The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-15

Louisville, May 15.-(special) -
At meeting of the Woman's Mis-
sionary Union of the Baptist con-
vention, Miss +. Il. S. Heck. Of North
Carolina. president, and all old Off
GERS were reelected.
Midway in the work which must
he done before adjourning on Monday
the Southern Baptist convention
heard reports of its mission works
and backed these reports with cash.
The last Of the auxiliaries to trans
act its business was the woman's Mis-
sioaary Union, wfT1eh reelected its
officers today and in a few minutes
collected $3.1S7.60 for missions. The
Union yesterday pledged itself TO
raise $500. in all, for the further
ance of ats plans. Il was announced
to the accompaniment OF much APP
plause that htere will be an increase
Of as per cent. In the forces for homo
missions BY the Union while the for
eign missions will be increased in
capacity 10 per cent.
It was learned that the committee
on the next convention city will not
report until Monday Baltimore,
Memphis. Asheville Charlotte and st.
Joseph, Mo, are stiIl making a hard
fight.
b. ID. Gray, OF Atlanta, Ca, in his
report as corresponding secretary of
the home mission board, said in part:
Progress OF Missions.
"There have been organized 5,917
Baptist churches and 1SS.O0S persons
baptized by this board during the
year. Our work in Grba and the
southwest is yielding large returns,
and the probability Of our entering
New Mexico makes our trans-Missis-
sippi territory the greater The edu-
cation Of 4.316 mountain boys and
girls in excellent mission schools in
the Appalachian mountains, at cost
the the denomination OF slightly more
than So for each per year, is an
achievement.
'The amount expended by the
home mission board during the year
is divided as follows:
Alabama. $3.434.2s;' Arkansas,
$4,000; Florida. s9.669.24; Georgia
$40; Kentucky. s2.s1s.s4; Louisi-
ana, s11.49S 40; Maryland. s9.197
Mississippi. $3.50; Missouri. $4,-
It's: North Carolina. $S.465 9S; Ok
lahoma, $13.975.61; South Carolina,
$500: Tennessee, ss,S25; Texas. SIS,
536.S5; Virginia. $90f.1S.
these states on their own initia-
tive expended in the same work
total OF s2S3,Os6.47.
Report Of Treasurer
Expenditures for the purchase
and improvement OF mountain school
property In Alabama, Kentucky, Ten
nessee and Virginia are not included
inthe above.
''The board has had in the field a
total of 1,1OS workers in comparison
with 9G1 the previous year and has
held, as an example, 1928 prayer
meetings in the southern states"
1t is pointed ont that the work in
Panama which has been pursued dur
ing the year opens the way toward
the evangelization of the South Amer
lean republics. The work among the
negroes is treated OF with the claim
that southern negro Baptists are up
on a higher plane of uplift than
those OF any other section.
The report Of Treasurer Walter
Dunson. OF the board ends the re-
port. This shows a total receipt In
cash during the year OF $311.S74.O5
All reports are from May 1, 1908. to
May i. 1909.
The report OF the Sunday school
board of Nashville. Tenn. by DIR. T.
NJ Frost, offered $1,000 toward the
$500. 900 being raised for The South
'ern Baptist Theological seminary and
recommended that SEQ 900 be used
to- institute chair Of pedagogy
yamed Tor Basil Manly. Ir.. a former
Faculty member.