The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-20
SOUTHERN BAPTIST ADJOURN.
Fiqht Against Rum Demon is Again
Endorsed.


prohibition. the Southern Baptist con-
yention adjourned in this city tonight
after a meeting of five days. Almost
the final act of the thousands Of dele
gates from every State in the South
was the passage of set of resolutions
endorsing the South's fight against
whiskey, prepared by E. E. Folk, of
Nashville, Tenn. and offered by him
as the report of the temperance COM
mittee. There was not a dissenting
vote.
An address was made by Clinton N.
Howard, prosecuting attorney of Ro-
chester, N. Y, entitled a Ride ON
the Waterwagon, after which funds
were collected to aid in the work Of
temperance.
Appointments we're made during the
day session to complete the home and
foreign mission boards and the report
of the committee on estimates, In
creasing the appointments for these
boards for home missions from $685.
900 to $343,000 and foreign missions
from $500, 900 to $3.50, 900 was adopted
after it's reading by DIR. J. G.. Gam
brei1, of Texas, chairman The states
are assigned the following allotments
Alabama, home missions, $24 GOO; for
eign missions $4,000.
Arkansas, home missions, S13, OOO;fo
eign missions $4,000.
District of Columbia, home missions
$4,000; foreign missions $4,000.
Florida, home missions $1,000; for
eign missions $500.
Georgia, home missions, $45, 900; for
eign missions $S0,000
Kentucky, home missions $4,000;
foreign missions $4,000.
Louisiana, home missions $4,000; for
eign missions $4,000.
Maryland, home missions $4,000;
foreign missions $12,500.
Mississippi, home missions 5000
foreign missions $4,000.
Missouri home missions, S21 900 for
eign missions $50, 00O
North Carolina home missions, SILL
600; foreign missions, $4,000.
South Carolina home missions, $685.
600; foreign missions $4,000.
Oklahoma, home missions, $4,000;
foreign missions, $4,000.
Tennessee, home missions, 5000;
foreign missions $27 900.
Texas, home missions, 100000; for
eign missions $4,000.
Virginia, home missions, So, Zoo; for
eign missions, $68,000.
Pehaps in adrdition to the powerful
anti-liquor resolutions, the convention
has been most notable for the follow
ing mplishments:
Raising the endowment of the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary at
Louisville, 100000 being pledged.
Contributing generously to home and
foreign missions.
Inducing JOS. N. Shenstone, OF To-
ronto, Canada, to devote. his allegedly
great fortune to religious and layman
missionary work.
Fostering the organization of the
Southern Baptist Education Society.
Choosing two years ahead its con-
vention city, for after Baltimore was
chosen for 1910, the convention recog-
nized the brave fight of st. Joseph,
Mo-, and will meet there in 1911.
THE RUM DEMON.
The report of the committee on tenn
perance was read by E. e. Folk OF
Nashville, and is of following:
There is expended In this Country
every year for strong drinks some
thing over $4,000, 900, 900. Among the
results of this traffic in intoxicating
liquors are the loss of 10000 lives
each year,95 per cent of the murders
in the country, Is per cent of all
crimes, 20 per cent of divorces and
40 per cent of insanity. With such
records can any one expect the fol-
lowers of Christ to sit by and see this
traffic continue without offering any
protest against that traffic and doing
everything to destroy it? Whosoeyer
may so expect simply does not UNI
derstand the genius of Christianity,
whose fundamental policy is extlrpa-
ton of the bad as we'll as the up
building OF the good.