The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-14
B, Y. P. u. OFFICERS ARE
CHOSEN WITHOUT DELAY
Woman's Missionary Union Reports
That in Twenty-one Years Nearly
Two Million Dollars Had Been
Raised for Missions.

Louisville. May 1S-The first business
which concerned the Southern Baptist
convention, which opened at the First
| regiment armory tonight was the re-
election OF practically its entire official
roster. This was done with unanimity
The officers are:
Joshua Levering, Baltimore, Nd. pres
dent ]. b. Marvin. Kentucky: B. f.
Riley. Texas; James Allen Scott. Okla
homa. and T. G. Bush. Alabama, vice
presidents Lansing Burrows. Tennessee.
and Oliver f. Gregory. Virginia, secre-
taries; George w. Norton, Kentucky
treasurer, and W. P. Harvey. Kentucky.
auditor.
III. r. Hollard of Virginia was nominat-
| ed for vice president but he withdrew
| by unanimous consent a formality in
such cases.
| The huge armory has been quarter
portioned with canvas drop from It's
ceiling to the floor in order to provide
a convention hail. In this space were
seated upward of 5000 persons. OF whom
1900 were delegates to the convention when
Mr.. lowering opened it tonight Devo-
tional services and hymns preluded bus
! mess, the invocation being delivered by
George w. Truett Of Dallas. Tex
/ After the election President E. Y. Null
] Inns, of the Southern Baptist Theological
| seminary of Louisville, welcomed the de-
/ egates in a bfief speech the chief ap
| plause during which came when ne read
from the poem entitled In Kentcuky.y
John p. White or North Carolina re-
! piled to the welcome and the Rev. DR..
| r. C. Dargan of Macon, Ga, preached
the opening sermon.
After routine business the convention
adjourned until tomorrow.
3. Y. p. U. Report Adopted.
! The Baptist Young Peoples union adopt
/ ed unanimously the report of the nomln-
ating committee, electing the following
/ officers:
! w. w. Hamilton of Lynchburg, Va,
and Atlanta, Ca, president.
w. B. Moorer OF Oklahoma, first vice
! president
! William Russell Owen OF Baltimore,
Md, second vice president
! r. Fl. Coleman Of Texas, third vice pres
| ident
/ L. p Leavell Of Mississippi. recording
! secretary.
T. J. Watts of Kentucky. treasurer.
State vice presidents at large: Austin
CROUCH Alabama; H. L. Winburn, Ark
ansas; r. Vandeventer, Georgia; c. w.
Dudke, Florida; r. C. Ware. Kentucky:.
c. V. Edwards, Louisiana; H. F.. Gam
brell. Maryland; r. A. Kimbrough, Mls-
sissippi; j. r. Hampton. Missouri; W.
+ c. Barrett North Carolina; Ho Bo Hale,
/ South Carolina; ]. Fl. Rounds. Oklahoma
/ e. II, Rolston Tennessee.
| Much enthusiasm, created among
| the B. Y. P. Z. when Mr.. Coleman
told them what the Texas branch had ac-
complished along the line of summer en-
| campments
HYMN OF praise was sung at the con-
clusion of his narrative.
Missionary Union.
! The Womans Missionary union, the ses-
| sions Of which will be held tomorrow and
| Sunday. Saturday being omitted, report
I ed that during Its q years of existence,
/ without the aid OF one male creature,
81 SAG, ,672. .3S was raised. The union has
! 10000 members.
/ Joseph n. Shenstone of Toronto. Ont,
/ whose declaration last night simply made
i that he intended to devote his great for
! tune to missionary work, stirred the lay
men. added another electric shock today
when he said quietly;
Il would be ashamed TO be worth 81 ,0oc,-
600"
Mr. Shenstone again the feature
of the laymen's programme. perhaps. but
the reports from the various states were
OF great interest These, summarized
are:
s. r. Whtten. Mississippi; I'VE have
taught laymen how to pray.
| 5. c. Savage Tennessee: The laymen
are the advance guard of Baptistry.'
j. T. Henderson. Bristol, Va. speaking
| for Florida we have interested II state
officials in the work.
| NJ. H. Wolf Texas: I'VE have secured
| $4,000 for mission work in 1908.
| j. H. Tyler and Joshua Levering,
! Maryland: I'VE have developed dollar
and a half Baptists and securing NS,0o
| in the year
/ j. l.. White. North Carolina: We have
awakened the spirit and will hold a con-
! ference this summer
z. w. Stephens of Columbia talked gem
| orally for Missouri. Mr.. Shenstone said
| that Canada was now giving S500,000 a
| year for missions, and DR.. Mullins ended
| the report with general address con-
cernng what the seminary has done for
| laymen in the south.
The Southern Baptist Education society.
! at a final meeting, elected the following
OFFICERS: r. T. Patrick, Marion, Ala, pres
| ident; c. NJ. Poteat, Greenville. s. c.,
vice president; w. r. Rivers, Conway,
| Ark, secretary.
An executive committee is to be an
| nounced later.
| Resolutions were adopted that the So
| ciety be made into association at its
| 1910 meeting
/