Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-19
BAP FISTS WILL
RAISE $4,000
FOR THIS YEAR.
Baptist Board of Missions
Closes 3-Day Conference
Here Last Night; Raises
Salaries, Aids Churches.

In addition to the sum Of SIPS
600 which win be raised by the
Baptists for the new Montezuma
college at Las Vegas, an amount of
/ about $4,000 will be raised for
; church expenses during the year
The three-day conference of the
| Baptist state board Of missions
which has been converting here
closed last night after spending the
entire day in considering church
finances, and applications for aid.
Approximately $4,000 was
granted to mission churches, about
| 1885 in number, and an amount of
S25, 800 for all other purposes in
GLIDING general missions, office eX-
| penses, the expense of the board
meeting, salaries of the correspond
ing secretary, of the Sunday school
and +. Y. p, L. secretaries, Of the
W. NJ. L. worker and of editing
the Baptist New Mexican.
Much Business Dispatched.
The conference opened Tuesday
morning with twenty eight visitors,
ministers and members of the
board of missions, present. A com
mittee on the clovis hospital mat
ter was appointed Tuesday night
with instructions to report Wednes-
day morning, and officers were
elected.
During the morning session
Wednesday, Prof ]. NJ. Cook, for
merly president of Rusk college, Of
Rusk, Tex, who was elected presi-
dent of the new Baptist college
some time ago. presented to the
board his plans for making the
school a first class one in every
way, and asked of the board before
his acceptance should be final, an
expenditure OF at least 100000 for
repair work and for remodeling the
institution, with an amount Of at
least $25, 900 more for operating
expenses the first year.
The matter was considered dur
ing the day absent members Of the
board were communicated with
by telephone, and it was deter
mined to raise the money with the
aid of the local board and of the
educational board of Birmingham,
Ala. A sum of $4,000 has already
been expended on the college, and
under Professor Cook it is planned
to make the institution one of the
best in the state. The new pres-
dent will be on the field December
/, and the college will be opened
next September.
Members of the MonteZuma col
lCge committee were elected as
follows: w. r. Hill, Roswell; A.
W. HoCkenhull, Clovis II. M,
Means, Silver City; r, II. Carter,
Ration; b. f. Pankey, Santa Fe; J.
NJ Campbell, Las Vegas; f. j. Yves
nor, Las Vegas; r. +. Harvey, AL !
buquerque; Il. Pack. Tucumcari.
Clovis Hospital Declined.
The hospital at Clovis, which |
was rendered to the Baptist con-
vention by the Clovis Baptist
church, was declined until the hos
pital is out Of debt, on account of
the convention having other mat
tcrs calling for its funds now.
At the afternoon session Wednes- |
day an election Of missionaries and |
church officials was held. William |
Park was elected editor Of the Bap- |
fist New Mexican and state pub |
licity director. J. J, Strickland was
elected Sunday school and B. Y, T.
L. secretary and general mission
aries We're elected as follows: Rev.
4. l.. Maddox of TuCumcari, to
work in the northern section; Rev.
J. r. G. White of Forrest City, |
Ark, to work in the southeastern
section, and Rev. w. 3, Phipps OF
Deming to work in the southwest
ern section, which he declined
Salaries Raised.
The salaries of the editor and
the general missionaries and of the
s, S., and b. Y. =. U. secretaries
we're raised $500 year. 1t was
voted to put on a Christmas cam
paign to raise $1,000 for the New
Mexico Baptist orphans home at
Portalcs, and Miss Beulah M. Fon-
Vile was reelected matron with an
increase of 5000 in salary. A reso- |
luton was introduced to provide
for wider circulation of the Bap-
fist New Mexican.
The burden of the program for
today will be a consideration of the |
finances of the mission churches, |
Granting of aid to weaker churches
will be taken up and $4,000 is to |
be appropriated for their assistance
and for opening new work. Inc
duties of the corresponding Secre-
tary. of general missionaries, ), ,.
and b. Y. p. u. workers are to be