The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-09-06
EXPECT TO COLLECT
SUM OF 1000, 900
Southern Methodists Outline Plan
For Handling Great Centenary
Fund.

Nashville, Tenn.-The Centenary
Commission of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South, has announced its
plan for collecting the $5S, 200, 100000
which was pledged for the missionary
work of the church in the recent
Eight-Day Drive. The plan was pre-
pared and will be directed by Col
John E. Edgerton, of Tennessee, the
General Centenary Treasurer and the
Director of the Department of Fin.
ance for the Centenary Commission
Colonel Edgerton is well known
business man. He is president and
manager of the Lebanon Wooden
Mills, president Of tn e Tennessee
State Manufacturers Association
and during the war he was member
of the Executive Committee of the
War Industry Board appointed by
President Wilson.
"Our slogan is no shrinkage, but
an increase" said Col. Edge=.cn re-
Gently. Just as the Southern Meth
odist church has surpassed all records
in securing pledges for benevolent
purposes and has raised the lragest
sum ever given to any church at one
time in the history Of the world, so
do we expect to set new record in
the collection of these pledges"
An Extensive Organization.
The organization through which
these pledges will be collected has
four centers of responsibility. The
first is General Finance Commission
with headquarters at Nashville
headed by Col. Edgerton. This com
mission has prepared the standard
plan and will direct the entire move
ment, handing down to the various
bodies throughout the church detail
ed plans for their guidance.
There will also be conference Of
the churches, about 40 in number
These conference cabinets will be
composed of the Conference Mission.
airy Secretary, Conference Campaign
Director, the Lay Leader, and the
Conference Centenary Treasurer
Each of these officials have certain
specific duties, and will direct the
work of collecting all the pledges in
each annual conference.
In each of the four hundred dis
tricts of the church there is a SINH
lar cabinet composed of the. presid-
ing elders, the lay leaders, campaign
directors. and the chairman of the
Methodist Minute Men. The Con
ference Missionary Secretary is an
ex-officio member of all district cab
inets. The work of collecting in the
districts will be supervised by the
district cabinet.
Twenty Thousand Churches.
In each of the 10000 local church
es there will be local cabinets com
posed of the Pastor, the Centenary
Treasurer, the Campaign Director
the Lay Leader, the Chairman of the
Minute Men, the Sunday School Su.
peintendent and the PRESIDENT of the
Woman's Missionary Society. This
cabinet will do all the actual work Of
collecting the individual pledges.
The persons who made subscrip-
tions will be divided into lists of %
and the lists will be placed in charge
of certain number cabinet, who will
collect all pledges as they come due
One feature of the standard plan is
that the local church will be respon-
sible for collecting the full amount
of its subscription. If any subscrib-
er dies or meets with misfortune
such as to render it impossible fo1
him to pay,his pledge, it will be the
duty Of the church cabinet to securel