Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-02-16

Raising $27, ooo, 900 in 1924.
Up to December, 1928, Southern
Baptists had paid in on their subscrip
tions to their rs Million Campaign the
sum of $4S,172,806.72, 1t is announced
by the Campaign headquarters in
Nashville. Four years of the five-year
period have now expired, leaving ap
proximately $27,000,OO0 to be raised
by December, 1924, II the original
Campaign objective is to be reached
In the hope Of obtaining this amount
Of money for the further advancement
Of all the general missionary, educa
tional and benevolent enterprises fos
paign Conservation Commission has
inaugurated an intensive effort that
It is expected will reach every state,
district association and local church
In the territory of the Southern Bap
list Convention during this year.
DR.. l.. r. Scarborough, wins was
general director of the original Cam
paign organization, has been asked to
return to the Nashville headquarters
from lis home at Fort Worth for this
closing year of the forward movement
and give his personal attention to the
direction of the special effort that
will be waged for collecting the full
| SIS, 100000 by the time the period for
the program expires In December
next DR.. Scarborough, through the
assistance of the various state and as
sociatiomal workers, will seek to en-
list every Baptist in the South in
some definite share in this closing
year of the Campaign.
Baptists Have Big Income
While the goal that has been set
for 1924 is considerably larger than
any that has yet been attained by
Southern Baptists in single year.
DR.. o. e. Bryan, budget and steward
ship director of the Campaign, an.
nounces that Southern Baptists have an
annual income of at least $1,500,000,'
900, and he and the various state stew
ardship directors will continue their
effort in enlisting the local churches
in the matter Of systematic and pro-
portionate giving, with a view to de-
veloping Southern Baptists to the
point that they will give according
to- their means, and give regularly
week by week. A tenth OF the South.
ern Baptist income II given to the
denomination, would make available
for religious work each year the sum
Of $150,O00,000.
Each State Has Had Share
Indicating the sources from which
the money already collected ON the
Campaign has come, the following
contributions by states are announced:
Alabama, $22O6 ,O7106; Arkansas, ST.
667,so4.13; District of Columbia. $233..
S27.S1; Florida, $796,7S3.73; Georgia,
$4,3S9,44O.O2; Illinois, $564,416.95;
Kentucky. $5,O91, 1S1.7S; Louisiana
$1,195. 97719; Maryland, $599.451.11;
Mississippi, $2,494. 2S1.79; Missouri
S2.O20,O75.46; New Mexico. $199,325..
%; North Carolina. $4,0S9, 732.46;
Oklahoma. $1,2O6 94376; South Caro-
lima, $4,000, $3.50: Tennessee, $3.117.'
1925; Texas. $7,32o,697,61: Virginia
$5.1S4. O03.76; and specials from all
sources. $1.693 60S04.
On the basis OF distribution agreed
upon by the various states the follow
ing amounts have gone to the various
causes cooperating In the Campaign
State missions, SS.671.1 05.17; home
missions. $7,225921.O1; foreign mis-
sions, $11.561 .47361; Christian educa
ton. or 119 Baptist sen1inaries, train
ing schools, colleges and academies
$13,4SS,3S5.S7; 81 Baptist hospitals
$2.167, 1889: 10 Baptist orphanages
1892 .0a647; and ministerial relief
! $1.6S6.04S23.
After conference with the genera
missionary, educational and beneve
lent causes which ere embraced in tn
Campaign. DIR. Scarborough announce
that raising of s27 0OG 600 in 1924 vii
not only enable all Southern Baptis
enterprises to meet all their obliga
lions but to make large advances
home and abroad as we'll.