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MIDDLE FLORIDA

MISSIONARY

BAPTIST ASSOCIATION FLORIDA

--FORTY -EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION

Held Wilh

MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH

OCTOBER Mth and 9th. 1947

Next session of the Associal ion

wi.ll convene with

Madison Baptist Churdh, Oct. 13-14, 1948

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. ARTICLES OF FAITH

w.e believe in ~neand only one tru~ and living God, ~~~~':. anethree persons in :bhe God-head, Gold the Father, , and God the Holy SpirH.

2. We believe th~t the Holy Scripture composed of both ·.and New Testament, are the Word (Jf GOd; and the (Jnly fadth and practice of God's people.

~"J&rticle 3. We believe the doctrine of Sover(jign, particular and

I~rnal election. rr~r,.c~i b.l~ticle 4. JiVe believe .in the doctrine of original sin.

~Article 5. Wi! beIieve in man's impotency to recover himself rom .the faUen state in whioh he is by nature, by his own fI'ee will . nd ability.

Article 6.-We believe',that we u,re justified in the sight of God mly by the imputed rigiMeOllsness of Christ" which is the con­. equence (If faith in Christ.

Article 7. We believe that God's elecL shall be called, 'regenel'­lted and sanctified by the Wmd .of Goo and and the Holy Spirit.

- Article 8. We believe that .the saints are preserved by grace md preserve in grace and will never finally fall away.

,Article!l. We believe -t,hat baptism and the Lord's Suppe.r are ,he only oNiinanoes of a New Testament churcih, that immersion is Lhe only Scriptuml baptism, and believers are the only Scriptural >llbjects for baptism, and none but baptized believers who are mem­bers of Missil}na~' Baptist churches in good standing are entitled 10 paMa'ke of the Lord's Supper.

Ar.ticl e 10. We believe in the resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked dead, and that both will be ju'dged ac­cording -to the deeds done in the body.

!Article 11. We believe that punishment of the wicked will he everJ.asting and the joys of the right'eous will be. eternal.

Article 12. We believe that no minister has a right to a:d­minister Uhe ordinances except such as are 'Divinely called, ,having been ordainled by prayer and the imposition .of the hands of a pres­bytery dul~' authoriz~d by a Missionary Baptist Church.

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CONSTITUTION

Of

THE MIDDLE FLORIDA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

Article 1. The name,of this organization shall be "THE MID­DDE ,l<'LOlUDA MISSIONARY BAPTJET ASSOCHl.TJ:ON."

'Article 2. The Associa-Lion shall Le composed of messengers du.ty elect-oo by ,the Churclhesaffilhiied with ,this body who shall present letters certifying to thei ~ el<>l'tion, or other satisfactory evidence thereof, and all orda,ine:l paslOi's who are members of or pastors oJ any of said churches. '

Article 3. Each church .having fjf,ty members or less .shaH be entitled to two messengers. Churches having more than fifty memo bers shall be entitled 10 one addilonal messenger rfor every twenty­five members or major fraction thereof.

Article 4. The objMts of this Association shall be the IlrOID(}­lion of fellowship among the churches, ruHl. theiostering of Mis­siona,ry, Educational :and Bene'ViOlent enterprises, in harmony with the Florida Bapt:!>t State Convention and 1Jhe Southern Baptist Cl}n ven tion .

AMicle 5.-The Association shall meet annually at such time and place as may be selected by the body. If it should becl}me necessary. the Executive Committee of the Association may change the time, or place of meeting, (Jr both .

lArticle 6. Any church, in harmony witlh, this Association as tl) doctrine a.ndpractiDe'. may be admitted into the union upon the presentation ,(If a' petitionary leller accompanied by satisfacfory information.

Article 7. Any church wishing for a letter of dismission shall make application therefor by ie.tter~

!Article 8. Tibe (JUicers of this Association shall be a Modera­tor, and Assistant Moderator, who shall act as Moderator in the absence of the MOderato-r,a Clerk and a Treasurer, who shall be elected a'nnually by the suffrage of the members presen.t, and shall bold office until their sucoessors are elected.

Article 9. This Assooiation shall have an Executive Commit­tee composed of six laymen an{i ,the Pastors .of each OllUrch belong· ing to this Association, the Associational Sunday School Superin­tcndent, the Associationa,l B. T. U. 'Direc\(]T, the Associational Woman's Missionary Union President, the AssociaUonal Brolher· 'llOOd President, together with the officers as Ex-offlcio members. T1h.is committee shall foster all the inlerest lOf the Association, when the body is not in session. The Commibt'ee shall have authority to appl}int or recommend to the State Board M'issionaries, (}r col­porteurs, and to' make appropriation to weak churches or destitu­tions, and to give such a{iv:ice to the churohes as may seem wise and necessary, a'nd ·the Modemtor shall be chairman of the Execu­.five Committee.

Article 10. The Articles of Faith of this Associ.atiO'l shall b~ the same a.~ Ihose which are adopted by the Southern Baptist Con­vention when in session at Memphis, Tennessee, Pl ~fily, HJ25, and shall be the basis of fellowship and cooperation.

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shall reoognize and respect 'the cau'U"'J""'''''Uen ceof every c.hurch cooperating.

liij~lit~ 's constitution maY'be ~hanged ()r a'mende!d at of the body when two-t,hirds of the members

expedient.

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~t\,: .. , RULES OF DECORUM,'

~~S.;'-llhe M.otierawl' shall 'preserve order.in the' Association, -,t"!.hlch shall be opened and closed by prayer. He shall dacide all • questions of/order and propr;ety. ' -

2. All ,members of the body shaH respect .the auth()rity of the .Moderator, but any member sha-ll have the right to- appeal t() the body from his decision.

3., The Moderator shall have the same right ,of speaking as cny other member of the botly provided he appoints some member t() fill tihe chair; but he shall not vote except. when there is a' tie, when he may cast the' deciding vote.

4. No more than one member shall speak at a .lime. An:\-' mem­ber desiring 10 speak shall rise fr;om his seat and address the Mod­-erator .and when recognized by the chair may speak to, the subject, but nat more than twice on tlhe same subject withou,t pennission Of the body.

5. No member shall leave the body while in session witholH permission of the chair.

ti. AU motions in order must be (j,isposed of by the body, un­less withdrawn by the one who made the moti{)'D.

'7. 'Wlhen a question is ta'ken up, after allowing time for de­Hbera-ti()n, t,he Moderator shall take the vote- of the body and then _ announce the decision. If a division is called for the Moderator shall take the vole by calling on the members to rise and stan:d until they are counled. Afier the count is made on both sides ~he 'M()(jerator shall announce the result.

!!. The Clerk shall enroll the -names of the M'essengers, and keep a regular I"ecord of all the business o-f the Association.. He shall havc tlh'C Minutes printed and distributed to eaeh church, according to the amount of money sent up.

!-I. The Treasurer shall ;receive ana manage the funds of the Association, t.aking r.eceipts <::If all disbursements thereof, and p,e­

sent an annual repart of all funds received and disburs,ed, flO,. in­sertion in the Minutes of the Association.

1U This decorum may be altered or amended by two-thirds vote of the members present at .any annual session of jibe AsS{)cia-tion. '

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ASSOCIATION DIRECTORY

Rev. J. R. ColIins, Motl,erator _________________ Madison, F.Iorida ftev. Alva H()rton, Assistant ModerawT ____________ Perry, Florida' Carl Vol. Burnett, Clerk ______________________ ~--Madison. Florida O. A. Hcmdersnn, TrC~lsurer ______________ -:- _________ Lee, Florida

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE'

T. P. :McLeod, Jr. _____________________________ GrenviHc, Florida J. F. McCall ______________________________________ Perry, Florida E. B. Wilson _:.. _________________________________ M.adison, Florida Norman Howard _________ ' ____ ' ______________________ Lee, Florida A. L. H ern'don _ __ __ __ ____ ____ ________ __ ____ ___ _ Aucill a, F.Jorida Lam a r S't.ok es ______________________________________ Le e, Florida

COMMITTEE GHAIRMEN-1948

Sunday Schools, Rev. R. E. Merrell __________ Green'ville, Florida B. T. D., Rev. John Caylor, Jr. __________________ Madison, Flo.rida Evangelism, Hev. AlVa Horton ____________________ Perry, Florida Children's Home, W. C. Winderweedle ______________ Day, Florida Missions, Rev. Paul Hendry __________________ GreenviUe, Florida Cooperative Program and Tithing, Rev. Dewey Mann Perry, Flori'da Ministerial Support, Brotherhood and

Music, Rev. H. C. Rittenhouse ______________ Madison, Florida Christian Education and PeriodIcals,

E. B. Browning ____________________________ Madison, Florida Relief and Annuity, Rev. E. A. Milton __________ Live Oak, Florida Temperanoe, Go T. Hall ___________________________ Foley, Florida Our Beloved Dead. Rev. M. B. Archibald ____________ MaYD, 'Florida W. M. D., Mrs. R. E. Merrell __________________ Greenville, Florida Nominations, W. R. Rice __________________________ Foley, Floridll

SERMONS

AssociatiDnal, Rev. Alva Horton ___________________ Perry, Florida Alternate, Rev. L. C. Hicks ______________ ~ __________ Lee, Florida Missionary, Rey. Carl Webb _________________________ Lee, Florida A Hern ate, Rev. Paul Hendry __________________ IG reenville, Florida

CHILDREN'S HOME PRODUCE COl'r1MITTEE

G. F. And.rews _______________________________ Greenville, Florida .T. Vick1ers - ___ - ___________________ - ____ ~ _______ Madis on, Flori d ~\ E. H. Smith - ___________________________________ Madison, Florida J. F. 11). Hughey --______________________________ Ma{iison, Florida Ca r I W. BUI"ne tt - _______________________________ Madi 30n, F J or ida

PROGRAM. COMMITTEE FiFTH SUNDAY J\ofEETING

Moderator, Ass{}Cia-iional Sunday School Sup~., and Pastor of Host Ohurch.

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tI:~::I~:I:::::~~:HT~H:::U:F:::::ON _ -:upt.r~~V' R. E. Merrell __________________ ~ ___ Greenville, Florida tsilpt; Training, Rev. Dewey Mann _________________ Perry, Florida '!SUPt.EvaIlgelism, Rev. Alva Horton ______________ Perry, Florida ~upt. VacatLon Bible Schools, Mrs. T. M. Raines __ Madison, FI{)rida .Supf. Missions, C. T. Hall ________________________ F{)ley, FJ.odda Supt. Greenville Dist., A. L. Herndon ____________ Aucilla, Florida

Supt. Madison Dist., ---------------,-------------Supt. p.erry Dist., Judge Dan Partin ~ ______________ PerIj." Florida

Supt. Mayo Dist. --------------------------Supt. Nursery --- -- ---- -- -- ---- - -- - -- ---- -----Bupt. Cradle Roll, Mrs. Et,hel 'Lewis ______________ Aucilla, Florida Supt. Beginnhs, Mrs. A. D. Reams ____________ Greenville, Florida Su.p1. Primaries, Mrs. Albert McLeod ____________ Madison, Florida Supt. Juniors, Mrs. Oliver Scruggs ________________ Aucilla, Florida

S upt. Intermediates --- --- --- ------- -- - -- ---- ---. Supt. Young People, Rev. R. C. Rittenhouse ______ Madison, Florfda

Supt. Adults _____ - - ---- ----- -.-- --- ------------Supt. Extension, Mrs. S. A. Touchton __ L _________ FoJ,ey, Florida

ASSOCIATION B. T. U_ OFFICERS

Director. Hcv . .Tohn Caylo,r, Jr. ________________ Madis.on, Florida Adult Leader, C. R. Broo1ke ____________________ Madison, Florida Y{)ung People's Leader, W. G. Rutherf{)fd ______ Madison, Flfl'rida Inierme'diate L.eader, Hev. P'aul Hendry __________ Foley, Florida Juni.or Leader, Mrs. Gracie Ezell __________________ Perry, Florida Slory Hour Leader, Mrs .. Alv.a Horton ____________ Perry, Florida Pianist, Mis5 Louella Merrell ________________ Greenville, Florida Pastor Advisor, Rev. C. \V. Persons ____________ . ____ Perry, FJm'ida Sec. and Treas., Mrs. Ruth Elkins ________________ Perry. FJOl'iua

