Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-14
1888. 43 RECEIVED
SINCE WEDNESDAY
AVID MORE ON WAY
All Contributions to Fund That
Are Received During Next
Few Days viii Be Accepted
and Forwarded

The Journal fund 20 buy khaki
bound Testaments for every Dixie SOL
der going to France at noon Wednesday
had mounted to ss,6s..5L
Subscriptions tabuIaIed in addition to
those acknowledged Wednesday after
noon ioxaIed ss3S.ls. making the grand
total leap tar toward the $4,000 mark.
Fund stiu open
Although the campaign officially
closed last Tuesday. all contributions
received up 20 next week will be ac-
xnowIedsed and the donations promptly
applied to the fund
So many dozens OF people in ali parts
or the southeast are anxious not to be
left out OF the list OF the contributors
that the result has been a literal tor
rent OF donations The physical task
OF compiling these will take probably
the rest Of the week. so all new ones
hat come in will be added
The American Bible society has given
authority TO continue TO receive dona-
lions while the task OF final checking
IS IN process.
The Bible society has suggested that
those churches and Sunday schools
throughout the country which, on ac-
count OF the cold, did not take collec-
tions last Sunday. devote the coming
Sunday to this fund Many churches
already have sent in their contributions
and the Bible society is hoping that
many more will aid next Sunday, since
the 100000 goal set for this fund in
America is not yet attained.
Churches and Socisties
churches and religious societies were
largely represented among the contri-
buttons tabuIated since those acknowl-
PhiIathea class of the South Bend
Baptist church. Rome. by Mrs. II. NJ.
Callahan. 81; Ladies' Aid society. West
ern Heights Baptist church, Atlanta
T 81; Ladies' Missionary society. Edge
wood Baptist church. s.; Second Ave-
nue. Methodist church. Rome. by Rev.
George NJ. AGREE. $50; North Coving-
ton. Ga. sunday school, by L. NJ. Smith.
s.; First Methodist church, Monroe, by
r. l. Cox. sI1-7O; Methodist Sunday
school. Lavonia, by Rush Burton, $5-1S;
Eerean Bible class. First Baptist Sun
law school Gainesville. by ]. ". Mer-
rita. $3.50: Baptist church Of Neal by
- ". Walker. S3.25: Dixie. Ala, Sun
day school. by n J Jones, IS; Adult
Bible class. Methodist church of Sunny
side BY Miss Ruby L. BaTield, Sis;
a SUNDAY school class of little girls"
Temple. se-1l. - patriotic Sunday
school Madison. IS: Eatonton Presby-
-eTian SUNDAY school. by Fl. \ YounS,
SIs: BAPTIST Young Peoples union OF
re Fairbu-n Baptist church. s5.25; La
dies Bible class and Philathea class of
Acworth BAPTIST sunday school. s3-S5:
Friendship Baptist church Pulaski
county. BY 7. T.. Helms. $3.50; Sunday
school Of KirkIanG. by Mrs. &. W. Cor
bFtJ. r. Se.7S; Baptist Women's Mis-
-foaary society Of East Point. SO; Meth
odist SUNDAY school OF ZebUlOn. by NJ.
q Harrison. $40: Wesley Ault Bible
class OF SAN Jones Memorial church.
CartersvilIe. s.: First Christian church
&C Griffin. by Mrs. ZoI Ison. s.; WON
ans Bible class InmaH Park Presby-
-crIan church. 81; BAPTIST WOmen's
Missionary society. Lilly. by Mrs Bas-
-rm l. Dickson S7-25; Baptist Ladies'
Aid society. louisville. s.; Wallace.
Ala SUNDAY school. s2-l0.
Palmetto Heard From
Enterprising citizens of various cities
banded together for substantial contri-
buttons. Howard J. Johnson sent $685.
from Palmetto citizens. Thomaston
citizens contributed SIG, citizens of
MoreIand. SIO.25.
The entire official family of Hawkins
viIIe-mayor. city clerk. aldermen. at
torney. engineer. police chief, marshal
md his assistant. and the sanitary de-
partmsnt superintendent-all Clipped in
toward a donation aggregatins SIS
The Inman Park Embroidery club. by
Miss Mabel 3. Walker. sent So; Four
Browns Of Hawkinsville-R- D., Mrs. r.
D.. r D. Jr. and Frank-gave quarter
each.
Little Marjorie Rountree Black. elev-
en- years old. Of Wadley, wants her
cousin. Wiley RountTee, Of Camp
Wheeler. TO have a Testament, so sent
4 quarter for him and another for some
other soldier
One Of the youngest of contributors
vas William b. Hartsfield, Jr.. who
sent 81.