The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-11-15

FOR THE SOLDIERS

"Ys" FOR THE SOLDIERS
Great Campaign for Fund of $685.
100000 for Y. M. G. A. Work
Officers Elected for Robson
This County is Asked for
About $4,000 - Enthusiastic
Speakers About the Work. |
a good sprinkling of Lumberton
citizens and a few from other sections
OF the county met in the court house |
here Monday evening and organized /
for the purpose of waging campaign ,
to raise Robeson's allotment of the !
$50 10000 Y. NJ. c. A fund which .
is to be raised this week to provide
care and comfort for American SOL /;
dlers and sailors and those of the Al
lies
/ The following officers were elected:
county chairman, L. R. Varser: sec
retary, n. X. Bethune: treasurer. ".
Lennon. The following We're elected
on the county committee: \. r. Ne
! Eachern. st. Paul; J. c. Snoddy. Red
Springs; A. J. Mckinnon, MaSton; R.
D. Caldwell and 4. E. White. Lumber
ton; A. L. Bullock, Rowland; R. R.
Barnes, Barnesville; a. J. Floyd.
Fairmont; DR.. D. S. Currie, Parkton;
DR.. T. L. Stamps. Lumber Bridge.
Before the organization Mr. J. G..
Shaw, an attorney of Fayetteville,
and Prof. A. B. Coe, of the Y. NJ. c..
A./at Camp Greene, Charlotte, made
| short addresses on the Y NJ c. A.
: work.
: Town Attorney W. Lennon presided
and introduced the speakers. Mr..
Shaw was the first to speak. He said
: in part:
/ "While civilization dates back to
. the beginning of the Hebrew race
: war dates back to Abraham. His
tory shows that it has ever been nee
: essary at times for God to allow the
n righteous to smite the unrighteous
l have been told that Lumberton al.
ready has more than 100 young mer
& in the service of their country. This
is about 2 per cent Of the population
and speaks we'll for the town. l have
son in the service and | was nevel
4 prouder before nor since than | wa:
q recently when for the first time saw
l. him attired in u. S. army uniform
IS We are sending to the training camp
J. and trenches in France as fine a bod.
e of young men as the world has eve
It known. They are going where temp
y, tations are great. 1t is true that tn
q army has its chaplains, but they ar
! rtoo higa uo to mean SO much to th
:. can ans will raac:. them. Mora
n cleanliness means strong soldiers
N N TIE me- .-e ere sending 20 the from
p will return, large majority of then
nj They will come back to rule ou
N N country. Ere long the President Q
- the United States will be a man VIII
n. wore a uniform in this great cor
N flict. We must surround our so
Az diers while away with the same infll
= ences they have been surrounded wit
at home. This can only be dor
% through the work Of the Y. NJ. c. I
The mothers are interested in the
NJ. c. A. work. They know what
;s will mean to their boys"
Mt The next and last speaker was Pro
~ Coe, who told in glowing terms
RI the great work the Y. N: c. A.
:ix doing at Camp Greene, which is ty-
ID ical of the work at all the trainir
ID ID camps and also of the work dol
among the soldiers in France.
ole At Camp Greene, the speaker sal
al. there are now. 35 Y. NJ. c. A. seer
an taries, but that issnot enough. The
10 nc, are ''Y" buildings at Camp Greer
Is The speaker continued: every d
,nr nomination except the Catholic chur
WI is represented in the Y. M. c.
work at Camp Greene. The work
non-denominatienal. There is not
man at Camp Greene who knows
wn what denomination | belong. This
ks never mentioned. Our purpose is
enc help all men. We urge the soldie
the Importance of saving money a
H. in one day two secretaries wrote mt
est. ey orders to the amount of 81 500
3. soldiers who were sending thelr mt
ent. ey home. We teach foreigners
B. English language and also teach
J. soldiers French. The 'Y" furnish
Nc ink and stationery free to the S
A. diers and when they cannot write
AK write letters for them"
The speaker told of how moth
nee would write the "Y" secretaries
and look up their boys and look af
COW them. He told of one mother in
West who wrote him while her
was at Camp Greene and asked
Val to look up her boy, saying that
could not hear from him. He fol-
this mothers son and asked MN
write to his mother, which he {
mas The mother later wrote him a let
nsul thanl,ino him for his services.
'ica. told of numerous vo11ne men who
this never been to ch1,rch and we're
ton of the ''Y", but who after they vi
lses. ed the building once were regular
uni tendants, even to the religious :
IS a vices. The speaker said that if
e IS s35 100000 was contributed, S11, 0
Der. 900 would be spent in America, S
e or 100000 among the soldiers in Fra
.ean and the balance in the allied &C
tries.
Prof. Coe is young man Of n
ants tary age and said that he expe'
soon to be in the regular army /
soh- self; that in his work for the Y.
C. A. he was trying to feather
own nest when he is drafted into
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