ASSOCIATION W. M. U· OFFICERS

President, Mrs. R. E. Merrell ________________ Greenville. Florida Vice-Pr.esident, Mrs. R. B. Bryan ________________ Madison, Florida Soc. and Treas., Mrs. B. H. Stanley ___________ Greenville, Florida Young Peoples Leader, Mrs. T. M. Raines ______ Madison, Florida Communi ty Mission Chairman, __ --- --- - -- - -- --- -- --- --- - --- --- --Stewardship Chairman, Mrs. C T. Hall ___________ Foley, Florida M,urgaret Fund Chairman, Mrs. Frank Rllbh.erford ____ Lee, Florida Mission Study Chairman, Mrs. Clarence Alston ____ Perry, Florida Training School Chairman, Mrs. Cater Burns ____ Madison, Florida 'PubUcity Chairman, Mrs. \V . .T. Hines _____________ P,erry, Florida Children's Home Chairman, Mrs, Leon Land ______ M,ay,o, Florida

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ASSOCIATION 'BROTHERHOOD OFFICERS Presioent, E. B. Browning _______________ :. _____ Madison, Florida Program Vice-Pres., T. P. McLeod, Jr. ________ Greenville, Florida Sec. & Treas., Blanton ________________________ Perry, Florida

MUSIC DIRECTORS

Athena~Billie Joe Hicketson ____________ .: _____ Athena, Florida Bur,tlon-T. ~. Guilfo:r,d ____ :. _____________________ Perry, Florida Foley----C. T. Hall ________________________________ Foley, Florida Friendship, Maedell Murphy ______________________ Perry, Florida Hopewell~ ozier Sapp __ ,-__ ____ __ _ _ __ ___ ___ __ _ Madison, Flori da Macedo-niac-Carl v.\ Burnett ____________________ Ma'dison, ,Florida Ma'dison-A. W. WiUafard _____________________ Valdosta, Georgia Mayo~Mrs. Magdeline Land ______________________ Mayo, :Florida New Home, Tay~S. H. Hendry ___________________ Perry, Florida Perry-Mrs. S. S. Lee ____________________________ Perry, Florida

PIANIST OR ORGANIST

Athena~Mrs. E. G. ,"Vhitfield ____________________ Carbllr, Florida Au cill a-Mrs. Lala B:slb;op ______________________ Aucilla, Florida Burtoll~Mrs. Nellie Williams Perry, Florida goley-MissIns Simons _____ ==================== F{)ley, Florida ~riends.hip-Miss Lou, Ella Shaw _________________ Perry, Florida GreenvIlle-Mrs. S. B. Algeo __________________ Greenville, Florida HopeweJl-~lrs. Dozier Sapp __________________ :\1adison, Florida Lamont-Miss Gladys Hearns ~ ___________________ Lamrrnt, Florida Mac~donia-:Mrs. M. C. Woodard ____________________ Lee, Florida MadIson-MIss J uani ta .Tones ___ __ ___ _ ______ _ __ Madison, Flori'da 'M~'Yo-Mrs. Sarah 'Cook __________________________ Mayo, FlO'ri(la :Mldway-Mrs. C. A. Webb _____________________ Madison, Florirla :Mosel~y Hall-Mrs. Julia Bailey ______________ Greenville, Florida Mt. Olrve-Mrs. Walden Phillips ________________ Madison, Florida New Home, Tay.-Mrs. Lovie Burch ______________ Perry, Floridu New Hopeful-Mrs. Carl Webb _____________________ Lee, Florida Perry-IIIrs. T. M. Warne'll ________________________ Perry, Floridrl Pleasant Grove, Tay.---<Mrs. Alrnea Te'dder ____ Shady Grove, Florda

LIBRARIANS Athena-Mrs. E. G. Whitfield ____________________ Carbur, Florida Grccn"iJl~,-Mis.s ~uella ~l'Ierrell ______________ Grec'nville, Florida l\~ember ~trlte .1I'hsswu Board, E. B. Browning ____ :\1adison, Florid:l l'.h~. Bap~lst BIble Ins~. Hep., Rey. E. A. ~[ilton __ Live Oak, Florilla Children s Home ChrIstmas Offie'fing Leader, H:". ~. E. Me~rC'1l _________________________ Greenville, Florida MUSIC Ihrector for Assoc., Rev. R. C. Rittenhouse MaJison, Florida

ORDAINED MINISTERS OTHER THAN PASTORS

He\,. A. H.Townsend, S. BurtonChuroh ____________ Perry, Flor;'da Rev .. T. T. Montgomery, R. Central Oh.u;rch ________ Aucill<l, Florida Rev. M. J. Dan.aldson, R. Central Church _________ Aucilla, Florida Rev. ,"V. D. Kels, H. Greenville Church ________ Greenville, Florida Rev. J. L. Odom, R. Mt. Olive Church ____________ :tIIadison, Florida

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OUR BELOVED DEAD

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~'Be~lah

Mr. Arthur G. Bell Deacon .T, F. Stokes

Brewer Lake

Deacon C. Fowler

Burton I

Mr. W. H. Godwin

Elizabeth

'Mr. Hardy Kinsey

F(!leY

Mrs. H. F. Parker

Greenville

Mrs. J. B. Porter

Lamont

Mrs. W. L, Holland

Macedonia

Mrs, Bell Bass

Madison

Mrs. Mamye Dorman Mr. C. L. Q.uarles

Mayo

Mr. E. D. Dampier Mr. J{)hn M. Hurst Mrs. Laura Jones Mrs. Alice Oglesby Mrs. Martha Mims

MidlWay , Mr. D. L. Hicks

Mt. Gilead i •

Deacon C: S. Wimberly Mrs. I.G. Arnan Mrs. Laura Hamllton-

Mt.· Olive

Mrs. Rosa Harris

New IDime-TaY.

Mrs. Carri~ Whiddon

New Hopeful

Mr. T. J. Harrell

New Macedonia

Mrs. Donia Slaughter

Perry

·Mrs. Margaret Peeler

Pinetta

Mrs. Mattie Blair

Pleasant. Grove-La'Y.

Mr. KennetJh Ler{)v \V{)od

Pleasant Grove-Tay.

Deacon T. L. Goodman

Riversid:e

Mr. T. H. Frier Mr . .T • .T. Shuemake

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MESSENGERS ENROLLED

Antioch-Athena-Rev. C. W.~roons, Mrs. A. J. Ezell, and Mrs. W. H. Ricket~

son. Aucilla-M. W. Bishop and wife.

'Beaulah-E. Turlingt()n and Frank . Stokes. Brewer Lake-W.C. Winderweedle and wife. iMrs. Fanni1e Barrs.

Mrs. Lola Plymei, Mrs. O. J. Rawls an!d Miss Peggy Dees. Burton-A. C. Parker and wUe, M[rs. f:;. D. Stinso:n, Mrs. NeJl.ie

Williams and flIrs. D. R. Leggett. Central-W. A. DuHon and wife, Oliyer Scruggs and wife and Miss

iEthel Bishop. Cherry -Lake-Mrs. Roy F. Millirons, Mrs. J. W. Cason and Mrs.

I). W. Surles. Elizabeth-Arthur Herndon, EtbeI Lewis, Arthur Wilde,' and Clws.

Wimberly. F,oley-W. R. Rice, Mrs. C. P. Wilson, Mrs. C. T. Hall, Mrs. S. U.

Henton, Mrs. S. A. Touooton and Mrs. Albert Cothrall. Friendship-Mrs. Lessie Stripling, Mrs. Gloria Poppell and Mrs.

Myrtis Roberts. Greenville-J. R. Laney, G. F. Andrew.;, 5. P. Hendry and wife,

and Mrs R. E. Merrill. Hopewell-.Tohnie McClamma, Mrs. Jewel \Valker and Mrs. H. J.

Brown. Lamont-Mrs. Ada Mills, Mrs. Ruth Campbell and Ml'~;. G. W. :\fc­

Daniel. Lee-'V. T. K'ent. S. A. Kinsey, H. J, Brown and Eddie Rrulhcrford. Macedonia-Carl W. Burnet.t, G. 1'. Tindall and wife, L F. Day and

Hwwaru TindaH. -Madison-Rev. John Caylor, Jr., and wife, J. Vickers, Henry Messer and E. B. Bwwning. Mayo-H. L. Winderweedle, Guy M. Mc:Clain and wife, Mrs. Irene

Garden and Mrs . .T. S. Parker. A-Ldway-M. J. Hicks and wife, Gus Phillips and wife, TDm How­

a.rd and John Hale. JVloseley Hall-Sam An{lrews, Jim Cruce and Leroy Cruce. Mt. GiJ,ea d-\V. G. Vann and wife, J, E. Aman and wife, Hnrold

Schimburg and wife. I" MI. Oliye-G. W. Albritton, n. C. Mc.Le,od and T. H. PinSO'n. NBW Home, Mad._Tim Slll'aw, Eddie Bass, Albert Tu-Ien ani! :-'Irs.

Mary .Tane Tuten. New Home, Tay.--S. H. Hend['y and wif,!'-, Mrs. ill. S. Linton, :\-1rs.

W. O. 'Villiams, Mrs. Lizzie Edwards, .T. Lewis Burch and wife. New Ho-peJ'ul-ilIrs. Vol. A. Rutherford, Mrs. Crawford Pridgeon.

Mrs. Floyd Vinzant, John Wilso'l ;.;nd wife. New Macedonia-By l'eHer. Oakland-No Letter. l'eI'\'y-Mrs. A. B. Lewis, W. It ;\Iartin, B. L. Prince, Mrs. \V. J.

!:lines, Miss Sue Bunting, \V. E. Inman.

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Pmclta--Mrs. Cecil Jackoo'il, Lamar DeLoach and wife, Mrs,Lora ~;Everett and J, W. Downing, '

Phte Grove-L. iF. Kelly and wife, :FTank Davis and wife. PiSgalh.-Mrs. Patricia Johnson, W, A. McLeod and wife. Pleasant IGrove, Lay-,Luther Thom.as ana wife, J. R. Brumley, Sr. . ;,,:: and wife, .Wilson Wilder, Mrs. W. E. Cates.

Pleasant Grove, Tay.-S. Vl. Tedder and wife, L. H. Rowell and wife,

Riverside-R. G, Snipes and wife, H. J. Frier and wife. San Pedro-S. Co Sanford and wife, Mrs. Mattie Parker, Mrs, Mon­

roe Wright, Mrs. Amanda Lynn. Sirmans-lKelly Bai:Jey, Homer Bailey.

Norris. St. John's-Clarence Bailey, Bailey Wynn, Marcus Day, Mrs. Addie Steinhatchee-W. W, Mills an'd wife, Mrs, Lizzie Stephens.

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Held With MIDWAY CHURCH

OC'[i. 8·9, 1947 Wednesday Morning Session

1. Song Service led by Rev. R. C. R:ttenhouse. 2. Call to order by Moderato-r, T, p, :M cLeo d, .II', 3. Devotional, led by Rev. Paul Hendry. 4. Motion made and carrle'd that Messengers fr::lJil' the

Churdhes, the Executive Committee and the Officers of the A.sso­ciation constitute the working unit for this session.

ii. The printed program with such ch:lnges as will be n'eees-san' was adopted ·as the order of business.

fl. Addr('ss of welcome by Hev. Carl Webb. 7, Responsp. hy G. Frank Annrews. S,~I().tion mad!' and carried Ihat }.io'deratnr nppoint a com­

:nitte e to pI an an AssociR ti ()on al Asscmbl y, Committre: Rrvs. John Caylor, Dewey :Mann. n. E. Merrill and

n. C. Rittenhon.~e,

II, Repo]'t ,on Education. Periodicals and Temperance read iJY He'v .. n. B. i\IcConneli and on moUnn .to ndopt was spoken to 'JY him, and Dr. Solo()trnon, and adopted.

