The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-02-26
Citizens Committee For En-
tertainment Of Bishops COun-
eli Gives Summary Of Work.
Accounts viii Be Audited And
Published.

towards making preparations for the
coming of the Council and for it,
entertainment while here. The re-
sponsibility for raising the money
needed to complete st. James Temple,
SO the Council could meet there as
promised and for the entertainment
of the visitors while here, was placed
upon a Citizen Committee formed
for that purpose in response to an
appeal made to the people by DR..
Arlington. pastor.
From the date of its organization
in November last. until the Council
adjourned, the Committee labored day
and night to make a success of is
work and a good name for Dallas
and its people. In discussing the
matter, DR.. Hamilton chairman Of
the committee said: "The response
of the people to the appeal of the
committee for funds and homes was
prompt and liberal. Everybody work
ed willingly and the people contrib
uted gladly and cheerfully. We are
deeply indebted to so many people
who worked hard to make a success
of the campaign that it would be
" nctluC bhOll dlls We al e
grateful to everybody who gave us
the least assistance.
Mrs. j. C.. Frazier, leader of the
ladies division, is especially to be
thanked for and commended on, the
manner in which she organized the
women and sent them out to work
She and her forces went eagerly into
the campaign and in short while col
lected and laid on the table $709.74.
She requested her chadrladies to
bring in $1,000 each, but many OF
them exceeded that amount, and one,
Mrs. A. B. Rutherford. brought in
$4,000. We are also grateful to the
Dallas Express for the liberal space
given the campaign, free of charge,
each week in its columns. We feel
that no small factor in the success
of the movement was the publicity
it received each week from this
source.
1.-THE encouragement and assistance
given by the sister churcnes and
lodges of the city was really the big
thing in the success of the movement.
Every church called upon responded
literally. Not a single lodge to
which appeal was made failed to do
nate, and some of them expressed
regrets that they were not able to
do more. This is also truL Of large
number of individuals who contribute
ed.
1--WE regret that as many people
did not come to the meeting of the
Council as we anticipated and pre-
pared for. We were told by those
who were in position to know the
facts that there would be between
three and five thousand visitors h ere
during the week, we prepared for
that number and had they come they
would have been cared for. We are
informed that the failure of the rail-
roads to grant reduce rates, in Texas,
in time for them to be posted in the
ticket Offices in many places, kept
hundreds of people away. The gen
eral financial depression outside o.
the state caused many who had writ
ten they were comink to cancel res
erYations. For this the Citizens
Committee Is In no wise responsible.
The Committee assures the public
that by far the larger part of the
money collected in the campaign has
gone into paying for the completion
of the new st. James Temple, so the
Council could meet there as planned
and promised when it was invited to
come here When all of the items of
expense are in, the financial transac-
lions of the Committee will be audit
ed by competent citizens and their
findings made public.
"The coming of the Bishops Coun-
Gil and the campaign to raise funds
to entertain it have been OF inesti-
mable benefit to Dallas in many
ways. 1t advertised the city favor
ably, far and wide, among good peo-
pie. 1t created better interdenom-
national feeling and enhanced :;
finer spirit of mutual helpfulness.
1t demonstrated that the people could
and would get together and work
for the success of any cause that has
for its purpose the good of the city
Our group sadly needs hospital OF
its own where our people can be prop
erly cared for, and our young women
who desire 1t can be trained as
nurses. We need civic league witt
one or two paid men, to go into Nc
gro districts and get our people and
property owners to fix sidewalks, and
to superb lend the fixing of them.
Such a league could initiate num-
ger of other civic improvements that
our people need as group. But
that we will say more about later
when the people shall have rested
a bit from the work of this Bishops
Council drive"
The following Is summary of the
report of the Citizens Committee:
Donated by Baptist Churches: ST.
Johns, $500; New Hope, $4,000;
Macedonia, $4,000; Mt. Rose, $52.S5;
Munger Avenue, $500; Mt. Owe
and American Woodman, $1,000; To-
tai, $7O3.S5.
By A. M. e. Churches: Bethel,
$350.00; Lincoln Manor Queen City,
and Lemon Avenue Churches, $4,000;
Total $4,000.
By other denominations: st. Paul
M. E., $25.10; Plymouth Congregation
al, $92.25; Church of God, (Rev.
C. L. Bryant $232.60; Holiness,
(Thomas Avenue) $155.05; Evening
Chapel, C. M, E., $101.27; Total $544.-
81.
BY white churches: First Pres5y-
terrain, 100000; First Baptist, $4,000;
Total $4,000. Total from churches,
$1,S7S.12.
donated by lodges: Odd Fellows,
Oriental No. 3499, 10000; Dallas
Union No. 1910, $4,000; Metropolitan
No. 1892, $4,000; Comet No. 3134,
$4,000; Royal Brothers No 1886,
$3.50. Total S24250
BY Knights of Pythias: Algiers No
A, $4,000; ST. Charles No. Il, $780,
90; Pride of West No. II, 100000;
Emanuel No. 145, $4,000; st. Luke
No. /, $4,000; Mantone No. 282,