The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-21
BAPTISTS IN BIG CAMPAIGN
FOR HALF MILLION DOLLARS
>9r Educational and EIemOsynay Institutions All Georqja
Interested The Facts About the Needs and the Money!
ARCH C. CREE.

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faAunched statewide campaign TO,
A HALF Million Dollars to be applied
90 their educational and eleemosynary
ahStttutiOns. This Half Million Dol
mars viii establish these institutions
ON q good solid basis to do effective
work.
Over A Million A Year.
Thess BaptigtS are mikhty
most, numbering over 100000. The,
have oFer 1850 churches AND
their church buildings alone ar,
valued at nearly Seven Million Dol
t1ars. Last year these Baptists gave
'0ver million dollars for all church
@0rposes-three-fourths OF this tc
nome support and more than a GUAR
ser million dollars to missions and be
nev0lences, so they approach with
coincidence the stupendous task OF
raising Half Million Dollars for their
lnstitutions.
Georgia owes this devoted people
u Dig DEBT OF gratitude and appreci
@uon Tor pioneer service in evangelism
ana Tor constructive contributions in
educational and benevolent institu
lions.
Baptist Schools And COLLEGES
The Mercer School System of the
&eogia Baptist Convention embraces
Gheir colleges and academies with
A80Fcer University as its head; holds
property worth more than two million
dollars; enrolled last year 1,4O0 stud.
'NNts, and maintained faculties OF
over one hundred teachers and off.
@@gs. Under this system are Mer.
Ger University at Macon, DIR. w. l..
R'aekafd, President; Bessie Tiff Col.
9aee, Forsyth, DR.. J. H. Foster, Presi-
sent; RlAirBVille Institute at Blairs.
vkl4s, HEeWtnn-ParkO Institute ut MT.
vernon. GhsenMeresr Institute at
3sOvman, AsArA Academy at Cave
Syringe. HiaBaasse High School nj
eE1sSWN1ses, Locust drove Institute at
M4o0Rnt Grove anu Normal Inst;tntN
mt Norman Park.
~ addition to those. not under the
xiQMTentAan. The .Aaptlata have the
Aou4heFn fsnsafa College at LG0ransa,
ShOEesr CSilSge ct KOEAs, Cox CpaleEe
~ College Park, MorEAntOn High
MGhoA OF Morg2RtOA, DlSckioy Memo.
NAL institute 81 Clayton, Piedmont In.
Hbtituts at WaycrOss. Mary P. Willinx.
Esaln School tar girls ut Blna RiNee. So
Elaak the total property value
lNs the schools owned BY Geor.
1da BaptiGss d we'll over the three mil
non dollar mark. A mighty construc-
kive. educational propaganda which
meaaS fnnnftely more to thA progress
OF the State than mere number or dol
Vars can indicate.
Georgia saptist Orphans Home.
,IaH Baptists of Georgia also own
and operate two most valuable and Of
9sctiVe benevolent institutions. They
Are the Georgia Baptist Orphans
iAome at Hapeville and the Georgia
Baptist Hospital at Atlanta.
The Georgia Baptist Orphans Home
started in the hearts and efforts of
a few devoted Baptist women in At
Aanta, who made provision for
some war orphans" Just af.
ker the Civil War. Fostered
and supported by the sacrifi-
cial labors Of the good women, this
institution grew until it was turned
over to the State Convention in 1899.
The property is worth a quarter of a
million dollars and consists of seven
ty-tWo acres of land, six splendid brick
buildings, several frane buildings and
the necessary outhouses and general
equipment.
1t has been the home of thousands
of orphan children whose lives would
have been desolate without it. 1t is a
-HOME-not an institution. The chill.
dren are taught and trained for life
The Manager, Mr.. T. S. Scoggins, and
his good wife, deserve unstinted praise
Tor the efficiency with which the
Home is conducted.
Georgia Baptist Hospital.
The Georgia Baptist Hospital in At
4anta is another channel of BLESSING
Through which the Baptists are rem
dering signal service to humanity
This Hospital is Baptist in it's bur
dens and responsibilities but it is un
UNCONVENTIONAL and as broad as hui
manity in its blessings and benefits
lit is open to suffering humanity. ir
respective Of creed, and is maintained
for the sick and suffering with nc
thought OF profit.
The Hospital plant is admirably To-
Gated in the very heart Of the city OF
Atlanta, convenient and easily reach
ed from all points. The main building
rs a three story brick structure. A
mine room frame building is the nurses
dormitory. Another brick building is
rented as an annex to the Hospital
and still another as the home OF the
officials Of the Hospital Its capacity
is taxed. Many are turned away for
want of room. Its success warrants
the plans On foot to enlarge it's ca.
0acity.
Equipment of the Hospital is thor
. oughly modern and high grade
] wards, private rooms, diet kitchens
operating room, sterilizing room, an.
esthetizing room, X-ray and pathelog.
ical department, laboratories, etc
Much credit for its success is due DR.
J. H. Long, Superintendent.
A Case of Growing Pains.
For some years Georgia Baptist In.
stitutions have suffered growing pains
and the garments provided by the
Baptist fathers have proven all toe
short. Additional buildings have been
built and larger faculties and more
modern equipment had to be provided
to meet the higher standards. All
owhich together with inadequacy OF
income resulted in the assumption OF
obligations which have handicapped
the schools until more money has be-