The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-30

The battle is ON. Georgia Bap
dred thousand strong are being mobi-
IiZed for q great Statewide Victory
Cash Drive 10 cancel all obligations
against their schools and colleges.
The time get is February e-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 evanselists. pas
tors and laynen and, best OF all, the
good women are hard at work or
ganizing the Baptist forces OF tho State
for the "5IG PUSH"
The Baptist people are = virile az
gresslve set. According 20 tho figures
of the United States Census Bureau
they equal in numbers all otlSr de-
nominations in Georgia and SO they
largely constitute the backbone and
sinew of the Christian eiuZonShIp Of
the State. Every good Georgian will
be Interested in their iaudabls effort
iOI hH6 COinIhOh ECDh anu hBb ~
lighted TO see them win comphete
victory and put AoTOss their enoeavor
to make so worthy a contribution to
the cause OF education In the State.
GEORGIA BAPTIsTS TOOK STOCK.
Two years ago Georgia Baptiats
faced the stern cold fact that the
obligations against their many inter
estS and institutions aggregated moGs
than a half milton dollars But this
fact did not disnAay this militant multi
rude for their assets totsHed many
times this amount and their resources
many, many times more. However,
they did take stock, pool ali obliga-
lions in united campaign aRd a
single appeal and purposed In their
hearts 10 hquidA1e every dO4Lar of
every debt against every institution.
For some years Georgia BaptfSt
schools have suffered from growing
gains The garments provided by The
Baptist fathers of former days have
proven all too short. Additional build.
tnsS had to be built, larger facilities
and more modern equipment had to be
provided TO meet the higher standards
and the larger needs or greater days.
All Of This, together with inadequacy
OF Income, resulted IL the inevitable
assumption OF obligations, which
must now be paid Some might call
these obligations debts, but farseeing,
KorwaTdiooking people know they are
Investments, for they have properly,
etc, to show for them.
Many Of thsas obligations are not
debts In the bad sense. They are sim
PITY deferred pdyments on first.ciass in
Nestnents OF other days. investments
made through the years in educational
facilities and equ pment, which have
been in use for years and which have
already been Of nsstimabIs Valuo 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 1924, $4,000,
Some of these obligations have been
liquidated by the interests which in
CURED them, az 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 maeting Of the qeor'
Sia Baptist Convention in Macon, the
Committee of Five, which has bssn
charged with this campaign. repoNaVd
that all OF the above amount eSsapS
2s,455.OO had been covered by G&aslA