Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-15
STATE BAPTIST CONVENTION.
More than Quarter Million Dollars
Raised--The baptist Courier.

Columbia, Dec. S.-The one hun
dredth annual session Of the Baptist
State Convention of South Carolina
met Tuesday afternoon in the audi
, torium Of the First Baptist church.
Devotional services We're conducted
by Rev. John Bomar, formerly pastor
OF the First Baptist church Of Char
lesion. After a brief address by the
president, G. B. Bobo, of Laurens,
the convention received the report Of
the Baptist general board and the re-
ports Of the several commissions
which operate under that body.
The report Of the general secretary
and treasurer, DR.. Charles e. Burts,
showed that the denomination in
South Carolina had raised during the
year Just closed, for the objects Of
the convention and tho out-of-State
objects fostered by the denomination,
more than $1,250,00O. while the to-
tai amount paid thus far on the Bap-
tfst $75, 100000 campaign pledges,
was 81, 4,366.03. The convention
was addressed In the afternoon ses-
sion by Rev. w. o. Carver, D. D.,
professor of comparative religion and
missions in the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.
sermon was preached by Rev. Fur
man Morton, D. D., pastor of the 1st
Baptist church Of Florence, and he
was followed by Rev. w. C. James,
D. D., secretary Of the board OF Edu-
cation II the Southern Baptist Con-
ventton, Birmingham, Ala. Both the
sermon and the educational address
which followed we're Of very high
order and were heard by a large
congregation.
The president announced the COM
mittees to which were referred the
reports OF the general board, to-
gether with those Of the commission
on missions, the commission on edu-
cation, the commission on Sunday
schools and the commission on benev-
olence.
The convention instructed the pres
ident to appoint committee of fif-
teen to consider the advisability Of
purchasing the Baptist Courier and
OF removing the paper, which is the
organ Of the denomination, to Colum-
bia.
The convention enrolment thus
far is about 800, but this number
will be increased to about 500. The
delegates are paying their own way
ra ther than being entertained, as was
the custom several years ago. All
hotels are full of delegates, and many
homes have been drawn upon for
lodgings
In the report Of the general board
OF the Baptist denomination in South
Carolina 1t is suggested in a pro-
posed resolution thlt the Legislature
which will convene in January be.
urged to make appropriations for
public education, and that the needs
of the public school system be laid
before the General Assembly.
The board also recommends group
insurance for It's aged ministers, the
policies to be taken in the Southeast
ern Life Insurance Co.,. Of Greenville.
+ The report goes into the work of
the denomination during the past
year. covering its educational, evan
gel1st1c and mission work. 1t shows
that during the year there were 3,967
additions to the church. It recon-
mends that 100000 of the s75,O0O,-
900 campaign be used for the Green
vile Woman's College buildings. and
that Limestone College, at Gaffney,
be taken over by the denomination:
that the Baptist Courier be bought
by the denomination, and that all the
schools under Baptist direction in
the State be convention-owned. 1t
also recommends a 15-standard-unit
entrance requirement for all educa-
tional institutions.