The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-12
F our Thousand D e | e =
gates In the Taberna-
Gle When Gavel Falls
Inspiring Reports of
Accomplishment and
Growth to Be Handed
the Secretary.

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 12.-More
than 1000 messengers from the south.
ern states representing over 5000 900
! Baptists, will assemble in the taber-
nacle this afternoon to begin sessions
Of the 65th annual convention. Ad.
dresses of welcome will be delivered
by ayor A. w. Chambliss, of Chat
tanooga, and DR.. j. W. Inzer, pastor
OF the First Baptist church.
Following the reception of fraternal
delegates who bring messages from
various parts of the Union, the con.
vention will go into the election OF
president and other officers. The or
der Of business of which DR.. o. Wha-
ley, of Nashville, is chairman and
which has drafted Il preliminary pro-
gram, will submit its report and the
executive committee will submit its
annual report through the secretary
lr. Hight G.. Moore. The body will
then be open for the transactions Of
miscellaneous business the chairman
will announce the makeup of some OF
the more important committee and
adjournment will be taken until the
night session, at s O'clock, at which
the convention sermon will be deliy.
cred by DR.. II. l.. Winburn. pastor
OF the First Baptist church at Arka-
delphia. Ark
No business will be transacted at
the night session
Extent of Activities
Indicating the extent to which the
Southern Baptist women have extend.
ed their activities during the past
year in the local churches. Miss Kath-
leen Mallory, corresponding secretary
of the Woman's Missionary Union. re-
ported to the 33rd annual meeting on
Thursday morning that a total of 1854
new organizations had been perfect
ed during the past year.
Georgia led the states with a total
OF A new organizations. while Texas
was a close second with 40. These
pervised by the women among the
new organizations include those su-
boys, girls and young women of the
churches as we'll as the regular wom-
ans missionary societies Off adult
women. The new organizations were
listed as follows:
1875 Sunbeam bands, 302 Royal Am.
bassadors, 5O7 Girls Auxiliaries, 445
Young womens auxiliarles. and 1lT5
NOlIlCl IIlSSlOudIN SOCleIleS. Inc
women now have a total of 19,4S5 or
ganiZed societies.
Women Want Representation
On the basis OF their numbers and
their active support of all the denomi-
national work, the Baptist women,
through the Woman's Missionary
Union, today asked for representation
on the committees and the general
boards of the Baptist convention. The
question will be presented to the con-
vention and promises to form one of
the most interesting matters coming
before that body.
The women point to their subscrip-
tion of more than $22 100000 to the
support in an organized capacity for
S15,OO0,0O campaign and their action
the past 80 years of all the activities
OF the denomination as the justifica.
lion of their request for representa-.
tion in the distribution of the funds
and the conduct of the general affairs
or the convention. A step in the di-
rection the women are seeking was
made last year, when Mrs. w. c..
James OF Birmingham and Miss Kath-
leen Mallory, president and secretary,
respectively, of the Womens Mission
airy Union, were named members of
the conservation committee Of the
$75,000000 campaign and when Mrs.
T. b. Bush. of Birmingham, was elect
ed member of the education board,
the first woman to hold membership
on any board of the convention.
During the past year the Womens
Missionary societies have turned in
to the treasury of the denomination
total OF $3.115,437.57, according to
the report of Mrs. w. c. Lowndes. of
Baltimore, treasurer.
The contributions by states Of the
convention included:
Florida: $6l .47296: Georgia, S346..
SS1.25; North Carolina, $313,516.1e:
South Carolina, 1922, ,S95,25. and Vir.
ginia, $415,736.15.