Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-19
HOT SPRINGS
GETS CONVENTION
BtPTiSTS WILL HOLD 1912 MEET
ING IN THE VALLEY OF
NAPORS.
FILL PULPITS TODAY
Special Committee Will Not Recon-
mend Removal OF Baptist Orphan
age From Monticello.

With baptist ministers in almost
every pulpit in the city and with the
little tots from the Baptist Orphan
age at Monticello as their guests, Sun
day promises to be most interesting
and beneficial dsy for the delegates
Baptist Convention, now in session
here.
The orphans will arrive from Mon
ter a street car ride over the city
will be entertained during the day
in the homes of local Baptists. An.
nouncement IVES made Saturday that
the special committee named to de-
eide as to whether the Baptist Or
phanage should be moved from Mon
ticello to some more centrally locat-
ed city or town in the state, will
make a report Monday, and that the
committee has decided not to recon-
mend a change from its present loca-
ton.
With President II. T. Bradford in
the chair yesterd y, after prayer by
Rev. J. F.. Fowlkes, the report Of the
Tri-State Memorial Hospital, being
built by the Baptist at Memphis, was
read by Rev. E. e. Dudley, of Jones'
b3ro. He said the hospital would b.
completed early in the Spring OF 1872.
1t will cost $225,O00.
Rev. Sam II. Campbell, of Little
Rock, submitted the report of the
Committee on Foreign Missions
Splendid work has been done in that
department of the church the past
year, said Mr.. Campbell, with 273 mis-
sionaries and 531 native helpers In
the field. There are 297 churche;
and COS out-stations with total men,
bership of 21,343. The Baptist church
has missions in China, Africa, Japan,
Mexico, Italy, Brazil and Argentine.
The year closed with debt Of $685.
600, says the report, and to erase Thu.
Indebtedness and continue the work
it will be necessary for the Southern
Baptists to raise 100000 this year,
of which Arkansas will be expected to
raise $16,500.
r. C. Sims and Rev. ]. F. Lowe pre-
scented the report on Home Missions.
The total amount collected during the
past year was $33,534.45. A total OF
1902 direct and cooperative mission
aries were employed. In Arkansas
sS.165.26 was expended. Members III
the number of 1894 were added dur
ing the yeer while 1929 were ada
ed throughout the home mission ter
ritory
One of the most able and interest
ing addresses heard since the conveh-
tion was called to order On the first
day was that of Rev. A. j. Vining, OF
Toronto, Canada, who spoke on
catholicism in Spain and France.
Rev. Vining is trying to bring ABOUT
the erection of four colleges in the
Greek-Catholic countries on the Eu-
ropean continent He hopes to- es-
tablish =, church in Roumania and tee
Sunday schools of the state yesterday
subscribed fer q seats in the propos-
ed edifice at $15 each.
DR.. G orge B. Eager, OF the FACULTY
Of the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary at Louisville, KY, was also
sneaker at the afternoon SESSION
and $3.50 w ra sed for his lnstitu-
ton.
An interesting report was MADE on
"Peligious Literature" by Rev. j. ..
P.ers of Arkadelphia, and discusseh
nv 7 B. Gambrell of Texas.
Rev. Ben Cox, of Little Rock maze
tse repo.t on christian Educatloh
era the subject was discussed pS
P,av. r. G. Bowers, of Arkadeiphla;
Pew. !. w. Conger. of Conway, am
Pew. ! B, Gambrell, of Texas.
The nomin,t'n g committee ton'sh'
selected H,t Springs as the place 1or
the 1912 state convention.
At the Churches Today.
The pulpits of several OF the
churches of the city will be filled Dy
Rantist ministers who are in the city
attending the Arkansas Baptist State