Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-11-22
FOR THE Y. M. c. A. WAR FUND.
Sbepherdstown District Goes Over the
Top-County Will Do the Same.

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The people of Jefferson county have
been working enthusiastically the pas
week for the Y. M. e. A. War Fund, ano
| il is assured that we are not only going
to raise our full apportionment, but more
besides.
Last Thursday evening hastily called
meeting OF men was held in the office o.
Col. Forrest w. Brown in Charles Town
TO meet lanes W. Right, Y. M. G. A.
secretary from Camp Sheridan at Mont
gomery. Alabama, who by request OF Gov
ernor Cornwell, of this State, is working
in the eastern counties of West Virginia
in the interest of the fund. Mr.. Right
made a statement OF conditions here and
abroad and Of the great need OF Y. M. Z.
A. activities. and deeply impressed those
who were present, among whom were
representatives from Charles Town,
Shepherdstown and Harper'S Ferry dis
tricts. An organization was at once al
fected, with Col. r. p. Chew as chairman
and Judge Frank Beckwlth as secretary
and treasurer, and vice chairman from
each district, as follows: Kabletown dis
trlct, Robert L. Withers; Harper's Ferry
district, George X. Broadly, Middleway
district, N. K. Roberts; Shepherdstown
district, H. l. Snyder.
II was agreed that Jefferson county
would not only assume the full apportion-
ment named by the State committee, ST.
400, but that il would tryto do even bet
ter. The amounts assigned to each oil
the several districts were as follows :
Charles Town, ST 900; ShepherdstoWn,
$3.50; Harper'S Ferry $500; KabletoWn,
$500; Middleway, $3.50.
H. L. Snyder, chairman for Shepherds
town district, named additional members
OF the committee here as follows: w. p.
Licklider, treasurer; ] d. Muldoon, Geo.
M. Knott, H. L. Lyme and VIM. /. Nc
Quilkin. This committee got busy i'm
mediately, and its first thought was TO
invite Mr. Right to attend the business
mems luncheon that had previously been
arranged for by the community committee
on Friday. Mr.. Right accepted and made
good use OF this providential opportunity
to place the matter before our Shepherds
town men at this luncheon. DR.. Fisher,
who made the first address at the luncheon,
spoke very effectively, and he was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Right, who is a splendid
type OF Christian manhood-a clean cut,
consecTated gentleman who from the first
word had the full confidence and attention
of those who heard MIN. He told OF the
genuinely good work that is being done
by the Y. NJ. c. A. organization IN the
camps and environments and on the battle
fieldS-even in the frSt-line trenches,
where IFS representatives risk their lives
10 give comfort and help 10 the suffering
soldiers He spoke OF the Y. M. {. A..
buildings in the great camps, OF how the
men were entertained and amused and
relieved OF the deadly monotony and the
unbearable inconsistencies, given at least
some OF the comforts OF home, and placed
under the best sort OF influences. Mr.
Right said that the Y. M. c. A. men are
doing noble work in keeping the young
soldiers in the straight path and IN help
ing them to avoid the temptations and
evil influences that would otherwise over
come them. He referred to conditions at
home and abroad, and his graphic por-
travail of many pathetic incidents stirred
the men who heardd him. When Chair.
man Snyder followed Mr.. Rights address
with an earnest appeal for subscriptions
there was an immediate response. Eight
subscriptions OF $25 each were given in
a moment or two, and the ten-dollar and
five dollar subscriptions came so fast that
the secretary could scarcely keep track
of them. In a few moments over $500
was subscribed, and the spirit OF giving
seemed 10 spread through the whole
community.
A good woman from ShepherdStown
temporarily in Washington was called up
on the long distance phone, and she
said, "Put me down for hundred dol
lars" A generous gentleman hunted up
the chairman to make liberal donation
OF fifty dollars. One big-hearted fellow
put his name on the subscription list
three times. All day Friday and Satur-
day the committee was busy in soliciting
subscriptions and receiving voluntary
subscriptions, and the people continued
to give until Sunday afternoon, when,
just before leaving for Charles Town to
report at mass meeting there, Secretary
MuIdoon found that the total amount
footed up TO LOIS. We had gone over
the top-and were still going strong.
Sunday afternoon county mass meet
ing was held in the courthouse at
Charles Town, and the circuit court room
was filled to over flowing with interested
men and women. ShepherdStoWn enthu
siasm was manifested by the TACT that
nearly hundred persons from the town
and district were in attendance. Col
Chew presided at the meeting and spirited
patriotic songs were sung by choir di-
rected by J. b. BraZier. Mr.. Right ad-
dressed the meeting, and his story OF the
Y. M. c. A. work held the undivided at
tention OF the large audience for an hour
or more, as he gave details OF the con-
ditions and the needs. Following his
remarks, H. L. Snyder made short ad-
dress in which he told OF the splendid
work done by Shepherdstown district,
and made an appeal for unselfish and
united effort in the good cause. His
statement that our section had gone away
beyond the apportionment and subscribe
81 ,07o was warmly applauded. The
Charles Town people took hold OF their
work with renewed interest, and 10 date
they have raised ST 200. Shephe: dStoWn
has passed the 81, 100 mark.
1t is now certain that Jefferson county
will 90 away beyond its pportionment-
indeed, ShepherdstoWn and Charles
Town districts alone will more than make
up the 81, 400 that was assumed. Shep-
herdStown already has over $l,l00 sub
scribed; Charles Town has 81 200 in
sight and the committee in charge says
that 81 400 is certain; MessrS. BTeady
and Harrison are reported as saying that
they will guarantee Harper's Ferry S
$500 at an enthusiastic meetlngat Kable-
town last night, which was addressed by
H. L. Snyder of Shepherdstown, $l36 80
was subscribed, and this generous con-
tributlon in that one corner of the district
ought TO insure the raising OF the full
amount OF $500; we have no report as
yet from Mlddleway district.