Baptists Active in Foreign Lands Report Highlights Growth
Dr J F Love reports Southern Baptist Foreign Mission board gains in missionaries local churches members and schools across fields including China Japan Africa Italy Brazil Mexico and new efforts in Spain Yugoslavia Hungary Romania Southern Russia Palestine Syria and Siberia with native contributions reaching 454 235 85 dollars and 211 775 more from native churches.
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China
Japan
Africa
Italy
Brazil
Mexico
Chile
Argentina
Urieway
Spain
Jugo- Slavia
Hungary
Roumania
Russia
Palestine
Syria
Siberia
Sunday School Missionary Roll Calls Large Annual Effort
The report tallies 53 691 members 459 foreign missionaries 1137 native assistants 23 foreign physicians and 9 foreign nurses 14 native physicians 56 native nurses 14 hospitals 16 dispensaries and 160 656 treatments administered during the year. The board secured religious liberty for Baptists of Roumania and aided Russia with relief funds and clothing from Baptist women. China relief also noted. Secretary Love’s figures show 3.74 cents of each dollar funds administration leaving 96.26 cents for actual mission work abroad.
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J. H. Rushbrooks
Baptists
Roumania
South Carolina Income Tax Law For Ad Visement
The South Carolina income tax law was argued before the state supreme court in Columbia on May 47 with the court taking the petition for an injunction under advisement after hearing the arguments.
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Columbia, C
South Carolina
State Supreme Court
Customer Ownership of Utilities Gains Ground Nationwide
May 18 Atlantic City N J customer ownership of public utilities has grown beyond a war financing measure and is now firmly established. John F Gilchrist of Chicago cited 84 electrical central station companies selling about 570000 shares in the last year, with one shareholder for every seventeen customers and an average seven shares per holder. He said the year saw strong utility securities sales and improving public relations as ownership widens.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John F. Gilchrist
Chicago
National Electric Light Association
Electric Light and Power Industry
Gilchrist
Baptist Colleges of South Enroll 32000 Students
Jacksonville Fla May 18 nearly 32000 students, including 2466 ministerial students and 2417 preparing for missionary service, were enrolled in 119 educational institutions of the Southern Baptist church in the past year. Endowment and valuation totals were 1 1 401 and 11 323 795 with state distribution across Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Illinois Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia.
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Fla
Southern Baptist Church
W. C. James
Southern Baptist Convention
The
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kentucky
Quisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Baptist
Baptist Students Make Up Large Share Of Southern School Enrolment
A total enrolment of 45 494 across southern state schools includes 403 Baptist students in various institutions. The figure highlights the religious demographic distribution within the regional education system.
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South
War Mothers Meet in Asheville Convention Opens
Mrs. RE K E Digney national War Mother Mrs T F Malloy state War Mother and delegates from North Carolina cities arrive for the annual North Carolina division convention at the Masonic temple in Asheville. Mayor Roberts welcomes the delegates and Mrs Digney will confer with National Commander Mac Nider before proceeding to Washington for a national charter.
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Asheville
RE K E. Digney
T. F. Malloy
North Carolina
Masonic Temple
Roberts
Digney
MacNider
American Legion
Washington
Nutt Appointed Prohibition Director for Illinois
Washington May 17 announcement by Commissioner Haynes says JL G Nutt former chief of the Narcotic Section Internal Revenue Bureau is named Associate Federal Prohibition Director for Illinois with duties to regulate alcohol enforcement and related activities in the state.
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