The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-27

Y. M. c. A FUND LACKS
ABOUT $500 OF QUOTA
Complete Returns Yesterday Showed
5000 in Cash-A Few Pledges
Remain to be Paid-Public Asked
To Contribute This Amount Dur
ing The Next Week.
At the meeting of the Team Cap
tains of the Young Mems Christian
Association Fund last night, it was
! found that the total contributions to
date amount to slightly over $500,
making the fund lack about $500 of
| the amount assessed as the part of
this county. 1t was decided last
night to ask the members of the
committee and others to continue
! their efforts toward raising this
amount for another week, it being
| felt that the people of this county
would not care for the humiliation
of being the only county On the
Eastern Shore to fall down in rails
reflection upon the county and its
citizens.
\ checking up of the list of CON
tributors revealed the fact that there
are still a large number of persons
who have not contributed; that there
are number of persons from whom
fair sized contributions might rea-
sonably be expected, who have either
made very small or no contributions
at all. 1t was also found that of
the amount thus far raised, the
county districts have contributed
about $500 and Cambridge the
other $4,000.
One of the surprising features of
the campaign was the manner in
which the colored people gave.
At the start of the campaign it
was thought that since the time was
short, it would be better to see if
this county's part, $4,000, could not
be raised quickly by securing a
number of good sized contributions.
Considerable progress was made
along this line, and then it was felt
that the colored people of the county
would want to do their part, and sew
eral of them We're called together
and consulted about the matter, as
the result of which a collection was
taken among those employed at the
various oyster houses in Cambridge,
and a record was established that it
is believed has not been equalled, and
cannot be eXcelled in any part of the
United States.
One thousand and twenty-five col
ored men, women and children were
seen, and not one of them refused to
Contribute. Just think of it, if this
had been a town with a population
of 1922 persons, it would have had a
100 per cent. record; every one of
them, every man, every woman, ev-
cry child, cheerfully and willingly,
without being begged, coaxed or
urged. gave to the fund, the smallest
contribution being 35 cents. 1t is
not believed that anywhere else in
this country there can be found such
a percentage of giving.
The reason the $4,000 Young Mems |
Christian Association Fund in the !
county is short is because so many |
persons have not contributed; so
many have shirked the responsible |
ty that is theirs, and have attempted !
in one way or another to evade it. +,
Some have claimed that they were I
not able; men and women worth !
thousands of dollars; others have |
claimed that they had been called !
upon for so many things, just as if .
no one else in the county had been /
called upon but themselves. They ap-
parently were not thinking of the |
supreme sacrifice which the young !
men of this country are making, Civ
ing up money-making opportunities, !
l, c,,,o L., e.,
the protection of their country and |
the protection of these very people
who are refusing to contribute.
These people, apparently, do not rea-
lize that their sons or their relatives
and friends nnaE-he called to the SER
vice; that these young men are |
standing between them and the enc
my, for if Germany had been victori-
Gus over the Allies, this country |
would have been invaded and the |
plans of that country contemplated !
making landing On the Eastern |
Shore of Maryland. In fact, it is no
secret that preparations were made |
for a submarine base at Crisfeld, and
that oils and gasoline cached for
that purpose have been seized and |
confiscated by the United States |
Government, and those guilty have |!
been arrested and taken away from |
that place. The plan is said to have |
contemplated the establishment of a |
submarine base in the Chesapeake !
Bay, the mining of the Bay and the
fortifying of the Eastern Shore, and |
yet there are people who, with these |
facts in view, decline to help the men
who stand between them and this !
danger, and who, possibly, protect
them and theirs from the fate of
Belgium.
1t would certainly seem that there |
should be no trouble in raising this
$500. No man, woman or child can !
make the sacrifice in this matter that
the men at the front are making; it
is up to the people at home to do
their part, loyalty to the govern
ment, loyalty to the men and loyalty
to the Christian religion require that
the people of this county give of
their resources toward supporting
this Christian work; if one feels able
let them give more; if one has not
already contributed, do so at once;
give what you are able, but give
something.