Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-01-24


Up to December, 1923, Southern
Baptists had paid in on their subscrip
lions to their rs Million Campaign the
sum of $4S,172,S06.72, it is announced
by the Campaign headquarters in
Nashville. Four years Of the five-year
period have now expired, leaving ap
proximately $4,000 900 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
tered by Southern Baptists, the Cam
paign Conservation Commission has
inaugurated an intensive effort that
1t is expected will reach every state,
district association and local church
in the territory Of the Southern Bap
fist Convention during this year.
DR.. L. R. Scarborough, who was
general director Of the original Cam
paign organization, has been asked ia
return to the Nashville headquarters
from his 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
$75,000000 by the time the period for
the program expires in December
next. DR.. Scarborough, through the
assistance Of the various state and as.
sociational 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 a single year,
DIR. o. e. Bryan, budget and steward
ship director Of the Campaign, an
nounces that Southern Baptists have an
annual income of at least $1,500,0 00,.
600, 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, if given to the
denomination, would make available
for religious work each year the sum
of $150,OO00OO.
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, $2.2O6, OF 06; Arkansas, ST.
667,3O413; District of Columbia, $685.
S27.S1; Florida, $796,7S3.73; Georgia,
$4,9S9 440.02; Illinois, $564,41695;
Kentucky, $5,O91, 1S17S; Louisiana,
s1,195, 97719; Maryland, $599,45111;
Mississippi, $2,494, 2S1.79; Missouri,
$1,000, O7546; New Mexico, $199,325.-
%; North Carokna, $4,0S9,73245;
Oklahoma, $1,206, 94376; South Caro-
lima, $4,002,52760; Tennessee, $3,117,-
1926; Texas, 1890 .697r61; Virginia,
To,1o4,Vu0-toI anu SpeCldlS lTOIu du
sources, 1888, 608.04.
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, 1851 ,10517; home
missions, ,921O1; foreign mis-
sions, $11,561, 473.61; Christian educa
ton, or 119 Baptist seminaries, train
ing schools, colleges and academies
$13,4S8,3S5S7; 81 Baptist hospitals
$2,167, 1859; 10 Baptist orphanages,
$3,372, 096.47; and ministerial relief
$1,6S6, 64S.23.
After conference with the general
missionary, educational and benevo
lent causes which are embraced in the
Campaign, DR.. Scarborough announces
that raising of $27G30, 600 in 1924 will
not only enable az Southern BAPTIST
enterprises to meet all their obliga-
lions but to make large advances at
home and abroad as we'll.