Henderson daily dispatch., 1933-11-21

303 children and a deficit of near
100000.
] am chairman of committee from
the First Church Salisbury seeking to
get $1,000 on November Both and I
would like to speak a word by way
of a challenge to the rest of the 10000
living outside of Rowan county.
IT Salisbury First raises a thousand
dollars on Thanksgiving day, what
will the rest of you do?
Some weeks ago / was talking to
Joe Johnston about Barium and I
asked him what was going to be done
about this operating deficit of $780,
OOO He replied that it would have TO
be taken care of by gradual reduc
tiOn over period of years. The super
intendent has great faith in his So
900 blue stocking eaglets. Shall We fail
him?
1t, then, that is what we must do.
it is high time we were getting down
TO business and there are two things
we must do: Fire, we must peg the
deficit; it must not grow another day.
Then we must subscribe and pay in
a support fund plus-and a good siz-
ed plus, too to reduce the deficit. If
it grows larger we are sunk and might
just as well call for the sheriff.
This means a real serious sacrifi-
cial offering, not only on ThanksgiV-
ing day, but for the eleven months
that are to follow. We must get all
Presbyterians back to the gift line for
many of them are and have been on
vacation.
Let's do this--Sock a gift from all
who have been ducking, an dincrease
the gifts from those who have stood
by during the lean years. Then let's
make 1894 a Barium Springs year and
i'm that twelve months wipe out this
shameful deficit After all 10000 Pres
byterians may be wrong in fact they
are all wrong in this matter and the
results are disheartening to one who
stops and looks the full facts in the
face.
Many churches have given nothing.
Many Sunday Schools have given lit
tie and Bible classes and Auxiliaries
ditto So a great many, in fact, de-
cided majority of the $4,000 have walk
ed out on Barium and the children |
looking to them for food, shelter and |
clothes.
been cut from $40 to 303, and at a |
time when economic conditions made
the need more imperative. We have
cut the number of children cared for,
and we have cut everything and |
everybody, and left a few with a
very large bag to hold, while we went
off after pleasure and wasteful ex-
penditures.
In the meanwhile the Duke Founda-
tion has given some money, and the
State is paying the teachers Consid-
ering all these facts, our extensive lop
ping off and the outside aid, we 3d.
600 Presbyterians have not done
very creditable job at Barium Springs
The late Byron Clark said one, that
we Presbyterians spent too much time
talking about our ancestors, who
they were and what they did, and
neglected to do the plain duties OF our
own day and time. Every one knows
that we have a good deal to our credit
but also must admit that we have
never lost an opportunity to brag
over things and folks of the past.
Now let's do job in 1933-34 that we
can really brag about.
We established Barium. We built
the wonderful physical plant, we in
vited the children in, and we are re-
spOnsible for their cars and keeping
and of recent years we have treated
them like red headed step children.
If we love them half as much as Joe
Johnston We would support the ir.-
in a real creditable way SO
may we do these things: Give a real,
big, generous sum November Both. and |
spread it out SO as to take in the |
most of the $4,000. Then lets give
month by month sum sufficient to
sustain the Home and let's wipe out
this deficit which is one hundred per-
cent to our discredit
If Salisbury First gives thousand
dollars. how much will the rest of you
give?
j. F. HURLEY.
Salisbury Nov 20, 1898.