Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1916 — PREACHER WINS IN COTTON [ARTICLE]

PREACHER WINS IN COTTON

Cleans Up $30,000 Which He Will Put Into Trade School for Poor Children. Atlanta. —As a result of investment of SIOO in cotton when the staple was down to seven cents the Rev. Stephen D. Cremean, pastor of Mount Vernon Southern Methodist church in Atlanta has $30,000. When the bottom fell out Mr. Cremean put his SIOO in cotton, borrowed all he could on the staple and bought more. When the cotton began climbing the pastor kept oh “pyramiding” as heavily as he could until he held $30,000 worth of the staple. The minister now is disposing of his holdings and proposes to put the money in a trade school for poor chlldren ....... “I have always wanted to give poor children a chance by teaching them a trade," he says, “and now I am able a<rn.”. —