To Those Willing to Loan Money to Our Nashville Office
By George I. Butler
We need at this office a few thousand dollars at a low rate of interest, or without interest, if our friends are willing to loan it on such terms. It is known to many of the readers of the REVIEW that our Nashville office has moved from its old place of business on Jefferson Street, to a nice location outside of the city limits. A new building, seventy by one hundred feet, has been erected, one story in height, and our office installed in the large building, practically fireproof, where our work can be carried on far more advantageously, and at considerably less expense, than in the old quarters. It is a great relief to get out into the open country air, away from the fog and smoke of the city. The main city is built on both sides of the Cumberland River; the ground, of course, is comparatively low along the river, and the fog and smoke coming from a large number of chimneys where bituminous coal is burned, the air becomes in damp weather very unpleasant and unhealthful, and especially in the winter season. We have much more sunshine, and far better air to breathe, with good water, and many things that are desirable, in our new locality. The cost of moving was considerable. We very much need a few thousand dollars; and to secure from our friends loans for a term of a few years, so that we can pay off some accounts at the bank, and some other pressing debts, would be a great help to us. The prospects before our office were never so encouraging as at the present time. We hope to save three thousand dollars a year in the running expenses of the office in our new quarters. We consider the office a safe place of investment. Its credit has been maintained18in the city, and we have never yet failed to pay debts to those who have trusted us. It would be a help in a time of some embarrassment because of the expenses of moving, etc., could we receive loans at a low rate of interest. It would be helpful to the cause in the South. This money is not desired for the purpose of making new investments, but merely for relieving the office of some pressing claims. We have not been, for some two years past, making earnest pleas for gifts, though they would be very acceptable indeed, but there are so many other calls for other institutions that we have tried to get along without begging for money, believing that we shall, after a little, be able to run our business on a self-supporting basis wholly. Great improvements have been made in the past. We are usually running with sixty to seventy employees, doing quite an important work in printing. Will those who have love for the cause of God, especially in the Southern field, not be willing to make us loans at this time, when they are needed? We ask those who have money that they would be willing to loan to correspond with our office on Twenty-fourth Avenue, North, Nashville, Tenn. GEORGE I. BUTLER, President Southern Publishing Assn.