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VICTORY OF PENSION
VETO GIVES COOLIDGE
RENEWED STRENGTH
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased Wire to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1024.)
WASHINGTON,. May 15.—Presi
dent Coolidge’s first important vic
tory in the evercise of his veto pow
er—namely, the failure of congress
tn muster a two-thirds vote to over
ride hi s disapproval of the Bursurn
pension bill—means a renewed ef
fort on the part of the White House
to make economy in government ex
penditure the of its attack all
along the line.
Mr. Coolidge did not oppose the
principle of pensions, but states the
government cannot afford further
bounties. He is against the soldier
insurance bill on the ground that
the government budget cannot stand
the increased expense. He will veto
the pending tax bill, if it is un
amended. on the ground that it does
not provide the revenue required to
carry on the government of the
United States.
Already Senator Smoot, chairman
of the senate finance committee, has
announced that the pending tax bill,
now in conference between the two
houses of congress, fails by approxi
mately $475,000,000 to meet the gov
ernment requirements. This is
; based on the estimates of govern-
F ment actuaries. In the face of such
figures, not only is it impossible for
the president to sign the bill, but
it is difficult to see how congress
can deliberately legislate a deficit.
Balanced Budget Essential
It is true that occasionally the
estimates have varied and that the
figures have been $50,000,000 or so
above or below the line, but in each
case since the war the budget has
been balanced, a circumstance that
has helped give the dollar unusual
strength in the currency markets of
the world. But at no time has con
gress faced a deficit of nearly $500,-
000,000.
When the Longworth bill passed
the house it carried a deficit but
the treasury department suggested
changes which would provide the
needed revenue. The senate in the
main has ignored those suggestions
and made further cuts while failing
to provide productive substitutes.
Many people have the idea that
the questions at issue are whether
the rich shall be taxed heavily,
whether big business shall escape
levies, and whether the man of
smaller income shall be preferred.
From the viewpoint of the treasury
department, and particularly its
actuaries, there is no such discrimi
nation. Big business can avoid tax
levies just as investors who buy tax
exempt securities. The productivity
of a tax is not altogether a matter
of legislation. And the actuaries
know from experience just what
business does to avoid taxes. For
instance, in respect of the undis
tributed surplus taxes, some of its
provisions undoubtedly would be
evaded by skilfull bookkeeping, and
it is not certain that the govern
ment can force the distribution of
all funds when there is expansion
to be taken care ,of.
Some Evasion Always
It is recalled that the government
by no means succeeded in collecting
all that it should of the excess prof
its taxes, and that as the latter form
of taxation was more and more stud
ied, business fouhd ways of avoid
ing its heavy levies. The whole ques
tion of estimating tax receipts is
a complicated one, but the treasury
experts have managed in the past
to attain a remarkable degree of ac
curacy.
Apart from the failure of the sen
ate bill to provide enough revenue,
there is also some uncertainty as
to the extent of government appro
priations. The budget as framed by
the executive branch of the govern
ment and the budget that will have
to be met when congress gets
through appropriating are two dif
ferent things. Congress has depart
ed from the budget and threatens to
depart still more. In his New York
speech Mr. Coolidge estimated that
nearly $3,000,000,000 would have to be
appropriated to meet the bills being
pressed In congress. Most of these
will not be passed, but a dangerously
large proportion may be pushed
through at the last moment, all of
which affects the revenue getting
side of the government.
Take, for example, the McNary-
Haugen bill, which requires a $200,-
Ld'OO.OOO appropriation. Mr. Coolidge
probably will veto that measure if
it comes to him, on the ground that
the government hasn't the money
for that purpose.
So it is economy the president has
decided upon as his battle slogan,
a n 'l he can get more votes in con
c>Jbss to support his veto that way
?han any other for the excuse of
lack of funds is unanswerable un
less taxes are. to be increased instead I
of reduced this year.
Seeks Solicitorship
In Cherokee Circuit
CARTERSVILLE, Ga., May 14.
Claude C. Pittman young member of
the Cartersville bar, Tuesday formal
ly announced his candidacy for the
office of solicitor general of the
• Cherokee judicial circuit, subject to
the action of the voters at the Sep
tember primary. f
A native of Gordon county, Mr. i
Pittman came to Cartersville nine i
years ago, and from the first has j
taken an active part in court mat
ters, as well as in all phases of re- I
ligious fraternal and civic activities I
of that town and community. He ,
is a graduate of Rheinhardt and |
Emory college, and completed his
law course at the University of,
He was elected to the state '
senate in 1918.
