Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-10-24
600 VISITING
BAPTISTS Due
HERE WEDNESDAY
First Baptist Church To Be The
Scene OF Friendship Asso-
ciation Convention

executive board of the Georgia Bap-
fists convention, will be the princi-
pie speaker before the Gath annual
session Of the Friendship Baptist as
sociation, which opens in the First
Baptist church here, Wednesday
morning. Six hundred visitors are
expected in the city during the
meeting.
The main topic to be discussed will
be the Baptist rs million campaign
and there will be an attempt 20 ini-
tiate redemption Of pledges that
will keep this convention abreats Of
other branches of the Baptist or
ganization in the state.
DR.. Cree will speak at II o'clock
Thursday. DR.. Carl w. Minor, pas
tor of the Americus church, will pre-
side as moderator of the meeting.
Fred Eden, of Atlanta, enlistment
secretary, will be another speaker
of note. he will talk on an enlist
ment program.
Americus will entertain not only
the 100 delegates to the convention
but will take care of an additional
500 who arc expected to be present
in an unofficial capacity.
The opening session is at $50
O'Clock Wednesday.
The following church compose the
Friendship association:
| Americus, First, Andersonville,
Antioch, Buena Vista, Bethel, Beth
lehem, Central Americus, County
Line, DeSoto, Ebenezer, Ellaville,
Friendship, Hebron, Ideal, Leslie,
Mount CARMEL, New Providence, New
Bethel, New Hope, Oglethorpe, Pleas
ant Hill, Pleasant Grove, Plains,
Preston, Pottersville, Pleasant Hill,
Rehoboth, Shiloh, Smithville, Taze-
well, Union, White Water.
The proposed order of business for
the Gath session of Friendship Bap-
tist association to convene with the
First Baptist church, October 25 and
26, is as follows:
Wednesday.
$3.50 A. NJ. Devotional.
9:45 A. M. Organization-(D
| Enroll Messengers; (2) Elect Mod
orator and Clerk; (31 Appoint Com
mittee on Digest of Letters; az
Adopt Order of Business.
10 A. M. ~ Call for Petonary
Letter; (2) Correspondence; (3)
Present our Pastors; (4) Invite Wis.,
iting Brethren to Seats With Us;
! (5) Recognize Representatives of
the Denomination (6) Fix Hours Of
Meeting and Adjournment.
Thursday.
9 A. NJ. Devotional.
9:15 A. NJ. Minutes of Previous
Day.
9:30 A. NJ. Report on Hospital,
Education, State, Home and Foreign
Missions.
11:15 A. NJ. Address by DR.. Cree.
Dinner.
2P. NJ. Devotional. Reports on
Woman's Work, Finance, Digest of
Letters, Enlistment, by J. Fred Ed
en-; Appoint Correspondents to 9th
er Associations, Appoint Chairmen of
Committees to Report at Next Ses-
sion, Miscellaneous Business; Ad-
journ.
1890 A. NJ. Report of Executive
Committee.
Il A. M. Miscellaneous Business,
Appoint Committees to Report at
Present Session; (D Peaching; ~
Finance; (3) Publications; az
Nominations; (5) State, Home and
Foreign Missions; CO. Education;
! (D Deceased Ministers; (8) Sunday
School; (9) Temperance; 10) Or
phans Home; GD Woman's Work
| Q2) Georgia Baptist Hospital.
1870 A. NJ. Introductory Ser
mon by Rev. H. J. Johnson.
1890. Dinner
2 P. NJ. Devotional; Report of
Messengers from Churches.
2:30 P. NJ. Reports on Temper
ance, Sunday School, B. Y. P. U.
P. NJ. Preaching.