The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-20
PASTORS ORGANIZE
lAYnEN'S CONFERENCE

E9s Hundreds of layn,en of thesehureh
- Disciples of Christ in Virginia are
hang modified into vast ort-A ni@a
Nm for the conduct of this seate :
sr1ort1on OF the task Of raising the "
6o0 zoo quota set aside for the Chesss-
Saaia area. com imposed 81 Virginia, DIN
3rsct Of CoIun bia. Maryland and i@l"
aware. This 100000 quota Is a.
vnArt Of the $500 goo fund being
ehtsed by the Disciples Of CHRIST
throughout the United States MS
campaign will be,carried on from Nay
is to %. according to the announce
snent made at the state headquar-
1er. here. Many o%the most pToui-
nArt business and church men IN VIZ
ginia are, supporting tho movement
Including c. L. Snidow, II I,ynchbnfei
who is area campaign chairman; wal
Ter Holiday. of Richmond. VINO IL
chairman Of the area exscutlv" corn
mittee; Ernest r.. Motley OF ken
sron6. executive secretary ara scores
of others.
- Organ tons are being perfected
ZACH Of the S45 Disciples Of
trr,sf churches IN Virginia, when
-or,nosa, a membership Of SO, $40, &C
.crdin~ 10 the last membership roll
Yavr,en's eanferencee for minute Il
,ns onaDcial campaign ehatrmcn have
already beer held in many pAres IN
fhe CheSa peake area. thc!uHlrG 4'@'-
tjmore, NaahlnEton. haFcrsto ar, or
Eel as Tazewoll for powell valley
district. AT East Radfnrd for the iaN-
-,en of the Blue Ridge Holst"n, Al
l~rhenv and New River districts ST
-ig,ynchhurE fer tis laNmoH1 oI SCUM
f,,as n,r,7t ffsssrict. and ut Richmond
enr the n,inue men Of the Richmond
a division of tl~ Tlde"ater disric'.
During the coming week, Apr5 is
y 10 as. the following pa.~ors wan Or
xanize and holA iaynen's conier l.I.,
w. Rev. + W Long ot Clifton
rorre and Rev. j. -. HeisahccH, 81
: rfcnnorf. IN Allegheny district
= Eev. !. A. Coffe% IF SylNatus. in
Blue Ridge dIstria
aey. ! a. IIuugoy, Of Richmond
in New River district
Rev. J. T watson Of Lynchburg'
W Piedmont district
Rev A. NJ. Fox, q Roanoke, IN
s sp,,weIPs Valley district
Rev. W NJ Long, Of champion, III
. southeastern district
Rev. G II. Stecd. 81 Lynx hourg- lh'
youth Piedmont district
- Rev. r. II. Scott, Of Roanoke, IN
vazeweil district
Rev. II p. c. Maclarhlan. OF Rich
0cnd, in Tidewater district.
~-*~R Rev. +. T. Harlow, 81 Danvllle, IN
he Faftrv district.
Daring the past several weeks ms
state headquarters organization 10
RschmcnG has been compiling CUR
:. sasys ana gathering facts which are
Being published through pamphlets.
bu.ietins ara the Chesapeake Chris
lain" which is the official organ q
tne Disciples Of Christ in the Chesa-
neake area The chesapeake CHRIS
y1an" Is the continuation Of the VIZ
rinia Record" and is now being pub
$ ssished semi-uonthly,
Judge Christopher r. Garnet, II
, washington, is chairman Of the
minute men for the campaign and
3 the honorary committee is composed
BIZ Senator Carter Glass. Congressman
Schuyler Otis Bland, President Z. +.
Alderman. Of the University of Viz
xinia; Hon. James Peasants Woods
: washington u. G., and Hon. II I.
Morgan. Of Washington
The advisory committee is COM
nosed of w +. Ltpscomb, of Wash
sngton, as chairman and the follow
ms: N, ~
East Norfolk: George W. Gillespie,
Tazewell; Peter Hawthorne. Dundas'
Joseph Sager, Woodstock, J.. c. Shell
burne Dot: Jonas NJ. Carpenter
shelby; 7. I. English, Rocky Mount,
Y. w Graves. Liberty Minis " w
peudleton. Clifton Forge. J. A. scott
Washington, y. C.; Luther wright
Richmond,
The area campaign executive com
nistee includes:
waller Holiday, Richmond. chair.
man; Rev. II =. (. Maclachlan. Rlch-
n1ond, vice-chairman; +. NJ. Kent, IL,
Richmond treasurer; Or, j T. !
Hundieyy LynchburE, president LynCh-
burg college Perry Seay, Richmond,
chairman initial subscription commit
tes; Joseph +. White, Richmond,
chairman organization committee H.
e. Hawkins, Jr.. Richmond, chairman
publicity committee Q, A. Ha"k}As'
Richmond member publicity commit
Ice; John A. Tate. Richmond cam
paign director Tidewater district
Ernest r. Motley Richmond, area
campaign executive secretary; Henry
F. Lutx, Washington. y. c. regional
campaign executive secretary; j. Gar
rett Holiday, Richmond permanent
executive secretary. Edward II. Foot,
Richmond. area campaign director 10
r. B. Montgomery, Richmond. area
minute men secretary; i, - Mont"
e. gomery area publicity director.
Unless specially designated by the
contributor. one-ha1 o. the 5000
900 10 be raised in the Chesapeake
area will 70 "a Lyrchhurg college and
the remainder 10 the United Christian
Missionsry society to he divided
among TIE various orea nizau"ns
soyminG its departments
Lyncnsurs college is the only schoo'
orerateo by the Disciples Of Christ
in The s>hesa peSke area, and now
owns property valued al $Sl1004
with ar endowment fund of but 81
ESQ. The college now has enrolled
2a5 students who are taking up va
rleus phases Of Christian work and
he1ug trained for Christian leader
shin About 50 per cent Of the sum