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THE ATLANTA TRI-WKEKLY JOURNAL
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS GIVEN
NEW POWER BY CAMPAIGN,
PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS SAYS
Broader Vision, Greater
World Influence and Bet
ter Sense of Unity Results
of Success, Dr. Mullins
Says
The 75 million campaign of
' southern Baptists has given the
denomination a new sense of unity,
a new sense of power, a new po
sition of influence in the world,
and a new world vision, Dr. E. Y.
Mullins, president of the Southern
Baptist convention, told that body
in his annual address Wednesday
at the initial session of the con
vention’s annual meeting.
Speaking on ‘‘The Mission of the
Southern Baptist Convention,” Dr.
Mullins called upon Southern Bap
tists to bring the 75 million cam
paign to a successful conclusion
this year, emphasizing the import
ance of carrying through a project
of such vital interest to the de
nomination and so necessary to the
development of religious endeavor.
He declared Southern Baptists
should strive for the demonstration
of religious democracy, for Chris
tian unity, the true relation be
tween spiritual cause and effect,
and for the sacrifices of a great
people for a great cause.
Dr. Mullins’ Address
His address follows:
‘‘lt is a good time to consider the
mission of the Southern Baptist con
vention. In the 75 million campaign
we have made great gains. Among
them are the following: First, a new
sense of unity. Second, a new sense
of power. Some one says the most
depressing expression in the English
language is the phrase, ‘I cannot,’
and the most inspiring the phrase,
'I can.’ We have learned the mean
ing, in a measure, of both. But the
new sense of power has come, be
yond all question. Third, a new posi
tion of influence in the world. We
have challenged the attention of
mankind by a sublime undertaking
a heroic venture, a challenging and
daring committal of faith. Fourth,
we have achieved a new world vi
sion. We have been like ‘some
watcher of the skies, when a new
planet swims into his ken.‘ We have
come also to a new epoch in the
organized expression of our life, and
this has brought new and complex
problems to be patiently solved.
‘‘The mission of the Southern Bap
tist convention can be defined best
in the light of the spiritual need
which gave it birth and which it
was designed to meet. In 1814 in
Philadelphia, under the stimulus of
the thrilling appeal of Luther Rice
for missions, 26 ministers and seven
laymen from 11 states and the Dis
trict of Columbia, formed the old
triennial convention. In 1845 in Au
gusta, Ga., 310 messengers from
Maryland, Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisi
ana, Kentucky and the District of
Columbia organized the Southern
Baptist convention. Thus the con
vention was the lineal successor of
the first general national Baptist
convention of the United States. It
was founded on the missionary mo
tive. It established two boards, one
for foreign and the other for domes
tic missions. It sent out an ap
peal ‘to the brethren in the United
States, to the congregations con
nected with the respective churches,
and to all candid men.’ As thus or
ganized and as thus spiritually im
pelled, this convention has had a
great history. Its mission today, as
it confronts its present and future
tasks, may be expressed in five prop
ositions.
Baptists’ Mission Recital
"First, the mission of the South
ern Baptist convention is to be the
organized embodiment of the major
motive of the gospel for the largest
single group of Baptists on earth.
That motive is expressed in ihe great
commission of our Master: to preach
the gospel to every creature and
teach the principles of the kingdom
which the gospel brings to pass on
earth. That motive is restated in the
preamble of the constitution of this
body as ‘the purpose of carrying into
effect the benevolent intention of cur
constituents by organizing a j .an for
eliciting, combining and directing the
energies of the denomination for the
propogation of the gospel. ’ The de
sign is further stated to be ‘to pro
mote foreign and domestic missions
and other important objects connect
ed with the Redemeer’s kingdom.’
Thus it appears that the convention
is threefold in its function: first, to
elicit, or draw forth or develop the
energies of the denomination; sec
ond. to combine these energies in a
unified plan to accomplish a given
object. Third, to direct these ener
gies towards their proper ends by
the joint wisdom of a vast constit
uency. So also is this convention
threefold in its scone. It is souHi
wide in its constituency. It is king
dom-wide in its agencies and methods
and it is world wide in its vision.
“In the seco 11 place, the mission
of this body is to be the demonstra
tion of the success of religious de
mocracy on ‘lie largest scale 1 town
in Christian history. I use the
phrase religions democracy in the
Baptist sense. The meaning ;s de
mocracy of the local cnurch. It is
expressed in the one wprd, self de
termination, or autonomy. We may
profitably contrast our-system with
Presbyterianism. If the Southern
Baptist convention were a general
assembly: if state conventions were
synods; if district associations were
presbyteries; and if local committees
were sessions, we would have a sim
ple solution of our problems, ’.'hese
graded courts cvuld hand up or hand
down decisions to be fmally adjudi-
cated by the highest court. But In
Baptist life no authority ever passes
over from one organization to con
trol ancthe” Wun us every’iung is
voluntary. Baptist bodies may ad
vise, they may center, they may peti
tion, they may admonish, they may
entreat. If they are incurab'y dis
satisfied with the work of an affib'a
ed Baptist body, they may, of course,
withdraw end set up house-keeping
for thems’lves. But so ic-ng as they
undertake to co-op?-ite for common
ends each resT.Gi the rights, duties,
and functions of the other.
