The Cairo bulletin., 1914-04-10
Well Attended and Enthusiastic
Meeting Held Last Night for
Preliminary Arrangements.
EXPECT TO ESTABLISH
RECORD CHURCH ATTENDANCE
Over One Hundred Active Workers
Enthusiastically Enter Field
...May 3rd the Day.

! The committee and representa-
tives lr charge OF the great ''Go-To-
Church Sunday Movement held
meeting last night and completed
al! desail work. This Is about tire
third meeting held since the start
ing of this movement and it is grow
ing more interesting at each meet
ing. Active work will be coir-
lmencej in the next few days to push
this great movement 10 a huge sue
cess.
c. r. Galigher is chairman OF
this Go-To-Churcn movement, ]. =.
Gardner, secretary: w. F. Crossley.
chairman transportation committee:
DR.. Dunn. chairman publicity conf
mittee; r. J. Pryor. chairman mer-
chants window committee; Judge W.
is. Dewey. chairman tag committee.
IT c, Clendenen, chairman school
publicity committees; NJ. s. Carter
chairman finance committee; Jacob
Held, chairman general publicity
lcommittee.
These will be about ten to fifteen
on each committee and besides those
who volunteer work 1t is estimated
that there will be over one hundred
lactiye workers. II will be the aim
OF the committees to Impress on tbs
!, people that they would like to have
, them attend church for once. Not
Iany particular church, but amy
lchurch
4 AT the meeting last even'rg 4
Twas decided to ask the colored
churches to join in the movement.
Every church in Cairo. being abont
twenty-five in all, will take part in
tho Go-To-Church work 1t Is esti-
mated that out OF the Cairo's $4,000
population about 10000 peopls will
lattended.
II IS understood that Rev. Ed
lward Thomson of st. Louis. secre-
tary Of the American Sunday Oh
Iscrvance League was the originator
OF the idea. 1t is also said that Il
grew ou' Of the Men and Religion
Forward Movement.
The idea was first put tht ,ush in
small Illinois town, suburb of
, Chicago. 1t was next tried in
small town in Eastern Ohir. The
first big town to put on this move
ment was Chicago and actual count
or the attendance showed tina. l.
zoo. 900 people attended church.
Kansas City first claimed the rec
ord attendance when IL was estt-
mated that so pes cent of the neo-
pie went to church on one SUNDAY.
East st. Louis broke this record by
putting over their movement lately
and having 10000 people out of the
10000 population. Evansville.
Ind, and Galesburg. H.. are now
putting on this movement.
In East st. Louis all of the d..
partments of the city, as we'll as the
. business interests co-operated. The
, Chief Of Police at roll call on Sur
, day morning asked all of his men to
arrange to go to some church for
one Sunday. The Fire Chief just
after fire assembled his men and
made arrangements so that every
maS could attend church for the
one Sunday. The Superintendent o,
!; Public Institutions asked all of the
teachers to attend some church and
instructed them to tell the children
to go to church and to take their
parents with them. The Retail
Merchants co-operated by having
their clerks asking the customers
"Will ! see you in Church sunday
This movement was put over with
out the assistance of the clergy.
The Go-To-Church Sunday in
: Cairo has been selected for Sunday.
May .lrd
The corrupt conditions prevail
ing in East St Louis are proyerbial.
] vet the 60 To Church" movement
was so popular that ii took the city
by storm. people of all classes and
all creeds Joined in the movemcn.
and made their chosen day day to
be remembered. No vacant pews
stared the officiating clergy in the
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