Evening journal., 1919-04-23
METHODISTS TO
TALK CENTENARY
Ministers and Laymen Meet
Bishop Mcdowell at
Dover Tomorrow
DELAWARE TO
GET SCME HELP

Several hundred Methodist clergy-
men and laymen will assemble at Dover
tomorrow to perfect the financial
phase Of the campaign projected by
The Missionary Centenary OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church for fund
Of 100000 for worldwide reliel
undertakings.
Bishop William T. Mcdowell, OF
Washington, bishop Of the Washing
ton area OF the church, will take
prominent part in the deliberations,
which are to be held at Wesley
Methodist Episcopal Church. Delegates
70 the conferences represent CONFER
ences In the Wilmington. Dover ana
Easton districts or the Methodist
Church. There will be assembled pas
tors, local council chairmen, chairmen
Of finance campaign committees, chair
men Of Minute Men and the Sunday
school superintendents, together with
district officers
The Rev. Or. w. r. Mowbray, district
superintendent for the Dover district
has charge Of arrangements for the
reception and entertainment OF the
delegates while they are in Dover. Al
together 700 delegates were scheduled
10 attend the sessions.
Lay leaders, high In the council OF
. he church in other sections Of the
: country, and who are actively promot-
ling the great humanity relief project,
; are among the delegates. These in
: rlUde II. p Cannon Of Bridgeville, w.
o. Hoffecker Of smyrna, Z. C. Hard
-esty Of Wilmington. John l.. Aloock Of
Baltimore, centenary chairman for the
. Wilmington area: Elmore B. Jeffery
{ -of Baltimore, Md, finance chairman;
IS. NJ. Bard and Walter E. Dorland,
Financial campaign directors. Among
other centenary workers are Or. Nor
ris L. Swartz, executive secretary for
he Washington area. and the Rev. Z.
C. Keboch, centenary sunday school
director; the Rev. Or. w. A. Wise, Of
Smyrna, superintendent Of the Easton
district, and the Rev Or. Robert Watt
Of Wilmington, superintendent Of the
Wilmington district, will take a promi-
nent part in the conferences.
The general call, which was Issued
Tor this conference. Indicated that
centenary officials are quickly mobliz-
ing forces for a vigorous prosecution
II the centenary financial canvass, and
before the close Of the Dover confer
snce. concrete plans will have been
Formulated to line up every Methodist
churchman and layman in the districts
represented in hearty support Of the
movement.
Never before in the history Of the
.hurch has such a huge plan for war
and relief betterment been presented.
The plan contemplates not only vast
expenditures In Delaware. Pennsyl-
Vania. Maryland and other states. but
Is nationwide and worldwide in It's
scope The centenary survey calls for
liberal expenditures In Dover and other
surrounding cities IN rebuilding pro-
jects ard ministerial additions.
Community centers, new churches,
new hospitals, relief for the poor are
some Of the features Of the program
locally. Some idea OF the extent Of
this movement may be gained from the
survey showing that si00O0.0OO is 10
be spent In the United States. The
program for foreign work is equally
large. Forty millions dollars will be
spent IN that way. In projects purely
of war reconstruction nature S25.-
100000 will be spent both at home
and abroad in five years.