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BAPTISTS IN BIG CAMPAIGN
FOB HALF MILLION COLLARS
For Educational and Eleemosynary Institutions —All Georgia
Interested—The Facts About the Needs and the Money
AIICH c. cube.
On March first Georgia Baptist*
launched a .state-wide campaign for
A Half Million DoUare to be applied
to their educational and eleemosynary
Institutions This Half Million Hol
lars will establish these Institutions
on a good solid basis to do effective
work.
Over A Million A Year.
These Baptists are a mighty
host, numbering over 300,000. They
have over 2,500 churches and
their church buildings alone are
valued at nearly Seven Million Hol
lars. Last year these Baptists gave
over a million dollars for till church
purposes three fourths of this to
home support and more than a quar
ter million dollars to missions and be
nevolences, so they approach with
confidence the stupendous task of
raising a Half Million Hollars for their
institutions.
Georgia owes this devoted people
a big debt of gratitude und appreci
ation for pioneer service in evangelism
and for constructive contributions in
educational und benevolent institu
tions.
Baptist Schools And Colleges
The Mercer School System of the
Oeogla Baptist Convention embraces
their colleges and academies with
Mercer University ns its head; holds
property worth more than two million
dollars; enrolled last year 1,100 stud
ents, and maintained faculties of
over one hundred teachers and offi
cers. Under this system are Mer
cer University at Macon, Hr. VV. L.
i’lcknrd, President; Bessie Tift Col
lege, Forsyth, Hr. J. 11. Foster, Presi
dent; Blairsville Institute at ltlairs
vllle, Bi'ewton-Parker Institute at > T *.
Vernon, Gibson Mercer Institute at
Bowman, llearn Academy at Cave
Springs, lliawassee High School at
Illawassee, Locust Grove Institute at
Locust Grove and Norman Institute
at Norman Park.
In addition to these, not under the
Convention, The Baptists have the
Southern Female College at LaOrange,
Shorter College at Home, Cox College
at College Park, Morganton High
School Ht Morganton, Bleckley Memo
rial Institute at Clayton, Piedmont In
stitute at Wnycross, Mary P. Willing
ham School for girls at Blue Ridge. So
that the total property value
of the schools owned by Geor
gia Baptists is well over the three mil
lion dollar mark. A mighty construc
tive, educational propaganda which
means Infinitely more to the progress
of the State than mere number or dol
lars can Indicate.
Georgia Daptist Orphans' Home.
The Baptists of Georgia also own
and operate two most valuable and ef
fective benevolent institutions. They
are the Georgia Baptist Orphans’
Homo at Hupeville and tho Georgia
Baptist Hospital at Atlanta.
The Georgia Baptist Orphans' Home
started In the hearts and efforts of
a few devoted Baptist w> men in At
lanta, who made provision for
some "war orphans” Just af
ter the Civil War. Fostered
and supported by the sacrifi
cial labors of the good women, this
institution grew until it was turned
over to the State Convention In 189th
The property Is worth n quarter of a
million dollars and consists of seven
ty two acres of land, six splendid brick
buildings, several frame buildings and
the necessary outhouses and general
equipment.
It has been the home of thousands
of orphan children whose lives would
have been desolate without It. It is a
HOME not an institution. The chil
dren are taught and trained for life.
The Manager, Mr. T. S. Scoggins, and
his good wife, deserve unstinted praise
for the efficiency with which the
Home is conducted.
Georgia Baptist Hospital.
The Georgia Baptist Hospital In At
lanta Is another channel of blessing
through which the Baptists are ren
dering signal service to humanity.
This Hospital Is Baptist in Its bur
dens and responsibilities but it Is un
denominational and as broad as hu
manity in Its blessings and benefits.
It Is open to suffering humanity, Ir
respective of ere. d, and Is maintained
for the sick and suffering with no
thought of profit
The Hospital plant is admirably lo
cated in the very heart . f the city of
Atlanta, convenient and easily reach
ed from all points. The main building
is a three story brick structure. A
nine ro m frame building Is the nurses
dormitory. Another brick building Is
rented ns an annex to tho Hospital
and still another as the home of the
officials of the Hospital. Its capacity
Is taxed. Many are turned away for
want of room. Its success warrants
the plans on foot to enlarge its ca
pacity.
Equipment of the Hospital is thor
oughly modern and high grade
wards, private rooms, diet kitchens,
operating room, sterilising room, an
esthetizing room, X ray and patholog
ical department. laboratories. etc.