10. Motion mnde and carried thaI reports on Radio Commis­,;ion -anrl ~e,,· Orleans Baptist Tlbeologicnl Seminary he included in minules ()of the Association.

11. The following v;si,tors were recognized: Hev, Tampling of Suwannee AssoeJalj.on, E. M. W'heej'eT, Stony Fork, N. C. Associa­cion; Mrs. ,\V, T. Colson. N. West Florida AssociaHon,

12, Tihe ,Moderato~ appointe'd the following Committee on Digest of Letters: E. B. Brown'ing, Rev. Willie Ranew and Rev, C. W, Persons.

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13. The MOderator ap'pointed Rev. Alva Horton and J. Vickers on ,the Committee on Nominations.'

14. Rev. John Gaylor, Rev. Dewey Mann and E. B. Br.owning spoke at this time on Tithing and presented the matler in a very clear way .

Hj·. 'The Moderator' recognized Rev, T. 'N. Branch,' a former member and -Fasior.

16. Associatio-nal Sermon by Rev. R. E. Merrill, Pastor Green­ville Baptist Ohurch, using as .a text First Cor., R-9,

17. Rev. B. M. Montgomery, Pastor Madison ,Methodist Church, was recbgniz&l.

18. Motion made and carried that Rev, Mon,tgomery be given the privilege of the floor for 10 minutes.

Wednesday At:ternoon s'ession 19. Devotio-nal led by Rev. J. R. Collins. 20. The following new Pastors were recognized: Revs. R. C.

Rittenhouse, Dewey Mann, John Caylor, Carl Webb, E. A. Milton, Cha!m.an Hicks and Paul Hendley,

21. Motion made and carried that St. Johns Missi()onary Bap­tist Churcih be admittea as member of Association and their mes­sengers be recognized,

Z'2. Heport on Relief and Annuity read by Rev. Willie Ranew and adopted,

23. Hcp()ort on FIa. Baptist Children's Home read ,by G, F, An­drews anli on motioll Ito adopt was sPQoken to by the Home's Sup!.. Bro. T. M • .Johns, ana ad()opted, '

24. Report on Sunday Schools read by He-v. R. E. Merrill and adopted,

25, Report on Ministerial Support and Bmlherhood read by E. B. Brovlning and, on motion to adopt, was spajqen to by him and .adopted.

26, Report of Executiw Committee rea:ct by Rev. J. R. Col-lins and adopted. .:~,

27. Report of BllilgetOotmmittee read by .r. Vick,ers. MG\ion made lind carried to slJ.ike ·oul the !f,'il5D.OO for Assoc.iational Bulle­lin. Motion made and carried to put ilem of J!l10f),({O in blIdge! ,10

promote the proprosed Mid'dle Florida Assembly, I,hen motion was made and c.arri,ed ta anopt report as amended.

28. ])r, Leon l\I. Gambrell was inlrGdllCed and s'P0ke brieriy in behalf of the Florina Baptist Institute."

Thursday Morning Session 2!1. Deval'ional leu by Rev. !If, ,J. Fo,,;ler. RD. Moti'on made and carried that Antioch Church be rein­

sla ted and thai their Messengers be recognized. 31. 'f\he fa lowing visitors were rec{)gnized: Brn" Fred T,

Barn'eU, Rev. D, O. Alderman, Bra, Cliff Walker, Bro. Boatright and wife, Br.C),. McElv{)y flU'd wife, Moderator of Suwanu'ec Associ:llion. Rev . .T. C, Wright. former pastor at Foley,

32, Mrs. M .. D. Minter, Mrs. R. E, Merrill Rnd Mrs. Thurston I~ains spoke on 'N, M. U. work and m()otion m,1de and earr cd thnt Clerk insert the \V, M. U. report in minutes Wih.en \Irs, Bryan sends if in.

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t~:~,O. F,,'" T B"'~'tt w;, ,ivon '" minut" tn di"u", lh' }~ ()f The Drys In Flonda. - - . ._ .~~ev. Dewey Mann, Pastor at Perry, spoke on -Chnsban ~cauon. ,-__ - -_~.;eBro. Cliff Walker spoke on Missions. Evangelism and ~ship. --~:'. Missionary Sermon by Rev. W. B. Horton, using as a text

... ~~ ..... . Miir~ 1>-19. ~~'-" Thursday Afternoon Session

't-;37; Devotional le'd by Rev. Alva Horton, Pastor ~ew Home chu.-ch, Perry, Fla. _ -~,~~ RepOrt of B. T. U. work read by Rev. M. J. Hicks, Jr., and

ori 1Jl(Jotion to adopt- was spoken h~ by Revs. W. B. Harlan and _E. A. Milton, and adopted. -,'-39. MoHo¥- made and caITied that Rev. Paul Hendley, Pastor

al F<lIley, make repont on Evangelism for the Minutes.-40. Report on Stdg.on University read by Rev. Dewev Manu,

ao{l adopted. 41. Report on -Deceased Ministers read by Rev. J. R. Collins

and adGpted. 42. Rev. D. O. Alderman at this period spoke Gn Evangelism. ~. Rev. Cliff. Walker spoke on the Cooperative Program and

Stewardship. 44. Motion made and carried t!hat Rev. Paul Hendley make

-reports on Missionsan'd Cooperative Program. 45. Motion made and carried that suggested reports of South·

ern Baptist Hospital, American Bible Society and Baptist BOOK Store be printed in Minutes.

- 46. Report of Committee on Digest -of Letters read by Rev. M. B. Archibald and aoopte1L

47. Treasurer's Report read by O. A. Henderson an{Iadopted. 48. M-otion made and carried to pay Clerk $-75.00 and Treas­

urer $20.011. 49. Nominations report read by J. Vickers and ail-opted. 150. A vote -of thanks was extended ·to, Midway Church for

their hospitality. fellowship .an{I entertainment of the Associati{)n. 51. An expression of appreciation was given to the retiring

Moderatorr for his services dur.ing the tthre-e years he had so ably served. AI_so Rev. R. C. Rittenhouse- as Song Leader f{)r this session.

-52. The following officers were unanimollsly elected: Rev. J. R. Collins, Moderator; Rev, Alva Horton, Assistant

Moderator; O. A. Henderson, Treasurer, -B'nd Carl W. Burnett, Clerk. 53. There being no further business the Association adjourned

to meet with Madison Baptist Church Oct. 13·14, 1948.

REPORT ON DECEASED MINISTiERS

Your Committee on Deceased Ministers is happy Ito report tha.[ we have lost no Ministers during this Associ-ational Year.

Respectfully, JOHN R. COLLINS

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'I!REASURER'S REPORT FOR 47th ANNUAL SESSION MIDDLE FLORI'DA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

Oct., 9, 1946 Cash Balance _______________ ..: ____________ ~--$ 35.55 Oct. 9, 1946 Caslh Receipt :.. ______ -_________________________ 442.27

Dec, 1946, to Oct. 1947 Cash Receipts ______ ~---::.--------- 859.10 Total Cash Receipts _ .:. ________________________ - .. - - - _$1336.92

Bills Paid) , Rev. D. O. Alderman, Ra1. on room rent for 1946 _. ________ $ -38.10 Room Rent for 1947 ____________________________________ 100.00 T.P. McLeod _____________________________________ - ___ - - - 10.00 Trea~urer :______________________________________________ 20.00

Enterprise, printing programs ___ __ __ ______ __ __ _ _ _ ___ _ __ 2'3.37 Rev. R. E. MedII, printing Associationalpaper __________ 258.5() Clerk's fee' _______ ..: _________________ - __________ - - -- - ---- 60.00 Printi ug Minutes _____________________________ ---_____ - - - 185.00

Total bills paid ________________________ - --____ - __ ~9T.fl7 Cash Balance ____________________________________ ::. _____ .~ li41.!!5

Respectfully submitted, O. A. HENDERSON, Treasurer.

REPORT OF THE EXECU'!'IVE COMM.JTTEE The executive committee of the Middle Florida Baptist Asso·

ciatIon say wHh pridle. that our Associa.tion is now on a sound ,fi· nancial basis, since the adoptio-n of our budget. We- as br-ethren in Christ can go forward with more hope of doing bhings for Christ lin a better way, we reaIlzing -the great responsibility t{)- cllrry on the work of our Lora. .

-We extend our thanks to .aU the churches f.or their cooperation and fine spirit. 'Ve want 1-0 express Gur thanks and appreciation -to Bro. T. P. McLe-od, Jr., our Moderator, for the fine way he bas Jf'd our people to carryon this great wnrk am'Jog th(,! churches in tillS Associa-ti{)n. 'Ve look forwnrd tll great things in kingdom ',vprk next year.

Your execu~ive oommitt'ee being a yer~' important body in our Assoc:a-tion, we wish -to telI you of some of our work, our pap<'r ha.~ gotten off t{) a good s-t.art and a great source of in-formation for all of onr churches.

Your committee has asked thai all -oJ our churches take part in world missions ,and hU'\"e a part in this great cause-. 'Vo(' have ;11.<;0 rrcommende'd financial Ihelp from the hoard to some of tIle ghllrcllcs in {)ur Association.

Bro. Rittenhouse, Ollr able Song Lehner, having Idone such a good job, we recommend 1<J ,this hody that he carryon this w,fJrk for anothl'r year. <

Expressing our apreei.ation fnr the coming in of the Sf. John's Hap-tist Olmrch and r-ecommend t,his body accept them as one of our memop_r churches. As an Association We' are 'Proud of thr cooperMion given by all the churches, and may God liless V01\ in all your unrlerfakings tbat we may go ·forwar'-d in the bigge~t bus­iness o,n earth. Enlisting the L{)st for Christ.

Respect fully s u bmi Ued, E. L. PATRrGK.

MUWTES OF FORTY;EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION

ngare the Churches.

.SalarY

:.:. __ -' __________ $1040.00 ______________ 1£0.00 ______________ 240.00 Lake ________ 800.00

BUrton ______________ 1625.00 oenh'al ______________ 710.00 Ctierry Lake _________ 600.0 Elizabeth ____________ 480.00

i<1o)ey ------T--- --- - 2372.70 Friendship __________ 405.00 Greenville ___________ 2400.00 Hopewell ____________ 525.00 Lamont ______________ 260.00 Lee _.:.________________ 635.00 Macedonia ___________ 852.00 Madison __________ .:. __ 3250.00 Mayo ________________ 2400.00 Midway _____________ 1040.00 Moseley Hall ________ 298.00 Mt. Gilead ___________ 55.00 Mt. Olive ____________ '255.00 New Home (1\1) ______ 98.00 New Home .(T) ______ 2600.00 New HopefuJ ________ 499.96 New Macedonia ______ 165.00 Oaklan'd ____________ _ Perry _______________ _ Pinetta _____________ _ Pine Grave _________ _ Pisgah ______________ _

Pleasant Grove (L) __ Pleasant 'Gro,ve (T) __ Riversid f" ___________ _

San Pedro __________ _ Sirmans ____________ _ Steinbatchee ________ _ S t. .T Ghns ___________ _

Totals

3600.00 f100.00

.495.00-336.00 400.00 144.00 300.00 730.00 94.70

180.00 3f/B.OO

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lS.00 14.40 71.18

_ __ ___ _ __ __ _ 12.15 ____________ 72.00 ____________ 15.i5 _______ ._____ 7.S0 ____________ 19.0;) __ ~ _________ 25.56. ____________ 97.50 ____________ 72.00 ________ ~ ___ 31.20 ____________ IU14 _ ______ _ _ __ _ l.flfi

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2.!-l4 7S.00 15.00

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_ ___________ 10S.~1 ___________ .: 27.00 ____________ 14.R5 ____________ 10.0R ____________ 12.00 ____________ 4.32 ____________ f).on _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ 21. f)0

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SOUTHERN HAP'fIST HOSPITAL

For the Year 1945 F. S. Qroner, Administrator

As we review the record of servioe ren(iered dur;ng the year we are reminded <Jf Matthew's statement concerning the ministry of Jesus: "Great multitudes came' un to Him, having with them those bhat were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them d()wn at .Tesus' feet; and He healed them: insomuch that the muHitu'de wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed t()be wh{)le, the. lame to walk, and 'Ihe blind to see: and they glorified the (JQd of IsraeL" .

