Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-12-10

beard O1 WHICH TIE teN.. N.'i. beiicuA
of Columbia is the executive head.
This work is divided into four depart
ments: Mill Villages. under the Rev.
W. NJ. WhiteSideS mountain work, un-
der the Rev. J. ID. Grain; rural
churches, under the Rev. w. ]. Lang
ston, and Sundey schools, under the
Rey,Tbas. L y. The State mis-
nuaYly employing 100 men and 40 wo-
men workers. There are more than
600 pastors in the State.
Education occupies Gondly share
of attention of the Bapti$tS. num-
her If tirSt-claSS high schools are
generated, besides several colleges.
Among the high schools are North
Grecnville. ut Tigerville: Spartan at
Landrum: Sciyern in Aiken county:
Six Mile in Oconcc county: Twelve
Mile in pickenS county and furmah
Fitting school at Grccnvillc. The col
lc.cS are: Furman university or
(;rccnvillc for men: Gre0nville Female
college. Cokcr college ut HartSville
and Anderson college ut Anderson
for women. Grcrnvillr Female college
has expended about S140.mO i'll per-
mancnt improvements in the last two
years Cokcr college is said to be the
only denomimational college in the
State whose attculancc this year il
considerably greater than that of last
year. During the year Major j. i.
Coker has given this college Il new
dorlnitory which cost S65,000. This
gift makes the total contribution of
more than half IL million dollars.
The BaptiStS recognize the humani-
tartan element rf religion, and Oper-
ate benevolent institutions. At Green
wood. Connie Maxwell orphanage is a
Baptist contribution tn the relief on
In" fall:,rlr,,> homeless children of
the state. Located something like two
miles from tie hIlSincSS center of the
city. the crphanage is q veritable VII
'a-c in itself. 1t has some 80 build
im"S including Il hospital. Il library. Il
laundry and cottages for the orphans.
, The village has electric lights and
sewerage. About 80 children are car
cd for here. In the 23 years of itH
| life it has cared for thousands of
| fathcr"<S ones. 1t costs the BaptiStS
about &;OOOO Il year to maintain the
nrphamageS.
Minister'S of the Baptist dencmina
tion know that the churches pension.
in small sums. aged. needy preach
cr$. The board of relief is located at
| Beaufort. 1t now makes quarterly re-
mittancrS to 81 honciiGiarieS. eXpcnd-
iny something like $11 900 annually.
\ hospital was opened in Columbia
last september 10y the BaptiStS In
which poor sitk felix may receive
| treatment without cost. This ho$pi-
! tai also receives "Imy" patients. and
! from the fees received from such pa
lcints pays the operating expenses.
! The hospital has h2ru IN operation
only thr," months. hut lis niana@c-
u"It says il has more than paid rX-
InII>rS. hc>ilr> d"in" about $1,000
,worth of frc" woik.
TIL" financial >triu-rmcy c:Il>rd hl
! the Eur"l"an war has brought dis;s
; ter L. religious affairs a> well aS rn
commercial c'ntcrpriS,'>. The State
mission board will report Il debt Of
>"mcthn. like $12.O0O: the "rphanagc
will report Il debt of $1,000: the aged
! mini>I ~ board i about $1,000 hc-
! hind. and the board of ministerial cdIl
cation owes nearly $1,000. But it is
amy w;>r cripple the work of the de
nomination. I.HptiStS are Il mighty
host in South Carolina. and when the
I country members sell their cotton
these debts will he paid
The convention has not met in
Charleston in IL years When il last