The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-14
BAPT|STS SELECT
 ASHv|L[E, ,N.C.,FOR
 NEXT CONVENTION
Committee Appointed tc Make Selection Reports. Prominent Speakers
 Address Convention

Houston, Tex. May, 13.--Asheville, N C.. late today was selected for the next convention place of the Southern Baptist convention now in session here. The con- vention will open in Asheville, May 10 next. Selection was made by a commit tee appointed for the purpose. While the convention will not act upon the recom- mendation until later in the week. cus- tom has made the committees selection virtually final
 The Rev. Dr. Charles w Daniels of At lanta was chosen by the same committee to preach the introductory sermon at next years meeting, with the Rev. Dr. S. J. Porter of San Antonio. Tex, as alternate. Delegates from Lexington, Ky, with drew their claim to the next convention and the committee announced Ashevile s selection was unanimous.
 Listen to Speeches With the question of time and place of their next meeting virtually settled, and the question of proposed consolidation Of important boards closed for the time be- ing at least, delegates to the convention late today gave attention to addresses in which leaders from over the south called on southern Baptists to push for ward in their work. The report of the home mission board, already made pub lie, was favorably reported to the con vention today by committee appointed to consider it. The convention unani- mously adopted this report, thus indorsing the past years work of the board.
 Little was heard after the morning ses- nd nf lao hA consolidation of various bodies. The de- i. bate had at times been almost stormy ; and caused leaders to say frankly they did not agree with the statement of J.. F. Brownlow of Columbia Tenn, that the three important boards-home mission, foreign mission and Sunday school-cost too much in salaries paid it's secretaries. MT. Brownlow, lay delegate, was the only speaker who opposed the manner in which these boards are conducted.
 Must Spend Money
 Where we spend thousands on these boards, We get millions in return" said Dr. J. B. Grenfell of Dallas, who added, "Baptists did not come here to retrench; We must prepare to spend more money for missions at home and abroad and to spend more in our Sun day school work"
 This expression was used in some
 
 MT Brownlow in referring to the board system.
 The Key. D. H. Cooper of Detroit, visiting in Houston, addressed the con vention, declaring southern Baptists must increase their home mission work now to be prepared for the flood of for eign immi grafton after the close of the European war. Much of this immigra- : tion. he said, would come to the south.
 "Baptists in the north he said. ''are finding that foreign immigration has greatly enlarged the problem of home mission work, for millions come from abroad and settle in the northern states who know nothing of our faith and little Of our government We must teach them to know both,' he con cluded.
 A large number of speakers at the afternoon session urged the need for Baptist missionaries to work among the 400,0 Mexicans in southern Texas.
 The Rev. George McDanel of Rich mond, Va, who made the principal ad dress, emphasized the need for an in- crease in the fund for aiding Baptist communities to build churches He out lined the work being done in the M eth 4odist Episcopal church, south, and by 9ther denominations in this direction.
 While I have no patience with the prussians military spirit" he said, q Wdnl to urge SOutnefn bapllsIS 10 ED forward with the spirit which animates Germany"
 Except for today's resolution indors : ing President Wilson and the frequen. statement that American Baptists and other Protestants must be prepared to take up foreign mission work which war has compelled those churches in Europe to lay aside. little has been said thus far about the European war i. except during devotional exercises | prayers offered for speedy peace y subject that has been of interest to past conventions has not vet been taken up at this session. It is the question of admitting women to the convention. It was indicated today that this matter would go over until next year. Many of the Baptist state conventions. in cludng that of Texas admit women. but , the southern convention as a body hith- erto has refused to do so.
 Miss Fannie E. s. Heck of Raleigh, N. C., president of the Womans Mis- sionary union, an auxiliary to the South ern Baptist convention, is critically i'll in Richmond, Va From her hospital she sent the union message today, saying:
 ''I bid you farewell"
 A motion then was passed that the nom- mating committee of the union return Miss HeclSs name as the nominee for president.
 The convention tonight discussed the work of Baptist women during the past year and heard short addresses from mis- sionares.