How to Avoid Friction
“Where there is overlapping of
j work; mutual self-limitation ig the
j only solution and means of avoiding
friction. My profound conviction is
that this convention should take ac
tion looking to conferences with rep
resentatives of state conventions
with the view of defining their mu
tual relations and co-operative ac
| tivities. State conventions or
I boards are now collecting agencies
; for the Southern Baptist convention.
| This is a custom,.which has grown
i up, and not a provision of our con
| stitution. The custom is useful and
lat the same time dangereous. It is
| useful because of the compactness
j of state organizations and closeness
of contact with the churches. It is
dangerous because the importunity
and pressure of state interests by
reason of nearness to the’ money
raising agency tend to crowd out
southwide interests. It is dangerous
also because the state agency, being
human, tends to confound the col
lecting function with the governing
function. Collecting money is not
the same as giving it. Givers of
money are the directors of their
gifts. Stewardship and responsibili
ty go together. Givers to the objects
of the Southern Baptist convention
are the true directors of their own
gifts through their own agency, the
convention itself.
“We must preserve the autono
! my of the Southern Baptist conven
tion. There is no price big enough
to justify the sale of our right to gov
ern ourselves and direct our own af
fairs, and allocate our own funds.
This convention is the brain with
which southern Baptists as a whole
think their problems through; it is
the voice with which they utter their
message: and it is the arm of power
with which they act. We have made
mistakes. Let us correct them. We
have become confused at some points
in our thinking. Let us clarify our
thinking and definitions. But let us
steadfastly maintain our Baptist
ideals and principles.
“In the third place, the mission of
I this convention is to be the expres
| sion, on a great scale, of the New
| Testament principle of Christian uni-
I ty. Christian unity is not the me-
I chanical coherence of the particles
lin a block of granite. It is the free
and spontaneous unity of the sepa
rate drops of water that constitute a
wave of the sea. The power of the
wave is tremendous, depending on
the rotary motion of the separate
drops, the elevation of the center of
gravity above the level of the sea,
and the impelling power of the wind.
Spiritually expressed, in terms of
Baptist unity, this means the energy
of the individual, the moral elevation
of the common life, and the impell
ing power of the Holy Spirit.
Indifference Scored
“Three forms of so-called Christian
unity we, repudiate: First, Christian
unity through indifference —a sort
of Mother Hubbard principle that in
cludes contradictory types of doc
trine and irreconcilable systems ot
thought and life. We reject Christ
ian unity through surrender to a
historic episcopate, so-called, and we
reject Christian unity through sub
mission to the authority of the
pope.
“Fourth, the mission of this con
vention is to interpret and demon
strate to an age of modernism the
true relation between spiritual cause
and effect. You cannot water down
the missionary motive and accom
plish the missionary aim. Christ’s
deity and His atonement and His
resurrection from the dead are the
dynamic forces behind the mission
ary enterprise. Christianizing the so
cial order is good. Uplift movements
are good. But the power of all is in
the supernaturalism of the gospel.
It is God’s power energizing through
the preaching of Christ by the Holy
Spirit. You can never get the
Christian effects without the Christ
ian causes. Alice in Wonderland saw
a cat with a grin. The cat slowly
faded away and only the grin re
mained. This was in Wonderland,
not real life. You may have a face
without a grin, but not a’grin with
out a face. You cannot get the
Christian effects without the Chris
tian causes.
“Once a rationalist drew up a new
scheme of religion to take the place
of evangelical Christianity. It was
very simple and easy to understand.
It left out all the supernatural and
all the mysteries of the gospel and
all the difficulties. It would seem to
be ideal for men to accept, but it
proved a complete failure. Nobody
wanted it. The rational, in a con
versation with Talleyrand, ex
pressed his discouragement at the
failure of his new religion, and
asked Talleyrand for a suggestion
as to the cause. Talleyrand, who was
exceedingly shrewd, replied that it
was difficult to explain. Said he, “It
is not easy to start a new and suc
cessful religion, but there is one
sure method of doing it.” What is
that,” his friend inquired. Talley
rand replied, “Be crucified, rise
again from the dead on the third
day.” He was touching the heart of
the matter when he made this re-
I ply. It is the power of sacrifice and
the power of the divine life that can
make religion successful.
Power of Sacrifice
. “Finally, the mission of the South
ern Baptist convention is to demon
strate on a great scale the power of
sacrifice on the part of a great peo
ple for a great end. The seventy-five
million campaign is our crucial test.
I We are at the parting of the ways.
