The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-12-14
D....?TI:ST HsG: HI: !: ..iia,1 Els YIEaaaa
interesting Reports Ara Made at State
Convc ntion at Rock hill-Con-
ference AdjcurnS.

Rock Iiiu.-The session just closed
has be- q record breaker in the his
tory Of nea":y 100 years Of the South
Carolina Baptist Convention. 1t is the
first session CT the body since the
declaration IF war and it was the rule
fo. ,ne delegates to aIlude to the pre-
sent crisis ard while the convention
took 10 formal action it a.! unted to
a hearty Endorsement Of the gre.''dent
in making provision for the spiritual
welfare Of the soldiers who have gone
to the camps.
The State mission board was au-
thorized to prosecute IT'S efforts TO-
ward this provision. The report OF
the reference committee on State mis-
stons was presented by W. NJ. Jones
and provided for the employment OF
two men and an assistant in the de.
partment Of Sunday schools, B. Y. P
u. and colrc-tage, with special refer
ence to the 3. Y. P. U. feature. 1t also
provided for raising $4,000 the com
ing year, $4,000 of which is to be
used in church building and the EocA
Hill church will be assisted out OF
this fund.
Dr. w. T. Derleux, secretary OF
State missions. and the Rev. E. M
Lightfoot, camp pastor at Camp Jack
son, addressed the convention. One
hundred and thirteen missionaries
were employed in mission work by
this board In South Carolina last year
The height of enthusiasm was reach
ed in the consideration Of the special
order on education. The convention
has seldom, if ever, been moved as 1t
was on the subject Of education. DR.
Charles A. Jones presented the special
report which recommended an educa
tional debt raising campaign for 1913
It was decided to raise the sum OF
s35O.0G0 for educational purposes and
the convention reached climax of Ell
thusiasm with many hearty "amens'
when it was decided to do this in 80
days, as soon as the education board
can plan the details. which will be in
mediaaely after adjournment OF the
convention.
The Rev. A. B. Kennedy presented
the report on orphanage, which recon
mended increased support of this
splendidly managed institution. The
Appropriation for next year will be
$4,000 and a domestic science build
ing will be the next building erected
DR.. A. T. Jamison, superintendent OF
the orphanage, addressed the conven
ton.
J. F. Moore, statistical secretary
submitted a statistical summary as fol
lows, taken from the summary of the
report presented by J. Furman Moore
of Wagner, the statistical secretary:
There are 1882 churches; to these
were added 14,S01 members during the
year, S,133 of whom were by baptism
The total church membership at pres
ent is 155,305. For pastors salary
these churches gave s327,117.44; for
State mission, s45,039.59; for home
missions, $58,777.69, this item not in
cluding s5,139.53 which was given to
the Judson fund for equipment on the
foreign fields. For Connie Maxwell
Orphanage the gifts were S3S,S6O GO
Other objects were fostered, receiving
large gifts and bringing the total con
tributions to s939,77559 The value Of
the church property in the State. ex'
elusive of the college and academy
property, is $4,073,555.
The report on 1oinan's work was
presented by F. l., Martin and showed
that the women's missionary societies
contributed $5S,972 last year. Mrs
]. D. Chapman, HRS. ". T. Derieux,
Mrs. Edwin Carpenter, Mrs. G. e. Da'
Wis, Miss Emma Dowell and Mrs. T.
T. Hyde were received as representa-
tives from the State Women's Mission.
ary Union, which is an auxiliary body
to the convention.
After miscellaneous business at the
evening session the convention con
sidered the Sunday school board. The
report on education was adopted. 1t
provides for all educational matters
to be presented to the convention
through the education board.
The following officers were elected
to serve for the coming year: Presi,
dent, T. T. Hyde of Charleston; vice.
presidents, ]. ]. Lawton Of Hartsville
and C. B. Bobo Of Laurens; secretary,
W. C. Allen Of North Augusta; assist
ant secretary, A. B. Kennedy Of Colum-