Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-14
SOUTHERN BAPT|STS|
OPEN CONVENTION.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May IL,
More than 1000 messengers from
the southern states, representing
more than 100000 Baptists, as
sembled in Chattanooga Tabernacle
at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon to
begin the sessions of the sixty
sixth annual convention. A brief
devotional service was led by DR.. M.
Ashby Jones of Atlanta.
The addresses OF welcome were
delivered yMayor a. w: Chambliss
of Chattanooga, and DR.. J. w. liner,
pastor of the First Baptist church.
After this formality and the re-
ception of fraternal delegates who
brought messages from various
parts of the union, the convention
and other officers.
There is no set method of select
ing officers, any messenger being
privileged to place names in nomi-
of names are expected to be brought
forward.
The committee on order of BUSH
ness, of which DIR. o. l.. Haley, of
Nashville, is chairman, and which
has drafted a preliminary program
ecutive committee of the convention
will submit it's annual report
through the secretary DIR. Hight c.
Moore.
The body will then be open for
the transaction of miscellaneous
announce the appointment of some
of the more important committees,
and adjournment will be taken I'M
til the night session at o'clock,
be delivered by DR.. II. l.. Winburn,
pastor of the First Baptist church
at Arkadelphia, Ark. No business
will be transacted at the night ses-
sion.
Georgia Leads
Indicating the extent to which
southern Baptist women have ex-
tended their organized activities
during the past year, in the local
corresponding secretary. of the
Womans Missionary union, report
ing Thursday morning. that a total
of 1854 new organizations had been
perfected during the past year;
Georgia led the states with a total
of forty-four new organizations;
WILL With f dTfSS Tas These e new or.
carnations include those supervised
by the women among the boys, girls
and young women of the churches
as well as the regular womans
missionary SOCISIlSS lOI LIIC e1oHAS
women. The new organizations were
listed as follows: One hundred
and thirty-five Sunbeam bands, 500
bRoyal Ambassadors, 507 GIFTS aux
liaries, 445 young Women's aux
iliaries, and LIE women's MISSION
airy societies. The women snow
have a total of 19,485 organized So
cieties.
women Ask representation
~, "a sis Of their numbers ana
their active support of all the de.
nominational work, the Baptist
women, through the Women's Mis-
sionary union today asked for rep
general boards of the Southern Bap-
list convention. The question VIII
be presented to the convention carry
in its annual session that assem-
bles this afternoon and promises %
form one of the most Interesting
The women point, to Their The coo su u67
scrtption of more than $22,OO0,oo9
to the $75,0O0,00O campaign and
their active support in an organ
lied capacity for the past thirty
three years of all the activities. OF
ton of their request for representa-
ton in the distribution of the FUNDS
and the conduct of the general at
fairs of the convention. A step IN
the direction the women are seek
ing was made last year When MIS-
Miss Kathleen \ Mallory, president
and secretary, respectively, of the
Womans Missionary union, We're
named members of the conservation
commission of the 75,J0O,0OO cam
paign, and when Mrs. II. G. Bush, of
Birmingham was elected a member
of education board, the first wom-
an to hold membership on any poard
of the convention.
While there is considerable sentl-
ment in the convention for fixing
one or more permanent meeting
cities have already entered the
race for the 1922 session, these be-
Texas and Hot Springs, Ark.
During the past year the Woman's
Missionary union, through its local
ed into the treasury of the denomi-
nation a total of $3,11o, 1897, &C
cording to the reports of Mrs. w.
G. Lowndes, of Baltimore, treasurer.
The contributions by states of the
convention were as follows:
Alabama, $167, 1908; Arkansas,
$171, 523.41; District of Columbia, 81
217.41; Florida, $o1,472.96; Georgia,
s346,3S1.25; Illinois, $47.5S9.34; Ken
lucky, $349,350.79; Louisiana, $685.
513.96; Maryland, $30.OS560; Missls-
sippi $11S,952.52; Missouri $685.
6OS.62; New Mexico, $S,22S.2O; North
Carolina, $31S,516.19; Oklahoma $197,-
1927; South Carolina, $292,S95.29;
Tennessee, 194,345.04; Texas, $751;
632.25; Virginia, $415,736.15, a1d spe-
ciai gifts, $25.96.
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