The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-11-19
GREAT RELIGIOUS BODY
TO MEET IN THAT
CITY IN 1917.
CEN. FUNSTON IS CRITICIZED
Action in Reference 10 Mission
sry Workers on Border Con-
demned.
COLUMBUS DIVINE
HIGHLY HONORED
DR.. J. L. Vipperman Selected
as Alternate Orator for Next
Meeting.

After an unusualiy prosperous ana
interesting meeting, the Mississippi
: State Baptist Association, which be-
gan its seventy-eighth annual session
here Wednesday, adjourned Friday.
Brookhaven was selected as the next
meeting place, and Rev. +. E. Dud-
ley, OF Hattiesburg, was named as
convention orator, while DR. j. L.
Vipperman, pastor of the First Bap-
tist church in this city, was chosen
as alternate.
One of the most important resolu-
tions adopted by the convention was
that which provides for the budget
system. This is radical departure
from the old method and provides a
more efficient way of disposing Of the
problems of the organization. The
following plan of distribution was
offered by the budget committee:
State missions SAL, 900; home mis-
sions, $25, 500; foreign missions $37,
500; ministerial education, $4,000;
$4,000 10 be distributed as follows:
Mississippi College, Clarke Memorial
College and the Baptist Theological
Seminaries at Louisville, KY, and
Fort Worth, Texas, to receive $1,000
each. The subscription secured at
the convention by DR. A. T. Robert
son is to be included in this budget.
The sum Of $4,000 is provided for
ministerial relief, while other provis-
ions are made as follows Christian
education, S2,500; orphanage, $2,-
900; Mississippi Baptist Hospital, $5,-
600; Baptist Memorial Hospital, $5,-
600; home mission loan fund, 81 800
Rev. J. T. Bailey, of Jackson, on
Friday submitted the report of the
temperance committee, which showed
that under the new law restricting
shipments of liquor the consumption
Of alcoholic beverages had decreased
52 per cent
Mrs. George w. Riley, of Houston,
state president of the Woman's Mis-.
sionary Board, presented the report
of that organization, which showed
that efficient work had been accom-
plished during the past year. There
are $40 Auxiliary organizations in
this state and the total gifts dur
ing the past year amounted to $685.
57S.25, an increase Of $4,072.55 over
the previous twelve months
The last work of the convention
was that of confirming nominations
for membership on the various boards
of the organization, and adjournment
was taken at noon.
The principal speaker on Thursday
was DR.. Charles H. Brough, who was
recently elected governor of Arkan-
sas, and who came here for the speci.
fic purpose of delivering series OF
addresses at the Mississippi Indus
trial Institute and College He was
prevailed upon to address the con
vention, and spoke at the First Bap
tist church Thursday afternoon, hav
ing also spoken at the college Thurs
day evening, and again Friday even
ing. DR.. Brough is a native of thi
state. and is one of the many Missis
sippians who have gained fame il
other commonweaths.
The convention on Thursday adopt
ed a resolution censuring Gen. Fred
erick Funston of the United State
Army for his action in having refuse
to allow missionaries to work amonI
soldiers on the Mexican border. TIL
resolution follows:
Resolved. That we, the Mississippi
Baptist State Convention, consti
tuency of more than 10000 whit
Baptists, and a people who have a
ways been in the forefront in tn
struggle for religious liberty, hereb
enter a most solemn protest again;
this arbitrary. unpatriotic and VI
lawful ruling of Gen. Funston.
Resolved further, That the pres
dent of this convention be requeste
to make this action known throuel
out our representatives in congress
to the secretary of war, and, if nece
sary, the president of the Unite