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appeal for aid
To The 'Mayor.
Dear air\
Corpus Christi and. vicinity has
fceen overwhelmed' by a disastrous .
.Jmrricanc and tidal wave. The.i
death list already more th(in 1,000, |
||l Still growing daily as the Bayj
8000 peoplt are destitute, and the
gives up "its dead.’ More, than;
property loss exceeds $20,000,000. '■
To care for the distitute, the I
■homeless and suffering requires j
man^ hundreds of' thousands of j
dplars, and the citizens of Texas
and other states hue responded
gfledily and nobly to the first, ap-i
peal for help sent out over the
nation.
The state Government has sent
troops 1 to prsrv ordr, and rations
and equipment ta assist in clearing
thceity of d'dfbis. - , ... 1
..Seventy-Five per cent of the
business men of Corpus Christi{
are bankrupt today. Some of them i
have lmd t.htir places of-business.
swept .away, together with their:
•homes. Many of them have lost
members of their ftvmilies, a.ml all;
of them have suffered irreparable
damage.
A committee of hankers and
merchants; with Red “Cross rupees-1.
entation formed to make a survey j
of property loss has rportd the!
damage to exceed twenty millions, 1 ,
covering divestaled area of 40miles !■
along the cost. It, is not. too high ;!
it may he tp'o low. /
All contributions, may he sent!
to governor \V. 1’. Hobby, Mayor
Gordon Boon of Corpus Christi,!
or to, the undres igned, and will;
he allotted to the stricken (list-1
riots by National Offcercers of the 1
Bed Cross offer said ofereers have
made a complete survey of the*
devastated area. !
Corpus Christi intends to rebuild
and start anew. It is not dis
couraged and not afraid, but looks
to the future with ,the, confidence
characteristic of a brave people.
Otic of 1he oldest towns in Texas,
it has never before asked for aid,
but has gived often and freely.
Today it is weighted down with
sorrow and disaster; tomorrow it I
will rice again, hut is must, have I
financial help NOW! _ • |
"Will you help us in this hour?
■grid’ be‘ assured that it'is needed
and wll lid appreciated., .;
Very truly yours,
Clark ,l J eace
„ Chairman.Finance Relief Com
mittee. ’
BAPTIST 75 MILLION CAMPAIGN
GRIPS GEORGIA BAPTISTS
''ENTfltJSIASM RUNG HIGH ft* EVERY ASSOCIATION OF,
STATE AS PLANS FOR BIG MOVEMENT DEVELOP.
GEORGIA TO SET HIGH STANDARD
V IN CAMPAIGN.
By Louie D. Newton.
,* Following the Scarborough * Truett
tbur 1b the doubling, up df the work
er# in the 'Baptist ‘ 7I>- Million Cam
paign in Georgiy for p great “record
in this greatest .of-all efforts of the
Baptists of this state.
The meetings of the associations re
veal a hearty pulse heat in every sec
tion of the state on the campaign.
The largest attendance In the. history
of each- body 'is the report- sejit to
the state headquarters. The people
are responding to the call of .the cam-,
pajgn with > unprecedented Insurance.
Dr., Arch C. Cree, state director,
fhids-ills-desk covered‘every ‘mdrning
With letters, and telegrams ofactuaj
progress from the 325,000 Baptists of
the State. The men, {lie women and
the children—all the departments of
the church lii’e—are giving full co-.
operation to the movement.
Just’ now the feature .of ti.ei work
is getting the Service' Holla up in
every chinch in the stale- ■ These rolls
afford the-medium <?f relating the 2,F)0'0
churches, of the Georgia Baptist Con
vention to the great cull of the cam
paign. Every Worker’s nitrite will'llp-
pear on this roll. The roll was de
signed by Ely R. Callaway, of La-
Grange, who Is associate stato director
for -Georgia.
John W. Jenkins, director of organ
ization for Georgia, is meeting with
the heartiest support from the district
organizers,, the association organizers
and the church organizer# in the per
fecting of he service roll plan.
