The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-12-08

Greenyille, kcrshaw, Laurnes I-eI!A5-
ton, Mollah, North Greenyilie, .>o,tn
SpartdnDurg, Oran9eburg, Pee Dee,
Plckens, Piedmont, Recdy Rive, ...usc
Spring, Saluua, Santee, Savannah XIV
e., Southeas>, Sral ,an, Twelve Mile
River, Union County. Naccama"'
Welsh Neck ana York. These aSso-
Citations send delegates to the annua!
meeting OF Tie cOn' ention, and last
year $40 delegates We're enrolled, bGs
usually large number OF visitors at
tend The convention in addition TO
..e de.e gates.
The convention is a democratic
Ecul and proc eds with its work lii
this way. 1t owns and operates three
colleges, one orphanage AID one hos
pital 1t also maintains mission work
m this State and also in the Southern
States and on the foreign field, and
supports the preparation of young
ministers and takes care Of the worn
out and aged ministers. All OF these
are managed by boards and board OF
trustees which are annually appointed
bv the convention and which max
annual reports to the convention. Al
ter receiving these reports they are
referred 10 various committees 1oE
consideration and recommendations.
and when reported back to the con-
vention there is opportunity for gen
eral discussion by the delegates from
the floor. There are standing COM
mittees appointed at the close OF eacn
convention to report the folio"lns
YEAR on foreign missions, home mis-
sions, womans work, social service
and public morals, order of business
evangelism, religious literature. pub
licity, time and place, devotional ser
vices, laymen's work, South Cacohna
Baptist history. apportionments ana
obituaries. These reports are present
ed for adoption, and are open for dis
cussion and may be adopted or re-
iected or referred back to the same
or a different committee
When the convention was first or
ganized two of its members were ap-
pointed previously to preach the IN
troductory and missionary sermons
before the body, but for number OF
years there has been only one sermon
which is now styled the convention
sermon" This sermon at the comlns
convention at Newberry is to be
preached by the Rev. Joel |. Allen OF
Dillon, or the alternate, the Rev. j. II.
Mitchell Of Scranton.
Educational Activities.
The convention owns three col
leges: Furman university Tor poys
and young men, and Greenvlile Wo-
mans college and Anderson college
for girls and young women DR.. +.
NJ. Poteat is president OF Furman, DR..
d. NJ Ramsay, president OF the
Greenville Woman's college, and Dr.
j. E. White, president of Anderson
college. In addition Coker college Is
operated by a number of Baptist as
sociations in the eastern and southern
narts of the State, and Limestone COL
lege which for so many years belong
ed TO the Spartanburg association
some few years ago was SURRENDERED
and operated By an independents
board, but last year sent statement
to the convention that hereafter
majority of it's board of trustees were
to be Baptists. Different associations
or groups of associations operate hlsn
schools. These are: Spartan acad-
emy. North Greenville high school,
Six Mile academy, Long Creek acad-
emy, all in the upper part OF the state
and Edisto academy at SEVERN. All
but the last named are assisted Dy
the home mission board OF Atlanta.
The trustees of Furman held their an
nual meeting in Columbia recently
and reports showed the institution IN
splendid condition. The other boards
will hold their meetings in connection
with the meeting of the convention.
The educational work Of the conVen-
ton has been placed in the hands OF
a hoard of education which seeks 70
correlate the work of the different IN
stitutions. Baptists have college prop
ertv in the State amounting to sl'-
1858 with an Indebtedness of s2Ol'-
212 and have 1853 students. The
academy property amounts to $780,
900 with 493 students.
The mission work of the conVen-
tion is referred to as Estate missions
and is conducted by the State mission
hoard which has its headquarters IN