Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-01-25
BAPTISTS PAY MANY
MILLIONS INTO FUND
Missions, Education and Benev-
olences All Benefit Through
Contributions Received

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 25.--
Up to December 81, all Southern
Baptists had paid in on their subscrip
tions to their rs Million Camraign the
gum of $48,172 ,S06.72, it is announced
by the Campaign headquarters in
Nashville Four years of the five-year
period have now expired, leaving ap
proximately $27OOO,OOO to be raised
by December, 1924, if 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
it 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 tC
return to the Nashville headquarters
from his home at Fort Worth Tor 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
sociatiOnal workers, will seek to en-
list every Baptist in the South in
son definite share in this closing
year Of the Campaign.
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,
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, If given to the
denomination, would make available
for religious work each year the sum
Of $150,000,000
Indicating the sources from which
the money already collected ON the
Campaign has come, the following
contributions by states are announced:
Alabama, $2,206,071.06; Arkansas, ST.
667, 304.l District of Columbia, $233,
82781; Florida, $796, 1878; Georgia
$4,3SS,440.O2; Illinois, $564,416.95;
Kentucky, 96,O91 1S17S; Louisiana
s1,195 ,9771S; Maryland, S599,451. II;
Mississippi $2494 ,2S179; Missouri
$2,O20,07546; New Mexico. $199.925.
%; North Carolina, $4,OS9, 732.45.
Oklahoma. s1,2O6,9437 rs; South Caro-
lima, $4,000, 5276O; Tennessee, $3,1175
1925; Texas, s732O6976 81 Virginia,
$5,1S4,O0376; and specials from all
sources, $1693GOS,Os. \
On the basis OF distribution agreed
upon by the various states the follow
ing amounts have gone to the variole
causes cooperating in the Campaign
State missions SS,671 ,10517; HON,
missions, $7225921O1 foreign mis-
sions, $1I561, 47361; Christian educa
ton, or 119 Baptist seminaries, train
ing schools, colleges and academies
$13 48S,3S5.87; q Baptist hospital:
$2,167, 1859; 10 Baptist orphanages
1892, 096.47; and ministerial relic.
$1,6S6.O4S23.
After conference with the gener;
missionary, educational and benevo
lent causes which are embraced in tn
Campaign, DR.. Scarborough announces
that raising of $27,0O0,OOO in 1924 will
not only enable all Southern Baptist
enterprises to meet all their obliga
tions but to make large advances al
acme and abroad as we'll.