The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-16
BUSINESS OF ARMY
sALvATIpNa ARMY ITO cLorHE THE NEEDY.
To ne Given Frsm Hig Chrisfmas Tree December 2s, and Hsfp is Asked Dor-Endassriaf Inssatntfon
 in Operation.

The Salvation Army under the lead ership of Capt. and Mrs l.. A Odom. Is making preparations to give every needy mother and child in Montgom- cry a present of warm suit of cloth ing
 Ciren in Afontgofaery that are facing the winter very ttinly clad. and many oe which viii De obliged to go through the cold weather this way unless some. body gives them some assistance, and for this reason: the army will give all ot their. presonts in clothing and shoes.
 women and children that will need as- ststance in the way of clothing and shoes. and 1t Is hoped that the better fixed people Of Montgomery VIII feei their Indebtedness to this effort and do what they can 10 help 1t.
 These pesents will be given from mammoth Christmas tree on Monday night, December 2S, in some suitable place which will be selected later. The reason for giving the Christmas tree on the 2Sth ts to avoid the rush, and to gove the army chance to get many odds and ends that 1t could not get during it's busiest days The industrial institution that has been in progress ifcr some weeks is now in operation at sir Whitman Street. This enterprise constitutes a large warehouse about 22xs0 feet souare which ks partitioned into separate apartments where waste paper of every description Is gathered sorted and baled, to be shipped to the mills where e-sit will be worked into new papers Rags and rubber of every description is also utilized in this man ner
 asThe army has installed couple of d that will be DuSX making calls to the offices and busi- ness. houses fer all of their waste.
 In this business the, army will be en- abled. to, furnish. work to .hundreos or men. There will be no need In the tu- ture of helping any able.bodied men as. they can. be sent to the SalVatlon Army. and they. will. be given lodging ana meals for. a. week, or SO until some thing better can be procured for them and in the meantime they will be tur- nished work sorting paper and rags to be baled.
 There are many people of Montgon. cry interested in this project, and VIII look forward to its success, and TOT this reason the army will make pup lie statement of each shipment.
 s Captain odorn and his corps of work CTS have a very interesting program mapped out for their winters Work.
 During the next four. months no less than 100 cottage prayer meetings VIII be conducted in and around the out skirts of Montgomery. In every case these meetings will be conducted so as to reach the people that are out Of the reach of the church to. some extent ; Many open air meetings will be con ducted in the suburb mad business seo- lions, which will take in Boguehomme. Stone ana South Holt Streets. Ben Street west End. Houston and Smythe Streets. North Montgomery, and other places. Each member of the corps will spend three hours per day in visiting private homes. ana doing personal work. This work has been done to some extent during the past year or so. hut the corps has been handicappe on account of the night school work, which has been turned over to the Board of Education. Many other lines of work will be pursued by the corps that are not mentioned here.