The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-11-13
AT FIRST MEETING
.S2,225 IS RAISED
LANCASTER RESPONDS TO
Y. M. G. A. WAR WORK.
Other Subscriptions and Work
in Other Sections of County
Will Swell Fund.

The union meeting or rally held
at the Methodist church Sunday
night for the purpose of inaugural
ing campaign to raise $2,100 in
Lancaster county for the Y NJ c.
A. war work resulted in an over
subscription of the amount set apart
as Lancaster county's portion of the
$35, 100000 to be raised. At this
meeting $2.225 was subscribed to
the fund, s125 more than the allot-
ment for the whole county.
Prof. Thompson and Prof Nc
Ginnis, of Winthrop college, and Mr..
r. S. Stewart, of this city, were the
principal speakers. They outlined
the work to be done, the necessity
for the work at army camps, and
when subscriptions were called for
the result was as stated above
The campaign is to continue
throughout the week and with the
other sections of the county at work
there is a possibility of doubling the
amount asked for, or, in other
words. raising in the neighborhood
of $1,000. If the campaign pro-
crosses as it has started out. there
will be no trouble in doing this.
The contributors to the fund thus
far are as follows:
Leroy Springs, w. T. Gregory
| Waddy G. Thomson, Waddy r.
Thomson, A. ]. Gregory, Oliver c.
Blackmon, w. p. Bennett, r. r.
Riddle, Geo. F. Ferguson, d. A. Will
liams, Jno. NJ. Madra, Robert S. Har-
per, REV. 3. r. Carson. II. II. Hor-
ton, G. NJ. & E. NJ. Plyler, Rev. H
r. Murchison, w. ID. Lemmond, j
s. Wilson, j. f. Stewman. Mrs. E. NJ
Skipper, j. p. Allison, j. f. Black.
mon, j. F. Nisbet, W. C. Glisson
Mrs. III. f. Coffey, Miss Perry Belle
Bennett, Mrs. w. p. Bennett, C. F.
Stoll, Rev. Jas. III. Thayer, DR.. w. F
Laney, w. p. Robinson, Mrs. Mary
b. Mellow. w. G.. Strait. Sadie Black.
mon, Miss Ella McCutchen. Miss Lii
han Rose, Sara Patterson. w. III
j praffin, Jno. T. Green. r. y. Van.
Landingham, Miss Ethel o. Brock
Chas. @. Cochrane, Miss annie V
Gregory, r. Thos. Beatty, V. A. Lin
gle, Paul Moore, Samuel r. Will.
liams. r. T. Beatty, W. II. Reed, w
Il n .fa1, ID NJ
McDermid. Miss Martha G. Creigh
ton, Mrs. NJ. A. Payseur. Geo. w
i Baker, c. l.. McManus, A. C. Carnes
p. M. Latham, o. w. Connors. Odel
Horton, Ben S. Ashley, w. F.. Har
per, Miss Effie Stogner. j. L. Reed
r. Mack Blackmon. f. Clyburn Will
son, Jno. l.. Caskey, Miss Onibe
Duren, j. III. Carnes. Miss Mary VIII
hanson, Miss Bernice Davis, F. w
Sistare, Mrs. r. r. Riddle, ]. r
Thomasson, w. II. Millen. Rolin B
Mellow, w. L. Steel, T. B. Henry
Miss Mabel Plyler, P. NJ Simpson
w. Q. Caskey, w. T. Blackmon. r
w. Graeber, o. B. Bartlett. j. w
! Powers, Mrs. j. w Powers. Mis-:
She'll. Miss Martin, Miss Mamie Hill
Moore, j. c. Elliott, Jas. A. viii
liams. c. H.Crawford. II. K. Will
hanson, DR.. j. Reese Funderburk
Fl: r. McManus, Mrs. A. b. Glass
cock, Mrs. G. F. Ferguson. Miss Ida
M. Porter, Robert Horton, A. L
Mobley, Mrs. Jos. w. Knight, Mrs
A. j. Roddey. Miss Lula Lindsay
Miss Olivia Emmons. w. P. Roddey
Miss Isabelle Davis. Ernest Moore
Jr., A. F. Giles. J. o. Porter, Mrs
j. o. Porter, Henry c. Pardue, s
C Craig, Miss Mamma Perry, Mrs. l.
] Perry. j. e.. Patterson, Miss An.
ME Witherspoon, A. G.. Ellison, Mrs
A. B. Ferguson, r. S. Stewart. E. M
Croxton, Mrs. E. NJ. Croxton.