Much credit for Its success is due Dr.
J. M. Long, Superintendent.
A Case of Growing Pains.
For some year Georgia Baptist »r
--atitutlons have suffered growing pr s
and the garments provided by the
Baptist fathers have proven all tco
short. Additional buildings have been
built and larger faculties and more
modern equipment had to be provided
to meet the higher standards. All
of which together with inadequacy of
Income resulted in the assumption of
obligations which have handicapped
the schools until more money has be
come a necessity Some call these
obligations debts However, many of
them are not debts in the bad ,-cuse
but good Investments for facilities
which are now used and profited
by but are not paid for. The same Is
true of the Orphans' Home which has
In recent years been forced to buy
gilditi ual acreage und to erect build-
lugs to care for the homeless knock
ing at its doors.
The Baptist Hospital obligations are
a different matter. The State Conven
tion authorized the purchase of this
property by the Mission Board. Later
a board of trustees was created to
hold and run the Hospital. For what
seemed to be good reasons no real ef
fort was made to raise money to pay
for tho property. So It Is now simply a
matter of paying for property already
bought. The Hospital in its operations
pays expenses and is out of debt. At
lanta Baptists will probably take care
of the property obligations, as their
part of the campaign.
Assets Vs. Liabilities.
From the reports made to the
Georgia Baptist Convention at Com
merce last November the following
figures have been compiled:
Institutions Assets
Mercer University $737,340.00
Bessie Tift College .... 210,000.00
Georgia Baptist Hospital .. 110,000.00
Orphans Homo 200,000.00
High Schools 231,000.00
Total Assets $1,588,340.00
Against this there are liabilities for
enlargements, new equipment and on
account of inadequate resources,
amoun Ing In round numbers to $500,-
000.00. in other words, Georgia Bap
tist Institutions are worth more than
three times as much as the amount
needed to relieve them of their pres
ent handicap.
The Half Million Dollar Campaign.
The financial condition of these va
rious enterprises was taken up by the
Convention. Home suggestions as to
how to meet these were presented to
tho Convention by the Mission Board
in its annual report In 1915. A special
coinmitteee of five representative
Baptist ministers and business men
was appointed to canvass the situa
tion, to consider these suggestions and
to report.
The Committee was composed of
I)r. John D. Moll, Athens, President of
the Georgia Baptist Convention; Dr.
L. G. Hardman, Commerce, physician
and capitalist; Mr. J. P. Nichols, Grif
fin, banker; I)r. F. C. McConnell, At
lanta, minister; Col. Z. H. Clark, Moul
trie, bunker. After the death of Col.
Clark, Hon. E. C. Collins of Ileids
vllio, lawyer, was selected to fill the
vacancy.
At the Convention last November
this Committee of Five reported. An
entire session was given to consider
ation of tho report and It was unani
mously adopted with great enthusi
asm. Itrlefly, the plan Is to pool all
obligations of these Institutions, to
make u single appeal for all and to
launch a campaign for A Half Million
Hollars, to bo distributed according to
the needs of each institution —the
whole amount to be raised before any
Is disbursed.
Tho next effort of the Committee
of Five was to get a man
to direct the campaign. They
found the man in Mr. C. J.
Hood, hunker and business man, of
Commerce, Qa., who Is cheerfully and
generously giving himself and his
money to the campaign. With him are
associated Ur. S. Y. Jameson, once
President of Mercer University and
now Mnnuging Editor of The Chris
tian Index; Hr. L. A. Cooper, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Fitz
gerald, and Hr. T. W. Callaway, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Dublin,
Gr. In addition thero Is a strong
general committee of thirty of the
loading Daptist business men and min
isters who are district managers.
The Plan Os The Campaign.
The State has been divided into
thirty districts under the thirty dis
trict managers who will co-operate
with the pastors and other leaders.
Literature has been circulated setting
forth the needs. Letters by the tens
of thousands have been written and
sent out to the ministers and members
of the Baptist churches. Calls have
been made for volunteer workers. All
arrangements are perfected to reach
the entire State with the appeal for
the Half Million Hollars.
The plan Is for the local campaign
to center around the local church.
The Imperative needs of the various
Institutions will be laid before the peo
ple either by the local pastor or some
visiting speaker. Many pastors will
exchange pulpits nml many able lay
men are volunteering for this service.
