The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-09
MANY DEtEGATEs
LEAVE WEDAEsOl
More Than Three Score Goinn|
From Richmond to Baptist u
Convention. sSs
TICKETS now on SALE
Lit. Coy. Ellyson Among Th0se
Who Will Attend Baltimore
Meeting.

Mere than thFee-seeFe aaiegafa9.s
from Richmond and vicinity expert
to attend the Southern Baptist co5l-
Vention which assemblies In BaltiHl0r4
Wednesday afternoon In Iirty-sfxth
annual session. Most OF them WxIk%
leave Richmond Wednesday morna
ing al special car provided by tia<
Richmond. Fredericksburg ssnd P1-H
tomac. the coach going through TO-
Baltimore without cnauge, and ur+s
irving there early in tho afternoons
Others will probably leave Monday
night and Tuesday. fhe apecials
round trip rate is S6.75.
These tickets were placed on sale
May for the first time and can
be purchased until May IL, inciusiye.
Special attention ia called to tn. fact
that the purchase limit ~ the ticketsa
fixed for May 10 has been extendcd
one day. in response TO urgent re-
quests OF those who wishes 10 leave
here Wednesday
rrv-Ur rfTg dEfEgatEg VIII prUf5F.
ably make the trip 10 baltimore by
way of boat,
Some Who VIII Go.
Prominent among the Richmond
delegates are DR.. r. w Boatwright,
president OF Richmond College. DR..
L. j. Willingham, corresponding Sec
Rotary of the Baptist Foreign Mo
sion Board; Lieutenant Governor III
Taylor ElIyson. DR.. George E. Steel
Alderman T. H. Elicit.
Most of the Baptist ministers &c
Richmond will attend as delegates
Virginia is. entitled to more than 500
delegates, and 1t is estimated that 81
least half of this number VIII be III
attendance. North Carolina Is entitled
to about the same number, and wf1t
be well represented. according to re-
ports from that State. Both NirginlA
and North Carolina will have larger
delegations on hand this year than
last, when the convention met III
Louisville a.z - ~ .s,s Ssgis s.
Mr.. LeNerinG 10 Preside.
Hon Joshua lowering. OF Baitimore.
has presided over the convention TOR
the last two years. and 1t is practicaIiy
certain that he will again be chosSxa
as presiding officer, The convention
sermon VIII be preached by Rev Dr4
/ W. l.. Pickard of Georgia formerIy
pastor Of the First Baptist church of
Lynchburg. His alternate lis Rev. w.
e. Tyree. of North Carolina.
Sessions of the convention will ~
occupied with discussion of reports
from the three boards of the com
vention and of the work OF the Tneo-
logical Seminary atfLouisvtlie. Theae
I three boards are the Foreign Mission
Board at Richmond. Home mission
/ Board at Atlanta. Ga. Sunday-Scho0]
Board at Nashville. Nest impoxfnn]
matters in reports of these board
are referred To committees and W1SN1
! these committees report, the mAf11
phases of the work come up for d<Ss
cussion S<
| Rev. Or Charles H. Ryiand, IN
/ Richmond. is chairman Of the CONS
mittee on order of business
Closes on May ~.
The convention will be session until
May Ii and II is likely that many Sf
the delegates will make IT convenient
To attend the Worlds Sunday School
Convention before returning homo
/ This convention meets in Washingtun
on May IL and will continue for fiv4
days, IT gives promise of being the
biggest and most important gathering
held in this country for some years
for the furtherance of religious work.