Of' coUrse, .never is j,t poss'ible to ~abulate the eu'tir>e work Qf a nospi,tai: for much of its service is moral and spiritu a1. However,

,Jigures whoiqh may be tabulated tell a story of aohievement in ser­vice 01 which we may well feel gratitude. We admitted 25,2&.1 pa­tients during 1he year, ank! gave them 139,Mfi days of service. Eight hundred and ninety-four persons were gievn 9,86:2.' days of free service, .at a ooSlt to the HDspital of $MI,058.!»l. There wene 2,663 births, and 3,175 emergenoy room cases which were n.ol hos­pitalized. Forty-two young women were grilduated 1J'OlD the School of Nursing and 17 doctors completed tlH'ir fiftll year of me'dical training. Operating income was .!i 1,:\1 i,4 ';',1,.81: gifts, et c., :1mounted t<J $14,423..55, thus giving a total gross ,income of ::;1.332.­" ':U 7. We JlHid all .operating txpen 0; eo; i DC I :1o[ iLq th e free '~nr k; and cloDed th~ yea,r with a subs~:m lial casih balance.

The report of the audi,tor .filefl herewith w1l1 indicate we paid during the year on Farnsworth Hal: q:j!'l, 1 Ol.ii 7, ,Cor till' incill cr a 10 r

. muiding and euqipment $26,908.5.7, fur new equipment .~2;j,B03.78;

. an'd that the 10lal addition ,tD our surplus during the year was $118,260.29 alter deducting $49,762.42 fer depreciation.

iWe gave free ser-vice to. missionaries of the H()me and Foreign Boards, and 54 young women from ·the Baptist Emergency Home were likewise given free service. .

.A gift ()f $'25.000 was made. to the For,ei gn Miss ion Berard with which to esia'blish a hospital in the African field in Nigeria.

J. F. McCALL.

SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT

This has been a go()(l year in our SlIn'~ay School work. We now ,have 38 ·Churches in our AssociatiD:n. Of [hat number there' arc 29 reporting a Sunday School organization. In comparison Of las! y,ear's recorlds wHh this we note that in ,the 1946 minutes thel'c were 31 Churches reporting Sunday Schools. There were :mOR en­rolled in these Sunday Schoo-Is with an average attendance uf 1I!.8. This year's rec<Jrd shows we have approximately :!i50 enrollr.d wHh an average attendance ()f approximately Vi8a. Our Training Teacher Awards fell down from 139in1946 to: 123. We only had <,ight Churches which held a tr,aining Teacher Study COU~S€ with

; two other Churches having one an,1 two who took some private . study course work. '

However, ther'e is one phase of our Sunday School work which

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we are proud of ·the progress. That is we more than doubled .the number of Churches which had Vacation Bible Schools. Last year we had four. This year we had ten. This is no-t as ma'ny as ought to be. We hope to double that next yea:-. EnrDlle!d. 750; average attendance 60K

Respectfully submitted, H. E. MERRELL.

REPORT ON MISSJ.ONS

Thc following is the standing Of our associations in regard to ·the support of Qoels Missions through .the Cooperative program.' Think of it, twenty~cight associations with every church giving something for World Missions! Think of it, four districts with lfL9 churches su ppor ti ng Missions! The on e-h undred per cen L a~­sociations are ~

1. Suwannee 2. Wewiwa 3. Indian River 4. P.alm Lak~ 5. MiddJe Florida 6. Peace River 8. Black Creek 9. New River

10. Northwest Coast 11. Northeast Florida 12. SO-ul,hwest Flori'da 13. Santa Fe River

15. Hannony 1£. Miami 17. Florida 18. Jacksonville 10. St. J(}hns 20. Beulah 22. Alachua 23. Lake C..ounty 24. Marion 25. Pasco 26. Seminole 27. Okaloosa

Add'cd to the four districts are two city .a'reas, Jacks{)nville and .Miami, with every church supporting Missions.

'nbe standing of the other associations are as follows. Lacking two churches: Pinellas-Buffalo Avenu.e, Ahava Lacking four Ohurc·hes: Pensacola-Poplar Dell, Ray's Chapel,

?10linok Pine Barren. Lacking five Gll 11 rches: Gra ves-El Bethrel, Limes ton e, Cluster

Springs. Pine Chapel, Red Bay. Tampa Bay-Pnlm River, River View, Granl Pllrk, New Hope, El Bctherl.

Lacking six Churches: Holmcs-MI. Zion ND. 1, Pleasant Grove No.2, Pleasant Oalt, Sha'dy rove. 'Vest Pittm;m, Westville.

Lacking tcn Churches: Ohipola-Lovedalc, Ephesus, Dellwood. New Home, Pilgrim's Rest, Poplar Springs, Friends·hip, Hickory Level, ;"UlJ Springs, W'hi.te Pon!d. West Florida-Macedonia. New Orange, New Prosped, Oak~' H idgc, CI ar ks'\"ill e, Compass Lake, Frink, Livc Oak, Unity, Orange Hill.

Years

1943 1944 1945 1946 1047

Som~ Comparative Figuers Fhr A Five-Year Period

Churches Cooperative Churches Not Amount in Stllte Program Giving Handll"d

829 $264,311.38 2'43 $ 532,834.56 826 34ti.050.iW 202 730,023.50 833 442,143.11 177 !J45,8(i4.6() &~ 390,000.71 Ifl2 1,019,022.64 853 616,Oi 4.17 41 1 . .131,265.01,)

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Who is responsible for this gmwth? Pastors, good lead'81's within the church tJ s, Moderators, State Missio-n Board Members, .and our .field force I

Hespectfully submitted, PAUL HEN-DllEY.

REPORT OF DISTRICT FIELD WORKER Never in Florida's history ·have we hald such coo-peratio-n and

.'>uch an overwhelming response from o-ur ohurches, pastors, and' field force. Twenty-eight associations, wi;th every church making nn Dffering .throll~h the Coo-peralive Program to- World Missions. Four Distriots wHh 529 c·hurches and ,two City are::.s, Jacksonville and Miami, with every church supporting l\1II'SSIONS. ONLY 41 churches out of 8&3 failed to make a contributio-n this yea·r. Fo,r ,this fine spirit o-f cooperation, we thank God and commend our pastors, g.o{){l leaders within the churfhes, Mo-lderators, State Mis~ sion Board members, and loyal churoh members.

Again, the acco-mplishments as shown in th'e report for district two are the fruits of your splendid cooperation:

Days spent on field lines traveled Churches visi,led Mission Puints Visited Other s-ervices visited Homes visiteld Sermons preached Addresses Soul winning conferences Pro-fessiO-ns oJ Faith Baptisms O~her additions Let.ters written Remittances to Cooperati've Program

State Missions Associ.aUonal Missions Other Coller,tions

Trao~s given BjbJ~s

Subscriptions \0. Witness Regular prayer meetings started Schools of Missions arranged Helped churches find pastors Commitee meetings

" :Group or Associa·tional meetings Evangelistic meetings

Arranged for Stewardship meetings

Arranged for Financinl programs pIanne'd

Helped to- plan Bus or car routes arranged Ordination services

Helped to plan Churches supplded y~.

3lhl) 22,882

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7 163 308 190

34 16!2

2'1 1)

12 961

8633.73 85.00 12.50 37.00 5.700

14 139

3 1

15 24 57 1

13 4 7 3

13 2 Ii (i

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Census, helped to ,plan Sys-t-ematic visitation program V. B. S. arranged for Communtiy surveys

Helped topl.an Study Courses taught

Helped ,to anange Individual oonferences Tithers enlisleid Training Unions organized New Churches organized LGhurch building improvement Mission preaching points established Dead churches revi;jalized Rededic¥ions Volunteers for life service

Respectfully sllbmitted,

D.O. ALDERMAN.

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17 5 6 4

74 582 103

3 3

34 2 2

137 1

EPORT ON PERIODICALS, TEMPERANCE, AND EDUCATION

The first book to be considered in iLterature is the Holy Bible, ld's ldivine will toward men.

Next every Baptist needs to be better informed in our d,en()mi­'tiona,l rprogr.am. The best way to get 1his inJ)ormation is through T denominatio.nal periodicals. One O,f our best, if not the bes't, uree {)f informatkm is througlh our denominational paper "The !ptist Witness," of which Dr. E. 'D. Solomon is the edi,tGr. The Vitness" should be in every Baptist home in Florida.

TEMPERANCE

If not the worst, .one of the wGrld's worst enemies, is the luor traffic. W'e need to combine all ()f our fGrces an'd to pray )d to help us to destfOoY sllch a deadly ev;il I ha;t is wrecking and slr,oying the life and cha'racier of our men, and women, boys, d girls.

EDUCATION

One of the gr-eatest blessings, privileges we havc lS 1hal of ilCating I,he youth of our nation. ,May we rise tG this great ~ask Ilh all the energy there is, within our being, and pJ'ay God .1il 'lp us to accomplish this great task, tlh,at our ooming-on .9,cncra­ms mllY be ,file best a,nd most useful citizens possible.

Respec tfu] ly submi I ted,

D. B. :'.kCONNELL.

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'REPORT ON RELlEr AND ANNUITY New Executive Secretary

'On January Hi, 1947, Dr. Thomas J. Watts, 'executive seere­tary"o,r the Relief and Annui!ty Board for the past nineteen years. retired and Dr. Walter R. Alexander, associate 'executive secre­tary, was elevated t{) this~important pnsoltion. Officers of the Board

The ,twenty-ninth annual session of the Bonrd was Ibeld in Pallas {)n March 26, anld the following officers were eleoled: Dr. Wallace Bassett, president; Dr. W. Ma'rshall Craig, chairman of the executive' committee; Mr. Goorge .T. iMason, recording seert'­tary; Dr. Walter R. Alexander, executive secretary; Dr. R. S . .Tones. associate secretary; Mr. Orville Groner, treasurer-investments.

Nineteen hundred f{)rty-six was one 0{ the mos-t prGSperOlls years the Board Ihad ever known. r-.i.any new memhers WlOre en­rolled in the several plans through which the Bonrd serves .our Southern Baptist consHtuency. A tGt!!l of 2.ii41 new certificates were issued during t,he past year. Widows Supplemental Annunity Plan

Six other states qualifieU for par,licipation in the Widows Supplemental Annuity Plan as of J.anuary 1, 1947, bringing the t1tal number of states now participaHng in this plan 10 twelve. Jrt is expected that this plan will be operating in all the states and ,the District of rAllurnbia at .an early dnte. Relief

The high COSJt of living has made it necessary to heed the Yl'­

quests of hu:ndreds of those on I,he reHef roll for inerea,~e(i amounts. }\ofany others should receive raises amI will receive them when SGuthern Baptists make it possible. More than sixlleen 1111 ndr('(i Jook to the relief Idepartment for their Jivelih ood. Even sm a 11 amounts received by !these who served before there was anY' Relief

. and Annuity Bo.ard means the differPnce between 11lire W.lTIt an(1 more or less comf{)rt.

The calendar of d enomina-lionn I n clivi Ii es of the S 011 111 ern Bap:tist Conv-ention requ ests an 0 ff er i ng from t 11 e r.h u r('IH'~ thrnughout our Southern Baptist Con'vention during the monlh of April. \Ve WGuld urge all of our (',hurches to t!!kf' an offt'T'":ng fo.r the relief deparriment .of ,this Boar!d some time riming the year tJ/lat these old heroes ,o,f the cross ma,,' not suffer.

Respectfnlly submitted. \Y, L. RANEW.

