The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-03-13

The official board, consisting of the
officers of the National Baptist Con.
vention, with the secretaries and
chairmen of the seven boards in this
convention, will meet in Nashville
Thursday, March 26, for the purpose Of
selecting a place for holding the 1908
session Of the National Baptist Conven-
lion. This information was given ont
at the Baptist Publishing House. Mon
Gay, having been received from Presi-
dent Morris, of Helena, Ark, and Sec
retary Hudson, of Selma, Ala. This
meeting will bring to Nashville a gath
er1ng of distinguished officials of
great denomination.
The boards to be represented will
be the National Baptist Benefit Asso.
Ciation Board, Foreign Mission Board.
Womans Auxiliary Board, Education-
al Board, B. Y. P. U. Board, Home
Mission Board and the Publishing
Eoard. Each of these has a secretary
and a president, who are looked upon
as members of the official family Of
Baptists, and who are expected to at
tend this meeting. Aside from this
there will be the presidents and the
vice-presidents from each state tho
four secretaries, the treasurer and the
auditor. If all of them are represent
ed Nashville will have quite a delega-
tlon of distinguished divines.
Among the more prominent expected
mere for this meeting are Rev. e. c.
Morris, d. d., Helena, Ark: Prof r
3, Hudson, Secretary, Selma. Ala.
Rev. T. 0. Fuller, D. D., Assistant Sec.
retary' Memphis, Tenn; A. J. Stokes
y. D.; Treasurer, Montgomery. Ala.
), W. Bacote, A. b., Statistician. Kan.
sas City, Mo-: Rev. Robert Mitchell
A. NJ, d. d., Auditor, Bowling Green,
KY; j. H. A. Cyrus, Assistant Sec.
retary, Roanoke, Va; Rev. A. A. Cosev
Sec'y National Baptist Benefit Associa.
zion, Helena Ark. Miss N. Fl. Bur.
roughs, Secretary Womans Auxiliary.
Louisville, Ky; Mrs. r. w. Layton
President WOman's Auxiliary, Phila.
delphla, Pa; Rev. L. G.. Jordan. D
d., G. H. Paris, d. D., Secretary and
Chairman respectively of the Foreign
Mission Board, Louisville, XIV. Rev
D. 5. Klugh, Secretary Educational
Board, Princeton, N. j.; Rev. ]. p. Rob-
lnson, D. d., Chairman Home Mission
Board Little Rock, Ark: Rev. p /
bryant, d. d., Chairman of B. Y p
u. Board, Atlanta, Ga. Those in tbe
city who are entitled to membership
Will be DR.. p. w. d. Isaac D n of
the b. Y. P. U. Board; Rev. r. IT. Bovd
D. d., of the Publishing and Home
Mission Boards; Rev. c. H. Clark. D
u. chairman of the Publishing Board
mere IS a vtcepresident for each state
IN the union represented in the Ma.
tlonal convention, but it could NOT he
learned whether these will come or
not Louisiana, Alabama, Mississipni
Kentucky, Arkansas and Texas NAV
be represented
Inc important question to be de-.
clded will interest Nashville no little
as she will be in the race for the 1908
convention. Lexington, Ky. is in the
race. Louisville, KY, Atlanta. Ga
RoSton, Mass, and indianapolis are
strong competitors, but New Orleans
seems to have a decided advantage.
The National Baptist Union. the Of.
neral organ of the Baptists of tb'e
united States, will contain a resolu.
ton sent up by the two executive
boards Of the two Baptist State Con
yentions of Louisiana, setting fortf
Inelr claims to entertain this body
New Orleans proper, through its Min