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HOSPITAL DRIVENEARS HALFMILLION MARKRace Group Has Total Of*164,495 At Close OfneIVictory DinnerGANS MEMORIAL NOWIS A CERTAINTYMore Than SI,000 Sub-scribed Locally To Commemorate Great BoxeriThe New Provident Hospital and Free Dispensary campaign for $175,000 ended brilliantly Monday night with subscriptions and cash- amounting to nearly a half million dol-. lars.Of this $164, 495.46 was reported by race workers under George A. Watty, general chairman.The white workers, under Dr. J. M. T. Finney, made a report of $149,007.90, wttli a total of 759 subscriptions. In the report of the race workers, some 6,490 subscriptions were noted. Added to this total of $290,205, under which there are no conditions, the drive will also realize $110,000 in conditional gifts bv Julius Roscnwald. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. and an anonymous donor.Joe Gauis Memorial The Joe Gans Memorial Fund, launched ten days ago. has reached the $1000 mark. A gift of 5100 from the Olvmplc Athletic Clab was announced at the Victory dinner. Contributions to this fund Include the following: Thomas R. Smith. $150:**Kld” Prat. $100: Edward Myers.$100; Robert E. Lee Requardt.* $50; George A. Watty, $50: John. W.Hawkins. $50; William N. Jones. $50: T. Wallis Lansey, $50; J. Preston Linberry. $50.The above constitute a committee which will oush the fund throughout the country’.Start Endowment At the dinner of the nearly 700 workers Monday night Dr. Finney declared that the drive had surpassed the wildest dreams of himself and Mr. Watty. He stated that there is now’ an endowment fund of $165.-205 exclusive of some $60,000 w’hirh will be used for maintenance in the next five years. An endowment of $1,000,000 will be necessary in a few years, it was said.Among the other speakers were ex-Governor Phillip E. Goldsborouch. George A. Watty. C. C. Fitzgerald, and Dr. George Bragg. Jr. A resolution thankln*? the contributors, officials, and other participants was read.Division Reports •Bringing forward former reports of $111.910. the divisions came ud Monday night with $52,585, of which 20 uer cent was - cash. The largest amount reported among caDtains was a check for $5000 brought in by Mrs. Fearless Williams- from an anonv-mous giver. Walter 3. Emerson's division reported $1700 in cash.The division reports j for the week were Walter S. Emersoh. $4764: Mrs. Beniamin Brown. 53197B0; Mrs. John R. Ooasev. $6828.75; Wilter Emerson. $4538: Mason A. Hawkins. $1365;Miss Man' E. Hughes. $12456: Dr. A. O. Reid. ‘S1835: Mrs. Elizabeth K.White. $2356: Miss Mabel Whiting. $2857.75: Miss Anita R. Williams.*3849.50; Francis M. Wood. $2331.75: Mrs. G. H. Buchanan. $4505.25.Francis ConfirmedWASHINGTON. D. C.—The nom-1 nation of William - T. Francis, of St. Paul. Minn., to be minister and counsel general to Liberia. was confirmed by. the Senatelast Saturday.Mr. Francis was nominated by the President on December 9. He is now in Monrovia serving under a recess appointment.o --PRINCIPAL RESIGNS1ItELKTON. Md.—The resignation of Mrs. Esther J. Nutter as principal cf *he RowlandviUe School, to take effect December 31. was announced here bv the school board last week.christIias\pc(T1£ICrI1rTrf£cc}'J\t\rfrtccs*7rtcX.SP1£t1CPTrLN1 had Mar $370 all egis u.cenyNlt;unfcfronThe AFRO-AMERICAN will .be closed all day. Monday, December I To 26th. 'an cEugene Gordon, of the Boston Post. review! U. B;tn MOff«rtanJty M»**xLne.” Decern“One of the most outstanding achievem wee the AJTtO-AMERICAN'S undoubted pub I UORS EXPKRTtY TREATED than any ©the
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