The Association:!l Budget f(}r lhr ;\1iddlc Fioridll Baptisl ,\s­soci,alion includes ,the following .tIl ings a9d till' II 111 0;] n Is a 11owl'I ror each as srt opposite lhl' items to he silpportf'd, ),f inn tos, Cl pr k and Treasu rer __________________________ ~ :12.) ,llO Hcnt (AssGciaHonlll SupeYin,lcn:d cnl or ;\Iission nr,,-) __ _____ 100.110 Trllining U ni 0 n _ ____ _ _ ____ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2.1. (HI Broth eriHloo _ __ __ _ _ ___ _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2.1.1111 Su n d ay Seh 001 _ _ _ ____ __ __ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2;")'()() ,Yo .M. U. _ ______________________________________ ________ ;)0.0(1 \rodeT~IGr's Fund. Printing. El C. ________________________ ,HUm ),1 i see II a neous Fu n d _ ___ _ __ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2ii ,00

N P,v Jl ems no t in last yellr's Burlgr[: Expensf'-PlTbJiei ty Propospd Assembly _________________ 1 nn.oo

Tolal for llll causps _________________________________ ,", 71.1.1111

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REPORT ON FLORIDA BAPTIST OHILDREN'S HOME

. Our Children's tHGme continues t~ pu't forth every eff()rt to ass~st the unfortunate childr-en of th-e sta'le. It has not been able ~o .assist mOJ'e than a mere fraction of he children who have ap­plied for help in the past year. T1h-e number of half-orphans is increasing rapidly. 1)ivorce and desertion are wrecking thousand~ of homes in our state. The need for help among ch:illdren who have Qne {II' bolh parents living has exceeded that of any year in ~he last fifteen. Des-ertion leads tme field in causes {If dependency and divorce is second. Desertion is a parent of divorce. It pre­cedes a great number of Idivorces and is {)n-e of the chief evils of our home life t{lday. 'Ve deplore the rapid disintegration of so many 1O:f Ollr homes. It creates numerous problems in our church a'nd community life and hrings untold damage and suffering and hardship ,to thousanids ·of :innocent children.

The mana~ement oftihe tHorne tries to 'help as many of these children as possible, bu~ there are more than they can possibly assist. They plan -to emplDY a social wOil'k-er within the next as­s{)ciational year and possibly anoNler one later. It will be the duty of ~hese workers to investigate the cases asking help of the Home and t,o use every means at .their command to assist those who apply for assistance.

They JIave started const,ruction of the new Horne in Lakeland. Three new buildings are being erected with a fourth to be started wit,hin a c{)uple of weeks. Baptists of Florida (j;wn 51 acres of lllnid in the city of Lakeland and approximately 80 acres adjoinin~ which lies Dutside the city limits. They have room for pastu·re and truck farm and about thirty acres f.or a buildin,g sire, Th;e property borders the Lake Hunter Drive. The city owns 1he nar­row strip of ground between the street and the lake but it is un­d f'rstood j,hat tlh e childr·en can us'e the lake for fishing and boa.ting.

'Yhen ,[he dormit.ori£s are fill';Slhed, we sha 11 hav-e ODe of thp most modern and up-t{l~date imtitutions in the entir·e South, if not in thr nation. Each bullding for intermediates and seniors wl1\ he two stories high and will il()US'~ twen ty children, two children ina r{)om. The dormito.ri'es for .the juni ors will accom­modate twenty chiWlren, four children in a room, and the nur­sery will housE' sixteen Dhildrrn with four to n room, Each build­ing will have its own dining ,·oom. 11he~' are following th e coi­I age pI an throlJ;gh ou t.

TIlt' finan(',(!s or the insl :tulion hnvrheld up remarkalby well. The gifts haYe b('['n s11ffieient to meet \ he expense fort his yea ...

'Our ('h ildren nttend churcjh, Sunday S{'.hool, and Trnining Dni·on .at the First Baptist Church in Arcadia. \Ve recogni7:e Ihnl om efforts w{l,uld hnv.e heen in vain find Baptist money spent for charity only jf we negl eeteld the religious training of our children. Their heaM,h. lhoappiness, and success in life many times deprnds on theLr rcla.tionsh jp to God. The greatest benefits that any child ran have is the Im{)w1edge of God and an envir"o;nment in which l;in(1 ideals flJld eh ristian Jiving can develop nn~l grow stronger ~h'rough 111(' ~·eflrs.

Respectflllly s11bm itted,

G. F. AXDREWS.

MIDDLE FLORu)A MISSIONARY BAPTIST ASSOCl'ATION 21

REPORT ON THE NEW ORLEANS BAP11IST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Our Seminary in New Orleans started the present session with a new n.arne and a new president. The three years of Dr. Duke K. McCa]l's presidency were marked by far-reaching progress in .cv.ery line. Dr. Rolr.nld Q. Leavell assumed the presidency on July 1, 194(l. The nnme of the institutioln was changed at the Southern Baptist ConevntiDD in Miami from ,the Baptist Bible In­stitute to t;he New Orleans Baptist T1heological Seminary.

The change of name in no way indica~es a chang.e of P!}1icy on the pa·rt o{),f .the school nor change in the nature Of the student hody. ,During the past session there were 338 s-tudents enrolled, of wh!}m 135 were college graduates, 47 o1lhers had done some college work, and 156 were without college training. One 'dis­tinctiv·e fea lure of ,this Seminary is, and will remain to he, that ~"tndents with(mt co'Uege tr,a~ning who can keep up with the class­room work may enter and be ,trained rOO' ministerial and mission­nry service.

The present s-essi{),n opened wH-h a record breaking attend­ance. The faculty is at its maximum strength. The beautiful new men's dDrmio\ory' witJh a capacity for 96 students has been com­pleted, although the gifts from Southern Baptists have no-t been sufficient to pay fDr 'ii. Some memorial rooms ane yet av.ajJable for those giving $1,000, an'd gifts of *'200 for fl1I'nishing rooms are sought. These will oome, and n,o; debt will remain. The adminis­tration expresses deep gratitude for all generous giNs. Twenty new family apartment units have been made available by the F. P. H. A. for married ex-service men. Sc()ores and scores of min­isters are applying f.or admission who cannot be admibted on .ac­count of lack of Ih<)l1sing facilities.

Our scho!)] maintains three departments, the Seminary ide­partmen,\ fDr ministers, the missions and religious education de­<partment, and the department of sacred mu·sic. These are not separnte schools, but the work is intermeshed so as to gi".'e ever'y student a symp.a;thetic knowledge of .all fields, The spirit of t'vangelism is diffused thro.ughout all classes. Tlhe Bible is ,the basic, fundamental study in every department. The extension deparlmen.t is growing in usefulness, although co.rrespondenee COllrses arc not encouraged as a subg,titute for resident work. and credit for extension courses cnnnDt count to{ltward a degree.

Every dollar inve&ted in New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary does two; dollars' worth of Kingdom work. It does full value in" ministerial nnd missionary training and .a1so does a dol­lar's ,vorth of missionary work. Every student must take part regularly in some practicnl activity, such .as preaching in churches, slr,ret pren~h,jng, work nmong Negroes an!d Catholics, deputation missions in n fleet of buses, visitation in homes, teaching in mis­sion schools, group work in jails and rescue missions, kindergar­ten .and slum wo,rk, distribu·tion Of Bibles and tracts, and sc!}res of o'ther evangelistic activities. Every student mest make wriltcn repo!'ts w·eekly, and they cnnnot pass their classroDm work if re­ports on practical nctivities are omitted for three cons'ecutive weeks. Thus t'he student body is a mighty mission force in a ll'ee'd~' mission field.

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A printing press and a night school giving Seminary training to Negro preaeID:ers are two great Kingdom asset!t of the New Orleans Seminary.

A survey CIOmmittee of the Executive Committee of ·the S'outh­ern Baptist Convention reported the property of our Seminary as being wonh $558,626 and endowment amounting to; only $456.12. That commiUee voiced our need for at least $2,000,000 endowment. Our immediabe need is more housing space for students and more scholarshi<ps (};f $2'00 each for in!dividual students, for wJlich they will render services .to tlhi', insHtution or in missionar~' evangelism on needy fields nearhy.

HAZEL WOODAR'D.

REPORT ON STETSON UNIVERSITY Stetson hl4s entered upon its greatest year: with an enr(Jollment

that will reach approixmately 2,300. Enrollment of last year, n·o.t IDcluding summer school, was 1648. There were 003 veterans, 755 Baptists, 83 ministerial students, and 106 preparing flOr special Oh,ristian service. ""'e have on the campus ,the sons and daughters Of more pastors ·and Christian ],eaders than ever before.

Stetson University is growing by l.eaps and hounds, and im­mediaLe ·action is impera·tive. We must have buildings and equip­ment. Florida Baptists will meet· the challenge (Jof this hour. We have raised about :j4S0,OOO in cash anrI 8200,000 in subs! :mlial pledges.

To compJ.ete the million dollars pledged by the conevntion, w.e mus t fi r~ t vigorousl y presentS te,lson to our churches ; secondly, we must put Stetson in 'our ohurch hudget for next year. In ~Ihe third place where t,he church budget plan is nnt used, H is sug­geste:d that H special {)ffering be taken. With more than g50 churches working at this tas,k, we could easily raise 75,000 to 12fl,OOO do liars annually for -endowment and for ur"enth needed building.' M •

The co·nvenlion last year adopted the recommenontion t~hnt Stetson University he ineluded in our church budget.

. \Ve cn II upon our chureh es, our assodational leaders, and our State Mission Hoa-rd to ,get solidly behind thi~ undertaking, and the harevst of .~ouls, 'trained pr·eachers and leaders f,}r til e home :In'd i'oreign fields justify all our efforts. We enn't Slhnre this fel­lowship without p:uticilwtion.

. Firs,l, we recommend that each association appoint a 1l1ember to the State Commi nee 011 Christi an Education.

Second. that we encourage our peopl'e '10 remember Slcl.son in their wi)ls.

\Ve regret very I11llst the retiring of Dr. Allen from the Pres i­rlenc~' of o5l'et1>on University. Dr. Allen is a great man and has led ,s'[etson in n fine way and has made out of it a great Christi an in­stituUo.n. 'Ve :express to Dr. Allen our gratitude for ~h:s fine Chris­linn 110(1 unselfish leadership. 'Ve 'pr·ay that G'old will bless him .mel speedily re~tore him his health.

Respectfully signed, DEWEY:MANX

MIDDLE FLORIn A MISSIONi'I.RY BAPTIST ASSOCI'ATION 23

AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY

The World Must Have the Bible 1. J CSllS Christ is the nne hope of men and nations ... , and

The Bible is the one primary soume of iknowledge of Christ. 2. In every missionary advance the Bible goes forward first. 3. The Bible i'lsel[ is a missionary. It can go where the human

missionary cannoL go, stay when he must leave, ·and keep o,n working in a man's !heart.

Giving the Bible to the world is a! missionary task. 1. Every man must have the Bible in his own native langunge

if .the message of Christ is to speak effectively to his heart. 2. Someone must translate the Bible into ·his Innguage, print

it, and sen'd it to him whcrever Ih·c li'vcs. Since most people in the world are ,lao poor to pay the cost of hooks, solme­one must also give to help those who Can pay only part ,or the eost and many who cannot pay at all.

3. Thr American Bible Society, supported hy giHs, serv;es as that "someone". As a missionary .organization, it aids in Bible tr.anslaL{);n, publishes tbe Scriptures wibboTht note or comment, and distributes t,hem, without profH and usuaJ]y below cost, for use in mission wOTk throughout the world.

During 194G the American Bible Society--distrb:uLed aL home and abron'li over 11 million volumes o[

Scri p tures ; -sent to .1apan more than 1-3 million Gospels and more than 1-3 million of the 2% million New Testamen'ts requested hy Japan esc Chris ti,an leaders; -Slh·ipped to Germany ov:er 1 million Scr~pture volumes anll 205 t'ons of materials for a self-help plan by which the German people and the German Bible Societies will do the actual prinL­ing of 11 t least 1 million full B;bles.

