The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-10
SHELBY HOST TO
BAPTIST LEG|ONS
State Convention Opens \uspi-
ciously, Audience Taxing Ca
pacity OF Zig Auditorium.
DURHAM AGAIN PRESIDENT
Chosen Tor Third Successive
'I'imc-Great Interest Shown
in Missions.
by MAMIE BAYS.

shelby. y &. December 9--Thc Baptist
state Convention OF North Carolina. repro
senting more than 1000 preachers Of tina,
denomination and total membership OF
2t5.t59 In this Commonwealth. convened In
the elghty-thlrd annual session this evening
~ the First Baptist Church of this place
Tho auditorium OF the church aud the sun
day school room, with u seating canaC{,v ~
100. Including the galleries, were filed wi;h
ministerial lag messengers 10 the convcu-
Rev. Charles II. Durham. u. D. Of i.ur,
terton. president OF the state convention
during the past two years. conducted the de :
Nouonal service. with which tho session be-
ren. and Rev r. r. VAnn D. H.. president,
%! Meredith College. at Raleigh. lead the
pTaEeT Or Durham announced At the cloRe
of tho devotional service that pursuant to
an order oi business adopted by the state
session OF 1912. tho organization nf ;he con-
vention would be effected. Including tho
sermon would he delivered reversing tho or.
der % business or tho opening sesslo.! fo,
Dr Durham then announced that The nrst
business 20 DO transacted would 10 the en-
appointed cori!nittcr on enrolment, coli
s!slihg 81 -eEcn members Of the body. 70
confer with thc secretaries ~ the ronVcu.
ton. and complete the enrolment Of mes.
Addrcsse, of welcome.
The first words OF welcome TO the conNcn-
ton were spoken b.: .. j. woodson. and
Mas g. Gardner. WHO delivered the formal
address u Welcome. sir Gardner cnpha-
sized especially the contribution OF talented
iurn, which shelby and the association i'm
which II Is included. Kings Mountain y $50
cation. has mad. 70 the i:aptisi dcnomina-
uon OF North Carolina.
Rev " ~ Vines. y. D.. pastor .; the
FIRST baptist Church, a. Charlotte delivered
the response TO Tie address 90 welcome. lie
apok" rrst OF what he designated the con-
uibnilDn which Baptis;a have made tho
wo'ic from the s,andpoiTt OF politics aud
theology. IN" first Of these being tho contri-
luton "j soul freedom. ana the second being
tnat o! oeiicvers IL baptism. He spoke also
~ prominent mon which IN. Bapti.ts Of
N"t,h Carolina have given 1" the State ana
marion. aud referred especially 10 T. j.
webb. Il member u Cougre.s who is tho
author ri the Webb bIlI'' urohibitinr ,ho
Interstate s:tipmen; OF intoxicants into pro
hibitlou territory Mr Webb Is a naive OF
Ssriny ana - Baptist, ana When speaking
ers Association has sa.d tia, thc ~ I'm
Din - the most terrific attack against tho
'f Bp VIM T"','g ma nae eyer zen inade
mat mo dei,heratton, Of mis- i,oSV ~. s ~
enc" 90 the corpruuntty IN which this session
IS being hcld. - th., tho convention yytiI 30
Election .; oniccr,.
i!"n followed this address and carnDle,ed
~ orFanization az the body. Rev e. IA
himself a. president. Ills election W. anant-
mus ana 10y acc1'nation. This II the third
.n eiey,ed presien, 81 fSe sts "rn1 con- 1+
ton. The other officers elected arc a. FOL
MesGrve, ] \ oates: recording SECRETARIES
~ u sroughton AND charles l.. Brewer
tcasurer, Walter Durham. auditor T. II
n' ts nondins secretary Livingston
Bridges. %osh Biggs. W X Jones ana |,
l.. Gore. -
\ pleasing feature of Tho session ,oiIoy-
'Hs me selection oi officers was tho pre-
NATION 81 q Euvel To- tie president OF the
convention. + ' Webb presented Tie ruy,I
an" ,i Sn2He inisresunSiy OF tho history Of the
Wo9d OF when Il Mas made. This WOOD he
said, waa part o.! &. hickory trcc wbi"S
gre" on the Battlefield 81 Kings Nounimi,,
~ association lH which shelby l. lorrtcd
- :. part having taken its name from that
b"NttEE"Nnu. lie remarked in this courle,-
tion thht hickory trees Ike Bapris,s rrow
ia Ii parts Of North Carolina. and tina, poot
H1ckoF! trees. Ike good Ba fists always
ffow upward toward God. Tho president
OF The convention accepted the r,vel and
keN; " y. Johnson OF Wake Forest
preached tho annual sermon before III.
convention. The theme OF his sermon he
Ahn"uiccd WAS independent churchc, in nm
u. canned age OF Hapt;sts, applying prlnci-
pally 70 North Carolina, HIS teAt was from
Mission Contributions.
" report "i ~: committee on enrolment
PC given out at Il later session OF Tho week
N!l show that ~ this tim. there q, >. stvtt,'
uI inc rolls 81 these associations there ,rs
-.9Si CHURCHES Huu That tho total ,nr,,,l.,r-
.hip "i - ~" members T. exclusive Of fortv-
wv" churches from which no rrnorts have
~. tecclNen This report VIII show ulso
th"t dNrins the convention year inst closed
tHe bapilSts %; %or,h Caroiii:. have ront,i-
hNt"u 70 state missions. s5s,ola: to hnynA ,nis
sionf aiS'o and "a foreign missions SIS ia
|" Suha"! school missions. S. .ji2; TO the or
1- -- - SO. 70 ministerial education.