The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23
Methodist Minute Men Lead
 Great Religious Undertaking
100000 ThreeMnute Speakers Organized in the Centen- ary Movement of Both North and South-Dr. Reisner,
 Directing Alabama Speakers, Announces Chairmen

The Minute Men organization for the | northern branch of the church is in New York, and the director is Dr. the leading American authority on church advertising and is the author of several volumes on the subject. The southern organization is di- l rected by Dr. Elmer T. Clark, who is in charge of the entire publicity de- ! partment of the southern church, with offices in Nasville. Tenn. Dr. Clark is journalist who has been a war | correspondent for leading American dailies since the outbreak of hostili- ties.
 More than 100000 Minute Men in all the Methodist churches of the United States have launched the centenary movement of American Methodism, the ultimate object of which is to raise a fund of $115,o00.00O for the reconstruc- tion and missionary work of the de- nomination in all parts of the world. The idea of the Minute Men has been borrowed from the government and it has been made the most important di- vision of the publicity department of the century movement
 The organization reaches down from the great city congregations to the smallest country churches on the cir cults. and it has been perfected by both the Methodist Episcopal church and the Methodist Episcopal church, south. The financial goal of the northern branch | i, o,,H tLat AF l, ern branch is $35 1000, ,000. The south ern church has more than 10000 con- gregations, while there are more than 30, 900 in the north.
 Three minute speakers appear at all the services of the Methodist churches everywhere and present some phase of the centenary programme. The organi- zation operates locally through the di- rection of q chairman in each church, who has under him a sufficient num- Der of assistant speakers. There are also district chairmen who exercise oversight of the Minute Men over larger areas.
 Regular journals are issued as or gans of the Minute Men. The Centenary Bulletin, published in Nashville, has circulation of more than 100000 month ly; it is 16-page paper which contains facts, schedules of dates and subjects. information to be used in the prepara- tion of addresses, and suggested speeches for the Minute Men.
 It is claimed by the authorities of Methodism that the centenary move- ment is the greatest movement of its kind ever undertaken by any religious denomination in the worlds history The vastness of the undertaking is evidenced by comparison of the amount to be raised this year, with the amount raised annually; the Meth odist Episcopal church, south, will raise $35,00O,000 in the great eight days drive beginning April 27, and the usual budget calls for but $2,000,0O0 per year.
 LOCAL MINUTE MEN
 The chairman of all the Methodist Minute Men in the city and district of Birmingham is MT. A. c. Montgomery.
 The following are chairmen in the va rious local churches:
 Acipco, Dr. w. H. Bell; Ninth Street, F. l.. Brodie Mission, Avondale, $. G. Frey; East Birmingham, J. G. Tidwell; East Lake, O. B. Newman; Eleventh Avenue. G. M. Bowers; Fairview, J. M. Dugger; First Church, D. Beard; Wilson's chapel. Judge Dan Greene; Fortieth Street, Rev. G. w. Robinette; Fountain Heights, Dr. H. N. McTyeire; Highlands, F. D. McArthur; Mount Yer non, c. V. Hoover; North Highlands. E. N Hamill; Norwood, E. J. Rowe, Owenton, Pierce Kline; St. John, A. F. Hummer; St. Paul, H. B. Parrish; Sixty seventh Street, J. c. Arthur; Trinity, T. M. Nesbitt; Twenty-first Avenue.