Southern Baptists can lead in providing ENOUGH Bibles for world needs NO'Y!

1. Hungry-Il c11rtrd multitudes, especifliy in libera,ted coun­Ir:('s, G('rl11nn~' and .Japan, are enger for the Vlord of God. But it is a race ngainsL timc. Their eagerne.~s mflY not J.nst ill definH cly and opposing forces are activel~' at work.

2. The Bible 1S raHoned throughout the worTd, as it ha~ al­wa~'s been raUo;neri in mission J.aD,lis. beeatlse the supply is 1 i 111 i I cd by gifts a vail fI hI e.

:1. In 1 !J4n, Southern Baptist~ gav-e ~lBO;55() to the American Hi hIe Sod ely; total clmrch gi fts \ven $1,110,845. Incre a~ed gi rts from Southern Bnplists will help to provide enough Bibles now ,and will multiply Iheir yallle hy inspiring Otll ers to givE' mo:re. Please send gifts to tlhoe Baptisl ~tate he.nd­quarter~ office, marked "for the American Bible Society".

4. A \\'orldwide m:ssionflry a'dYanee, ·through increased Sc~ip­ture distribution, wnits! .... Wnits onl~' for needed funds!

CARL \V. BURNETT.

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24 MINUTES OF FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION

REPORT OF THE RADIO COMMISSION, S. B. C.

The young-est agency of the Southern Baptist ConventiOft is The Radio Commissioll1, S. F. Lowe, Director, with headqual'ters .at 427% Moreland Avenue N. E., Atlanta, Georgia.

'Since 1941 the Radio Commission has broadcast the Baptist Hour for at leas-t three months 'every year, with two three-months periods in 1945. The Baptist Hour prog.rams in April, May and .lune 1\)47 were evangelistic and designekl tll' promote all that Sou.thern Balltists are doing in ,the L-eld of evangelism. These programs also supporLed Dr. C. E. i\Iatthe~vs, S~cretary of Evan~e­]ism Thc Home Mission Board, in launchmg Ius pr().gram to enlIst one 'million Baptists ,to pray daily for a spiritual awakening.

Tille Hadio Commission has launched two new services during the past yeai. First, a special transcribed program is being, pro­vided for use in rGovernmenl hospitals. It is a d·a ily uevoNonnl designed to meet the spiritual needs o-f sick service men. Forty­sel\'iCn hospitals are using them and others are asking for ,them. The Commission is seeking to meet this growing opportunity.

Second, the 'Radio Commission is l~unching a transcription service ,to local churches through wh;chplan n good two-speed r·eoord player ·Lhat can play both phoIlio:graph and rad:o records and which retails f,o,r $150.00 is nff'ered to churches for $100.0!}. The ra(li.o records are made available to ohurches in llUclwges of ;four reeords 1)er package all a rental hm;is of $4.00 per package wlhich includes cost of cxpr:css, packing, processing and program­ming. Churches are already using these rec.ortds in B. T. U., Sun­day scho,ol, prayer meeting, in church after Sunday school on days other >than "preaching day," and in hospit.uis and other in­sti tutions in the community. Tlhis Jlromis'cs to he one of the best services of the Comm;ssion.

The record library o,f the Cll'l11mission is available for usC' Dver local radio s,tations.· Hundreds of stations broadcast some of tllese programs !dlling the current Y:C'Hr, with 03 sta,tions air:ng " series of programs ,o,n the Chistian home during Christian Home 'Week of this year. Tlh'ese reeords arc aavilahl e free f.or hrond­cast ov,cr loeal radio stations, Lbough there is a moriest rental when the reeords ·are used in the l,o(~al (',I1I11'e11e8.

The Commission cOOllel'~iles with other ageneies in the Con­vention j n broarieasLing dcsired by tIlt' agencies. During the cnr­rent year in response to the Y. 'V. A. Dept. of Woman's .Missi,o;JHlry Union. the Commission aranged for the broadcasLing Of the series ('uti tl cd "All Ah(rar:(l For Ad vent.ure," over 27 );,1 atiolls. Currently it is cooperading with the Home lIIission Board :n ,airing the Good News Hour over (jj sLations, and with the Executive ChmmiUee, S. B. C., in broadcasting "THE PROV-:\'iE HOUR" over apprO'xi­'mal eJy if}()' stn,1 ;ons, and with til e Bap list Brotherhood in arrang­ing foJ' the brondcastlng of a sprci.ul pN),gram over 100 sta lions nIl Laym~n's Day, October 12.

'During thl' llll'eting of tilw Southern B[lp·jjst Conv·enti on in St. Louis the Commission broacasl ""M televis'on programs.

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The forecast ll'f able radio leadership is thal by 1!l50t tele­vision will be broadoast on a national scale. What will Southern '13aptists enab] e their Radio C>()mmissio n tu do about preparing ,10

use this new an\i mGst !effective medium of mass communication? The PM Station is ,the new type of station which will make

it possible for Baptist institutions and local groups to· own and oper,ate staolions for llhe glO'l'Y of the Lord.

Hadio-this modern method of communicating the gospel to th c masses of people in this critical period of world his,I'o'ry >o"ffers Baptis 1s an unp receden ted cha Henge. Whal will be th eit response '!

J\L .T. HICKS, SR.

BAPTIS'l' BOOK STORE

Throug.h the expanding program of Florida Baptists, the nap­tist Book Store, 21B 'Vest Olmrch Street, Jacksonville, Flori'da, has ste,adily kept pace with the needs and r.euqirements Gf HI(' 'I<lrious churches. Growth in any Dne department naturally affects any other department. In this we fe,eJ that ·Lhe B():ok Store has ren­Jered a very definite service.

The re~son for establishing book stores throughout ,the entire hounds of Ithe Southern Baptist Convention is that churches may be served more pnompt'ly and efficiently than when it must. JH' OrdL'l'e'd from another dCD{)minational house or even from outshle the s tate limits. All chu ra!J, sllppli es can be secu red through YOU!' own state boo:k stone, or they will render the service in ioca ting it for you.

During the year much progress has been made in the ativanec­ment of Church Libraries. Realizing that "a man is h'mself plus the bOGks he r,eads" and that "information is often the source or inspirati-{];fl", we know that libraries haye a very dcf:nite part iil the firmly rooting of an en,lire constituency. \Ve, would reCOlll­mend the seri ous eonsideration of a libr,1ry for every chureh. SpccJa\ terms are avai I able H1H\ ('Vl'r~' effort is m u'dr to present a r(,[Hli ng pr<lgram to nil members.

It llas been said tha·1 one picture is worth 10.()01l words. The Visual Aid.~ Department has been established, earefully ('(juipperi, fln(1 effir:iently manage(l. Anything from wall maps, hI a('.\(ho"rds, OjJaquc projectors, slides and film mach:nes can be obtained, Vi'e lire a l.~o the agent for renHng an~' film that you mlgh 1 wish to show in your clJUrch. •

A very Dew servic.e has been added in the seeuring oj' Caril­Ionic Bells and Chimes fo-r churches. Tlh'ese are ideal witnesses throughout tIH' land, ealling the people to worship. T:hey flrc also 1 h (' 'llle[lns for prod 1I eing li viug III em orials. .

First ,and foremo,<;-I it is the purpos'e and plan o,f the Baptisl Book Stores that we render "n effic:ent serv.iee. This is YOllr ldrnominational book stor·e. \Ve would u'rgE" that you give us nn {lpporlunity ·to prov,e our ..,,'orlh awl WI' know that we wi1l giy(~

you a '\"'el"~' prompt delivery on nny Ilrders t,hat reach us.

),1 C. WOODAHD.

26 MINUTES OF FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION

REPORT, ON THE CO·OPERATIVE PROGRAM AND TITHING

S{)u,lhern Baptists in recent years have had three major fi­nancial obj ecti yes: (1) to get rid a f the old debts upon our boards and instituLrions, (2) to promote 'lhe CO-f)rperative Program for the equitable support of all Dur work, and (3) to ·enlist Hthers to pro­vi'de a permanent, dependable, systematic support for all our causes, local, state and worldwide.

Thanks tv God and our people, we became "Debl-free in '43," we now l1()pe we can remain debt .fr,ec and carry vn but owe no man anything su'v:e love.

Our co-operative pr{l,gr.am continues to grow in favor. All our slale organizations and agencies approve of it, and 75 percent of our churohes c{)nlributcd through it in 104G.

Bul our e'o~o'Perative Program rece;pls are noL sufficient to meet the imperative immediale needs of our causes. All our in­stitutions are full and running anr. Our ao:lleges and seminaries turned away hundreds last year for lack of rOQo.l1. Then the prop­erty {)f 'Our Foreign Mission Board calls fDr $5,000,000 tD puL it back as it was bef.ore the war. Other millions are ne~ded to care for pathetic calls and unprecedented opportunities.

To help meet these ~nl,arged needs a spec,jal tithing campaign has been launched. All our convenHons anld agenc:,es ar,e co­operating in its promotion. Each slale hns adopted n liUjing goal for 11lt7. Ollr state tithing goal is iiO,OnO.

Recomm enda t.ions

~We nrgentl~' and prayerfully recommend:

1. That every chumh enter full-length and full-strength into the special tithing eHoN seeJdng; (1) to enlist at Jeast one­fomth of its members as tithers, and (2) t,o, get all its mem­bers 10 hring their whole tithe into the Lord's hous,e for at least three months, October, Nov~mber, and December.

z·. TllJ~lt Odober 5, or near,est convenient Sunday, be observed as Ti Lhers' Enlistment J).a~· in all tleparLmen'ls and at a II ser"ices of' our churches.

3. Thn t where poss':ble all or a major part of Lhe tithing re­ceipLs in October, November, and December be given to. Hw Co-operative Pl'o'gr:mJ causes to help meet the dire n[~eds of (J·ur denominational agenci'es.

'1. That the Every-11embcr Canvass be put on f.aithfully in e.'very CJimrch and that every effort be made to mnintn.i 11

and enl nrge the number of hlhers. 5. '11IJ at the pInns and suggestions of our sl ate {J'rgan-'zation

,iI nd the Ex'e cuti ve Committe e of ;t he Southern Ba p ti s t Con­vention he llSed in seeking to enroll

A MILLION SOUTHERN BAPTIST TITHERS FOR CHRIST

PAUL HEKDHY

1\UDDLE FLORIDA MISSIONARY BAPTIST ASSOCI'ATlON 2i

ASSOCIATIONAL B. T. U. REPORT

The Training Union w{)rk {)f {Jur Association has been largely a local church matter this year. The :resigna~ion {)f the f'irst­elected director an'd the appointment of a new direct{)r naturally did nD,j help the Ass'Oeiational \v'O,rk any. Even though we were not able to contact the churches as we would have liked to, tlh,ere has been some local accomplishments worthy of o:ur obs'eravti'()ll. 10 clmrches now have Training Un'ion work. !l of the ehurches hdd Tra':ning Union Study Courses.

V'/i'lh the election of a new director and n'ew officers, may we jook forward to a mor.e fruitful year Of service. ,\Voe urge the co­operation of each B. T. U: with your new dir,ect{)r. 1IIay each church realize the .nee'd of a Scriptural training program.

Respectfully submitted,

M .. J. HICKS, JR.

MIDDLE FLORIDA W. M. U. REPORT

The four M'iddlc Florida W. :M. U. Hallys which were held during '1111'e year were well attended and a gDod spirit Df devotion t,o duty prevailt1d ,at each.

First at Pin-etta in January when Miss Elizabeth Provence, State Worker, and Mrs. George Davis Df South Ca\·c.Jina W. M. U., conducled a '-IV. III. U. Me1hods Clinic.

Theme for the Apr:l meeting at Lee was Stewardship ,1nd Evangelism. The devotional by i1Uss Holderman, ,and a talk b~r Rev. Dewey Mann of Perry Baptist Church, "",ere most inspiring.

