The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-07-25
THE GEORGIA BApTISTS
GOING AFTER MILLIONS
Will Take One Tenth of Seventy-five
Million Dollar Drive in the
South This Fall

One of the biggest movements
among church people in the history of
America is the Baptist rs million
campaign recently launched by the
Southern Baptist Convention. Both
in point of the amount Of money to
be raised and of the number of PEG
pie involved in the campaign this is
the outstanding effort of any one
denomination.
The Southern Baptist Convention
in its recent annual session in Allan
ia unanimously voted to enter upon
this big campaign with more than
1900 delegates voting and represent
ing eighteen states, the movement was
definitely undertaken.
DR.. l.. r. Scarborough, president OF
the Southwestern Theological Semi
nary at Fort Worth, Texas, has been
chosen a sdirector of the campaign
for the South. Associated with him
are a number Of special secretaries.
DR.. B. C. Hening will assist the di-
rector in the details fthe campaign.
DIR. T. B. Ray of the Foreign Mission
Board will be the survey director for
the drive. DR.. I. j. Van Ness of the
Sunday School Board will be the
treasurer. DR.. Hight c. Moore of
Nashville will be publicity director.
Each of the eighteen states will be
represented in commission which
will give direction to the campaign.
These men, with their states, follow
DIR. George w. Truett, of Texas; DR..
H. L. Winburn, Arkansas; DR.. j. E.
billiard, Alabama; DR.. John E. Briggs,
District of Columbia; DR.. w. A. Hob
son, Florida; DR.. F. C. Mcconnell,
Georgia; e. w. Reeder, Illinois; Geo.
B. Hays, Kentucky; DR.. M. E. Dodd,
Louisiana; Hon. Joshua Levering,
Maryland; w. A. Hewitt, Mississippi
Hon. E. w. Stephens, Missouri; j.
w. Drummer, New Mexico; Carey j.
Hunter, North Carolina; E. L. Com
pere, Oklahoma; J. H. Anderson,
Tennessee; C. B. Bobo, South Carroll
ma; DR.. George w. Mcdaniel, Vir-
GINA.
A special committee of directors
selected from this commission, is
composed of DIR. George W. Truett,
DR.. H. L. Winburn, DR.. F. &C. Nc
Cornell, George B. Hays, ]. H. An
derson and DIR. George W. Mcdaniel.
Two meetings have recently been
held in Nashville, Tenn, which is the
campaign headquarters for the drive,
at which time the campaign was set
up for the various state officials.
Every state has now organized a
headquarters and will in turn organ
ize the entire state.
DR.. Arch C. Cree, corresponding
secretary of the State Mission Board
of the Georgia Baptist Convention, is
the director for Georgia. DR.. Cree
has been signally successful in his
direction of the work of the board
and the Baptists of Georgia turned
to him as the one man to lead this
big drive.
Associated with DR.. Cree as as
sociate director will be Ely R. Gala
way of Lagrange. Mr.. Galloway is
known in every part of the state as
the man who conducted the remark
abb ysuccessful drive to raise the
large amount asked for in the Uni
ted War Work Drive. He was also
prominent in the Liberty Loan drives.
He will be associate director for
Georgia.
DR.. F. C. Mcconnell will be in
timately connected with the Georgia
drive as member of the commission
of eighteen and also a director of
the campaign,
Prof. Louie De Vote Newton of
Mercer University will have charge
of the publicity for the Georgia drive.
He has been a part of the machinery
of number Of the drives during the
war and has done great deal of
newspaper work.
John w. jenkins of the University
of Georgia will be the state organizer
of the drive. Mr.. Jenkins has had
experience in this wor kand with the
cooperation of Mr.. Galloway he ex-
poets to get an organization that will
put the drive across.
Georgia's quota in the big effort
will be one-tenth of the total, 81 $780,
600. This will be tremendous IN
crease in the giving of the Baptists
of this state, but it is not as great
an increase as is asked of the Texas
Baptists who will raise $16,O0O,OOO.
DR.. Cree expresses the belief that
the amount will be subscribed by the
Georgia people.
The date for the campaign is No
yember 80 to December 7. This will
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