Baptist Convention In Session Today
Delegates fill the second annual Baptist State Convention in Abbeville with a warm welcome. Walter H. Hunt presides as officers are elected and reports from boards show a flourishing church work, with ten new ministers presented and a busy agenda for the evening session.
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Baptist State Convention
Abbeville
Walter H. Hunt
Newberry
B. E. Geer
Tollows
Walter A. Hunt
Louis Bristow
Belielf
The
Baptists
John A. Vines
Anderson
Tule
Coastion
Josiah Crudup
Timmonsville
E. P. Jones
Henderson
Newis
Mastere
Home Mission Board
Atla Ga
W. V McDuffie
Auld
Furman University
Fir
T.B. Roy
Foreign Mission Board
Riond
W. J. Dusenberry
Judson Centennial Fund
Foreign Mission Hoard
Nashville
Tenner
John Lake
Henry Miller
Board of
Ministerisl Education
Furman
Wekad
Chas. A. Smith
J. A. Carson
W. C. Wallace
J. W. Sproles
CW. Salter
C. €. Brown
Sumter
Board of Aged Ministere Relief
FP. Covington
MM. Nelson
G.T. Asbill
Trabliant
Clary
Coynie Maxwell Orpinnae
B. J. Woodward
Wright
J. D. Bailey
Ministers Conference Opens With Sermon and Elections
The advance guard of the Baptist State Convention gathered in Abbeville Monday with the Weagle Minister's Conference opening sessions. Rev. Howard Lee Jones preached on preaching viewpoint from Luke and Matthew, urging ministers to serve by understanding their congregations. Officers were elected. President Rufus Ford and Secretary B. F. Allen led before adjournment. The Tuesday session featured papers on socialism ethics, civil rights, and world mission, with continued devotional exercises and prayer.
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Baptist State Convention
Abbeville
Baptist Church & Goodly
Ministers’ Conference
Convention
John A. Bronson
D. D
Howard Lee Jones
Charleston
Jones
Triinlaters
Doves
Fey
V. J. Masers
Atlante
Rufus Ford
Marion
B. F. Allen
Balesburg
A. Wikins
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
Allo
We B Thayer
Allen
N. Tolpr
George J. Bussey
W. M. Jones
W.T. Hund Tey
Debate on Country Life Versus City Life at Monterey School
The Monterey School held a Thanksgiving program featuring a debate on the resolution that country life is more practical than city life. Miss Callie Ammons argued for the country, Miss Alberta Clinkscales for the city, with remarks praising country health, morality, economy, and independence and noting modern rural improvements and communication advances.
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Monterey
Callie Ammons
Alberta Clinkscales
Ammons
Clinkscales
Callie J. Ammons
Education Day at Corn Exposition Inspires Rural School Talks
National Education Day set for January 31 at the Fifth National Corn Exposition with Walter H. Page and Dr. David F. Houston among speakers. Focus on rural life, school improvement, and country community exhibits organized by Winthrop College and Miss Mabel Carney. Dr. S. C. Mitchell leads program planning.
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Columbia
S.C
Walter H. Page
New York
David F. Houston
St. Louiis
Washington University
Houston
South
Page
J. D. Eggleston
Virginia
Mabel Carney
Normal University
Normal
Illinois Country Life Federation
D. B. Johnson
Winthrop
Rural Life Department
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
On the Negative Side Honorable Judgee and Oppon ents
A local column contrasts urban and rural conditions, praising city roads while warning of muddy country highways. It notes a courthouse meeting in Abbeville to fund road improvements, warns of county bonding costs and higher taxes, and comments on morals and social life, mentioning a Baptist Sanitarium effort and civic groups.
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Honorable Court
Medico
Court House
Abbeville
Civic Club
Daughters of the Confederacy
Governor Hears Vaughn Appeal at State Penitentiary
Governor Bleans met with T. A. Vaughn, condemned for assaulting inmates at the Odd Fellows Orphan Home, and promised to weigh his case. Vaughn, awaiting execution for December 20, has appealed to the Supreme Court, which has granted a stay. The visit included an inspection of the prison yard and inmates.
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Columbia
Gov. Bleans
State Penitentiary
T. A. Vaughn
Greenville
Odd Fellows’ Orphan Home
Vaughn
Death House
Supreme Court
Abbeville Cotton Mills Declares Extra Dividend
At the annual meeting of Abbeville Cotton Mills stockholders an extra 3 percent dividend was declared and checks are being mailed. The regular semi annual 3 percent dividend will be paid January 1. The mill, led by J Foster Barnwell, is praised by local stockholders and the community.
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Abbeville
J. Foster Barnwell
Mr. Barnwell
Mrs J Warren Alten Visits Baltimore Sister
Mrs J Warren Alten of Baltimore visits her sister in the city as Mr W A Muller plans to arrive this morning for a trip to Abba vale, noted in the Greenwood Jour.
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Tynosmta
J. Warren Alten
Baltimore
Jones F. Miller
W. A. Muller
Abbavale
Greenwood Jour
Fate of Lethe in hand Supreme Court case over de la Howe will
Abbeville legal battle centers on whether funds from Dr John de la Howes estate should sustain a farm school and scholarships at Clemson and Winthrop or escheat to the state. Trustees ask the high court to decide if income may fund the school while challengers warn of forfeiture and loss to Abbeville citizens.
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Rome
Abraham Lincoln
Kentucky
Manuiai Na Oun
Wositere
Argu
Clemson
Winthrop
de Ly Howe
South Carolina
Supreme Court
John de la Howe
Winie Mul
Abbeville County
Testator
County of
Abbeville
Memminger
Laurens
Moore Mars
Hsg
Moore
D Messrs
Greene & Hill
E. A. Mare
J. B. Holloway
Albert Albert
John A. Wardlaw
W. B. Aldrick
Presa
Banner
South
Caroline
Charleston
Columbian Magazine
Orephan
Rateris Parebus
Shaw
Hall
Andress
Agricultural Society of
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Lethe
Hiver
Bowie
Lyon
Chas
Bruce
G. A
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Beath
State Supreme Court
J. J. Howard
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