Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13
CAMPAIGN IS ON
Organizers Will Canvass State This
Week to Arouse Interest.
ENTERTAINMENT PLANS MADE
Big Dinner TO Be Held Mt Auditorium
on Opening NiEht-Over Thou
sand Persons VIII BE
Served.

The efforts of those working for the
Omaha convention Of the laymen's mis-
sionary movement to be held here in March
are taking positive direction. Committee
organizations have been completed and
the departmental work has begun. Mon
day night the deputation committee. which
has in charge the work which will mean
the spreading of the campaign throughout
the Nebraska territory, will hold a meet
ing and Dime at the Young Mems Chris
tian association.
Az this meeting the territory for each
of the men who go out to spread the
movement will be chosen. The ~deputation
committee is to concern itself only with
Nebraska territory, as Council Bluffs has
a special committee to care for the por-
ton of the Omaha convention district lying
in western Iowa. Sixty county seat towns
in Nebraska are to be covered in the
campaign. The visitors to these towns
will be Omaha layn. en- who are interested
in the movement. At each of these towns
they are to familiarize the church people
with the movement for the convention and
what it stands for. In these communities
1t is then presumed that a local organiza-
ton for the purpose OF carrying the move
ment into the towns about the county seat
will be formed.
Campaign Work over State.
The men who will take up the work laid
out by the deputation committee have not
yet been chosen. Among those who will
speak over the state are j.. p. Bailey, field
secretary Of the Young Mems Christian
association; Judge Sutton. and Bishop VIII
liams Of the Episcopal church.
The entertainment committee, headed by
Harley G. Moorhead, held a meeting Sat
urday at noon to make plans for the con
vention week. An official hotel will shortly
be designated and railroad rates for the
convention quoted. The principal week OF
the committee is In the arrangements fol
the big Dime to be given at the opening
night Of the convention in The Auditorium
when it Is expected that covers will b,
laid for from 1000 to 1900 delegates. Thi,
dinner is TO be served by the women of on,
of the omaha churches, yet not chosen.
The statistical committed is gathering
figures to show how much Omaha is send
ing into the foreign missionary field. Upoi
this report much of the important wor
of the convention win be based.
t Large sum for Missionary Work.
I The Detroit conventions report showed
! that that city was spending S32, 900
year on missionary work. The impetu
given by the movement is credited wit
an increase in the annual contribution
to the sun of 100000 a year. In Ney
e York the increase attained was fror
a $4,000 to $75O,OOO The United State
| is now giving about $40. 600, 900 annual
3 to foreign missions and those behind tn
e movement expect hat this sum may b
e doubled by the series of convention
which is to be held across the country.
The Omaha Standard" recently reache
r by the First Presbyterian church herr
has attracted a wide degree Of interes
: throughout the country and because o
q the attention that has been drawn 10 thu
e city the convention TO be held here is G
5 special Importance.
2 The Omaha Methodist Preachers unto
2 Is TO meet at the Young Mems Christia
e association Monday night for a d~iscussio
3 of the missionary movement work.
: DR. Fred II. Sheets of Chicago is bein
sent to Omaha by the Methodist Churc
board to forward the interests of III
convention here. and. besides lookin
after the part which the Methodists wi
: take. will address an inter-denominl
8 tional meeting. His dates In Omaha al
y February 1921.