The information on tljie campaign
is going out in daily loads from the
Atlanta office. There will bo ample
, provision for every Baptist in the
state to know in detail about' the
; campaign. The publicity department
| will appreciate special requests for
literature where the regular channels
have failed to supply naeds.
The speakers on the campaign are
i buoy iVery day. The associations fur-
niBh fine mediums for reaching the
I people with insuring addresses, and
; the workers are Showered with : e-
i quests to send speakers to every part
■of the slate |to present the big move-
, merit. ,
Wlien asked a few days ago
, Georgia would raise her quota of
I rfeven and orie-half mtllions and if the
. South would raise the entire amount,
Dr. Cree replies;
am confident we will go over
one hundred millions.'’,,. ,
This 1b the spirit sft the campaign
in ever^ part of the. state, and there
is, every reason to believe that Geor
gia will be' among the first to reach
her qpota when the actual canvass
is made.
Good news comes from every part
of the state and from the South in
the campaign. Several Georgia
churches have raised their quotaB, and
many associatirihal quotas are being
Raised by the vote of the associations.
More than a dozen associations have
'ddhd' this already;
The Atlanta tirifl Macon and Colum
bus organizations are among the lead
ing .city' organizations thus far. The
towns and smaller cities of the state
have' gohei forward with the work
in unanticipated fashion.
• The First Baptist Chart 1: of Gr*f-
fin was tin first to be organized in
{he* - state. The Morgan County Asso-
Cjiutipn was the first association to
Complete the organ izatiop out through
church. Many other associa
tions have .done this now.
From Tdfom comes' the word that
tlie Baptists of that state have raised,
their t|itabt*tfom Sixteen to seventeen
million. This is the most Yenmrkable
illustration of the spirit in which the
campaign is being received on record.
One inun has given a million dol
lars in Texas. Other big gifts are
coming in from every part of the South
and it is expected~"that before the ac
tual drive for funds is made in De«
comber that there will i e five million
dollars in hand as a result of these
special and lyisolicited gifts.
A number of big giftB are in pros
pect in Georgia and Dr. Cree hopes
to announce these before very .ong.
There has *>een no effort to get these
gifts in Georgia yOt, and the fact that
they are coming unsolicited is good
evidence of the response of the people.
When the Georgia Baptist Conven
tion meets in Macon in, November, if
is the plan of the officials of the cam
paign to have every worker in the
slate present. ' hie will result in ;-n
attendance of mofe than five thousand
people which will break all records f
any state convention in the South.
''The campaign is going fine, and
we are very grateful for the co-oper
ation of Georgiy Baptists,” is the en
thusiastic comment of Dr. Cree.
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Our Ladies’ Ready-To-Wear Depart- .
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season’s best styles in Ladies’ Suits, Coats,
Dresses, Sweaters, Waists and Blouses.
They must be seen to be appreciated.
Drygoods department
For years this has been the one store in_ > ,
Douglasville where you could find any- #
thing needed in the dry goods line. Our
1 Fall stock is more complete than ever.
Silks, Serges, Woolens, Ginghams, Out-
irigs and articles too numerous to mention
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Wear—life—service—mile
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These are exactly what you
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Men's and boy’s clothing
We believe your dollar will go fart,hr
in our well selected, well bought stock of
, Clothing than anywhere else in town.
Come and see.
Shoes-the Endicott line I!
Shoes are high but ‘they will be higher.
But we have a well assorted stock at less !
prices than you’ll find at many other
' places. You’ll be fortunate if you buy
your entire shoe bill for men, women and
children' here.
Other lines
Men’s Hats, Men’s Women’s and Chil-
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dren’s Underwear, Furniture and Rugs,
Groceries and Hardware are complete in
every respect.
* Our constant aim, above all else, is to
; ■ ■ give our customers the best values we can,
- as we value our reputation above dollars.
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