The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-08-17
1FGRO CHURCH TO
e CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
,,onIsTs WOULD MAKE FIT
NE L,,r nT ANNIVERSARY Memoir
IlhI OCCASION FOR GOOD.

.I,rad Methodist Episcopal
The co'S 4merica is planning to cele-
churcli ~ - fiftieth anniversary through
brat tho s'S connection this year by Eplsc %
out ' jiistricts. Each bishop WIN nays naye
pa u Srog cram in his respective fieid.
sci P Pm make it possible to avoid
TIL; WI. so,,,e meeting that would be
cunlO!teio al of the the churches were
had Il +o o in one place for such
cailea t tien and it will give opportun-
ce!eR soT the state conferences ana the
ny 10 generally to give expression L %
nem r5s fifty years of progress IN TINS
I Issnb of Methodism. oo+;.n
Ora Tbo main features of the meeting
=, nc Z, be review of the struggles,
VIII W and the future development
Sac tSo cbnrch, house and membership
o. sro w.t. and to raise funds Tor eouca- -
g gtU" and missions. This VIII De an
tlon .o @sT program for the entire
aSsl sL and each section has very DELL
cnuI' Inns u.s., in the raising of funds TO
hI.e o ~-l' some of the needy secondary
Su tploIs This idea is especially en-
siAo y;1od in the district Of Bishop l.. d..
HRn lIssI in Georgia. The plans are
n lootter;iaIizing very rapidly. His meet
NO.! !a, Is TO be held in Columbus, GA
ces or,bar IS. In this meeting the
o alto viii be aroused as never before
t S.@'o the opportunity and the duty OF
up upo" ob WV, to more carefully espouse
t t5o canse of education, to build better
s, more attractive houses OF worship
o ard 70 make the church more an IN
o "|r institution with a program
t 49, will look forward to the general
5 St',,s of the life of the young.
Districts Organized.
Tho committee on plans and ar
Won gements that met in Macon in June
l''r,7 that each presiding elder
orGanize his district and urge that
e5S5 member and friend give dona-
t;on for the cause of education and
Vlon Lol 'l'0 So
The white Methodists are asked to
give literally to this movement as IN
Gividuals. Their contributions are to
he used for the aid of the Helena b
Cohb institute, GAINESVILLE, and the
HoIspv Academy, Cordele. Each OF
these schools is suffering for man
buildings. The money of the white
members and friends of the Methodist
Church South will be used as "mem-
orial fund" in honor of the historic re
Iation of the Methodist Church South
and the colored Methodist church IN
America.
Organized Church.
Ii is known that the Methodist
Church South not only organized the
colored Methodist church, but for fiji
ty years of its. existence the leaders
Of each respective church, such as
Bishops Haygood, Keener, Duncan
Pierce, Payne, Gambler, McLeroy
Ainsworth, Williams, Carter (white)
and Holsey, Miles, Lane (colored)
have worked together along religious
ZINES and general educational endeav-
ors. Paine College at Augusta with
such presidents as DR.. George w
Walker and DIR. ]. w. Gilbert, the
scholar of the c. NJ. E. church, has
been the cooperative school between
the two races and as an intellectual
and spiritual mill for the colored has
grown steadily for 38 years prepar-
ing young negroes for life's duty upon
Southern soil, showing very beautiful
!y how the race problem may be solv-
ed through prayer and zeal of the
two OpOOlnc