The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-21

| property Dy the Mission Board. Later
BOARD OF trustees was created to
noid and run the Hospital. For what
seemed to be good reasons NO raai e.
.orI was made to raise money to nav
TOT the property. SO it is now simply 4
matter OF paying for property already
bought The Hospital In its operations
pays expenses and Is out Of debt. At
fanta Baptists will probably take care
OF the property obligations, as their
part OF the campaign.
Assets VS.. Liabilities.
from the reports made to the
georgia Baptist Convention at Com
merce last November the following
ngures have been complied:
institutions Assets
Mercer University 1871. 34O. 90
Bessie Tiff College 21O' 600 90
georgia Baptist Hospital >. 10000. 90
Urpnans Home 200,000.OO
r1fshr SCHOOLS 23ly OG9.O0
!otal assets 81, 588, $40 90
Against this there are liabilities for
engagements, new equipment and on
account Of inadequate resources.
amounting in round numbers to $780,
0OO.OO. In other words, Georgia Ban.
list Institutions are worth more than
tnree times as much as the amount
needed to relieve them of their pres
emit handicap.
The Half Million Dollar Campaicn.
The financial condition of these va
rlOus enterprises was taken an By the
Convention. Some suggestions a. to
now to meet those were presented to
the Convention by the Mission Board
in its annual report in 1915. A SPECIAL
cOmnaitteOB OF ave Representative
Baptist ministers ana business men
WA4 appointed to CANVASS the situa-
dOA. to consider these suggestions and
To report.
The. COaAaAitt0A was oennpeSeil Of
DR.. John D. Malas AthAns, Fnnaihpat OF
tina Georgia Baptist Convention: Or.
l.. @. HArdtMAn, CbmMercS, nhysfcian
and capitalist; Mr.. J. r. NichC1s, Crit
IN. banker; Or. f. c. Mcconnell. At.
iAMta. 1A(Afstor; Col. Z. II: Clark. Ade1sl-
tflS, banker. After the dsAth Of Col.
Clark, Hon. ID. C. Collins OF Raids.
vAAtA, lawyer, was selected to nh the
vacancy.
At the Convention last MsIennbar
tAis Committee OF Five reported An
entire session was Eivsn to consider
alton or the report And it was unAni-
m0ubly adopted with great enthusi-
asm. Briefly. the plan is to pool all
obligations OF these Institutions. to
make a single appeal for all ana to
launch campaign for A Half Million
Dollars. to be distributed according to
the needs OF each institutiOn-the
whole amount to be raised before any
is disbursed
The next effort of the Committee
Of Five was to get q man
to direct the campaign. They
found the man in Mr.. C. !.
Hood, banker and business man, of
Commerce, Ca, who is cheerfully and
generously giving himself and his
money to the campaign. With him are
associated DR.. S. Y. Jameson, once
President Of Mercer University and
now Managing Editor of The Chris
tan Index; DR.. L. A. Cooper, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Fitz-
gerald, and DR.. T. w. Galloway, pastor
Of the First Baptist Church of Dublin.
Ga. In addition there is a strong
general committee of thirty of the
leading Baptist business men and min
listers who are district managers.
The Plan OF The Campaign.
The State has been divided into
thirty districts under the thirty dis
trict managers who will cooperate
with the pastors and other leaders,
Literature has been circulated setting
forth the needs. Letters by the tens
Of thousands have been written and
sent out to the ministers and members
of the Baptist churches. Calls have
been made for volunteer workers. All
arrangements are perfected to reach
the entire State with the appeal for
the HaN Million Dollars.
The plan is for the local campaign
to center around the local church.
The imperative needs Of the various
institutions will be laid before the peo-
pie either by the local pastor OF some
visiting speaker. Many pastors will
exchange pulpits and many able lay
men are volunteering for this service.
An every-member canvass for cash
and subscriptions will be inaugurated
in each church. Full detailed infor.
nation will be furnished on applica.
ton to Mr.. C. J. Hood.
HAAA IOSROAAOAOO CUuC6Iukuk IHH
campaign should be addressed to Mr..
C. J. Hood, Commerce, Ga. All eontri-
buttons and payments to the Half Mil
lion Dollar Fund should be forwarded
to the Mission Board, Flatiron Bldg.
Atlanta. Ga, and be clearly designated
as being for that fund.
The Victory Assured.
Already some progress has been
made. The Committee Of Five have
reported some substantial subscrip.
lions and promises. A movement
is on foot to have Atlanta Bap-
lists take. as Atlanta's part. an
apportionment OF one hundred thou.
sand dollars, approximately the cost
OF the Hospital property. individuals
Of means over the State have indicated
a disposition to make liberal gifts.
The entire Baptist constituency is be-
ing tuned to sing song of triumph.
A Half Million Dollars is a heap of
money but there are a heap of these
Baptist people and they have been
greatly blessed materially. Well or.
ganized, with the Convention SQUARE
ly and unanimously behind the
plan, with the institutions themselves
heartily committed to the effort, with
leading men, women and ministers all
over the State volunteering for SER