The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-10-25
LADIES' MASS MEETING AT
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

On October % in the First Baptist
church at Covington was held a wo-
mans mass meeting in the interest of
the Second Liberty loan fond issue.
The meeting was called to order by
Mrs. t. c. Howard, chairman of the
| Liberty Loan Committee Of Upton
county. Enthusiasm was born in the
/ singing of America, carried for
ward in the prayer offered by Mrs.
John Y Peete, and well without the
bounds before Mrs. c. E. McFadden
was done with her excellent instruc-
tive tafk on surgical dressings. In
her nurses uniform with specimen
baIdages, rolls,etc., that are daily
made at our local Chapter Mrs. Nc
tadden presented the work in clear,
concise manner, convincing to many
who may have doubted their ability
to do this work satisfactorily. Mrs
McFadden made an eloquent plea for
the boys who have gone and will go
and urged that our women and girls
not deserve that opprobious term bor-
rowed from British friends "slackers"
Mrs. John Garner then followed with
her "bit" and before she was half
through her audience felt that she
had long since found the 'bit" and
reached the full-grown "dollar" and
moreover that she expected the same
Of every woman of Upton county
You may be sure Mrs. William San
ford, in her touching words for our
boys, held this aroused enthusiasm at
white heat when she gave such Crap
hic pictures of authentic atrocities |
pfactieed by our common enemy on
innocent Belgian women and children,
and when she quoted Gen Pershing's +
words, ."The firing line is no stronger
than the Red Cross. "0n our women
depends the patriotism of these boys
of ours. And by "our" Mrs. Sanford
meant and we mean the brave boys
Of our allies beyond the seas as well
as our own Sammies.
The idea not of the gift but the
loan was forcefully brought before
us bv our efficient chairman, Mrs.
Howard, and the privilege it is to do
this for our country in that we may
thus show how deep is our love and
our pride for and in the United
States our forefatheTs have been over
a century and half building for US.
We had the pleasure Of personal
message from Mrs. s. H. Phillips, Of
Memphis, who is vice chairman OF the
Liberty loan in Tennessee. Mrs. Phil
Inns came with a thankful message to
HE management and with commenda-
lion for our local Red Cross and the
idea that our "bit' has be-
come our bit in this noble cause. A !
message from the English as person
ally gotten from a moving picture I
sent out by the English government. :
showing actual fighting and the he :
,oic work of the Red Cross on the
ield Also the heart-moving visual
evidence of the splendid condition of
he men just from the trenches bring
ng the realization that our funds i
rave not only helped but more than i
hat enabled them to stay at their
POSTS. In unfolding her message con- v
,erning the second bond issue, Mrs.
Phillips also unfolded this, the first h
,fficial recognition Of woman as t
actor in the welfare of our govern q
nent. Woman has become an intel
ectual part and must awaken to new 4
opportunities Of showing her age-old +
.apacity for service wherever and i
whenever needed. In this second loan
Mr. McAdoe is asking for the loan of Il
hree billion. Whatever part of this t
mount we take as our part is merely a
protection for the future and re- s
erve for our soldiers when they re-
urn from the front. The denomina- b
ion of the bonds was explained. They b
ange as follows: $50 800, $3.50, $500
nd $1,000 Mrs. Phillips closed with G
plea for the small bonds to be sub 4
cribed, big money not being difficult. b
his treasured butter and egg money Y
! at present standing back.
Following Mrs. Phillips was Mrs r. i
/. Green, who, taking John Sharp
Williams words, "The man in the
renches is doing a more dangerous
FORK, but the man at home is doing a
ecessary work" as basis, gave us d
tirring tale of calamity which a pos IN
ible German occupation of our land p
-ould entail, what their power in Con- e
ress. in education, in all our national =
fe would mean. The women were 2.
recently called upon to show Ger =
AMY our patriotism by our ready re- e
oonse to our governments need, one Y
I which is forty million dollars a Il
ny or four hundred dollars a second &C
wage this confl4t These bonds are 10
sgotiable for cash in department Ell
ores, bear per cent interest, are IN
,n-taxable up to $50, can be pur- 60
lased by paying 81 week until paid. a.
ankers will lend money at low rate an
interest. These are some Of the
lemn facts which were ably pre- te
nted by Mrs. Green in her plea for tn
Yictory Insurance" at
All of these facts were given for Y.
hiking over and their efficiency was J.
demonstrated when in mi
E twinkling of an eye $4,000 was me
described. VI
If. the girls who labor, and labor so Ii
rnestly, in Barnum & Bailey,s cir -
5 can work for the Red Cross, sub III
-ibe generously for the bonds and
ld chocolate and cigarettes to our
boys at home and abroad,
nnot the women Of Coyington and 49,
Dton county stand not on the order t -.
our doing but "d0" at once? ~
Gil
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