The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-12-06
sseventy-fve Million Drive in
South Carolina Goes Over
the Top
THE STATES QUOTA
HAS BEEN EXCEEDED
] Indications Are That State VIII
Pass the Seven Million Mark
Very Soon

Columbia, Dec. with reports faI
from complete a total of s5,S5S.S76
had been reached by South Carolina
Baptists. in their drive for 5000
$500 up until a late hour last night
These figures give the denomination
more tran the amount asked by over
'$saos8o6 and reports are still coming
:in
T.irty-threo associations had re-
ported last night, leaving five yet to
send in figures and it is confidently
4 belieFed that when these figures are
received over 5000, ,e6e will have been
reached NJ So
Out OF the 33 associations reportins
many were incomplete, as many as 20
churches in SOME of the districts fa..-
ing TO report. Leaders Of the carr :
pign last night predicted that The
y7,GG0,ae6 mark would be passed be-
fore next Sunday when the drive Of
AeiaIly ends.
Enthusiasm is still running high
and churches that had already raised
their quotas were at work all day
yesterday and this will continue until!
every member from the large city to
Tie remotest hamlet IS reached. The
Rev Thomas J. Watts, publicity di-
rector, said last night he was conf
sSsfrss1hat when final reports We're
aEaiiabIe for the work Sunday they
Mould show that at least $500 '09
had been raised on that orl' y
alone.
No relaxation will be manifested
curing the remaining days Of the
drive and every indication is that the
stare viii exceed its quota by a null
lion and a-haIf dollars, Keep the
SNoyk -soing, l1os. sla aefsenila OF
pace. is the advice given to teams
as:sl eangassers here last night.
sz Only i've associations have falied
to make any reports and they are ex-
necsed to send in their statements to-
day. OF the 33 already accounted for
1,sssct, more money will be reported as
the work is progressing in all church
cofnnrunities. Yesterday the First
church at Chester raised its Sunday
amount of So, ,0G0 to $4,000 and was
stA working. The Citadel Square
church at Charleston reported $l5S,-
600 and the First at Gaffney $4,000.
Lawtonville at Estill reported s21,soo
sr1d the. Central at Greenville reported
that it would reach the 100000
mark.
III Columbia teams Of canvasseis
were at work ali day, but no money
u.... counted last night. The canvass
ia. will continUe ell week despite the
txSEz
most others have already oversub-
scribed. Leaders announced last
night that a mistake had been made
in the quota Of the Second Baptist
church OF Columbia and instead Of
$500 the amount should have been
$4,000. This latter quota the church
WIN reach before the end Of the week
Below are the amounts so far re-
ported by the 33 associations, bring
Ing the total to s5,S5Sf876, this being
incomplete. however; Charleston
s345,7s4 saluda. $445.oo0; Moriah
$4,000: Fairfield. $2S5,1S3; Greea-
vile. S623. 900; Spartan, s239,143:
Barnwell, $202,33O; Ridge, s310,o0o;
Oraaseburg, s2I2.315; North Spartan
burg, $50, ,407; Reedy River, $12a .o"S !:
Florence. s165 900; York, $4,000;
Piedmont, s32, eco: Lexington, $34,-
649; Welsh Neck, s275,oo0; Laurens.
S33G,T00; Savannah River. $96,G65; );
Broad River. s1S9.ooo Twelve Mile
River. S11,750; EdgeGe!d, s126,00o;
Southeast, s65 .oeO: Santee, s2s1 ,o00o;
E6isto, $4,000: Union County. $751;
sz5: Abbeville, $350.000; Pickens,
s16.65S: North Greenville, $4,000;
Kershaw, s47.973; Pee Dee, $150,oO0;
Chesterfield, so2,633; Colleton, s1,999:
Aiken. $4,000.
Incoming reports yesterday show
ed Greenville sill leading with tn
Safuda second