The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-20
OVER $1,000 PLEDGED-BALANcE
OF $4,000 MUST BE RAISED
THIS WEEK.
THOSE Who have CONTRIBUTED
Erection of The College, Normal
School and Residences Planned
Means an Expenditure of About
$400,0 900 During Year Among People.

There are frequent inquiries as to
the progress made by the Committee
charged with raising Iunds for the Bap-
tist College and President Jackson Of
the Commercial Club requests The
News to say that the committee Is
making very satisfactory progress,
though the work is necessarily slow.
Over nine thousand dollars have
been pledged, but more than half Of 1t
has been contributed by the following;
Merchants Grocery Co., $500; w. M.
Rivers, $500; S. e. Travis, $500; A.
Polk, $500; R. D. Batson, $780, B. Nc
Clannahan, $3.50; Rev. I. p Trotter,
$3.50; D. e. McInnis, $3.50; W. M. Hem
eter, $3.50; Meridian Fertilizer Fac
tory, $3.50; S. ". Robertson, $3.50.
1t will be seen by this list that there
are number of prominent citizens
who always help every enterprise de-
signed to build up Hattiesburg, who
have not yet subscribed. The fact is,
the Committee has not urged them
very hard, as they may be called upon
to get up on the top shelf to assure the
prompt raising of the money, which
must be pledged this week if Prof.
Rivers is to take charge of the Col
lege.
Included in the above list of contrib
utors should have been 81 900 which
Mr.. F. w. Foote, of the First National
Bank of Commerce has pledged to
; raise among their out of town stock
, holders. Mr.. Ballard of the Citizens
Bank is also busy and will no doubt
secure a liberal contribution from
their out of town stockholders, and
Mr.. Camp, President of the Hatties-
, burg Trust and Banking Co., said at
the meeting the other night that he
felt sure that their stockholders would
do the right thing.
: OF the hundred dollar subscriptions,
= twenty six have been secured and the
d committee is now busy seeing those
g who it is thought will be that liberal
s toward the enterprise; the balance Of
l. the amount raised is in twenty-five and
i fifty dollar subscriptions, and a la ge
o number of people who may be expect
s ed to contribute from twenty-five to
d one hundred dollars, have not been
y seen. 1t may be said in confidence
however, that no one will be sighted.
This is an enterprise which will re-
quire some assistance from everybody
and everybody will be called ON.
With this college assured; the high
as school money and the Normal College
re appropriation, and the residences
TO which will follow the beginning of this
work, the working people may look
ID forward to the expenditure of at least
rs 100000 in the next twelve months,
W. and local business men can make com
parisons on trade activity with the
time our street improvement was 60
ing on. The more pleasing aspect o.
the coming days is that more skilled
labor will be required, and that in
II Sledu VI SpthulhS ldISS part VI lux
u appropriation for vitrified brick made
in Missouri, these buildings will re
quire a Mississippi product, and tha
We there never has been such an amoun
ext of money spent in Hattiesburg whicl
ISIS will utilize more home material ant
for home labor.
ch To assure that no part of this ros
ed picture will be eliminated every citize
who can. is requested to give his shar
are toward this enterprise. and withou
ge- waiting for the Committee to see then
re- Any of the Committee will accept tn
ese contribution and 1t will all be acknov
lodged through The News when tn
amount is raised. u