The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-30
Generous Citizens Poured Out Money By Hundreds Of Thousands For Charities, Philanthropy And Church Work

plrmlnBhams philanthropy during 1923 amounterd to nearly S3,000, 900, it is estimated by several experts who haves been closely connected with number of the city's larger drives of this kind.
 So many drives and canvasses have been conducted during the last year and so far reaching are they that an exact tabulation of net results in dol lars and cents is almost impossible, they assert.
 The known figures so closely ap proximate the three millions that call culations of amounts which did not reach official record would bring them up to this mark, they aver.
 The city attained an almost in credible height in eleemosynary movements. in the size of its sub scriptions, and in the freedom and goodwill with which 1t gave a new record was acquired.
 Mir. .Adanns' Comment.
 Many of Birmingham's more prom inent citizens expressed pleasure and confidence in the philanthropic at tainments of their co-workers and fellowcitizens. Among them Is W. Carson Adams, director of probably the greatest campaign of the year and the man who made it possible for 31 major charities to be assured of ne- cessary fund for 1924. MT. Adams Is sued the following statement:
 As long as those of us who have employment and who are prosperous are willing to divide reasonably with those who are out of employment. or who are-due to that or other causes -~in distress; and as long as the con gregations of our churcnes are willing to contribute measurably of their means for the erection of more ed- ifices in which to carry on Gods work, and for the broadening of the scope of Gods work, in an effort to help other people, there is no danger in this country of that wide gulf between the upper and the lower classes which brought about the downfall of Russia.
 As those of us who have means learn more and more to sepend a measurable part of same for the bet terment of the men, women and chil- dren in our midst who are less fortu- nately situated than are we-our country will become more and more better place in which to live, and in which to rear our children ana for them to live after we have passed on"
 The outstanding campaign of the year was, of course, the drive for s450,000 for a Community Chest for Birmingham. In this campaign, led by W. Carson Adams, director, citizens of the Magic City under the guidance of nearly half thousand canvassers subscribed S430,000 by the close Of the last week, and indications pointed to the full amount soon.
 Other Big Campaign.
 A campaign for the erection of an anti-tuberculosis sanatarium last summer, conducted by R. A. Brown, general chairman, brought s200,o00.
 More than $75,00o was collected in drive for the erection of club house for boys. w. J. Adams, promi- nent business man, was general chair man of this campaign.
 Three major campaigns of an edu- cational purpose were conducted or partly carried on during the year. The Auburn semi-centennial cam paign for a million dollar endowment fund was the largest; in this Bir- mingham raised s350,000, of which sl7o,0oo- was raised or paid in during the year. Charles T. DeBardeleben was chairman.
 A fund of s3oo.ooo subscribed to the University of Alabama campaign fund extended into the year to the sum of $6O,ooo. Borden Burr was chairman of this drive.
 An addition to Birming gham South ern college costing s14,S00 was made possible by subscriptions during 1928 In addition to this $5o,ooo was raised for an athletic fund.
 Nearly s25,000 was raised for va
 
 of the American Red Cross. The greater portion of this. $16,S30, was raised by popular subscription for the victims of the Japanese earth quake.
 asked the city, the oversnbscription being S6,S30. More than $3,000 was raised for the Junior Red Cross here. The organization made 104 Japanese kimonos valued at $200, and 210
 I,,x~ ~I,xex tn year.
 In addition to the city appropria- tion of $11 ,201.57 for municipal well fare work here, citizens contributed S7620.73 of their own accord, Dl- rector Culley said Saturday.
 His work, he declared, cannot be measured accurately in terms of dol lars and cents, because thousands of dollars are raised and spent by pri- vate citizens through his direction, which are never recorded. It Is a case of individual and unrecorded charity, he asserted.
 Private subscriptions erected the children's hospital worth $75,000 during the year, according to MT. Culley. A baby fund of sS75 also was raised.
 Work For Churches.
 The congregations of the various churches alone raised more than $1,O75,000 during the year in cam paigns of most gratifying nature. One of the most spectacular of these was the subscription of $100,000 raised in one week by the High lands Methodist church. 2 This fund was raised during the Community Chest drive and during fnclement weather. Other denomina- tional campaigns were equally suc- cessful and remarkable.
 The First Christian church raised s226,o to be used in permanent im- provements; Fifth Avenue Presbyte- rian, s175.O00; West End Baptist, sSO,00o Calvary Baptist, s10,000; West End Methodist, $20,000; First presbyterian. $50, 900, and memorial fund of Frank Rushton for chimes, another s5oOoo; Mccoy Memorial, s125.000; First Methodist, $15.O00; Ensiey Highlands Methodist, s6O,ooo; Avondale Baptist, s14.000; Ensley Baptist, s15ooo; Wylam Methodist, sS.00o; Ruhama Baptist, s10,00o; Woodiawn Presbyterian, $15,000, and St. Johns Evangelical. $14,0o0.
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