The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-31
SOME BAPTIST STATISTICS.
Showing What This Great Church in
South Carolina is Doing.

Showing What This Great Church in
South Carolina is Doing.
Following are some of the figures
presented ini the reports at the late
State convention of the Baptist
church of South Carolina at Union.
State Missions.
DR.. T. NJ. Bailey read the report of
the State mission board-the great
est ever made in the amount raised
and in the results of mission work.
A synopsis of the work follows:
The board had under appointment
127 men and women-male mission
aries, 100: women missionaries, IA;
! missionary colporters, 6; association
evangelists, 2; State evangelists, 3;
Sunday school field secretaries, /; as
sistant corresponding secretary, 1.
Summary of work: Men and wo-
men employed, 127; stations occu-
pied, 1913; days engaged, 1917;
miles travelled, 66,65S; sermons and
addresses, 1861; prayer meetings
held, 2,137; religious visits made,
3O,431; conversions, 1859; bap-
tisms, 1882; received by letter, g.
O22; restored to fellowship, 139.
Total additions to mission
churches, 4,Os3; membership in
mission churches, 1856; churches
organized, 1S; Number of Sunday
schools at mission stations, 1913;
number of scholars and teachers, 1O,-
$40; collected in mission churches,
for State missions, s3,10S.08; home
missions, sS6S.93; foreign missions,
s1,1647S; orphanage, s1,317.S0;
ministerial education, $211.02; aged
ministers, s355.17..
Five new church buildings have
been erected, costing s6,O40; and
other buildings improved at cost of
$9,30S.S9. During the year 81 men
and IA women worked at 80 mill
villages, at which there are sc Or
ganized churches. Thirty-seven cot
ton mill companies contributed to
the salaries of the State mission
aries in the promotion of the work
among their people. The six colpor-
ters have sold during the year $3,-
613.O2 worth of Bibles and other
books. During the % years this de-
partment has been in operation
books have been sold to the value of
$S0,747.67.
Grateful acknowledgment was
made of the cooperation of the Wo-
mans Missionary Union, whose gifts
amounted to $5,S61.22-more than
thousand more than their gifts of
last year.
The board received during the
year from all sources, s33,167.48,
which was about $500 less than
was necessary to meet it's demands.
This indebtedness is about equal to
the debt at the beginning of the
year.
Orphanage.
G. B. Buell., president of the
board, read a brief report, and he
was followed by A. T. Jamison, SUI
perintendent, in a full report of the
affairs of the institution.
There are now 227 children in the
Connie Maxwell orphanage. Re-
ceipts for the year were $23,12S.74;
$4,000 of which came in during
October and November, $4,000 of
which it is estimated resulted from
the work-day effort in October. The
associations contributed as follows:
Abbeville, s1,341.91; Aiken, 1885,
"a; Barnwell, $4S5.04; Beaver Dam,
s472.05; Broad River, s771.63;
Black River, s299.12; Charleston,
$62O.02; Chester, s353.93; Chester
field, $18404; Colleton, $169.70;
Dorchester, $32.97; Edgefeld, $625.-
80; Edisto, $223.70; Fairfield, $429,-
6S; Florence, $359.92; Greenville,
s1,146.16; Kershaw, s21S.14; Lau-
rens, $1,328.55; Lexington, SS3.40;
Moriah, s410.1S; North Greenville,
$272.05; Orangeburg, $4S3.7S; Pee
Dee, s1,2O9.20; Pickens, s2S9.6s;
Piedmont, s366.14; Reedy River,
s422.s6; Ridge, sS82.4S; Saluda,
s2,O03.46; santee, s49S.71; Savan-
nah River, s427.37; South East,
s260.92; Spartanburg, s1,203.49;
Twelve Mile River, s46.19; Union
County, s295.S7; Waccamaw, $204.-
46; Welch Neck, $767.6S; York,
$260.77.
The following shows the cost of
departments of the orphanage:
Matrons and the sick, s2,5S9.28; re-
pairs and Improvements, s1,90S.44;
fuel, S976.74; press, $1,333.31;
school, s2,2S3.S3; administration,
s2,224.05; food, s10,379.1S; cloth
ing, $1,605.16.
Claims She is Prosecuted.
Spartanburg, Dec. 22.-Bearing
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