An every-member canvass for cash
and subscriptions will be inaugurated
in each church. Full detulled Infor
mation will bo furnished on applica
tion to Mr. C. J. Hood.
All correspondence concerning the
campaign should be addressed to Mr.
C J Hood, Commerce, Ga. All contrt
! utiens and payments to the Half Mil
lion Hollar Fund should be forwarded
to the Mission Board, Flatiron Bldg.,
Atlanta. Ga., and be clearly designated
ns being for that fund.
Tbs Victory Assured.
Already some progress has been
made. Tho Committee of Five have
rep rted some substantial subscrip
tions and promises. A movement
|is on foot to have Atlanta Bnp
i nets take, as Atlanta's part, an
apporti nrnrnt of one hundred thou
-an 1 dollars, approximately the coet
ot the Hospital property. Indivtdunls
of means over the State have indicated
a disposition to make liberal gifts.
The entire Baptist constituency Is be
ing tuned to slug a song of triumph.
A Half Million Hollars is a heap of
money but there are a heap of these
Baptist people and they have been
greatly blessed materially. Well or
ganized. with the Convention square
ly and unanimously behind the
plan, with the Institutions themselves
heartily committed to the effort, with
leading men. women and ministers all
over the State volunteering for ser
vice, the leaders of the campaign go
forward confident that the HALF MIL
LION DOLLARS will be secured and
that VICTORY' will crown their efforts.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAY, APRILS 1917.
L O O A L S.
Mr. Willard Barton of Dublin,
a former student of the Brewton-
Parker, visited friends here Sun
day.
Misses Imogene and Mary Effie
McQueen of Vidalia spent Satur
day and Sunday with relatives
and friends here,
Mr. Brooks Elton of Alamo
was a visitor here Saturday.
Mrs. W. H. Carter of Claxton
is visiting friends in Mt. Vernon
this week. Mr. Carter was also
here one day during the week.
As former citizens of this place,
they were pleasantly remember
ed.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith of
Stilson spent last week with rel
atives here, the former returning
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Mary Beatty of Tarrv
town was the guest of Miss Anna
Morrison several days of last
week.
Mr. D. A. Holmes of Vidalia
was among friends here Tuesday.
Miss Dorcas Mcßae, teaching
near Hagan, came up Friday to
visit relatives over Sunday.
Mias Minnie Abt has returned
from a visit to Raleigh, N. C.
Miss Maggie Langford of
Uvalda is visiting friends in Mt.
Vernon. She formerly resided
here, and is welcomed by many
friends and admirers.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will be sold before the court house
door in Mt. Vernon on the first Tues
day in May, 1917, between the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, certain property, of which
the following if a complete descrip
tion :
Fifty acres of. land more or less,
situate, lying and being in tbe 1687th
U. M. district of said county and
state, and bounded as follows: On
the north by lands of B. A. Hooks,
on tlie east, by lands of Elizzie Allen,
on tbe south by M. I). <fe S. Ry., and
on the west by lands of K. T. Barnes
& Co. Levied cn and will be sold as
the property of B. A. Hooks to satis
fy a tax 11 fa issued by H. (’. Davis,
tax collector, vs B. A. Hooks, for
state and county taxes for the year
1915. In possession of defendant, and
written notice of levy given as re
quired by law. This tlie 3rd day of
April, 1917. I. J. Davis, Sheriff.
Administrator’s Sale.
Georgia— Montgomery County.
Under and by virtue of an
order granted by Hon. Alex Mc-
Arthur, Ordinary of said County,
will be sold at public outcry, on
the first Tuesday in May, 1917,
at the Court Hmiso door in said
County, between the legal hours
of sale, a certain tract of land in
the Lothair district of sa : d coun
ty, containing 51 1-4 acres and
hounded us follows: North by
lands of Mrs. Mary Williams, east
by lands of W. Mishoe, south by
lands of J. W. Palmer and west
liy lands of B. A. Rowe. Sold as
the property of the estate of
Katharine Durden, fur purpose of
division. Terms cash.
Joe S. Durden,
Administrator.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
State of Georgia —Montgomery
County. In the Superior Court
of said county, May term, 1917
Eya Lewis vs Dau Lewis. Libel
for Divorce.
To Dan Lewis.
You are hereby required, either in
person or through an attorney, to
be and appear at the next term
of the superior court of said coun
ty, to lie held on the first Monday
in May, 1917, then and there to
answer the plaintiff’s demand in
a libel for divorce, and in default
thereof the court will proceed as
to justice shall appertain.
