The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-15
SETTLE DOWN
TO BUSINESS
Baptists Prepare For
Decisive Action.
MANY REPORTS ARE MADE
Dr.. Hawthorne Addresses 1snven-
tion Amid Revuent Stiffness.
At It's First Meeting Heia Yesterday
the woman,s missionary Uaioa
Re-Eieets Its Fan on
eial Roster.
MANY REPORTS ARE MADE

the work which 1t must do before adj
journing on Monday, the southern
Baptist convention today heard reports
OF its mission works and backed these
reports with cash.
During the course OF today's sessions
at the armory. which was packed with
several thousand delegates. money and
pledges amounted to a few thousand
dollars This will be used to further
Baptist evangelism at home and
abroad
The last OF the auxiiiaries to trans
act its business was the Women's Mis-
slonary Union which reelected Its of
ficers today and in q few minutes coll
Iected ss,1s7.6o for missions. The un-
Ion yesterday pledged itself to raise
$500 IN all for the furtheranee of its
plans. II was announced TO the &C.
compartment Of much applause that
there win be an Increase OF 4S per
cent In the forces for home missions
by the union while the foreign mis-
slons Will DE Increased In capacity 10
per cent.
Devotional exercises and the reports
OF home and foreign missions to the
general convention, impromptu discus
sion OF the work was launched. a
mass meeting for home missions was
held during the afternoon. while for
eigp missions drew the attention OF
the delegates tonight.
President lowering announced the
following committees to assist and d.
rect the work OF advancing the three
boards:
Foreign Board Field Work and
Finance Committee:---I4 w. Willard.
Georgia; T. II. Elicit. Virginia; w.
VI. Guesenberry. Louisiana; J.. H.
Wright, Tennessee: Stephen Crockett.
w. Payne. Missouri. and b. =. Gar
ney. Kentucky.
Foreign Board, Editorial and Edu-
cational Committee--B q. Lowery.
Mississippi; r.. w. Boatwright. vir-
ginla; w. s. Tyree, North Carolina;
Philip s. Evans, Maryland; ] r Sam
pey. Kentucky; T.. p. Bell, Georgia;
W. q. Hamlet, Texas: George Steele.
#issouri: y; y Holloway, Arlsapssa.
mittee--t. l. white North Carolina.
T.. II. Martin, Virginia. A. L. John
ston. Louisiana: J. I Gross. Texas:
Gilbert Robbs. TENNESSEE; w. n.
Borum, Mississippi; r. Maddox. KEN
lucky; H. H. Gruesemer. Maryland:
e.. W. stephens, Missouri; r. r..
Chambers, Maryland; Luther Little.
Texas; W. e. Mitchell. Kentucky: w.
A. Hogan, Georgia;sC. b. Bobo. South
Carolina; II. r. Schramm, Alabama:
D. ]. Wade. Arkansas: A. 8. Petite
Florida.
1t was learned that, the committee
on the next convention city VIII not
report until tomorrow night or Nom
day. Baltimore. Memphis. Asheviile.
Charlotte and st. Joseph, Mo-, are still,
making hard fight
Missions Report.
b. d. Gray. of Atlanta, Ca, in his
report as Corresponding Secretary OF
the Home Mission Board said In part:
~.There have been organized 5.91T
Baptist churches and fSe.oo3 persons
baptized by this Board during the
year. Our work in Cuba and the
Southwest Is yielding large returns and
the probability OF our entering New
Mexico makes our trans Mississippi
territory the greater. The education
OF 4,sle mountain boys and girls in
excellent mission schools In the Appa-
aachian mountains at a cost to the de-
nomination OF slightly more than IS
for each per year is an achievement.
THE amount expended by the Home
Mission Board during the year Is d.
vided as follows:
5''Aiabama. ss.4s4.2s: Arkansas. 49,
500; Florida, s9.sse.24; Georgia, $4005
( A0nluCkY1 HAsOAOsorG AAOuASAAAuF VAR
49e 40; Maryland, se,197; Mississippi
1880; Missouri. s4.io5: North Carolina.
$s,4s5.9s; Oklahoma, si3,s75.5i; South
Carolina, $500; Tennessee $3,s25: Tex
as, $lS,53s.S5; Virginia, ssoA1S. >
'sThese States, on their own initia-
tive. expended IN the same work a to-
tai Of S2s3,oss.47.
Expenditures for the purchase and
Improvement of mountain school prop
and Virginia, are not included in the
above table.
The Board has had in the field a to-
tai of 1.lOS workers in comparison with
sel the previous year And has held
as an example. 1898 prayer meetings
In the Southern states"
1t Is pointed out that the work in
Panama which has been pursued dtis
ring the year, opens the way toward
can republics.
The work among the negroes is
treated of with the claim that Southern
negro Baptists are upon a higher plane
of uplift than those OF any other Sec
ton.
The report Of Treasurer Walker Dun
son, Of the Board. ends the report. This
shows total receipt in cash during
the year of $311.s74.05. All reports
are from May /. 1908, to May /. 1909
r. j. Willingham, of Richmond, Va.
presented voluminous report for the
Foreign Mission Board as Correspond
ing Secretary. This shows In part the
following gifts from the various States
during the year:
Alabama, S2e.s2a11; Arkansas, SIR
4s2.22; District OF Columbia, 46,0sl.iB;
Florida, S5,ss4.37; Georgia. Ses,5i4ie;
Kentucky. &s7.527.54; Louisiana, 49,
SOC. 90; Maryland ei0,4es.ss; Mississippi.
Ss1 s34.e5; Missouri (some TO Northern
conventIon), S2s.47tsi; North Carolina,
sse. $500. Oklaho ma (part 10 Northern
convention), S2.97O,67; South Carolina,
$40 1880; Tennessee. 424.0s2.ss; Tex
as. Se2.s04.ss: Virginia, s58, 9S22O; 9TH
err sources. S5,3S0.47-
Contributions from women in the
south TO Foreign Missions totsled $685.
e4i.24 during the year.
In conclusion Mr.. WiliinRham said
that receipts were $4,000 more than In
1908 and more conversions and bap-
tIsms recorded than ever before
The reports with detailed efforts
from the Baptist missionaries ali over
Narh TO- !,