The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-01
FUNDS FOR THE METHODIST
 COLLEGE HAVE BEEN RAISED

and its directors and committees, head eds by Fred s. Ball, for raising the Clubs share of the fund.
 L0cation Not Determined.
 No determination has as yet been reached as to where the college will be located. The joint conference on its To- cation Is to meet in Montgomery Fri day. and 1t Is understood there are sew eral sealed bids, each offering a tract of not less than fifty acres of land which will be opened at that time.
 President A. G. Forbes of the Com mercial Club presided over the month ly meeting of the Club. which was att tended by the soliciting committeeman, with, many other members of the Club and invited guests.
 Fred S. Ball submitted his report of the subscriptions made toward the coll lege fund. and stated, the committees were still about $2.o00 short of the amount desired
 A number of committeeman announc- ed additional subscriptions which they had been authorized to make by vari- ous firms The pledges came in very rapidly in this manner for a few mo- ments
 After these subscriptions had been hurriedly figured up. Mir. Ball an- nounced the fund still lacked about ss50.
 lSdHdf J. Grlei, WHO HdQ dlTeduy doubled his original subscription of $100. thereupon offered to be one of twelve persons who would each sub- scribe $50, thereby making up the de- f1ciency, and the number was quick ly made up. with considerable enthu- siasm. X
 Mir. Ball said that 1t would be ,nec- essary to have more than $20.000 in subscriptions, in order to ensure rais- tny 226 0f0 in nagh aa o,to anteed by the Club. He declared there were quite a number of business men on the waiting list, who would make up their minds in regard to subscrib- Ing within the next day or two.
 He closed by reading a telegram from President Apperson of the Trac- ton Company. authorizing a subscrip. tion of $500 on behalf of the Fraction company. The announcement was greeted with considerable enthusiasm.
 W. F. Vandiver. chairman of the Methodist joinS commission, who has all along been greatly interested in the work of securing the. college flor montgomery. said that while he was not connected With the company, and was not authorized to speak. he had been talking with Manager Chambers or the Montgomery Light and Water rover Company and felt sure that con cern could be counted upon for a lib- erai subscription.
 Tributes to Committees.
 President Forbes, in an address to the meeting paid a high tribute to Chairman Ball and the committees of sohcitors and canvassers. He deolar- ed it was the purpose of the Club to secure more than the s2o,o0o required. ., n oroer 10, provide against any con tihgencfes in the collection of snh. scriptions. He pointed out that inc Ciuo mad guaranteed s20,0oo fl, cash, ana In order to ensure that amount if was necessary to have more than s2o. 600 in promises
 MT Nandfver paid tribute to the commercial Club as a representative or the Greater Montgomery. and de- ciareo the action in securing the col .ege was one of which the city would De proud In the years to come,
 1uase Thomas, also a member of the Methodist commission, made an tn- teresting talk to the meeting upon the importance to the city of the college that had been secured
 pr. McGehee, pastor of the Court Street Methodist Church, who was 30 largely instrumental in raising the Methodist contributions, spoke on be- half of the Methodists of the Statey expressing thanks that Montgomery had raised tho fund and met the con ditions for the location of the college. lie was proud to be citizen of Mont gomery.
 Other addresses were made to the meeting, each of a congratulatory character, by Dr. Charles A. StakeIy, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Fred s. Ball, chairman of the Com-7 mercial Club committees, ". A. Saf- Gold, J: c. Haas, F. P. Glass and John P. Kohn.
 3Lfst of the Subscriptions. " \
 Following is a list of the new subp scriptfohs raised yesterday and at tue meeting Hast evening: 4s.aiib1 Traction Co .. 800. % Greil Bros Co :. ..... 200. % Montgomery Fair (additional) 125. % A. $. Knowles Dry Goods
 Co. (additionaD .. .. .. 100. % I Nachman & Meertief (addi-
 tional).. .. .. ..... 100. % Capitol Brewing Ice Co.,. 100. % Zirkle & Moore (additionaD. 100 .0O Cook & Laurie Contracting
 Company .. .. .. .. .. 100. % J. s. Wilcox (additional) .. 100. .0o Alex Rice (additional) .. .. 5000 s. Gassenheimer & Co. (addi- -,
 tional.) .4 .......... 50. % : tionaD 'soH ........ .@au 30. .oo G. w. Barnett .. ...... 50. % I A. Gerson & Sons Additional 50. % F. Miller Brewing Co.. ... 50. % J. M. Cody, Luverne -. .. 50 % Bailey Furniture Co .. .... 50. % Graves-Arnold Furniture Co.
 (additlonaL) .. .. .. =. 50. % C. L. Matthews .. ...... 50. % J. R. Kelly (additional).. 50. % Durr Drug Co (additionaD. 50. % Dr. c. A. Thigpen (additionaD 5000 Schloss & Kahn (additional) ..--. 50. % Nanam J. Gretl 50. % Michael Cody (additioneI).. 50. % A. c. Forbes -(additionaD. -. 50 .o0 Capitol Heights Dew Co.
 (additionaD .. ........ 50 100 w. T. chandler 5000 The Advertiser Co (addition-
 all :. .. -. .. 50. .Oo w F. Vandiver & Co.,. .. 50. % J. c. Tyson, tadditionaD .... 50. .o0 Crum & Well .. .. .. ...... 50. .0O J. C. Haas ........ 50 .00 A. A. Wiley .: .......... 50. .00 Ausfeld & Blount .. ...... 50. .0O. A. L. Tyson .. .. .... 5000 E. G. Fowler ........ 50. % W. Va. Land Co (additionaD 50. % Winter Loeb & Go (addition-
 W. N. Cox iadditionaij " .... sS.Co .Oo Paragon Press (additional) .. 25 .0o H. c. Davidson (additional) 25. .00 W. A. Saffold (additional) 25 .00 Dr. Nj. B. Kirkpatrick (addi-
 tional) ........ 25.0o F. D. Kohn .. v. .. .. .. 25.O0