Witness the Honorable E. D
Graham, judge of said court, this
March 14th 1917.
M 1.. O’Brien, Clerk.
A. C. Saffold, Atty. for Petitioner.
Divorce Notice.
Divorce Montgomery Superior
Court, May term. 1917.
Willie Strickland against Fan
nie Strickland. To Fannie Strick
land: You are hereby command
ed personally or bv attorney to be
and appear at the Superior Court
of Montgomery County, on the
tirst Monday in May next, then
and there to answer the plaintiff’s
libel for divorce, or in default
thereof the court will proceed as
to justice shall appertain.
Witness the Hon. E. D. Gra
ham Judge, this the 21 day of
March 1917.
M. L. O’Brien, Clerk.
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Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery ('ountv.
Will lie sold before tlie court house
door in Mt. Vernon on t.ie first Tues
day in May, 1917, between the legal
lionrs ot sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, certain property, of which
t lie following is a complete descrip
tion :
124 acres of land more or less, sit
uate, lying and being in the 12215 t G.
M. district of said county and state
and bounded as follows: On the
north by lands of Mary Higgs, on
tbe east by lands of YV. D. Martin
and on the west by lands of A. J.
Copeland, better known as the Joyce
place. Levied on and will be sold as
the property of Mrs. Elizabeth Logue
to satisfy a tax fi fa issued by H. C.
Davis, tax collector, vs Mrs. Eliza
beth Logue for state mid county tax
es for the year 1916. Levy made and
returned to me by L C. S. Berner,
special bailiff, and written notice of
levy given in terms of the law. This
the 3d dav of April. 15)17.
I. J. Davis, Sheriff.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will be Bold before the court house door in Ml.
Vernon on the first Tuesday in May, 1917, between
the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for
cash, certain property, of which the following is a
complete description:
That certain tract or parcel of land situate, ly
ing and being: in £he 1343 d district G. M. of said
county and state, containing: 32 1-2 acres more or
less and bound ml as follows: On the north by
lands of the estate of John D. Phillips, east by
lands of W. B. Connell, south by lnnds of Miss
Rosa Belle Connell and west by lands of John
Martin. Levied on and will be sold as the proper
ty of J. E. King to satisfy a fi fa issued from the
superior court of Wheeler county in favor of Miss
Rosa Belle Connell, being the same land mort
gaged by defendant to plaintiff. In possession of
defendant, pointed out for levy by attorney for
plaintiff and written notice of levy given as re
quired by law. This the 3d day of April, 1917.
I. J. Davis, sheriff.
W. L. Wilson, Atty. for Plffs.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will be sold befote the court house
door in Mt. Vernon on tlie first Tues
day in May, 15)17, between the legal
holtt's of sale, to tlie highest bidder
for cash, certain property of which
tlie following is a complete descrip
tion :
Thirty acres of land more or less,
siturte, lying and being in the 12215 t
G. M. district of said county and
state, and bounded as follows: On
the north by lands of Dr. Moye, east
by lands of Henry Page,on tlie south
by lands of A. D. Moye and on the
west by lands of Dr. Moye, better
known as the MeSwain place. Lev
ied on and will be sold as the proper
ty of Manuel Lewis to satisfy ail fa
issued by H. C. Davis, tax collector,
for state and county taxes for tlie
year 15*1 B. Levy made and returned
to me by I. 0. S. Berner, special
bailiff, and written notice of levy
given in terms of the law. This the
:kl day of April, 15)17.
I. J. Davis, Sheriff.
Sawmill and Fix
tures For Sale.
Sawmill, engine, boiler and fix
tures; unincumbered, and a mon
ey maker for the right man.
Cash or bankable paper. Retir
ing from the business, and will
close out at low figure. Parties
indebted to me are required to
make immediate payment or sat
isfactory arrangements.
Grove Sharpe.
Alston, Ga.
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SEE A. B. HUTCHESON
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I have several years cxper.enct
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at the county site and believe that
I am in position to give you the
best terms and as prompt services
as any one.
If vou need a loan see me before
application.
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Mt. Vernon, Ga.
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property at 5 1-2 per
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Also make 10 year loans*
Save money by seeing us.
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to your satisfaction.
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COMPANY
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Velvet Beans.
Hundred Day Velvet Beans at
51.50 per bushel. At mill of
C. A. Mason,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
