The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
BY !. ". o'HARA.

The Southern Baptist Convention VIII meet in Hot Springs Ark, May l4'
 The auxiliaries. the Baptist Young Peoples Union and the Woman's Mis- sionary Union will meet May l3.
 It is expected that there will be a large attendance at all these meetings especially at the. convention proper which will convene May IA and be in session until May IS.
 The convention met in Hot Springs just eight years ago, and those who were in attendance remember the splen- did entertainment given at that time. Many changes and much progress have been made during the years. Then the boards made reports as follows: For eign Missions Board. $140.102.3O; Home Mission Board SIP, 441.9O and Sunday School Board $72.46s,22. Last year 1907 the reports for these same Boards were respectively s403.S11.54, $220.S29.- 23 and $164,900.l5 which is 300 per cent increase in the former two and 200 per cent in the latter.
 The reports this year will be larger than last year, notwithstanding the panic, storms and other deterring fac tors with which the Boards have had to deal
 Alabama's Part.
 It is perhaps known that the above amounts were given by seventeen states and territories of which Alabama is one. The Secretary of the State Board of Missions of Alabama. Rev. W. B. Crumpton. feared very much that Ala bama was going to fall behind what she did for Home and Foreign Mis- sions last year but in the last four days of April $14,46s was received in tho offices. which together with the amounts sent direct to the Boards, made from Alabama for Foreign Mis- sions $2S, 207.0O and Home Missions $1S.51219 which is nearly s1,0OO.Oo ad- ditional for each Home and Foreign Missions. It is quite certain that the storm Just at the close of the cam paigu cut off thousands of dollars. The Secretary has sent out card express ing his great joy in this splendid re- suit and also his appreciation of the loyal, enthusiastic efforts of the churches and pastors of the State.
 The "Man at the Guns"
 The results this year have been due to the large number of small gifts from the country and town churches. Hundreds of them have joined the "regulars" and though the amount they have sent has been small. yet they have been represented The city churches have stood about as last year some few of them a Dothan. Troy. Selma Mo bile. Clayton Street Montgomery New Decatur Anniston and others having made large increase
 The Auxiliaries.
 The Baptist Young Peoples Union will meet on Wednesday night. Rev. ". W. Hamilton Is president and will quite likely be reelected It Will be in session all day Thursday. The Womans Missionary Union will meet Thursday also Woman's work grows with the years and this year the wo- men will have the same splendid re- port to make as of former years Hav- ing completed the $20.Oo0 Tichenor Memorial Fund. they have devoted themselves to the Training School at Louisville Ky. during this year with charming success.
 The President.
 The convention will be called to or der on Thursday night the l4th oy wee President Joshua lowering. Hon F. w. Stephens is still in the Orient on a missionary tour and will not return in time for the convention. He however on last year notified the convention that he would not permit reelection this year as he had served three years and wished the honors passed on 10 someone else. Hon. Joshua LeVerinS