The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-12

B II Carroll, Pres. Board s. 900
J r Batle, Rec. Sec 1900
FIG .rroll, Treasurer 500
Geo IS Trpe,,, Fin Sc 90
- ! Halbsr. 800
II II suiifer 80
Homer Wells .... 80
" D Lscy -e
" II jenkins zoo
J B : a-o5rcpgh -0
This, > i seems TO D. Is - b.
stsn'i >. demonstration thu. xe lead
where .e ask others to follow.
Before approaching you privately
to aid il tti: matter re respect.
f7Ay ak that !ou duly consider tbe
following facts
To this public building il
Waco 3;.ribu,ing here 80 grea.
local prori.. people oa.side Of Waco
have gwen 500 while re are
asked 10 con;rlbu only So Qol.
Patronage fron sb.oad hils
these buildings TO overt owing, an
this school Trough the expendi-
,are Of - pupils, teachers and 81
tor. IA through other expendi
t7re- strictly connecte with i, and
ari.ir 2 solely from it. location dis
b1rses annually in Waco, the en9r-
nous sum Of $3.50 900, 4ua'ter Of
million d HAS
Moreover, this disbursement Is 30
distributed in is circulation, that
il lows n sire nlets to the sci ant,
the butcher, the marketman, the
day lsborer the mechanic, the
grocer, the dry goods merchant, the
doctor the banker-indeed, 10 every
good business interest Of our city.
The location of the school in
Waco is permanent, and it Is ba sed
By the endorsement love and pat
ronage Of the denomination in the
state. So that this annual j sburse.
IA snt viii not only continue for all
time, but viii increase in proper.
ton to the facilities # jrded.
!. The denomination is willing
to help in the erection OF much
needed new build ngs, but think
they lave done their share towards
Eha. We have. In this We think
they are right. You would think
SO too If this institution were To-
Gated in another city which reaped
so great Il oaucial advantages every
year from location.
Citizens of Waco, close up this
matter and give u an opportunity
to 90 before the denomination in
the state on somethir new, look
ing to enlargement, AMI We will %
conf lent Of their cooperation.
;. Ii is true that We p d the re.
CARED bonus for location but that
need not exempt wide-awake city
from cherishing and fosteriDg one
Of rs best paying, best advertising
and best dr. wing institutions. GA
the CONTRARY We should be ready
TO increa sc an investm ant which so
rapidly and 20 surely and > vari.
ously makes aie late and substan,
tlal returns.
6. The payment Of this debt will
be followed By such changes in
charter as will make future liens or
mortg YES on this property impos.
sible.
:. When you subtract from the
sl5. 900 asked Of all Waco. the part
Of it already suoicribed by the trus.
tees, you will see that from such a
people and for 50 great ends, We
ask only a M les. and reasonable
sum.
But whether small or great,
We must do this, and do il now,
that is by May Isl, or forfeit the
Sl2 0J0 from the +, iucation Soci.
ETY., and thereby lose the ricA fruits
of past labors. and allow defea. to
rob us of victory, when its consum-
ma,ion is safely within our grasp.
q. This canvass of TeAas ha. not
only reached every nook I'D corner
Of the state, but it has given Bay.
lor | University and Waco ID national
advertisement, through comments
Of the religious press.
II has published this city and its
advantages as home, as q health
resort, as live blsiness enter and