The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-09
NEGRO CHOIRS AND NEW JERSY BAND
 PLEASE SOLDIERS
By PATRIOTIC PATRICIA

Anniston. October s.-(Special.) )-one oi
 the most unique and enjoyable affairs ever given in Anniston occurred Sunday
 afternoon, when the opera house was crowded from top to bottom with civil lans and soldiers to hear the concert given by the negro choirs of the city and
 the New Jersey band.
 In explaining the purpose of the con-
 cert, one of the colored musicians said;
 We cofored folks have no money to give to the Red Cross, so we decided to do our bit by singing and maybe we can sing some money out of your pockets
 We want to help our white folks, who, | want to tell you white folks here from the north, are just the best folks on earth.'
 A choir of over 100 were seated on the stage. Besides several solos, the old negro melodies, Swing low sweet chariot Wish I Had a Died in Egypt Land," Couldn't Hear Nobody Fray,
 Feel Like My Time Amt Long," ana other hymns requested by the white tolks were rendered in the inimitable way, such as only the southern negro can sing.
 The New Jersey band received encore after encore for their numbers on the programme By the way, have you ever seen anything like the way the New Jer- sey and Alabama folk have fallen In iove with each other? The New Jersey people came to Anniston with a grouch." some newspaper man had written them that they were coming to the land of yellow fever and malaria; that 1t was so not here the water came from the hydrants boiling hot Naturally the Alabamlans resented their attitude. Now all IS lovely. The New Jersey people are sim ply wild oyer this glorious weather. They seem to be trying in every way to atone for their past remarks by entertaining and accommodating the Annistonlans III every way possible.
 The Harvest Dance" given at the camp last Saturday evening by Briga- dier General Barber, and other on1cers of the New Jersey regiment, was one or the most brilliant of the military dances of the season.. A platform was erected on Jersey Hill and banked with great quantities of golden rod and autumn leaves and lighted by myriads of Chi nese lanterns The popular New Jersey regimentaI band music gave pep to the dances.
 Jersey Hill" is becoming g most pop ular center of social and musical events. Chaplain Warren takes great pride In drilling the boys in singing. In fact, the 1lrSt lHldHtTy IS uBuAlly ueSlSHoIcu oo the singing regiment heard the Khaki choir of over 12 voices sing lover There" while visiting Jersey Hill last evening, and, my! 1t was inspiring. I had the pleasure of interviewing General Barber and Mrs Barber. Both expressed them selves as charmed with Alabama hos- pitality. I have followed General Bar Der around in every part of the country for 19 years of army life,'' said Mrs. Bar Der, "and I have never enjoyed people more than the Alabamians."
 Oh. you should hear those yankee boys sing the ringing strains of Dixie. They sing it with just as much enthusiasm as our own southern boys. In fact, this song of the south bids fair to encircle the earth. It is Dixie" that stirs the crowd in France to heart-ease and cheers. In singing together our heart song of the south," the soldiers of the blue and gray eliminate all rancor and bitterness be- tween the north and south, and think only of one country, one flag"