The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-21
M!gTHOD|S{0RNE
MI|(!VS avs BIG GAINS
IN Al DISTRICTS
Total Of $24,5, 100 ..
ported Wednesd,,, 40 =, ne
and Memphis DI%s.o'', '"',g
Now $66,395 Over Is

Returns received In Nashville q
the Southefn Methodist centenary am
at II o'clock wednesday n1orninas
showed an official total Of sp4 All IAN
The West Virginia conferences renort.
ca over its quota by 80 per cent We'd
nesday morning. The Pacific conference
made It's first report Wednesday morn.
/ ihs, ihe report representing only Los
angeles and San Francisco, showing a
Iotal OF $4,000. The conferences in
Iexas show an aggregate subscription
OF $S,0o0, 600. Fifteen conferences OF the
denomination had not reported nj noon
Ihe Memphis district was $50, 39b. .SS
over It's 100000 apportionment Tuesday
eSenihE and there remained fully one
thlrd OF the membership yet to be can
yyassed, according to Joseph A. Fowler.
district director, who said Wednesday
morning that he expected the total to
reach at least $375, 600 before the close
OF the campaign Sunday
receiWad sehn Ht M pepP1er, conference director
OF the conferences, which include sub
scriptions taken up to noon Tuesday.
Just 4S hours after theEbeginning Of the
campaign; Alabama, 100000 Baiti-
more, more sSi.9s,5o9o; ~ ooo Central Texas, sS5sOOo
600; Florida. $4S2, 900; Holston, 1914 ono
Illinois, $4,000; Kentucky. s3S5Noo; Lit
tle ROCK, 1857 600; Los Angeles, $50 600
louisiana, $4,000; Louisville, 1924 900
0de Memphis. 81 COS; 900; Mississippi s234,-
sNls2Goo No2iSsr North =. Alabsma oo s9s5 900
Carolina $4,000; North tHhl''VSfI MIssissinpi H,oh
s522, 600; North Texas s5Os 900 North
s west Texas, $40 600; South Carolina, ST.
o2S.ooo; South Georgia, 1854 OO0 South
!saas GSS upper pspnssssf so"fG
Carolina, 1851, 900; Virginia, 81, ,264 900
West Virginia, 1886, 900; West Oklahoma
$4,000; West Texas, s273 1000; North
Georgia, sl,25o,Ooo; North Texas, s5o9,-
000
Grand total for entire church, s19,-
100000.
Fund Nearing Goal.
Later the ST. Louis conference re-
ported a total of 1851 900 on its quota
OF $72S,S74, and conferences on the
Pacific coast turned in their first re-
ports which swelied the total to within
about 100000, 900 of the $35, 900, 900 goal
from.
The Rev, T. e. Sharp, presiding elder
of the Memphis district. said Wednes-
day morning that The total subscrip-
tons for the. entire$Shurch would prob
ably reach $4,000 900
After the returns for Tuesday had
been canVassed, Mr., Fowler issued
letter to all the church campaign d-
rectors and pastors In the Memphis dis
trict, thanking them for the present
success OF the campaign and urging un
cteasing efforts to put the drive over
the goal.
The record made In the Memphis dis
trlct Is In many ways considered most
remarkable and has attracted attention
all over the United States.
Bishop James Atkins, Of Nashville,
sent sent a telegram Tuesday night to D..
Sharp, in which he stated Your dis.
trict bids fair TO be the banner district
of the whole church,
Three local churches added to their
fund Tuesday, Galloway Memorial tool,
six subscriptions for a total Of s304.
Embury circuit added Il pledges for
sums amounting to $751; 50 Neshoha
circuit took 10 subscriptions for ssSs,
and Second church took two subscrip-
tions for total OF $275
The active canvass OF the teams in
most Of the churches will be postponed
until sunday, the closing day OF the
drive, when final wind-up campaign
will be waged in all the churches.
All churches will conduct service of
praise and thanksgiving Sunday. On
the blackhoards of each church therfinal
returns will be marked, and there will
be. short addresses by the team cap
tains and workers
~ iol GO 10 ANVIL, FIThLfCHuTCH sun
holds the record for the largest sub
scriptions.
One important item In the Centenary
fund for fhe Memphis district that has
not been included in the reports eis the
100000 contributed by the 46 Sunday
schools OF the district. Each Sunday
school was apportioned 5 cents per
capita enrolment, and In this district
a 100 per cent record was made By
every Sunday school, Dr. Sharp an
nounced Wednesday.
This amount will be entered with
the credits allotted to each church at
the conclusion of the campaign, but ac-
cording to the determination of the
campaign leaders here. the, apportion-
ment of each church was raised with
out claiming any of the credit
So far sas the reports received to
date Indicate, no other district in the
church has made such showing for
it's Sunday schools, 1t is said
BY including the s200C0 for the sun
day schools, the Memphis district lacks
but si3,s05 Of total of 100000. :