The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-05-22

neat form in large. square book
containing one hundred and eight
pages and these books have been sent
broadcast over the South. The church
is working on the great democratic
theory that there are to be mo secret
pacis" and the spending Of every one
Of those three billion five hundred
million cents is accounted for. We
will not attempt to account for all Of
these pennies here, because even the
lfriendliest member of the Fourth
Estate isn't willing 20 turn over his
entire newspaper to one article. Bat,
for the benefit Of that enquirng ban
ker-and the ten thousand other en-
curing people in his city-here is a
quickly summed-up outline Of what
Southern Methodists will do towards
rebuilding the world.
Starting at home, as every great
movement should do, the Methodists
will spend over seven million dollars
in the Southern and Southwestern
States This win be divided between
the following forms Of work; noun
tain. immigrant Negro. Indian. cot
ton mill people. increasing salaries Of
undergrad pastors, in the promotion
Of Christian literature for all Of them,
and in various forms Of city and ru-
raj work In the inaccessible dis
tricts-the great plains Of the West,
the isolated mountain regions, the
swamp lands-in places like these lit
tie. mission schools will be "set up
schools where children who, otherwise
would have no opportunity. viii be
taught Christianity and arithmetic az
one and the same time. The fact is.
the drive means for children like
these the addition Of fourth IT" 10
the reading, ritnp.
'rithmetic and righteousness being
the foundation Of the church's plan
for establishing mission schools
The leaders Of the movement de-
clare that this educational program
of theirs will 20 further towards rid
ding the next generation Of The men.
ace Of Bolshevism than any other
thing they know Of because educa-
ton, permeated with Christianity,
means those who receive It win be
come good citizens in the largest and
best meaning Of the word This edu
eating of the negro. the mountain
white, the immigrant and the Indian
is one Of the real services which they
can do for their country, Methodists
declare, and they are going about do
ing that service before America be
comes embroiled in the unrest Of
Europe
In addition 20 the mission schools
which they will establish, Southern
Methodists will spend large part Of
their thirty-five million on settle
ment houses in the down and out dis
ltricts Of the large cities of the South.
n I mus AVl Auf ibiIi1 VI N'AAAf-
ment work which the Methodists will
do includes work for the Negroes
through their Wariota Settlements.
and innumerable other enterprises
down-and-outs in the cities Of the
for taking care of the derelicts and
South Several very large settle
ments will be built and others already
established enlarged in practically
every state in the South Churches
will be built IN both the city and ru-
raj districts and the circuit rider, in
particular, will receive a more livabie
salary. One of the most important
and unique phases of uplift which the
Methodists will undertake as a result
Of the Centenary will be an itinerat-
ing school for Indians, where the sons
of former braves" can go, after
camp fashion, and learn by
gienne, spelling and religion at one
and the same time.
But the Methodists have opened the
windows and looked further than
America in their effort to spend the
thirty-five million dollars to the best
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