Evening star., 1922-09-04
NEGRO BAPT|STS
HOLD CONVENTION
Fourteen States Represent
ed at Lott Carey Foreign
Missions Meeting.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., September A.
The Lott Carey Baptist foreign mis-
sion convention closed its twenty-ffth
annual session here last night. The
north, south and west, was large IN
spite Of the rail strike, and the mem
bers seemed more enthusiastic than
ever.
This convention has forty-one mis-
sionaries and native helpers & at work work
Africa, Haiti and South America.
These missionaries reported large In
crease in converts and members to
churches under their control, and ef-
forts are being made by the conven-
tion and the missionaries to enlarge
most of the stations and to erect in
Liberia and Haiti Industrial schools
in connection with the church schools
already established or to be estab-
lished.
with considerable favor upon the
work Of this convention. and made a
liberal donation last year toward its
educational enterprises. The Ameri-
can Baptist Home Mission Society
(white} of the North decided recently
to contribute $4,000 toward the erec-
tion under Lott Carey auspices, Of a
school in Haiti.
The policy of the convention for the
coming year is one of strengthening
the stations already established and
to enlarge its educational work. in
dustrial. literary. religious and tech
nical, in Africa and Haiti.
WOmnn's Auxiliary Grows.
The Womans Auxiliary to this con-
vention, presided over by Mrs. A. B.
Randolph of this city. made the best
showing In many respects in it's his
tory. and there was perfected a closer
union between the convention and the
auxiliary which is sure to make for
larger and better work on the part of
both bodies
Two commissioners to Investigate
the work in Africa and Haiti made
their report and recommended many
changes in the methods Of prosecut-
ing foreign mission work in the
places where the convention is now
operating and the opening of new
fields. While it cost about 81. 500 to
send these commissioners to the for
eign fields, the entire convention ex-
pressed itself as feeling that it was
money well spent. as it would give
first- hand information by which to
guide its work in the future.
The convention adopted a strong,
practical and yet conservative ad-
dress to the country. in which 1t
pledges its 100000 constituents to the
condemnation of lawlessness of
every kind, race hatred and the en-
forcement of the eighteenth amend
ment to the United States Constitu-
tien. 1t also calls upon the Ameri-
can people to rise up and abolish the
threatening industrial revolution in
this country and 1t appealed to all
Christians to not only say strong
words in condemnation Of lynching
but to back up their words by ade-
quate action. The convention also
passed resolutions favoring the adop-
tion by the Senate Of the Dyer anti
lynchinG bill.
Charlotte Fine Host.
The city of Charlotte and its
churches did everything in their
power for the comfort Of the more
than 900 delegates who attended the
convention A representative of the
| mayor and other members of the city
government as well as representa-
were on hand the first day to well
come the convention.
Revs. DR.. C. S. Brown. A. W. Peg
ues, A. A. Graham and ]. H. Hughes
were elected officers of the conven-
tion and Mrs. A. b. Randolph. Mrs
D. ]. Avery, Mrs. Veola L. Coleman
Mrs. A. E. Blackwell and Mrs. Ora
B. Stokes were elected officers Of the
woman's auxiliary. The cash brought
100000 in addition to what was sent
up during the year.
The next session will be at Home
stead (Pittsburgh), Pa, at which
time 1t Is expected that large acces-
sions from the far west as well as
from the middle west will be made
to the convention.