Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-16
BAPTISTS TO
RAISE LARGE
RELIEF FUND
Seek 100000 for Minis
terial Relief.
WILL AID WORK OF
NEGRO EDUCATION
Rev. J. u. GambreIl Pleads fOr
Equal Protection OF Law for
Negroes.

Atlanta, Ga, May 15.-Southern
Baptists today approved plans for a
conference of Baptist all over North
American to study Christian problems
voted to raise $5,0OO,O00 for min
isterial relief fund and approved
committee reports recommending
greater cooperation in the education
of the negro.
The proposal for conference of
representatives of the Southern Bap-
fist convention, the Northern Baptist
convention, the three negro Baptist
conventions in this country and the
three Baptist conventions in Canada,
to take up Christian problems, was
brought before the convention in
session here in a supplemental report
from the joint committee of the North
ern and Southern conventions. The
committee appointed to discuss CO.
operation in education Of the negro
recommended such activity and in
another report advised study of prob
lens before Christianity today
AS presented by Professor w. j.
McGlothlin, of Louisville, KY, the
problems to be studied would consist
of missions (home and foreign), edu-
cation, evangelism, Sunday schools
and social service.
To Invite Others.
Before approving the report, the
Southern Baptists formally requested
that the Jamaica Baptist convention,
representing $4,000 persons in the
British West Indies, and the Mexican
Baptist convention also be invited
to take part in the conference. The
time and place of the meeting is to be
decided later.
During discussion of plans for great
err aid to education of negro preach
ers, for which the convention ordered
the work. Rev. Dr. J. B. Gambrell of
FIT. Worth, Texas, president of the
convention, demanded that the negro
shall "have equal protection of the
law with every other citizen of this
country"
eve have had some politicians in
the south who have ridden into office
on the backs of the negro" said DIR.
Gambrell, "and made themselves
popular by melting prejudice between
the races. / wish the government
would grant them passports. We don't
need them in this country"
Respects Negroes.
Dr.. Gambrell. Confederate veter-
san. referred briefly to the civil war
and to the world war. saying that
Gin this great war, we had the Yam
KEGS with us and we also had our
brother in black"
"For the race that has served our
flag and worn our uniform" he said,
II have the greatest love and respect.
and l have that too for the individual
of that race wherever he has proven
himself worthy"
Need for the Southern Baptists to
help the negro. especially by giving
their leaders educational opportuni-
ties, was stressed by other speakers,
Rev. DIR. o. L. HALEY. of Dallas, Tex,
as. saying this would be concrete
evidence that the Christian people of
the south do not approve lynchings.
Under miscellaneous business dur
ing the afternoon. the convention an
pointed delegation headed bv Presi-
dent Gambrell to attend the Northern
Baptist convention next week and sent
fra+ernal greetings to that convention
and to the PRESBYTERIAN assemblies at
New Orleans ard ST. Louis.
Hear Caucus Notes.
The Rev. I. W. liner, of Odenville.,
Ala. formerly an army chaplain. read
to the convention announcement from
the committee of American Legion
caucus held in St. Louis recently, in
forming the convention that the le-
oion had not gone on record either
for or against prohibition. Mr.. liner
said he was member Of the execu-
tive committee of the legion and that
reports had been sent out that the
legion had gone on record against
prohibition.
The annual address yesterday. in
which President Gambrell criticized
the war department for barrinp vol
unteer camp pastors from military
establishments and denounced church
union, was made the expression of the
convention and will be laid before
President Wilson by a special COM
mittee.
At the opening session here today
of the Woman's Missionary Union.
an auxiliary Of the Southern Baptist
convention. it was decided to enlarge
the delegation from each state At
4 the annual convention from 25 to 40
Reports Of officers took up large
part Of the session 81