Young peoples meeting in July, Madison, was an outs'tanding event with the Jargest attcndance, and presi'd~d {)v;er by Mrs. (;.len .J. Hicks, Young Peoples Leader.

.Mrs. !II. D. l\'bnter, Associational Secretan', pr,esided at 11ho nnnuul meeting in Sept. held at Fol-ey. 'Guest missionary speaker ]'or the day was Miss Thurman ,If Nigeria.

One new Society was organized during the year at Hopewell whicb is doing excellent work. ,0

HespectJully submitted,

PEARL BRYAN (MRS. R. D.)

Assodutional President.

TABLE II-SUNDAY SCHOOLS OF MIDDLE FLORIDA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, YEAR ENDING OCTOBER I, 194.7

CHURCHES SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERIN'l'ENDEN'l'S AND ADDRES~ES

SUNDAY SCHOOL ENROLl,MEN'f V. B.S.

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j[~~,.,< :~ iill H~~§;~~~if;} ~~\ ;~;I:\i '!~Ii::'::' t ~116~3·6~.i ·'I:i·'~9-0·'··1 ~~~ ~f~ ::: '514

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1: ::54:,0'·1 11 ·"'~::: '.' :.' :'::'::': '.:.1 tm; Cherry Lake... OC 1937 M. J. Hicks. Jr., Lce, Fla .................. 2&4 ~ "CO Yes, \ 1.250.00 ..... "" Eli,abeth .... " IS31 ............................... 2&4 5 l051':0 1 {.OOO.OO ....... . F"ley ................... 'l'1930PauIHendle)'.Fol.Y,Fla......... E'"ch \'1 'I 17 I 150 30')Y05 .......... 3.000.00 ........ . Friendship" ............. 0TC 1920F.A.Parker,Perr)',Fla. .................. 2&4 97 "'9'.. 5.... 1780011 51 751Yes 9.54"'_';',5'0'0'.'0'0' \,500.00 ....... .. Gre.nville ............... 1857 R.E.Merrill,Groonville,Fla ............... Gach 17 I 81 ]61 Yes! 60D.OO 17.597.00 .... . Hopew el1. .............. V 1904 W.B.Horton,Le",Fla .................... 1&3 61"'3'1· 3 I '''4'9' "'3'.;.1 138~;ies"I' 2,000.00 ... 000.00 .... . Lam'mt..... V 1890 R. C. RiUenhouse, Madiwn, Fla......... 2 3 I, _'! I .......... 5.000.00. l.ee ..................... 'l'190SD.P.I-Iendry,Greenville,FI"......... 1&3 21 I I }6 33\' l\-f~o I 72.00 2,000.00 ........ . Macedonia .. ,....... OC 1865·E(.A.lvlilton, Uve Oak,FIa .. " ..... "''' .. 2&~ 4 21 .. 23 I 147 70 26310'Xee5s'll 1 10'000.001 ....... .. Madison............... 'l' 1839 John Caylor, Jr., Madison, 1"1...... 8ach 5 17... 17 2 630 "1'0'0' I II· "'i;S06:66 37.500.00 ....... . Mayo ................... 'l'190SM.B.Archibald,Mayu.Fla ............ 8ach 3 4 I 4 5. 130 "30"".!""_,, .......... 5.000.00 ........ . Midw"y ............. "" OC 1856 W.B. Borton, Lee, Fla .................... 2&4 13 6 2.... I liS 56

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231 I Yes 1,13:i:-ii 3,341.00 .... " .. . Mosley Hall. ........ OC 190' T. A. GoodmaD, Shady Grove, FIa .......... 1&3 3.... .... 2 65 25 90\';-';0 I fl: 1,000.00 ....... .. Mt. Gilead .............. gg 1850 C. J. Lewis, ShadY Grove. Fla .............. 1&3 I ........ ''':i 3... 40 ... iii 40 ~o ......... 600.00\

N.!>!,~w·OHJi,~me·e·(·':[;.d·i~o·n·)·.·.·.·. OC \~~83LC·CJ.JHicks,S.Thr··dLeeG·,Fla··F·I··············· 1&23 6 4 .... I I 6571 I" Z~I:=e5'1 II" .. 33.80 290°000.0000' - ." C " .. eWlS. a y rove. a.............. ......... , "1_,0 .. ' . . Nc-w Horne ('l'aylor).... 194IAlvaHorton,Pcrry,Fla" ................. Each 10 16 2 25 ..... 210'Y05"1 . 2,500.00 7,500.0°

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N.wHopef"I ........... gg 1877 arl Webb. Lee, Fla ........... " ......... 2&3 I.... 5 28 6 3+iYes 1 150.00"." ..... 3,000.00. N"w Macedonia ... '..... 1873 J. W. JohDsoD, Pe1<J, FIa .................. 2&4 .j 5S,Ko I ........ .......... 600.00

Oakland .. "....... C m~ i:i~,;.~yMann,Perr~:iil;.: ...... :::: .... Each 15 51 19 479 182 "i;Gi!Y';\''''; "5'066'00'8;000:00 iOB:06o:0 ::::::::: ~r,:::rt;,-.·.:::::::::::::::: V 19I5[M.J.J-licks.Lee,Fla ............... 1&3 6 114 76 190'I'yesl"'~I":' : .......... 1,500.00 ...... . Pine Grove ............ " OC 1860 M. J. Fowle<, Day, Fla..... .. . ....... 1&3 6 .... 5 109 Yes I ............ "... 1,500.00 Pi"gah .................. OC 1918F.A.Parker,Perry,Fla ................... 1&3 2.... 43 10, 53 Yes II 331.60."". 1,500.00 .. . Pleasant Gwve (Lay.) .... OC 1900 R. W. Henry, Branford, Fla..... . . . . . . . . ... 1&3 3 I 113 25' 138,No I 147.55 ........ .. 2,M7 .55! ...... _. Pleasant Grove (T .. y.) .... OC 1879 J. W. Johnson, Perry, Fla................. 1&3 I I . 36 26 621Yes 1 I 235 00 .......... 1,000.001 .. · .. · .. Riverside ................ OC 1904 CadWe?!:?,Lee.Fla ........ · ................ 2&1 I I. 50 83 133l'io I.......... .......... 2,000 00

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...... , .. SaoPed<o ............. OC 1888R.L.WlJilams.Madlson,Flo. ............... 2&4 11 2.... 154 Yes 21 .................... 2,00000 ..... " .. S·n'ons ................. V 1909C.J.Lewis,ShadyGrov •• Fla .............. 4 I 20 ..... 20~0 1 I ............... " ... 1,000.00 ....... .. o;reinhatchee ............. V 1930 Vernon Moq;an, Athena,Fla ............... 1&3 .... 17 .... 17':-10 I: ..... "' ..... ,.' 2,500.001 ...... . _S_'-_I_o_h_D_'_._._._ .. _._._._._._. _"_'_'_'1_0_(._' 1946 M. J. Fowler, D .. y, Fla ............... " .. 2&4 __ 9 ----.2 __ 8 _'_'_' __ .:.:.:.:..:..:.:..:...:.,~~IYes i __ 11 2,500.00........ 6,000.00 I ,2(,.L~

TOTAL".......... ............. .................... 140 193 16 2181 32, 5.1,HQII.2355,395 .1 42%10 918.H$22,50U 00:;2H,169 05;'<1.26-1,.36

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-------------------------------Brew"" Lake ........... - .. Mrs. Deloris Townsend. Mayo, Fla ........... , . . . . . . I .... 20 . . . . 20 . _ .. :f 58. 15 :$ 3 I . on B\!rton .................. Mrs.D.B.Leggett,Perry,Fla ............ ,., ... , ... 11.... 119............ 640.'\5 95.0(\ Central., ................ Mrs. W. S. Horn, Aucilla, Fla....................... 1.... 1 .... , ....... ' .. ' .'.' .... .... 3-4.12 Cherry Lake ......... _ .... MrS. A. E. Aiken, Madison, Fla ........... ,......... 1.... 1 15............ 7 10.00 16.00 Foley .... _ ...•..•........ Mrs.A.Cothran,Foley,Fla. __ :..................... I 1··'j ' .. j 5 22 6 10 .... ··ili '·48 ., .. 28.17 285.47 Greenville ...•.......•.... Mrs. Mildred Slaughter, Greenville, Fla.. . . . . . . . . . . . . I. . . . J 30. .. . 82.20 150.90

~~g~~:~I::::::::::::::::: ii;.~IJi:i~~"t"~o~~dt~~'J;'~a::::::::::::::::::::::::: \1:::: I 30.... . '9'0. '19291' .:43'7: 3n~ Madison ................. Mrs. C. W. Cantey, Madison, Fla. ......... , ... _..... 11.'.' I 'i~o :::: 932.15 Mayo .................... Mrs. OlaWinburn, Mayo,Fl ......................... I.... 115.... 75.00 51.75

g:~:~a~.e:~~~~i~r~::::::: ~s,T~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~:~~~:.::::::::::::::: ::::::: ... ~I:::: ... : ... ~ ... ~ ... ~ . _'I~ :::: .. I~ ..• 4 •. 5 .::: .• :~ .: ~~:~ :., :~~:~~ Perry .................... Mrs.W:M.Beatty,Pcrry,Fla ................. , .. _. 1 1 2 2 I 7128 18 28

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2-1 12 210 162 134.00 1,022,85 pjnetta .................. Mrs. Johnie Holli"gsworth, Pinctta, Fla, .......... _.. I .... I 12... ........ 6 b 28 87.46 rlne Grove ............... Ivlrs. R. C. Burnett) Madi~)n, Fla .. " ... , ....... __ . 1 '" _ 1 22. . ___ '. .. _'" 14\ 15 Pleasant Grove (Lat.) ... , .. Mrs. M. M. Jones, Mayo, Fla ...... , ... ' ........... [ __ 11':":':"':'':'':':''':'':'':'':'':' _. '_' __ J ~ ~I:"':"':":' ~.:..:.:...:..:..:..:...:..:..:..:..:. ~ __ 1 ~

TOTALS, ................ __ ........................................ 16[ 2 S 3 3 30 497 2-1- ·\0, 281 27 178: 187$636 46$1983 On

TABLE III~TRAINING UNION OF MIDDLE Fl,ORIDA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, YEAH ENDING OCTOBEH 1, 1!J47

Clr~:RC[-![C~ TRAINING U"IO:-:: D!RIi'.:TOkS AND AD[)Re;~,E,-;

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201 1 66 -40.... .. . CentraL.... .. . .. .. .. . .... ............................................ 1,1. • .. 1 I J 4 19 12 6 101 51 52 34 . ' .. . Cherry La\::e .............. Mrs,R.A.Jones,M"disoD,Fla .... , ............ I: .... I I 1 4 ~.. II ~I 3

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'I 26 18 ..... Ye. Elizabeth ........ __ .. " ... Mrs. Lillie Walker, Aucilla, Fla .... ", ... "..... 1, I, 1 I 1 5 20 14 15 1, 16 7 95 I'oloy .................... Mrs.S.A..Touchtotl,Foley,I'la ................ 11 I 1 22729111728171 5107 60 .... . Frie.ndshiI)·· . __ ...... " _ .. Hubert ~furpby, Peery, Fla ......... - ....... '" '. 'I .. , . . ... ' _ .. ' .... _. r, _ 40 30 . " .. Gr~llvilh:, .. , .. _"" .. ", G. L. Hutto, Greenville, Fla .. , ...... _ ........ _. 11.". 15 .... 19 10 _ "" ... 44 35 .... . 1i.npewell .. , .. , .. " ....... Clarenc,";' Kelly, Madison. Fta - .... "........... "1" - .. , .. - .... - - .. ') 5':> 30 .... -l.aIllunt ... " . _ ........ , .' Mrs. A. W. ReaID::'i, Lamont, Fla. ........ , . '" " . 1 - 1 3 12 '8. , . . g. - .,. - ... 28 20 Madlson .................. WilburRuthedord,Madison,l>la., ............. 111 ... 1. 510 1036

62-15 '8

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385

470,y.:,,~, Mayo. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . Mrs. R\!bye J Breare, Mayo, Fla. ............ 4 12 _" ~ew Hon •• (Taylor) ...... V. L. FOlsom, Perry, Flli-...... ........ ... ... Ii I 5 15 7 12 11 7 ... __ ... 52 ......... . ~.wHopeful ............ JohnW.lson,MadJ,;on,1'la ............. ' .. ". 11.... .... J 17 .... .... .... .... 3 20 15, .. Perry .................... Mrs.RuthEIl::in5,Perry,FI" .... , ............. (11 1 I I I 51212 28 3818 4112 621'.'. ' .. ' I;'inetta .. __ ............... Mrs. Aoil Jackso,!, Pinetta, Fla .... ' .......... I, I.... I 1 4 18 13.... 8 121 5 S6 25 ......... . St.Jobns ................. Mrs.ArclllcNoIT1s,Lovett,I'la......... ....... II 1....... .... 2 ' .. ····1-··· ... '''·1··'·'··' 38 ...... - ....•.. --1---------------

TOTALS ...................................................... 15 9, 11 1-4 12 61 235 8" 178 174 129 3·\ 976 442 ......... .

