The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-29
CULltOkAREsPpNDS
A0BLY TO APPEALS
FOR THE RED CROSS
COMMUNITY CITIZENS PLEDGE
OVER $500 TO THE HOLY
CAUSE.
GREAT ADDRESS BY DR.. BARBER
Three Hundred And Seventy.fve Dol
lars is Given at the Mass Meeting
At the School Campus and Central
Church Raises Fine Sum,

Church Raises Fine Sum.
Following mastery. eloquent and
intensely patriotic address from John
H. Barber, pastor OF the First Baptist
church of Columbia, and an earnest
appeal from J, !. Finney, the people of
Culleoka at mass meeting on Sun.
day afternoon responded nobly to the
demands of the Red Cross. More
than 1915 was pledged before the
meeting was over and to this should
be added SIPS given by two citizens
OF Culleoka at the initial Red Cross
meeting held in Columbia which Is
properly to be credited to the Cul
ileoka community, making more than
| $500 pledged from there. In addition \
large sum was raised by the Central
Presbyterian church on Sunday morn.
! ing almost entirely. from the residents
of the Culleoka section, bringing the
grand total to far above the $3.50 mark
for the community. .
One of the largest and finest con.
tributions was made by Rev. ]. M.
Robson, the pastor of the Central
Presbyterian church, who pledged SIS
every month for the duration of the
war. This is counted as only IS in the
total, although it should be counted at
least 500 fora the war is snre to run
Tor q year. John Andrews gave $l00.l
John P. Graham, who had originally
given $25 at Columbia gave, on behalf
of his family, an additional $25. Z
| The meeting was largely attended
and was held in the open air on the
campus Of the Culleoka school, The
speakers platform was, decorated in
the national colors, the Union Jack OF
Britain and the tri-color of France
lfloated proudly from the same staff
from which Old Glory waved in the
breezes.
The meeting was presided over by
IL. l. Finney and musical program
was rendered by Miss Brownie Tom
linson, Miss Ladye Love Evins, plan.
iste. The entire audience stood and
sang America"
DR.. Barber's address was mastery
plea for patriotism and national unity.
He traced the causes that led up to
the war. He showed the long seated
and deep hostility of the German
emperor to the American Republic.
He began with the Samoan incident
came on down through Manila and
then to the real objects of the visit Of
Prince Henry to this country and final.
ly the celebrated secret meeting OF
, German-Americans at San Francisco
in 1913. He described the outrages
that Germany had committed against
, American citizen, American rights and
civilization. He awoke the echoes
when he compared the treatment that
. Confederate naval commanders gave
, to non-combatants, when the Confed.
eracy could have invoked the law OF
necessity, with the ruthless murder
of women and children done by Ger.
many. He declared that the holy
ohhafh hn f1r hat
/. purpose than meeting for patriot
: ism and for the Red Cross. He said
that those who objected to so using
Sunday were the lineal descendants
v of the Pharisees, who had objected to
Christ doing deeds of mercy on the
Sabbath. This sentiment was loudly
applauded DR.. Barber spoke for more
S than an hour and at the conclusion OF
J. his address was warmly congratulated
S j. l. Finney then presented the
}. needs and purposes of the Red Cross
y and called for subscriptions. They
l. fairly rolled in and it was necessary
q for w. S. Evins, the secretary of the
It meeting to write with lightning-like
y rapidity to get them all down.
u The following is the list of contri
u buttons at Sundays meeting:
I R, X. Campbell ..........$ 500
IS NJ. B. Tomlinson ......... 500
d Miss Matte Tomlinson. .. 500
IS Mrs. ]. L. Nelson ......... 500
s. Evins Bros. ............ 500
ar Lady Love Evins ....... 100
atl Carroll Evins .......... Loo
r F. NJ. Taylor ............. 1000
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