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June 16, 1915.
The Annual Meeting of the Board was held
in the Board Rooms at 10 A. M. , President Hutson pre¬
siding#
Brother W. P. Yarborough of Alabama led
in prayer.
The roll was called and the following re¬
sponded: State Members;- Joshua Levering, Md., R. B.
Garrett, Va. , J. L. Gross,
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I. P. Trotter, Miss.,
W. P. Yarborough, Ala., ¥. M. Wood, Ky., A. E. Booth,
Ill.,
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T. Taylor, N. .
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, P. H. Parrington, La.,
Geo. Hyman, Pla. , P. Y. Campbell, Mo., B. D. Gaw, D.C.,
W. P. Powell, Tenn. Ex-Officio Members;- 0. P. Greg¬
ory,
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C. Hening.
Local members: J. B. Hutson, W. A. Har¬
ris, J. D. Crump.
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H. Winston, R. H. Pitt, Win. Elly-
son, W. P. Mathews,
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L. Ball, IV. C. James, J. J.
Wicker, J. R. Johnson, T. C. Skinner, C. A. Jenkens,
L.
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Jenkins.
There were present also: secretaries
J. P. Love, Wm. H. Smith, T. B. Ray, C. J. Thompson,
C. D. Graves, Treasurer R. R. Gwathmey.
The minutes of May 4th, May 13th and
May 37th were read and approved.
On motion of Brother Parrington it was
voted that the sessions of the Board, beginning with
• the afternoon session, be held in some larger room,
the place to be designated by the following Committee:
J. P. Love, Wm. Ellyson, L. H. Jenkins.
On motion of Bro. R. B. Garrett of
Virginia, the Board went in executive session.
Special On motion the report of the Special
Commit- Committee was called for. Bro. Ellyson read the re-
tee— port. Bro. Trotter moved that the report be adopted.
On motion of Bro. Hening the report was taken up for
consideration seriatim. On motion of Bro. Parrington
Section 5 of the report was amended and the report
was adopted as follows;
"As preliminary to and explanatory of
the recommendations which we submit for your considera¬
tion, we think it best to pass in brief review certain
facts connected with the organization of our Board in
respect to its Secretaryships and to call attention to
the action of the Southern Baptist Convention at its
recent meeting in Hoxiston, action which rendered nec¬
essary the appointment of this committee.
In 1913 the Board was organized (as
for years preceding) as to its Secretaryships with a
Corresponding Secretary presiding over all its depart¬
ments of work, an Editorial Secretary and an Education¬
al Secretary whose titles sufficiently indicate the
particular departments of work which they had in charge.
The salaries then were $3,500 for Corresponding Sec¬
retary and $3,000 each for the other two. Then came
Dr. Willingham's illness and his resulting inability
to bear the heavy burdens of administration. The Board
then made the place of General Secretary and invited
him to take it. Though not equal to heavy physical
or mental strain, he was yet invaluable for many rea¬
sons to the work of the Board. There was a tacit
agreement at the time, though for obvious reasons it
was not formulated, that with Dr. Willingham's death
which we had sorrowful reason to apprehend could not
be long delayed, this position would be discontinued,
since there was no one else who had rendered or could
