Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-20
Conference Of Baptists in
Columbia.

A very enthusiastic conference of
the Baptist denomination in the in
terests Of the rs Million Campaign,
was held in Columbia on Tuesday of
this week. Seven or eight associations
were represented, in one of them
eleven of the thirteen churches
being present. The auditorium of the
First Baptist church was filed with
Baptist preachers and laymen and
women of the Woman's Missionary
Union.
The northern assemblage Of asso-
Citations had been called in Green
vile the day before, and another fol-
lowed of the Eastern and Southern
Associations on Wednesday in Flor
ence.
These meetings were called by the
Secretary-Treasurer DR.. c. E. Burts,
who presided over the three meet
ings.
In Greenville there were reported
about 800 delegates and spirit of
determination was unanimous to go
forward in the raising of every cent
of the pledges.
In the meeting in Columbia Won
derful faith and vision was displayed
by those present, and the same spirit
of sacrifice and devotion, and no
backward steps were entertained for
a moment. Plans were laid for i'm
mediate organization of the churches
in all the associations.
Edgefeld Association had four
representatives, Mr.. Orlando Shep"
pard, Rev. A. T. Allen, Mrs. J. l..
Minis and Rev. G. c. Mangum.
Among the pleasant words of com
mendation made by DIR. Burts was a
word for Gilgal Woman's Mission Sc
ciety. He said that Gilgal commune
ty in the Edgefeld Association had
been one of the hardest hit of any
place in South Carolina, but in spite
of that he had received check from
the women of that church for seven
ty-fve dollars in payment of their
pledge.
Fine addresses and informal talks
were made, and great inspiration was
derived from them, and just before
the noon hour the meeting broke up
in associational groups, some having
large representation.
At the recess hour, in the Sunday
school room, about two hundred del
efates were seated for bountiful
repast, furnished by the First Baptist
church and served by the lady men,
bers. DR.. Skinner, pastor, invited the
ladies to enter first and be seated
and the others followed.
There were many familiar faces
among those being, Miss Jesse King
Mrs. George E. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. B. Lanham, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Bell White of Saluda, Mrs. J. P. Nc
Lean of Aiken, Rev. ]. R. McKittrick
of Lexington association, who has
been pastor for several years of
.Edgefeld churches, Lieut.. Gov. E. B.
Jackson, who was the enthusiastic
chairman of the Edisto Association
delegation, and Mrs. c. E. Burts,
who very graciously assisted in serv-
ing the tables and gave the writer
cup of coffee instead of cold water,
In His Name.
The afternoon session was short
and was given over to the reports
from the associations as to their ac-
ceptance of the plans.
Through the kindness of Mr. A. ].
Bethea, was driven to the station
in time to see the Winthrop Special
go out, and together we went through
each coach looking for the three
girls from Edgefeld, Helen Nichol-
son, Gertrude Thurmond and Susan
Adams, but they were nowhere to be
found, and we discovered later that
they had gone earlier in the day on
the train for Washington.
Among the pleasant meetings was
seeing some of the students from
Edgefeld in Columbia. One of the
first was Frank Adams, who is in his
junior year at the University of
South Carolina, and whom we were
pleased to greet at the station. Later
Miss Agnes Long came down as
member of the Y. w. c. A. cabinet
+o orroat +he new students coming in