Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-01-26
A Statewide Victory Drive
Projected By Georgia Baptists
FOR VICTORY WEEK." FEBRUARY RAISE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EDUCATION.
Arch C. Cree.

The battle is on. Georgia Bap-
lists. mighty host, over three hun
dred thousand strong, are being mobi-
liked for a great Statewide Victory
Cash Drive to cancel all obligations
against their schools and colleges.
The time set is February 9-16 and is
designated as Victory Week" De
nOminational leaders, presidents and
professors of schools and colleges, de-
partmental field workers and secretar-
les, missionaries and evangelists, pas
tors and laymen, and, best of all, the
good women are hard at work or
ganizing the Baptist forces of the State
for the "eIG PUSH"
The Baptist people are a virile ag-
gressive set. According to the figures
Of the United States Census Bureau
they equal in numbers all other de-
nominations in Georgia and $50 they
largely constitute the backbone and
sinew of the Christian citizenship Of
the State. Every good Georgian will
be interested in their laudable effort
for the common good and will be de-
lighted to see them win a complete
victory and put across their endeavor
TO make so worthy a contribution to
the cause of education in the State
GEORGIA BAPTISTs TOOK STOCK.
Two years ago Georgia Baptists
faced the stern cold fact that the
obligations against their many inter
ests and institutions aggregated more
than a half million dollars But this
fact did not dismay this militant multi
rude for their assets tOtalled many
times this amount and their resources
many, many times more. However,
they did take stock, pool all Obliga-
tons in a united campaign and a
single appeal and purposed in their
hearts TO liquidate every dollar of
every debt against every institution.
For some years Georgia Baptist
schools have suffered from growing
pains. The garments provided by the
Baptist fathers of former days have
proven all too short, Additional build
ings had to be built, larger facilities
and more modern equipment had to be
provided to meet the higher standards
and the larger needs of greater days.
All of this, together with inadequacy
of income, resulted in the inevitable
assumption of obligations, which
must now be paid Some might call
these obligations debts, but farseeing,
forward-looking people know they are
investments, for they have property,
etc. to show for them.
Many of these obligations are not
debts in the bad sense. They are sim
ply deferred payments on first-class in
Vestments of other days. investments
made through the years in educational
facilities and equipment, which have
been in use for years and which have
already been of inestimabIe value and
profit to the Baptist cause and people
and to education in general Invest
ments for the common good.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
CASH NEEDED
The total outstanding obligations re
ported two years ago by the several
institutions involved was $524,546,00.
Some of these obligations have been
Hquidated by the interests which in
Cured them. as in the case of the Mis-
sion Board and the Georgia Baptist
Orphans Home, and Atlanta Baptists
have taken over the Georgia Baptist
Hospital as their part of the great
task-a most worthy part
At the recent meeting of the Geor-
gia Baptist Convention in Macon, the
Committee of Five, which has been
charged with this campaign, reported
that all OF the above amount except
$28.455.00 had been covered by cash,