The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-06-24

" expected absence from the city, and
he nomination WAS withdrawn.
Mr.. jenkins nominated MI ,Iuu.
Stephenson, and ON the motion
being made, Mr. Stephenson wns unaui |
nOusly elected
Cart Elgiu nominated Mr. Sanger, |
who was elected by acclumH ION. Rev. |
b. II. Carroll nominated W H. jenkins |
with sumc result. Several persons ut |
jnce nominated Jas. Is. Baker, and Rev |
DR.. Bureson, Prof Boggcss, and both
Pol elected by ucClHmntion.
Prot Brown, chairman OF the commit |
zee OF the Baptist association, arose aud
urged upon the citizens present lie i'm
port,nce Of the subject. He cOntrastcd
the present and past conditIOnsuf Wuco
and Waco university, with an interval Of
tiftoon years. at the beg ming OF which
time he SAID Waco was mere village, |
and the surrounding country hardly set |
He'd, and during that time Wnco
has grown to city and
the country about thlckly
-ettled country with great railroads and
other elements OF prosperity while the
was there with the exception
Di Maggie Houston hail Just MS 1t Is now,
and II this diileie CO In the growth OF the
city and institution and OF their neglect
OF the educational Interests Of their de
the Baptists OF IeXus, hc said
felt ashamed and from that shame had
grown the resolve to foster these int rests
and build up a great Baptist institution,
He believed that 1t could be built and
that this money could lc raised 10y
Waco, and II IT WINS lac believed that IN
ninety days from the first day Of August
the S6O0OO lodged by the Baptist nsso-
ciutiou would he in the banks IN Waco.
Mr.. s cvensOu, for the committee, sug
gcsted that the work be begun at once,
and that cnch one wi o dcNrtd to ub-
scribe call out ms name aud amount ~
his subscription to- the secretary. \ mo-
tiou that tho committee proceed Mt once
to cnuvus- the audience FOR subscription
was currlrd unanimously
MIR. Cameron arose and i'll he was
glad to see SO many ~ any donunlnn-
ton, and even his own, hero present,
He had been asked by an Episcopal An
lady il hr had turned Baptist seeing ho
,NHs going To- give so freely tu that de-
nomination und lac had ANSWERED that il
the lady's church would get M II similar
institution he would givens freely To- that. !
For himself hc said there wOuld be- re-
CURED thirty OF forty carloads OF lumber
aud he would agree To furnish that nj COS,
tnh would, in addition be able to get the
eight, or some, at halt rates. The say
ing, he said, would b" nj least 5000 and In
addition to this hc would give his note Tor
5000.
Mr. Baker took the floor and mad, u
vigorous and stirring appeal Ton thnsr
present to come forward II Waco, he
SAID, did not stand up tor herself
she would fall before u strong
mt fierce competition # ncighbel-
ny cities, II she rcliei upon her
natural advantages She would fall The
money subscribed would return IN a.
year. Ibis university, II We should yet
II, would in five years eclipse the state
~ Austin,Hs We have natur Il
location and u natural atmosphere here
Tor schools aud colleges. The none, h0
had spen' FOR subscriptions to churches,
schools and otEer public enterprises had,
he felt, come back to him We had all
~ well he dead ~ live III u dead town.
He would subscribe Il hundred dollars.
Applause.
Mr. Stephenson called Oh all to step
forward aud subscribe,
MIR Elgin rose and sand he would sub
scribe BOO.
Professor Buggess, from his seat,
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