I The next six months will tell the
I story. Baptists may rise to tin-
I dreamed-of heights of influence and
power if they will pay their pledges
| and reach our objective in the cam
j paign, or they may fail and lose a
I great opportunity for enlarged influ
-1 ence on earth.
“Some time ago I seemed to my
i self to have a vision. I saw a histo-
I rian a thousand years from now
i writing the history of the early twen
tieth century, and I wondered what
he would write about the Baptists.
1 He was studying world conditions.
He saw the rise of something new
I in the religious life of the world—a
I phenomena of marvelous signifi
• cance. For the first time in history
: a group of three or four millions of
i religious democrats undertook a
I monumental task. Without a priest
j to command them, without a bishop
I to lord it over th'em, without a pope
I to prescribe leachings to them, but
' under the spontaneous impulse of a
, free religious life, they combined
I forces to raise $75,000,000 for the
Kingdom of God.
, “Thsi is as far as 1 got in my vi
sion. except that the historian wen'
■on to say that this undertaking, if
PRESIDENT PLEADS
AGAIN FOR M
IN JAP EXCLUSION
WASHINGTON, May 14—Further
steps were taken by the administra
■ tion today to obtain postponement
>£ Japanese exclusion.
With the immigration bill embody
ng the exclusion provision pending
or final action in the house, Presi
ent Coolidge called into conference
t the white house Secretary Hughes
md the ranking house leaders of
both parties. «
i The president is understood to have
presented agai nthe administration’s
view that Japanese exclusion should
be postponed until diplomatic nego
tiations can be conducted with Japan.
The basis for the administration’s
anxiety also over the matter was set
forth to the house members by Sec
retary Hughes.
The house rejected last week a con
ference report adopted at the behest
of the president to delay the effective,
date of exclusion until March 1, 1925."
The conferees since then have report
ed to the house an agreement based
on the original house provision, mak
ing exclusion effective next July 1,
but action on the report has been de
ferred until tomorrow.
The house leaders called into con
ference by the president were Rep
resentatives Longworth, of Ohio, re
publican floor leader, and Garrett, of
Tennessee, democratic floor leader;
Chairman Johnson, of the immigra
tion committee; Representative Gar
ner, of Texas, a ranking democratic
member of the house rules commit
tee, and Chairman Snell, of the same
committee.
By calling in Representatives Gar
rett and Garner the president ini
tiated an effort to gain bi-paftisan
support for the plea lor time in which
to negotiate .with Tokio.
TOKIO DENIES CONSIDERING
WITHDRAWING AMBASSADOR
TOKIO, May 14. —Suggestions con
tained in Washington press dis
patches that Japan might withdraw
her ambassador from Washington,
leaving the embassy under the charge
d’affaires, as a protest against the
exclusion clause of the new Amer
ican immigration bill, were denied
emphatically todrv by the Japanese
foreign office which termed such a
step as "undignified’’ and asserted it
is not even being seriously consid
ered.
BASEBALL |
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Clubs—■ Won. Lost Pct.
Memphis -21 R .724
Atlanta 15 10 .600
New Orleans 15 13 .536
Mobile 15 14 .517
Birmingham 15 15 .500
Nashville 13 14 .481
Little Rook io 14 .417
Chattanooga 7 23 .233
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Clubs— Won. Lost. Pct.
Cincinnati 15 0 . 625
New York 15 10 .600
Pittsburg 12 13 .486
‘Boston 10 11 .476
St. Louis 9 15 .376
Philadelphia 6 11 .300
Chicago 10 12 .571
Brooklyn 13 12 .520
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Clubs— Won. Lost Pct.
New York 14 9 .009
St. Louis 14 10 .583
Detroit 712 11 .522
Cleveland 12 11 .522
Chicago n n .500
Boston 11 10 .521
Washington 11 14 .440
Philadelphia 7 10 .304
SALLY LEAGUE
Clubs— Won. Lost. Pct.
Augusta 20 2 .909
Charlotte 12 10 .545
Asheville 10 10 .500
Greenville 10 .13 .435
Spartanburg 9 12 .429
Macon 5 19 .208
THURSDAYS GAMES
Southern League
Little Rock Atlanta, postponed, rain.
Nashville, 2; Mobile, 3.
Chattanooga, 2; New Orleans, 0.
•Memphis, 11; Birmingham, 4.
American League
Detroit, 12; Philadelphia. 6.
St. Louis, 2; New York, 1.
Chicago, 4; Boston, 2.
Cleveland, 6; Washington, 4.
National League
New York, 4; Chicago, 6.
Boston, 4; Cincinnati, 0.
Philadelphia, 3; Pittsburg, 4.
Brooklyn, 6; St. Louis, 3.
Sally League
All games postponed, rain.
