Held in Montgomery, in the Columbus Street Church, July, 1887. The
Ministers’ Union rescinded their vote passed in Birmingham in 1885,
bearing upon the character of Rev. C. O. Boothe. Rev. W. R. Pettiford,
of Birmingham, was elected president, and Rev. R. T. Pollard, clerk.
Rev. William J. Simmons, of Louisville, district secretary of the
American Baptist Home Mission Society, and Bro. Woodsmall, were
present. Mrs. M. A. Boothe, president of the State W. C. T. U.,
addressed the Convention. Mrs. C. Thompson, agent in Alabama for the
Women’s Home Missionary Society of Chicago, also spoke. Stormy time,
and no small amount of bitter feeling. The financial vote sustained
Selma, and the University remained at the home of her childhood.
Debts were threatening our property. Mr. Purce endeavored to prevent
any increase of debts.