The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-21
NEXT MEETING OF
BAP lists GOES
TO SALEM Church
Annual Reports of Boards
and Committees Heard at
AssociatiOn-Anti-SalOOn
League Work

Salem Baptist church of Mount Pinson
was chosen as the next meeting place
for the Jefferson County Baptist asso-
citation at the final session of the an
rual meeting at West End yesterday aft
ernoon. DR.. II. II. Hibbs was selected
to preach the annual opening sermon.
The eighty-third convention of this as
ISOLATION finished the business of the
year late yesterday afternoon and ad-
journed to meet September IS and 10 Of
next year.
Following the devotional exercise con-
Quoted by the Rev. Theodore Harris yes
the discussion of the report ON missions.
Lively discussions on this topic were
made by DR.. H H. Hibbs and DIR. w. II.
Smith, the new educational secretary,
formerly of Richmond. Considerable in
terest was manifested in this report
Mrs. w. L. Rosamond, superintendent
of the woman's work in the Birmingham
district, made splendid report to the
association, discussing the various phases
of the work This subject was also dis
crssed by Rev w. F. Yarbrough, new
the Rev. Frank Willis Barnett, the Rev.
NJ M. Wood, DR.. w. H. Smith and DR..
A. J. Dickinson.
A report of the Birmingham B. Y. B..
U. work was submitted by j. c. Borum
and read to the convention by the Rev
J. D. Ray. The report was adopted after
being discussed by the Rev. John w. In
ger. Harry L. Strickland w. A. Bass and
Rev. J. G. Johnson.
Out of 1900 Baptists in Jefferson
county only 81 deaths were reported by
the committee on obituaries. This num-
Der had died since the last meeting one
year ago.
The following report by the committee
on nomination was adopted:
That the next session of the Jefferson
County Baptist convention be held at
Salem Baptist church of Mt. Pinson on
September is and 10. 1917, and that the
opening sermon be preached by the Rev.
H. H. Hibbs d. D., pastor of the Ru-
hama Baptist church of East Lake; that
Rev. r. l.. Durant, pastor of the Pratt
City Baptist church, be chosen as a rep
resentative of the association to attend
the Southern Baptist convention to be
held at New Orleans.
That the following be chosen to repre-
sent the association at the state Baptist
convention to be held in Mobile Novem-
Der IT: Rev. Theo Harris, Rev. E. G.
johnson, Rev. r. w. Carlisle Rev. G.. l..
Barnwell. Rev. John w. Inzer, Rev. W.
P. Reeves, Rev. J. F. Jarvis, Rev. M. K.
Thornton, Rev. H. w. Head and John
7 Bean.
That the executive committee of the
Birmingham association be composed Of
the following: George II. Estes, J. w.
Minor, F. NJ. Lowe, Rev. Preston Blake,
Rev. ]. A, Hendricks, Rev. w. NJ Black
welder, Rev. A. K. Wright, Rev. c. Ross
Baker, Rev. ]. W. liner, Rev. M. *.
Thornton, A. s. Barnes and Rev. j. D.
Ray.
That Rev A. K Wright be the asso-
ciation's vice president of the home mis-
sion board of the Southern Baptist con-
vention; that DIR. w. NJ Blackwelder be
the associations vice president for the
foreign mission board of Richmond.
At yesterday mornings session the con-
vention Endorsed the constitutional 3-mill
school tax amendment. Reports were
heard from H. L. Strickland. field secre-
tary for the Sunday school board of the
state. The cooperation of the Baptists
were pledged to the Anti-Saloon league
and the rigid enforcement of the prohi-
bition law was commended by Dr.
dickinson after he had offered the edu-
cat1Onal aIneuulllSil ioi ga SNPA SS'-o-- -
the convention.
The report on foreign mission was
made by Rev. M. X. Thornton, while DR..
II. H. Hibbs read the home mission re-
port. DR.. Yarbrough made an interest
ing talk along these lines. He also dealt
with the work of the w. NJ U. ana the
B. Y p U. Among others to speak at
the morning session were j. w. Minor
tbe Rev. ]. M. Bass and DR.. w. H.