Virginia League
Rocky Mount, 1; Norfolk, 0.
Portsmouth, 4; Richmond, 5.
Petersburg, 4: Wilson, 2.
Florida State League
Tampa, 9: Orlando, 10,
Daytona, 12; Lakeland. 8.
St. Petersburg, 4; Bradentown, 1.
Wednesday's game
Southern League
Memphis, 2; Atlanta, 3.
Nashville, 5; New Orleans, 1.
Little Rock, 20; Birmingham, 8.
Chattanooga, 0; Mobile, 14.
American League
Chicago, 0: Boston, 12.
Detroit, 4; Philadelphia, 5.
St. Louis, 11; New York, 1. '
Cleveland, 5: Washington, 2.
National League
New York, 6; Chicago, 4.
Boston, 8; Cindinanti, 2.
Brooklyn, 4; St. Louis, 3.
Philadelphia-Pittsburg, postponed, rala.
Sally League
Macon, 4; Augusta. 5.
Spartanburg, 10; Charlotte. 3.
Asheville, 6-2; Greenville. 17.
Florida State League
Lakeland. 6; St. Petersburg, 3.
Tampa, 4; Bradentown. 11.
Daytona, 5; Orlando, 1.
Piedmont League
Raleigh, 2; Winston-Salem, 1.
Greensboro. 4; High Point. 5 (ten innings).
Danville, S; Durham, 5 (s',j innings, dark
ness. )
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successful, would give this religious
democracy such a position of influ
ence and power in molding civiliza
tion as had never been known before
by any religious body.
“I am wondering today what the
historian will write. Will he say the
opportunity was lost, the seventy
five million movement did not suc
ceed, or succeeded onlj - partially?
Or will he say that this free people
carried out their great program,
raised the funds, reinforced their
work, struck out in the life of man
kind with new power, brought down
from heaven new tides of life and
blessing, and now for a thousand j
years, the historian might write,
they have been molding and shaping
the social and civic and political life
of mankind.
“We are at a great hour. In 1919 .
I made the first address on this plat
form on the $75,000,000 campaign. I |
shall never forget that evening and I
the high tide of enthusiasm. I;
seemed to me. as I spoke, that the
great men of the past were onlook
ers. I thought of Bqyce, and Broa
dus and Tupper and Poindexter and
Tichnor and Jeter and Furman, and
the other gietit missionary leaders
of the past, and I wondered if they
could hear and see what we were un
dertaking.
“Again today, somehow the spirits
of these great men seem to be very
near. Yea. perhaps angels are hover
in? near to see what this great body
will do at its 1924 meeting. May
God give us the spirit of sacrifice.
May He put into your hearts a new
purpose, and may we gather up in
the remaining months of this cam
paign all the energ es in our powe. ■
and go forth to a great victory,”
MODERNISM UNDER
FIRE AS A MENACE
TO CHRISTIAN FAITH
(Continued from Pag® 1)
have a combined membership of
111,872, and report 12,856 baptisms
during the year of 1 923. The for
eign fields have one-twenty-seventh
as many churches as Southern
Baptist convention and one-thirtieth
as many members, according to Dr.
I Love.
I During the past year, the gifts of
i the members of the foreign churches
I averaged $4 per capita, whereas in
'lie homeland the per capita gifts
■ averaged $lO, the secretary stated,
j However, the Argentine churches
averaged S2O per member; those of
Brazil, $10; Italy, $8; Chile, $6; Ja
pan, $4.61; Mexico, $4.43, and Africa,
$1.15, according to the report.
One-third of the churches on the
foreign fields are now self-support
ing, 97 churches having come to
-elf-support during the past year.
Dr, Dove said.
A total of 860 mission schools are
conducted by the board, all of which
are crowded, Dr. Dove reported,
adding that 35,106 students are now
enrolled, including 416 young
preachers studying in 17 Bible
schools and theological seminaries.
During the past year 294,422 treat
ments were given by medical mis
sionaries of the board in the coun
tries of China, Africa and Mexico,
where medical work is boing done,
the report said. The medical force
of the board includes 16 male and
3 female American physicians, 7
trained American purses, 19 native
physicians and 29 native nurses. At
the disposal of these medical work-
A feature of the afternoon session
was the address of Dr. F. Scott Mc-
Bride, general superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon league, who warned the
convention that the liquor traffic
is neither dead nor sleeping, despite
the eighteenth amendment and the
Volstead act, but is making a des
perate fight to get control of the
country. Dr. Mcßride paid tribute
to the south as having led the coun
try in the fight for prohibition and
he designated two methods by which
effective prohibition enforcement
can be accomplished.
