Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION.
Held Session at Anderson Last Week.
Laurens Next Year.

Inc BaptlSt ministers, conference
Of South Carloina met in the First
Baptist church at Anderson Monday,
the 9Th, at 7.30 o'clock, fully at
tended. Rev. Fl. l.. Baggott, of In
man, was elected president, and Rev.
II. X. Williams, of Pelzer, secretary.
December Ttil.
The State Baptist Convention met
tonight in its eighty-ninth annual
session. The auditorium was
crowded when President Thomas
called the body together at 7.3O
o'clock, and announce! that the pre-
liminary devotional exercises would
be conducted by Rev. John f. Vines.
pastor Of the church.
The Organization.
DR.. A. J. S. Tnomas was unani-
mousiy elected to serve second
term as president. Judge J. J. Gen
try, OF Spartanburg, and Rev. w. T.
Tate, Of Bolton, were elected vice
Bennettsville, and Rev. A. b. Ken
nedy, Of Columbia, were elected sec.
retaries; c. B. Bobo, of Laurens,
treasurer, and w. w. Keys, Of Green.
Vile, auditor
December Sth.
The morning session of the con-
ventiOn met at 9.15 O'Clock. After
devotional services, several visitors
were recognized and welcomed. A
number of new pastors were intro
duced to the convention, and the re-
ports of boards were presented.
State Missions.
Secretary r. NJ. Bailey read the re-
port on State missions:
Last years report was the largest
in the boards history, but this
years work has surpassed it. The
board has employed 142 missiona-
ries, who labored total Of 12,S2S
days, and preached 1,O4S sermons,
conducted 2,914 prayer meetings and
made 23,037 visits. There were
2t,O9i conversions reported during
the year. and 2,259 baptisms. By
letter 1,SS5 members were received
into mission churches, 2lS excluded
members were restored to fellowship,
making total of 1862 members
added to mission churches. There
are now 15,302 members in the mis-
sion churches. Twelve new churches
were organized during the year
In the PIP mission Sunday schools
there are 16,5S7 teachers and pupils.
The mission churches contributed to
STATE missions during the year $3,-
LIS; to foreign missions, $1.451; to
the orDhanage, $l,Sl3: to ministe-
rial education, $2l4, and to aged
ministers relief, $467. The board
makes special acknowledgment of
Sl,475 contributed to the work by
cotton mill companies, in whose VIII
bges mission churches are main
tained.
The board was apportioned by the
convention $4,000, and the cash
received total $3S,33O, which includ
ed legacy from DR.. Lucius Cuth-
bert of $2,250. The boards indebt-
edness is s6,l62; due to banks, etc,
for money borrowed to pay mission
aries.
December 81.
Al the morning session of the BaD-
tist Convention many important mat
ters were considered. Laurens was
chosen as the place Of next meeting.
me time OF meeting was left open
so that conflict with the North Caro-
lima Convention might be avoided
More than 1000 was raised for a
new church building at Clemson Col
lege and for the Cannon street
church. Charleston. State missions
were given full consideration, and
Sunday school work was given larger
treatment than ever before in the
convention. The Baraca movement
was given large share of the time
OF the morning session, and the first
division Of vote was called for on This
question Provision was made for
liquida,ing the debt OF the State Mis-
sioN Board. The messages from the
Women's Convention were received,
and woman's work was considered.
For New Churches.
I. V. McCaul. pastor of a new
church at Clemson College. made an
appeal TO help build a house of wor-
ship at the college. Mr.. McCaul has
been in the State only a few months.