Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-14
Practically All Of Incumbens Re-
named. Welcome Delivered
and Response Made.
5000 DELEGATES ATTEND OPENING
Only Routine Business Transacted
BY. p. U. Nominating Commit
tees Report Unanimously Adopted
and Officers Elected-A Vrginian
is President.
IN Associated PressO


LOUISVILLE, KY. May 13.-The
first business which concerned the
Southern Baptist Convention which
opeaed al the First Regiment Armory
tonight was the reelection of 2racti-
cally it's entire official roster.
The cflcer included: Joshua
Leevring, Baltimore. president; Lam
sing Burrows, Tennessee. and Oliver
f. Gregory, Virginia, secretaries;
George w. Norton. Kentucky, treas
urer, and w. p. Harvey, Kentucky,
auditor.
The huge armory has been quarter
portioned with canvas drop from
its ceiling to the floor in order TO
provide a convention hall In this
space were seated upwards OF 5000
persons. of whom 5000 We're dele
gates TO the convention when Mr..
lowering opened it tonight.
Welcome and Response.
After the election President f. Y.
Mullins. OF the Southern Baptist Theo-
logic Seminary OF Louisville, well
coined the delegates in brief speech.
John f. White, of North Carolina,
responded to the welcome and Rev.
DIR. f. c. Dargan, OF Macon, Ca,
preached the opening sermon.
After routine business the conven-
ton adjourned until tomorrow.
g. Up. us Also Meet
The Baptist Young Peoples Union
adopted unanimously the report of the
nominating committee electIng the
following officers: w. W. Hamilton,
Lynchburg. Va, president; w. H.
Mocrer, Oklahoma. first vice presi-
dent; William Russell Owen, Balti-
more, second vice president; r. II.
Coleman, Texas. third vice president;
l.. p. Leavell, Mississippi, recording
secretary; T. ]. Watts, Kentucky,
treasurer.
State vice presidents at large in
Guide r. Handkerchief, Georgia; c. W.
Duke. Florida: II. f. Gambrell. Mary
lan& W. c. Barrett. North Carolina;
W. b. Hale. South Carolina.
No male Creature" Aided.
The Woman's Missionary Union re-
ported that during its existence with
out the aid of one male creature.
s1,S49.6729 S was raised. The union
has 10000 members.
JOSEPH y. Shenstone. Of Toronto.
Ont, whose declaration last night tina;
he intended to devote his great for
tune to missionary work, stirred the
Hymen, added another electric shock
at the meeting Ct the laymen today
when he said quietly: Il would be
ashamed TO be worth a million
The reports at the laymen's meet
ing from the various states were Of
great interest
]. T. Henderson. Bristol. Tenn.
speaking for Florida said:
we have Interested IL state Off
Gals in the work"
J. II. Tyler ard Joshua LeverfGg,
Maryland. reported: We have de-
veIoped d liar and half Baptists
and secured $4,000 in tie year.
J. l. White. North Carolina: We
have awakened the spirit and will
bold a conference this summer"
csnsds's Liberal Donations.
Mr.. SbensiCne said that Canadi
was now giving S50o.oee a year for
missions and d. y. Mullins ended the
repori with a general address concern
ing what the seminary has done for
laymcn in the South.
The southern Baptist Education
Society al a final meeting elected the
following oaBcers: r. T. Patrick. Ma
rion, Ala. president; G. ~ ,Potcsi.
Grecnsviiic. s. G., vice president; ".