Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-05-04
Interstate Secretary George lib
bits Explains Work.
TO RAISE $40, 900 IN Is DAYS
Movement to Raise Money with which to Erect
Building will Open Formally ON May
is with Banquet.

To raise $4,000 and to raise 1t in
side of fifteen days will be the earnest
effort of the men of Martinsburg who
have started out to form Young
Mems Christian association. The
movement will be inaugurated formal
ly at a banquet which will be held
on the 10th. The place for the ban
quet will be determined upon later,
and it is understood that the citizens
will be invited to attend, generally.
The committees have been working
hard to get the movement under head
way. Headquarters were opened in
the board of trade room on Wednes-
day. From there will go forth the in
spiration and literature which it Is be-
lieved will so influence the citizens Oh
Martinsburg that by the end of the
period named, the required amount
will be pledged with which to erect
a building in which to carry on the
work These things and more were
decided upon Wednesday evening,
when the committee met to receive in
structions from Interstate Secretary
George Tibbitts.
The work itself will be under the
direction of Mr. O'Neil, who is already
in the city The active part of the
work will be done by the members Of
the committee. Meetings will be held
at which the members will agree to
see the citizens whom they will be
most ableto influence They will be
given cards upon which the names Of
the people they are to see will be
placed. 1t will be their business to
obtain promise or money from and to
return the cards to headquarters. The
cards will be put on record. Those
who subscribe will be seen at the
proper time for payment. Those who
promise for the future will be kept
for future reference. The cards for
the citizens committee will be blue
and those for the young mems com,
mittee Will be pink.
viii Issue Prospectus.
Considerable literature will be dis
tributed. 1t is purposed to get out a
prospectus with a cut Of the proposed
building in order to let the subscriber
see into what he is putting his money.
The location OF the new building has
not been decided upon. 1t is thought
that it will be placed somewhere in
the block between the public square
and Burke street No options have
been obtained yet.
The meeting was presided over on
Wednesday evening by Alex Clohan.
He said in opening that 1t was a joint
meeting of all the committees to lis
ten to the instructions of Interstate
Secretary George Tibbitts upon the
work. He called upon Mr. Tibbitts,
who spoke in part as follows:
81 congratulate you on the good
turnout. can see that success is be-
fore u.s." He told of the work at Ha-
gerstown and said that they were
asking for $4,000. Continuing, he
said: "You are doing well. am
pleased with the progress and inter-
est that your chairman of the execu-
tive committee has taken. He asks a
great many question and is ready to
move. | am confident he will back
you. I want to say word for Mr..
O'Neil Everywhere he has been he
has done splendid work.
II would like much il this can be
started as soon as possible. would
like to see your money pledged before
Hagerstown is started. Fifteen or ten
day committees have been held all
over the country, in cities both large
and small, where they have been sue