The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-13
TO RAISE MUCH MONEY.
Baptists Will Endeavor to Raise
$3.50, 900 in Ninety Days.

Rock Hill, Dec. 5.-The especially
significant matters engaging the at
tention of the Baptist State conven-
tion today were State missions and
education. The convention adopted
recommendation of the State mission
board authorizing the employment of
two enlistment men, an assistant in
the department of Sunday-schools,
B.. P. u. and colportage, who shall
put special emphasis on B. Y. P. U.
work, the raising of $4,000 for the
specific work of State missions the
coming year and $4,000 for church
building, and the appointment of
State apportionment committee. DR..
W. T. Derieux, secretary, and the
Rev. E. NJ. Lightfoot, camp pastor
at Camp Jackson, addressed the con-
vention, after which there was gen.
eral discussion and enthusiastic
adoption. There are 125 men and
six lady missionaries in this work. \
The special report on education
was submitted by DR.. A. c. Jones and
proposed the most stupendous edu-
cational campaign probably ever un-
dertaken by South Carolina Baptists.
It surpassed in enthusiasm the action
of last year, which was regarded as
a red letter day at that time. The
exact proposition is to inaugurate
debt raising campaign to secure
s35O,OOO in ninety days to liquidate
the total Indebtedness on the educa-
tional institutions fostered by the
convention and add 100000 to the
endowment of Furman university.
The conference committee on Con-
ME Maxwell orphanage reported
through A. B. Kennedy, and the con-
vention endorsed the splendid ad-
ministration of the orphanage by DR..
A. T. Jamison and will raise $40, 1000
for this object the coming year, and
will probably add domestic science
building.
The following figures are taken
from the summary of the report pre-
sented by J. F. Moore, of Wagner, a
statistical secretary. There are l.
1872 churches. To these were added
14,SO1 members through the year,
8,l33 of whom were by baptism, the
total membership at present being
155,3O5. Pastors salaries, $327,-
117.44. Gifts for State missions,
,O39.59. Gifts for home missions,
S35,193.74. Gifts for foreign mis-
sions, s5S,777.69, not including s5,-
1888 which was given to the Jud-
son fund for equipment on the for
eign fields. For Connie Maxwell or
phanage the gifts were $3S,S6O.6o.
Other objects fostered received large
gifts, bringing the total gifts to
s939,775.59. The value of all the
church property in the State, exclus-
i've of the college and academy prop
erty, is s4,073,444.00.
The women's societies raised $685.
972.00 the past year, and will in
crease this the coming year, besides
a. church building loan fund of $500
will be donated as memorial to
Mrs. C. E. Watson.
Contributions for all purposes last
year amounted to nearly 100000.
The place of the next meeting was
left in the hands of the executive
committee. DR.. G. w. Quick, OF
Greenville, was appointed to preach
the convention sermon next year,
with DR.. C. P. Jones, alternate.
The following officers were elect
ed for another year: President, I.
Y. Hyde, Charleston; vice presidents,
J. J. Lawton, Hartsville, and c. b.
Bobo. Laurens; secretary, W. G. AL
len, North Augusta; assistant secre-
tarv. A. B. Kennedy, Columbia; sta
tistical secretary, J. Furman Moore,
Wagener: treasurer, G. H. Roper,
Laurens.