Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-07-07
WORK DAY AND OTHER CAMP
GROUND INTERESTS.

To say that work Day on July the
1st, was great success-does not
half express it. Seeing only would
be believing in this case. Drive down
and look over the grounds, twill
make your heart swell with pride and
admiration to note the wonderful
change, and most especially so, could
you but know with what beauviful
cooperation and with what willing
hands and spirits the work was
wrought. A half dozen and more
communities were represented, of tlG
very best our county or any other
county affords, Men, Women, Young
people and Children Methodists
Baptist, Presbyterians, etc. All gath
cred for common interest for COM
mon good and the glory of a common
Lord and mark you, the reflex in
t1uence for community spirit and
community uplift and happiness that
VIII be bound to result from such
wholesome cooperation.
Reader if you have not already
done SO, and want the biggest blessing
of your lifetime, cast your lot with US
by sending in a donation or giving
US a days work or procuring a tent
and moving out with your family for
the great meeting we are having the
End Sunday in August, or better still,
do all three of these things and I'll
grant you, you viii have to lergthen
the chords, and strengthen the stakes
Of your heart or lust be an old fash
toned human being ard let your cup
run over, because the returns you'll
receive will be so great you cannot
retain them
Listen friendsl we found it would
be very necessary to recover the
tabernacle, men of good judgement
looked it over and concluded it was
the only sane and economical thing
to do. We had expected to get off
with some minor repairs, but instead
this work, and at a very conservative
figure, will cost US $4,000 more than
half of the S500.00 asked for, but it
must be done, and the motto of the
building committee has been from the
outset "Work well DONE" Our friends
are doing the work just as reasonable
as practicable and with guarantee
behind it. In fact a great deal of the
work we expected to let out by con-
tract has been taken over by the
friends of the Camp Ground and viii
be done gratis.
Just as soon as our former friends
have breathing spell from their
crops we are meeting again to repair
tents etc. and then for the final touch,
when everything will be put in "Com-
pany dress" for the reception of
friends and the grand celebration of
the fftieth Anniversary of this con-
secrated encampment. You are in
yltpH Are Won cOmmlnp
We are pleased to state that our
friends here and there, are still roll
ing to our repair fund. We have on
our books in cash and subscriptions
S39426. You see we lack $1O5.74
having the five hundred, but we will
need more than this friends, so come
on with your donations. Let's every
body have a part IL preparing this
spot and leaving it as memorial to
the rising generation of our faith
fulness to our Heavenly Father and as
sign that we have conquered thru
His blessed son our Savior, and lets
together to pray that our
efforts in rebuilding this blessed
place may be rewarded in the salvat-
ion and reclamation of many souls
who may be drifting upon a sea OF
worldliness such as is wrecking and
blighting hundreds of lives AL dis
rupting our communities by the
poisonous influence upon society and
those who are coming after US. Lets
be faithful for He is faithful that
promised "Lo, I'm with you already,
Mr.. j. +. BiggerS POW
Mr.. j. HI. Biggers .......... 20O
Mr.. and Mrs. T. N. Price. ..... 2.00
Mrs. BufOrd BRYANT ........ .5U
Mrs Matte Iumpkia. 500
Dr w 8. feathers 500
M hewitt Furr .......... LOO