk of Tennessee and W. D. Upshaw of Geor- gia.
 J. G. Bendali missionary to the Pawnee Indians presented Chief Pow ell and David Gillingham. Both spoke on the advance of the missionary work in their lands and pleaded for more missionaries to be sent among them.
 J. A. Day, missionary for the os- ages. presented Orlando Kenworthy, a Carlisle graduate, who is helping in l the work of civilizing his people. The native made an address in which he described his people as steeped in sin | and presenting a most worthy field for mission work.
 c. D. Daniels of the Mexican from tier work, introduced Atruanda and '. Barra, who addressed the convention, reeiting the need of an extension of the work among their people. Rich Would Not Aid.
 Let them die; there are too many of us now" This was the answer made l to Missionaries in China who appeal ed to the wealthy men of that nation for hedp, while countless millions of their people were dying from hunger T. ble famine of last year. according to the report of T. F. McRae. through whose hands the s7so.0Oo contributed by America to purchase food was dis 1 tributed.
 Such is the sentiment of the wealth | in the un-Christian nation" said MT l McRae, while the missionaries were actively at work endeavoring to ward on the famine they knew would follow the floods of the summer and were ap- pealing to America and other Chris tan nations for money and other aid | we too asked the wealthy interests of China for assistance, but they turned l to us a deaf ear.''
 MT. McRae. a Clinton College, Miss, graduate. has just returned from Chi | na. himself, victim of of the famine fever. which he declared mercifully removed hundreds of thousand of the natives before actual starvation killed them. He told of seeing hundreds of thousands gathered about the walls of the cities in camps. killing their wo- men and children when they finally came to realize that help for q winters living could not be given.
 But the great multitudes of China appreciate our help" said the speaker China has come to look upon US as their greatest friend. This is occa- sioned through the Boxer indemnities and the work America did for her dur ing those trying famine periods.
 The reception rendered Secretary Taft on his arrival at Shanghai means more than our people appre- ciate. The greatest people of the na- tion came to do him honor and the streets and fields were filled with hun dreds of thousands who took an in- terest in the public receptions China violated a tradition as old as her his- tory when she permitted her women fn he at Before that time a woman in China bad never been permitted to take a part in any affair this closely allied with the Empire"
 The address was closed with an ear nest appeal for further work in the mission fields.
 Liquor Traffic Condemned.
 Amidst scenes of the most intense enthusiasm. the Southern Baptist Con- vention this morning adopted resolu- tions eondemning the liquor trafic in all It's phases. The resolutions were presented by E. c. Folk. of Nashville. Oficers of the National Government are requested not to issue privilege taxes in States where the sale of liquor is prohibited by the State law.
 Congress is urged to prohibit the shipment of liquor into dry territory. tsrritory. and people everywhere are urged not to vote for candidates who ars in sympathy with the saloon inter- ests. Upon motion of Dr. A J. Bar. ton. of Texas, an amendment was adopted providing for the appointment of A standing committe on temperance, No consist of fifteen members. who shall keep up the fight. The head quarters of the committee will be at Waco. Tevx. The morning session was occupied with a discussion of home and foreign missionary work and the ap- pointment of various committees.
 The sum of $s25.000 has been appor- tioned for collection for home and for eign missions next year by the South ern Baptist Conv ention. Chairman J. B. Gambrell of Texas of the Commit fee on Estimates and Apportionment, made his report of the convention at the afternoon session. which was adopted The sums assessed to the va rious collections are as follows:
 Home Foreign STATES Missions. Missions. II.A...n ak GOO 4B 900