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Show To Fay Off Church Debt. The members of the Calvary Baptist congregation of the city met in a rally lust night lor the purpose of raising a fund to help pay off the chnrch debt, which, it was threatened, would be foreclosed and the place of worship taken ta-ken from the congregation. At the conclusion of the rally. It was shown that the net result of the evening's work was the collection of $153,65. The colored people were assisted In their work by the Rev. D. A. Brown of the , First Baptist church, who delivered an impassioned address that greatly en- couraged the colored workers. The Rev. E. S. Walker of the East Side Baptist . church also spoke and encouraged, the congregation. |