The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-12
DR.. w. H. Smith Elected
President = Reading of
Reports and Appointment
of Committees Feature of
the First Days Session.
Resolutions Adopted

tees were the features of the
programme yesterday of the
ininety-eighth annual meeting
of the Alabama Baptist state
convention, which convened at
the First Baptist church, on
Sixth avenue and Twenty-sixth
street, with more than 1000
delegates and visitors from all
sections of Alabama present.
DIR. w. II. Smith of Birmingham WINS
elected president; Ii. j. Willingham of
Cooper of oxfrd, secnd vice president;
w. III. Manly of Birmingham, treasurer,
to succeed ris father, the late Capt. r..
f. Manly; NJ. NJ. Wood of Pinson, re-
cording secretary. and A. S. Barnes,
| assistant secretary.
DR. J. R. Hobbs. pastor OF the First
Baptist church, delivered the foreword
of the convention, in which he well
coined the ministers and church work
ers to Birmingham.
At the night session of the convention
the seating capacity of the First Baptist
church was taxed to the limit to hear
the stirring address of DR.. Charles w.
Daniel, pastor of the First Baptist church
of Atlanta, who came to Birmingham to
present to the delegates the real interpre-
tation of the s75,oo0,OOO campaign and to
impress upon them the great good that
would come TO the ministry and to every
1. ct n
campaign.
1T is easy for u.s." said Dr. Daniels, to
speculate on the easier kind of confidence
that has always existed with the de-
nomination, bd1 many a battle has been
lost from too r1uch confidence. The FEAST
bility Of the task that has been assigned
to us can be easily shown. but our conf
dence ought to he in the adequacy of
the divne grace That had been laid upon
us by the will Of God. This campaign is
challenge to our conception of what is
due the Almighty of our substance.
DR.. Daniels spoke of the good that mad
already come out of the campaign, in the
number of young men that had applied
since the beginning of the campaign, tor
missionary work in the foreign fields,
greater number, he stated, than has ever
before come forward at one time.
Preceding the address of Dr. Daniels
was an appeal to the Southern Baptist
Convention for recognition of the Baptist
Bible Institute at New Orleans, by DR..
c. c. Carroll, who holds the chair OF
Theology and Missions at that institute.
DR. Carroll spoke of the work of tho
institute as being in hearty cooperation
with all the forces of the Southern Bap-
fist Convention, and brought to light the
fact that New Orleans and he state OF
Louisiana had in dividing he quota of the
s75, 0O0, 600 campaign placed large part
of the Quota on that community.
Following the report of Mrs, ]. S, Car
roll on the woman's work. which included
several auxiliary organizations to the
Southern Baptist Convention, Mrs Maude
REYNOLDS Mcclure formerly an Alabama
woman and now at Louisville. KY, re-
ported on the work of the Woman's MIS-
sionary union. Fifteen millions dollars,
stated Mrs Mcclure: had been pledged
by the missionary union towards the en-
tire quota of the campaign, of whieh
$50 600 represented the state of Alabama,
The following committees were named
AT last nights session of the convention:
Committee on special items of the eX-
ecutive board. w NJ BlacSwelder, w. y
Price, J. II. Chapman and ]. E. Lamb
den,
Greensboro property w. B. Crumpton,
Paul W. Bomar and Richard Hall.
Social service, ~ j. i1lthHioOii' ASSfi
tI.atiner and ]. J. Hagood
HOSPITAL 'wor.., j. r. Hobbs, ]. A. David
son. Or. T. H. Frazier. w. c. Davis II.
r. Mosely, H. J. Wilingham and w. X.
Time and place. ]. NJ. Thomas, w. NJ.
MURRAY John T. Beale ]. l.. Reeves and
r. f. Stickney.
Resolutions, y. J. Prrser, j. v. DICK
inson ard ]. c. Stevender.
Al t,,tr ,n,,f Of hn NJ
mittee the convention adjourned win
prayer to meet again TODAY at a. m,
when home and foreign missions in all
their phases will be discussed
At the opening session yesterday morn
ing many interesting reports on the Rap-
fist institutions of the state were read.
the reports showing much progress in al
most every particular.
HOWARD COLLEGE
The report of the board of trustees of
Howard college was read by DR.. G. b.
Williams, president of that institution.
and showed the school to be in splen-
did condition at this time. He snoke OF
the number of improvements which had
been made in the buildings and grounds
and especially those made in the labor
atory and library
HOWARD COLLEGE
More than 500 boys from Baptist
families are now matriculated in the
state schools of Alabama or other
Baptist colleges" said DR.. Williams.
"and we firmly believe that large
majority of them will be at Howard
Just as soon as it cansbe shown that
Howard offers equal facilities for gain
ing intellectual. scientific and literary
knowledge, and superior advantages in
moral and religious environment.
<''It is imperative that a new GYM
nasium be erected at Howard within the
next IL months, for if the athletic ad-
yantages at this school are equal to
those at Auburn and Tuscaloosa. more
bows will be enrolled at Howard"
He stated that If the enrolment con-
tinued to increase. a new dormitory
for.the boys would soon be needed. and
If there was dormitory for girls. at
least rs or 100 more girls would be in
school there. He spoke of the need of
an Industrial building and declared that
after the new buildings. the most ur-
gent need of Howard was $l.000,000
endowment He paid tribute to DR..
John c. Dawson. who served in the
Young Mems Christian association in
France for several months. and who was
a member of the army education corps
and the American. dean of 700 Ameri-
can soldier students at Toulouse uni
versity-
This year is the largest in the history
~ the institution, it was stated, and +:
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