The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-05-20
FIRST DAY is
A BIG ONE
North Carolina Methodists
Raised Sunday, $75O,OOO
of the 81, SOS, ,455.OO
QUOTA FOR THIS STATE

The big drive of the Methodist
Centenary began Sunday, at 12l
o'clock, noon. The program includ-
ed services Sunday morning and on
Sunday evening in every Methodist
church in America, a thing which
has never happened before in the
history of the churcR. With several
fzati6n and cultivation, the Cente-
nary spirit and enthusiasm OF the
Church was running high ali over
Mefhodism. fI was a glorious Sab
attn day, and with one mi1.:on, four
hundred Thousand :aymen apG lay
'Tc1nen uaHvassers out in the field,
Covering every fT.ch of territory inl
he United StittEs and Ca1ada to-,
geEher with the intense lators and
enthusiasm of the clergy, Methodisml
received san impetus and a spiritual
/ awakening that will make them a
dynamic force spiritually and finan-
ciafly, eand enable her to render a
world service, the meaning Of which
| cannot now be estimated She
wrote yesterday "a long and wonder
full chapter inn her history
From te1egraphic and telephone
communications received last night
by the Conference Campaign Diree-
tDr:: prasticalIy 1aal of the churches
that got in their reports went over
| the top many Of them with from %
n N
scription- AS a large number of tel
ephone and telegraph offices in the
state are closed ION Sunday, it was
impossible for many of the churches
to get their reports through. Ar
rangemsHts were made with the tel
legraph offices in Durham to keep
open yesterday SO that all reports
that came in could be delivered.
Centenary headquarters remained
open during the day and until mid
night Sunday night, in order that
local and district directors might
file their reports.
Up to last night no report had
been received from headquarters at
Nashville giving the return for the
whole of Southern Methodism, but
the following is the report for the
North Carolina Conference for Sun
day afternoon s, canvass:
| Durham District, sr96,71s.6s. her
quota being $191,0f7OO.
Elizabeth City, $46; 100; quota,
$3.50, ,641.00.
Fayetteville, s5o.ooooo; quota,
SAG, ,482.0O.
New Bern, ss2,25s25; quota,
s201,960Oo.
Raleigh, s121, ,os6.o6; quota,
l$186,915.00.
Rockingham, $40, $685.; quota,
$2o3, ,655.0O.
Warrenton, $66,S6O.0O; quota,
l$1s6,345.00.
Washington, ss5, 5,65s.25; quota.
$172.935.0O.
Wilmington, s61,51s26; quota,
l$15S,475.O0.
The campaign director is very
hopeful of the final results, and feels
confident that the $35, 100000
quota for the Southern church and
the North Carolina, Conference quo
ia of $1,6OS,4 S,455.0O will be gener-
lous1y oyersubscribed.
| The canvass will continue through
this week and will conclude with the
final reports in all churches next
Sunday night, May 25th.
The Durham District went over
the top with a good surplus Monday
morning at 11:40 o'clock, the first
District to make and report its
4 quota.
| This is where the Centenary
money will go:
4 America, $S,7SO.000.00 -
i China, $2,539,272.00.
Korea, $1,617,173.0O.
Africa, s3S0,O0O.OO.
Cuba, -$4s1,9S7.0O.
i Brazil, $2,63s, s,27s.00.
Il Mexico, $1,369,548.00.
Japan, s1,S42,741.00.
Il War work, caring for orphans
and re-establishment OF war shat
: ttered peoples in their homes, So
81 $4,000
III Amount to be distributed to the
lvarious Missionary Boards of the