Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-13
BAPTIST HOME
MISSION BOARD
SETS RECORDS
Former Marks Broken
In All Deps ments,
Convention Is Told

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 13-
New records have been established in
every department of it's work by the
Home Mission Board of the South
ern Baptist convention during the
last year, the annual report pre-
sented to the convention here today
by Secretary B. d. Gray stated. A
total of 77,072 new members have
been AIDED to the local churches
through the instrumentality of the
Board, it was set forth, 44,214 of
this number coming through baptism.
The Evangelstic Department alone
reported 1857 baptisms and to-
tai of 22,869 additions.
In the Enlistment Department a
total of 1886 weeks of service in
building up needy struggling church
es was reported while the depart
ment Of Church Extension shows
total operations for the year ST.
248,O0O.
The new tuberculosis sanatorium
at El Paso, Tex, treated 298 pa
tients during the year and the COM
pleticn of the present unit at that
institution gives the denomination a
plant worth 100000.
In the chain of forty mountain
mission schools operated by the
board the enrolment of students
has reached 6,185, while property
valuation of the schools has in
creased to $1,G85,0OO.
A total of 658 baptisms were re-
ported among the soldiers at the
army camps where representative
of the board were stationed, and
1,18A conversions were reported
from the Seamen's Bethel. Through
the agency of the boards workers
among the soldiers and seamen g.
049 letters were written to home
folks. A total of 8,299,000 pages of
tracts ad other literature were dis
tributed by the Publicity Depart
ment.
In addition to its other work in
the homeland proper, the Home Mis-
sion Board has an extensive work
:. in Cuba and Panama. In promoting
" he work in Cuba, new property val
y ued at 100000 has just been ac-
Guired in the heart of Havana The
Cuban churches during the year con-
tributed $11,847 to the work of the
board.
DR.. Mullins President
DR.. E. Y. Mullins, president of the
Southern Baptist Theological Semi
nary of Louisville. was elected pres
ident of the Southern Baptist Con-
vention on the first ballot at the
opening session of the sixty-sixth
annual convention this afternoon.
Five other candidates, DR. George w.
Mcdaniel, of Richmond; Dr. W. w.
Landrum, of Russellville, Ky; DR..
John d. Nell. of Athens, Ga; DR..
Z. T. Cody. of Greenville, S. c., and
DR.. w. j. McGlothlin, also of Green
vile. were placed in nomination,
making the longest list of nominees
ever presented to the convention, but
DR.. Cody withdrew in favor of DR..
Mullins. A total of 3,010 votes were
cast.
Dr. Mullins election was made un-
animous and committee, consisting
Cf the three ex-presidents of the
convention, Joshua lowering, of Bal
timore, former Gov. E. W. Stephens,
Of Missouri; and Dr. f. c.. Dargan,
of Nashville, escorted the new presi-
dent to the platform.
The four vice-presidents were
elected by acclamation as follows:
Iieut.-Gov B. F. Pankey, of New
Mexico; DR.. J. R. Hobbs. of Birm-
ingham; Dr. Henry Allen TupDer, of
Washington; and Mayor A. w.
Chambliss, of Chattanooga. The pres
ent trecordinp SECRETARIES of the
body; DR., C. H. Moore, of Nashville,
and J. Henry Burnett. of Macon,
Ca, also were elected hv acclama-
ton, as were DR.. W. P. Harvey and
George w. Norton, cf Louisville,
KY, as auditor and treasurer, re-
spectively.
Huge Cash Collections.
Total cash collections for the
causes fostered by the Seventy-Five
Million campaign since the launching
of that movement have reached $25,-
086, 1924, according to the report of
the conservation commission, through
DIR. R. L. Scarborough.
After a brief devotional service
the convention today got down to
consideration of the report of the
committee on the legal status of the
five general boards.