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TABLE VI-GIFTS FOR LOCAL WORl\. OF CHUHCH, MIDDLE FLOIUDA BAPTIST A:::>SOCL-\TlOK, YEAH ENDING OCTOBEH 1, IHi7

CHlJl{CllES

Athe.na ..... . AudIta. Bl.;.ulah ...... ,. __ "'_ Bn.:WL"T Lake ... , ... . Burt(>tl., ..... _ ... _. Ct::.nl.ra.l •••.•.• _ •••. , .. __ • Cherry I.ake ............ . Eljt. .. \bf::lh ..... . Foley ......... . Fricnd:.-;hip .... _ G.rec[lville .... __ .... . H(lpewcH _ . _ ... __ ..... _ Lamont .. _ •... _ Lee .. _. __ . _'" _ ...... _ .. IvlacedOllia .... _ ..... _ ... . 1I.ladisol1 ...... _ ..... __ .. . ~f~LYO __ ••••• _. _ •. __ " •.. Midway ........... . ~1o~ley Han. _ ... _ ...... . Mi. Gilead ......... " .. . Mt. Oliye .............. . New Horae (Madison) .. _. New Bome (Taylor) ..... . New Hopeful. .......... . New Macedonia ....... __ . Pe["cy ................. _. Pinetta. _ .............. _ .. Pme Grove ..... _'" '" _. I.J1sgah .... _ •.•. _ .....•. -Plea.sant Grov~ (Laf.) .•... Pleasant Grove (Tay.) ... . Riverside _ ..... _ ........ . San Pedro .... _ .......•.. Sirmans_ ..... _ .......••• Ste.inhatchee ... _ ...... _ .. St. Jobns ............... .

'l'OTAL5 ......... .

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~~ ]$~ I ~~;S £~ h 5J~~ 1 ~ ~I g g ~e R. H. Ezoll. Perry, Fla........... "" i"1.040.00 $'is ... ,::.=; 1O.00

1$lG5.00 ~~-$-98'8-l!S33:2s1''i' I,ooo.ool~ f' ~~ 22:;; 2.42~

:Mrs. N.W. Bi<hop. Atioilla.Fla.. 160.00 ......... _" ......... , 60.00 ............ ,...... 1 ...... 1 3028

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25028 JolmieThomas, Lee,Fla......... 240.00 141.5Q......... 80.00... 25.25; .........•. I'" 10.00 4%75 W.C.Willd"rweidle.Da)".Fla.... BOO.OO 18.00" ...... 130.16.. 215.47[1000 891831000 2B.50 2.16211 W.J.Porter.Perry,.Fb.......... 1.625.00 104.37

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10.on 170.00... 118.291

35.50 ... ".. 2.0('31{, Oliver Scruggs. Aucilb. Fla ........... " ..... " 710.00 18-1,.92 70.00 206.50."". 206.72....... 72.80 652°

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1.528.1-1 J.W.CasoD.Madison.Fla................. 600.00 37.07......... 41.51 n.20 1->5. 8°1'............ .... "'~_50'o~9 799.58 Nor", .. nBa.rtslield, Aticilla.FI"............ 480.00 929.59: 93.10 136.00..... 183.29 "."'" 566:.i~.' ,,2.388.42 W. R. Rice. Foley. Fla... . ............... 2,372.70 350.381......... 457.31.... 577 .09 ....... 200.00 28.17 4,.235.94 Geo. D. Bendry. Perry. Flu __ ............. 2·10.00 ..... " ... 1· .. ·..... 165.00..... 96.49

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165.32 .......... " ... .... 766.81

~iln .. ~b~11~d!::~~F;~I~:~I~ __ .-:::::::::: ..... 2.~~~:gg .. 1:~~0::2,::::::::: ".3:4:00 :::: ..... ~~2:16 ::::::: '26:00 :::::: ~gUg 'I·~~U~ rr

A,· ~)~a RuLth CFa=Pbell. Lamont. Fla......... 62630 . 00 lZ.4

000,.. '8.·~8' ~IS5 'S25 ...... 6

6.\1.46....... 226.25 786 .. 3

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0'. A.H~:d~so~~'Le~~·FI~::::::::::::::::::::: 85i:gg 1~1:20 ~. 2~5:0g ::::: H2·g~I"'''''' .......... "'" 218.4-3 l.~it7~ L. R. Woodard. M~disoD, Fla .. " .. .. ........ .. 3.250.00 2,862.92; 815.97 760.85 . 398.64 133.39 3.707.30: ::,:::: 70.00 11.999.07 Mrs. Irene Gordon. Mayo.Fla ................. 2,400.00 364.75:......... . ..... 305.21124.53 267.54 .. " .... 136.90 33 .. 509681 .. 9143.". MissWilliePhilllps.Lee.Fla ................... 1.04.0.00 9.44i 110.00 250.00...... 206.46 114.06 1.132.71 .. ".... 198.47 Mrs. A.. W. Sapp, Greenvllle.FI', ............. " 298.00 45.35 1 ...... ". 75.00...... 38.80....... .......... ....... 10.00 467.15 J. W. Eakins. Lamont. Fla __ ·.. . .. . . . . . . . .. .. .. . 55.00 ""'" __ .. 1 ••• " . • • • 74.74 ...... "'''''' ............ ".. 129.74

r.ii~~i/;~~~)~~~~~:liI!.I.".::::::::::::::::: 2g~:gg II~:MI::::::::: ~~:bg :::::. ~~:~~. 61.00 "i:806:66 ::::::: 1.g~:~1 J.M.Bale. Perry, Fla ......................... 2,600.00 127.68 300.00 187.49 ...... 133.49 89.75 8.719.67 ....... "·;ii;6:.i:i 12.424.40 Mrs. J. R. Wilson, Madison. FI"................ 499.96 161.09 23.55 53.16 ... '" 23.17 ....... ........ 259.63 71.30 1.098.69 T.W.Herritlg.Groenyille.FI .... ""............ 165.90 12.00 ......... 43.00 ......... . .... ... 100.00....... ......... 320.90 W. J. Burtl, I>erry. Fh........................ 3.600.00 5.694.281......... 872.97 "'''' 858.63'29.47 910.65

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....... 4.014.41 15,980.41 W.GDowuing.Pinetto..Fla ................... 900.00 286.16 9.42 ............... 99.72 6.40 .......... 25.00 ......... 1,326.70 Mrs. Frank Davis. Madi;on. Fla................ 495.00 17.40, 40.50 57.00...... 25.77 ....... 382.57....... 41.89 1.065.17 W. D. Powell. Perry. FI ...... " ........... ..... ~3006 .. gg .... 1.;7:551 .... 40 :

00.. I-O'~ .. OOI" ............ 39.55 26.50.......... 480.05

M.M..Jones.Mayo.Fla....................... ~ 1 T 7 12.00._............... 703.74 Entest 'tedder, Shady Crove, Fla.......... .... . 144.00 235.00 .... _.... 54.43 ".... .. ...... ""'" _ ...... " ......... 432 .34 ChftonShiver. Perry. FI........................ 300.00 21.651 32.00 86.60...... 37.04...... ........ . ...... 19.80 507.59 OIiverCruce. Perry, FJo..._ .............. ".... 730.00 1.60 35.00 130.00...... 87.27 40.00 .......... 30.00

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......... 1,056.87 Mts.C .. rrieStokley,Creenville.FI"............. 9'/;.70 14.401 ........ ·1 56.00 ............. " 7.00 ......... ,."" ... "..... 172.10 E. F. Buehler, Steinhatchee, Fla ............... lSO.OO ......... ......... 50.00 ...... 24.92 " .... _ ............. " ... _....... 25 ... 92

~~~~~~~~ :£.~i~~.e~~ .~~~~~i.l~e: .~~~ ...... :::: .:::::: $31. ::::~: ~;~:~~~: ;~.~; :~;; :~~ $S .7::::~ ~~~. ~o ~~:~~~:9~1~~;~:;; ~;~:;;; :~; ;~~~:~~I~~:~~; :~; $84, :::::;

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,-"{lllltCHI·:;" IJIRHCTORc; OF MEN'S IlR(\n{r:H H(IOl):; ,\N n A.rHllU\S~lI\S

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~~~ Friendship,_ .. _ ..... __ ..... _ ... ,._.... _ .. ,, __ .. _ Xu .... _ .. _.1 12.151 9:"'-'_1 618.9? N\I Greenville,_. . _.'" Lam,L~ -Andrews: Grccu·v,illc::! Fb_ ... 1{o 4.957 .36i 7:::?:.OO~ '18 1

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~:~~~.d .. :........ ~~5L~!:e'i-i~~ 'c'~gb':';';': p'';'~y: iii;":::::::::::: .. U~5:j; 94.50 52.32' i5S:26 . iji)js .... ii i:74 ::::::: . i ij:2s ':i;'ii:i: is . is::i9:i:56 Hnetta................. J. W. Downing:. Pinetta, Fla................... 42.98 31.50 4.00 40.00 ....... 31.02....... 149.50 1.476.20 HneGrove .............. FranI::Davis.Madisoa,Fla ................. ,.. 240.00 14.00 ....... 10.50 1.1.00...... 51.67 '-i;j5 346.92 1.553.24 Pisgah ................... J. H. Lundl'. Perry. Fla... .................... 20,00 5.00....... 10.00 35.00 515.05 Pleasant Grove (La!.) .. _. Mrs. LlIlie Mae Jackson. Mayo, Fin............. 89.27 7.00....... %.27 800.01 Pleasant Grove (Tay.) ..... Ernest Tedder. Shad,' GCO\'o. Flo- ....... : ..... , ""...... 2.00 "..... . . .. .. ....... 2.06 434.40 Riverside ................ D. F. Allen. Mayo. Fl" ............. ,..,. _....... 20.00 10.50..................... .......... ____ " 3: 13 ....... 33.63 541.22 (O .. n Pedro .......... , ..... 0livccCruce, Perry.Fla....................... 306.87 17.00 ....... 4.76 ....... 58.42 75.27 25.00 ....... 13.18 503.12 1,559.99 Sir'n .. n' .................. Kellv Bailey. Greenville. Fla................... n.45 3.35....... ....... ....... 5.00 ....... ....... ....... 20.80 192_90 St.,;"batcbee ..........•.. B. F. Bucbler Steinhatchee,Fla................ 5.50 5.00 ... ".. .•..... ....... 12.20 .•.•. __ ..... , ...... ,. 22.70 277.62 St. Jobns............. Marous Day, Lovett, Fla...................... 50.00 13.80........................................................... 63.80 539.50

TOTALS, ..................................................... $ 7.469.05 ii822.98 i390.48~~ ~38.49 $ 2.I02.301~,~S7l9.79IH3,623.94 $98,219.92 ..c ~------.~--~