The first method, he said, is to
take care of the elections of all of
ficers “from president down to con
stable,” making sure that only such
men are elected as will strictly en
force the laws. The other method,
Dr. Mcßride declared, is for South
ern Baptists to aid in strengthen
ing the organization of the Anti-
Saloon league.
Appeals for a greatly enlarged
educational program by the Baptists
of the south were presented at
the session Thursday morning.
Upwards of $4,000,000, to be ex
pended in new buildings, equipment
and the establishment of endowment
funds is needed within the next two
jrears, it was declared by representa
tives of the various southwide edu
cational institutions controlled by
the convention.
By a unanimous vote, the con
vention authorized the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, at
Douisville, to inaugurate an inde
pendent campaign for funds during
the next year and also approved a
proposal that the seminary receive
$1,000,000 from the proceeds of the
1925 financial campaign of the de
nomination. This was in accord
with the petition presented to the
convention by the seminary, point
ing out the imperative need of sev
eral new buildings and other equip
ment incident to the removal of the
seminary plant from its present site
to a new location in the suburbs of
Douisville.
$2,000,000 Needed
Not less than $2,000,000 will be
needed for these purposes accord
ing to Dr. E. Y. Mullins, president
of the seminary and former presi
dent of the convention. Dr. Z. P.
Cody, of Greenville, S. C., presented
the seminary petition and there < as
a considerable discussion before a
vote finally was taken shortly before
1 o’clock.
Dr. Mullins pointed out that
through the fault of no individual
but because of misunderstanding
and oversight, the seminary did not
participate in the $75,000,000 cam
paign and was obliged to secure
loans from the various denomina
tional boards. He appealed for a
“square deal” for the seminary He
told the convention that during the
last year the seminary had an en
rollment of 442 students, all study
ing for the ministry, and that 89
graduates received degrees.
Institute Grows Rapidly
Dr. R. G. Dee, of New Orleans,
presented the report of the Baptist
Bible Institute at New Orleans,
showing that during the past year,
the sixth of its existence, the insti
tute had an enrollment of 251 stu
dents, compared with a student body
of 84 when it was established six
year ago. The physical plant of
the institute is now valued at approx
imately SBOO,OOO and includes tw’enty
one buildings and a library of more
than 40,000 volumes. The institute
estimates its needs for the coming
year at $400,000.
The report of the Southwestern
Baptist Theological seminary, at
Fort Worth, showed that during the
past year the student enrollment
was 649, in addition to the corre
spondence department with 960 en
rolled. The report was presented by
Dr. D. R. Scarbrough, president of
the institution, who stated that the
buildings, land, equipment and en
dowment of the institution totaled
$1,631,352. The seminary received
$672,299.50 from the $75,000,000 cam
paign. Dr. Scarbrough pointed out
the needs of a permanent endowment
sufficient to guarantee operating ex
penses, four new buildings and an
increased students’ fund.
The entire Thursday morning ses
sion was devoted to the consideration
of the various south-wide educational
institutions controlled by the conven
tion —the Southern Baptist Theologi
cal seminary at Douisville, Ky.; the
Southwestern Baptist Theological
seminary, at Fort Worth. Tex.; the
Baptist Bible institute, at New Or
leans, Da., and the Negro Theological
seminary, at Nashville, Tenn.
Governor Clifford Walker, of Geor
gia, chairman of the committee on
the legal status of the various boards
and of the convention with regards
to the physical properties of southern
Baptist institutions, presented one cf
the most important matters to come
before the convention. He reported
that investigation of the chartei-s and
titles of the various institutions re
veal a situation which might cause I
difficulty in the future. None of the I
states in which southern Baptists!
operate institutions legally recognize
the Southern Baptist convention as a
corporate body, he said, and it has i
been necessary to secure special leg- 1
islative enactment to remove the pos
sibility nf future complications in the ,
t tlea of the enn-ention properties.
This has already been done in Ten
nessee, and will he done in the other
states. Further discussion of this
committee report will occur later in
the week.
The r vernor pointed out that it
would be to the convention's advan-i
tage to elect trustees of the South I
ern Baptist Theological seminary i
rather than to nominate them for'
election by the trustees, as is custom:
now. He declared his opposition to I
self-perpetuating boards, character- ■
izing them as undemocratic and not I
ip with Baptist policy.
The rep it of th' l ’-ini commis-U
sion on the Negro Theological semi-i
nary was adapted with the exception I
of a recommendation that the con
vention provide $50,000 per year for
the seminary. This recommendation
was referred to the commission on
future programs of the convention.
The aims of the seminary and the
need for better educational facilities
for negro preachers was pointed out
by Dr. Sutton E. Griggs, of Memphis.
Tenn., secretary of the educational
board of the National Baptist con
vention, colored, and one of the best
known leaders of his race.
