The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-16

Sunday School Board Makes a Re-
 markable Showing.
 Many More Delegates Arrived at Hot
 Springs Yesterday, Having Been
 Delayed by Severe Storms
 En Route.
 Hot Springs. Ark, May 15.-A cheer ing chorus of plaudits answered the presenting today to the Southern Bap- tist Convention of the reports of the Departments of Home Missions, For eign Misesions the Sunday School Board, the Baptist Young People s Union, representing the younger ele- ment of the organization and the Wo- mans Missionary Union. all of which showed the remarkable work that had been accomplish ed through this de- nom nination within the past year.
 The addresses of the day were given largely to the home mission work and the discussion of the best means of extending the church work within the South and West and the territory with . in the radius of this Board. Dr. M~P. Hunt of Louisville H. c. Carroll of Waco. Tex, R. B. Gray of Atlanta. Evangelist J. H. Dew of Mississippi. and other prominent speakers. advo- cated the raising of a large church building and loan fund as practical means of extending the work. The S22.000 indebtedness of the Home Mis- sion Board was raised at a mass meet ing this afternoon. These subscrip- tions received general and prolonged applause when tonight. after the Wo- mems Missionary Union had finished it's work, the membership passed Into the main convention hall. The mission ary unions report was one of the larg- est in per centage of gains reported to the body and the appreciation of these labors was we'll deuaonstrated.
 officers Are Elected.
 Before it's temporary adjournment, elected by the Woman's Missionary Union.
 Miss Fannie F. Heck of North Caro- lima was reelected President.
 Other officers elected were as fol- lows: Corresponding Secretary, Miss Edith c. Crane of Maryland: Record ing Secretary. Mrs. A. c. Johnson of MA.TXI4n0, A6SlSldDL TACNONuAh8 0SCAV- tary, Mrs. c. Wally of Georgia; Treasurer, Mrs. W. Isondes of Mary land; Auditor. Mrs W. W. Rollins worth of Maryland. vice-Presidents. representtnz the several States, were elected as follows: Alabama, Mrs. D. H. Malone; Arkansas. Mrs. w. T Amis' Florida, Mrs. w. D. Chipley; Georgia, Mrs. E. c. Willingham; kentucky' Mrs. p. S. Broadus; Louisiana, Miss 1~th
 The Missionary Union was addressed by several natives of the osage and Pawnee Indian tribes and by native Mexicans who brought messages Of ap- preciation from their people for the work done among them.
 Elections by exclamation have mark . ed the proceedings generally and there have been no contests over any of the reports of committees but tomorrow, Muskogee delegations will carry their fight tn the floor of the convention when Chairman Howard L. Jones Of the committee to select thes next meet ing place, nominates Louisville before the convention. This action was agreed on tonight after the petitions of Louis- vile. Muskogee, St. Joseph. Mo- and Jacksonville. Fla, had been presented by delegations to the Nominating Com mittee.
 The report will be made tomorrow and Louisville has the endorsement of the Nominating Committee.
 Many delegates to the Southern Bap- tdst Conv ention, which is in session in this city, arrived late last night and early today, having been delayed by severe storms which have occurred du- ring the past few days in this section.
 At the morning session of the con- vention, Rev. pr. J. NJ. Frost of Nash . vile read the annual report of the Sum day School Board. The report, in part Is follows:
 Sunday school Report.
 "The year has set a new standard in dition, while not the first consideration. Is yet at once basis and index for all that can be done through this denomt- national agency. The year has been a year of great business also of great outlay for the denomination. The re. ceipts show a gain over last year of $17.5S2 30. Eight years ago. when the convention met in Hot Springs, the an- nual receipts were but little over $7O.- OOO this year they reach the noble aggregate of $179, 37. The busi- ness not only provides for the heavy expenditure necessary to its operation. but 1t is also a missionary power. and has become a center In the denomina- tions life.
 The nrSt ann or the B0ardS s 0uSlneS8 management is to make itself sustain ing and to provide for it's constant en- largement. The Board has done three things: First. 1t has been self-sustain- ing, making ample provisions for the increasing demands of a growing busi- ness second. it has set aside at Nash vile, as necessary to the safety and efficiency of Its business, about S200. 900 in tangible assets; third. 1t has made gifts to the denomination aggregating about $275,000. choosing for this outlay such channels and agencies as the Bap- lists of the South have themselves ere ated and are fostering.
 The following amounts have been set aside to denominational purposes as herewith indicated
 The Home Mission Board. $2,000: the Foreign Mission Board g. 000 nine State Boards, $2,6O0, the building fund $6 900 Seminary guarantee fund. $500 the Seminary lectureshlp. $25O; the Seminary chair Sunday School peda EoRy, $l,25O; the Boards field work $9,42O.63 w. NJ. U.. expense fund s400 other denominational interest. $l,10l72; total for the year. $46,110.lS.
 This handsome sum of $46.ll01S represents what will be recognized as the cash dividend which the Baptists of the South receive from their publi- cation business.
 The Board now has a reserve fund of $50. 900 and a building fund of $3l.- 900. Last fall the Board made a gift of S2O 00O to the Woman's Missionary Union for it's training school at Louis vile. Ky.
 .'The Boards permanent funds now