Negro Education Stressed
Dr. Griggs pointed to the educa
tion of the negro as a Christian neces
sity, and urged the south to lead the
way. He stressed the fact that since
the World war, the United States
has ceased to regard itself as the
"molting pot’’ for the peoples of the
world, and has closed its doors to for
eigners. Therefore, he contended,
America must look to her internal
conditions for her supply of labor.
He cited the fact that due to igno
rance, the negro death rate in cities
is far in excess of the birth rate, but
that the opposite condition obtains in
the rural districts. As a result, he
said, the negro race is able at the
present to hold its own and to gain a
little, but the race really is threaten
ed with ultimate exterminaion.
He said that the recent migration
of some 750,000 negroes to the north,
many of them returning with north
ern ideas, has engendered a hostile
atmosphere. He recommended ear
nest support of the Negro Theologi
cal seminary as a means of combat
ting the growth of this feeling. He
said in this manner, the seminary
could bring young negroes to the
south from all parts of the union,
educate them and teach them the
art of living in harmony with their
white neighbors for the betterment
of America and for the glory of God.
Peace Committee Asked
A feature of the morning session
was the introduction of a resolu
tion by Dr. J. J. Taylor, of
Ala., providing for the appointment
of a "peace committee” to present
at the 1925 meeting of the conven
tion a paper pointing out the Chris
tian teachings in regard to war. Con
gressman AV. D. Upshaw, of the
Fifth Georgia district, vigorously
supported the resolution and it was
referred to the committee on resolu
tions for consideration later in the
week.
It was announced Thursday that
the junior department of the Sunday
school at Vienna, Ga., would come to
Atlanta Thursday night by special
train to have charge of the opening
session of the convention Friday
morning. This period will be devot
ed to an exhibit of the memory work
now being done in the standard Sun
day schools of the convention. O.
W. Horne, is superintendent of the
school, and Mrs. J. J. Heard is su
perintendent of the department.
The three sessions on Wednesday,
when the conjipntion got under way,
were crowded with action from the
moment-the gavel fell at 10 o’clock
until adjournment at 10:30 at night.
With the election of Dr. George W.
McDaniel, of Richmond, as presi
dent of the convention to succeed
Dr. E. Y. Mullins, of Douisville, the
great legislative body of southern
Baptists, composed of some 5,000
messengers, plunged at once into
the mass of business to be disposed
of at this assembly.
Urged to Fulfill Pledges
The 75-Million campaign which
comes to a close this year, and in
which $21,167,147 must be raised be
fore January 1, 1925, if the denomi
nation is to reach the goal set five
years ago, was the paramount is
sue Wednesday afternoon. Dr. D.
R. Scarborough, director of the
campaign and head of the conserva
tion commission which is handling
the collections, stirred the vast au
dience with a fervent appeal for
whole-hearted co-operation on the
part of every Baptist. With Dr. O.
E. Bryan, budget director of the
commission, he pointed out that the
eyes of the religious world are on
southern Baptists, watching to see
if the denomination will fulfill its
financial pledges.
“Too many of our people are rid
ing in fine automobiles, -wearing fine
clothes and expensive jewelry, and
spending money lavishly for per
sonal pleasures, while all the time
they owe a solemn debt to God,” de
clared Dr. Scarborough. “It is a
time for sacrificial giving, and if we
are to pay this debt of honor to our
Dord Jesus Christ, we must elimi
nate the frivolous, wasteful spending
of our money for our personal pleas
ures.”
The report of the education board,
presented by Dr. Norman W. Cox,
of Savannah, at the night session,
showed that marked progress has
been made in building up endow
ment funds for many Baptist insti
tutions during the past year and
still other schools have been assured
definite income from the state con
ventions. The convention now oper
ates 119 schools with 32,295 stu
dents, a gain of 7,742 in five years.
The 'endowment funds jiow total
$44,819,961.
Endowments Increased
Some of the gifts by the denomi
nation have been supplemented by
contributions from the general edu
cation board and similar agencies.
Among the institutions that have
received large additions to their en
dowment during the past year, it
was reported are Furman univer
sity, Greneville, " C., whose in
crease has been $500,000; Ouachita
college, Arkadelphia, Ark., whose
increase has been $400,000, while
Wake Forest college, Wake Forest,
N. C., has successfully terminated
its litigation over a gift made some
years ago whereby it has now come
into possession of endow.cent funds
amounting- to $1,250,000.
It wag announced also, that more
than $17,000,000 1 is been put into
southern Baptist schools by the 75
million campaign during the four
and a half years of its operation.
Among the other gains of the
year in education are mentioned the I
fact that seven senior colleges
have reached the requirem nts for
a standard college, these standards
having to do with equipment, en
dowment. professional rank, 'alary
and' curricula.
The board has enlarged its sur
vey department, which is seeking to
furnish expert information on many
technical problems that have to do
with the efficiency of the schools
and upon many problems of gen
eral denominational interest, the re- i
port said.
Approximately 40.000 students are |
now enrolled in southern Baptist
schools, it is said, over 3,00', of the
number being ministerial students.
Contest Averted
What threatened at one time to
develop into one of the hottest fights
f the whole convention, was dispos
ed of Wednesday night by a stroke
of diplomacy. It concerned the re
port of the special commission on
correlation of the functions of the
general boards and agencies. This
report, recommending that the
mountain schools be transferred
from the home mission board to the
location board, and the activities of
the inier-board commission be turned
over also to the education board,
was expected to stir up heated dis
cussion. The majority report of
the commission, presented by Dr. F.
S. Groner, of Texas, was followed
by a minority report, presented by
Dr. S. E. Tuil, of Arkansas, substi
tuting for his brother, Dr. N. T.
Tull, of Mississippi, who drew the
minority report.
The recommendations nf Dr. Tuil
provided that all existing . gencies
SATURDAY, MAY 17, IP2L
THE REV. W. H. DOWLING,
of Hampton, S. C., eighty-two
year-old Baptist minister, who
is attending the Southern Bap
tist convention here. He has
been in active charge of
churches for sixty-four years.
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82-Year-Old Pastor,
Still Active, Here at ,
Baptist Convention
A i ■ ••irk- ’ ' recon 1 of service has
been enjoyed by the Rev. W. H.
De .' ling, of Hampton, S. C., eighty
two year old pastor, who is here at
tending the Southern Baptist con
vention.
Dr. Dowling is in active charge of
three churches and in addition, has
di-‘ics as clerly of the Savannah Riv
er association, which he has
held for tlm ' ‘st thirt.y- f, vo years.
Among his churches is the famous
old Blackswirnp Baptist church,
wh'c’' ’’■■teg from Revolutionary da
•and ’-A-m-’y known ‘‘ roughout the
south.
During his pastorate of more than
sixty-four '-ears, Mr. Dowling has
been in charge of at least forty-one
churches in South Carolina and has
baptized more than 2,000
In addition, for a number of years
he has engaged in missionary work
among the islands of the Georgia And
South Carolina coast, where his work
has endeared him to thousands not
closely connected with established
churches.
Mr. Dowling is a Confederate vet
eran with an enviable record of four
years’ service. While in the city he
is the guest of his daughter, Mrs. W.
H. Turner, of 398 North Jackson
street.
be dissolved and in their stead be
created four new boards —an educa
tion board, a mission board, a so
cial service board and a publishing
house. These agencies would han
dle all Baptist activities.
The majority and minority reports
were first laid on the table, but this
action was later reconsidered and
after a brief discussion by Dr. A.
J. Barton, of Missouri, were or
dered referred to a new committee
composed of one representative from
each state, to be brought up again
next year.
The consideration of the education
board report and the recommenda
tions of the committee on correlation
followed the annual convention ser
mon, delivered at 8 o’clock bv Dr.
Finley F. Gibspn, of Douisville, Ky.
He appealed for more rigid adher
ence to the unexpurgated Baptist
doctrine, declacing that many are
saying the church has failed on
the following points:
1. Because it has failed to inspire
the individual man.
2. Because it has failed to quicken
brotherhood between members.
3. Because of its worldliness.
4. Because it has failed to dis
tinguish between primary and sec
ondary.
5. Because it has failed in its so
cial mission.
6. Because it has failed In its ap
peal to man.
Simple Obedience Urged
"Isms are rampant,” said Dr.
Gibson, "about what we ought to do,
what we shall do and what we ca/i
do, but there is no greater need
rght now than that the Gospel be fix
ed and secure. We may turn our
churches into motion picture shows;
we may turn them into entertain
ing bureaus: we may make of them
athletic institutions, and many oth
er things that are born out of the
very depths of hell, but never by
j any human agency will we lead lost
i souls to Christ. It’s not done that
I way. Too much time is being given
| to outside matters and not enough
| to the one great thing for which
> Christ shed His blood on Calvary.
■ Simple obedience to the commands
| of the Son of God is the only way
I to salvation. It is easier for us
I preachers to get our members to do
I inything human than to get them
i to go out after lost souls.”
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CDEARWATER, Fla., May 16.
Frank McDowell, confessed slayet
of his two sisters and parents, was
arraigned in court here this after
noon and pleaded not guilty to two
indictments charging him with tht
murder of his mother and father.
Circuit Judge McMullen set the date
of his trial for June 9.
The grand jury this morning hand
ed in two indictments against Mc-
Dowell. One charges him with the
murder of his mother and one of his
father.
McDowell confesses to having
burned his two sisters in their home
in Decatur. Ga., and a year later kill
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I removed.
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