The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-06
FIRST GUN Of CHRISTMAS
RED CROSS DRIVE FIRED

The opening gun of the Christmas
Red Cross Membership Campaign fund
was fired at Convention Hall last night
when l.. Il. Phillips, OF Bartlesville
manager for Oklahoma and the Pan
handle of Texas, the Rev. Ernest c.
Moberly, ID. d., OF Amarillo, Texas; Sen
ator Fred Il. Tucker. manager of the
southern district OF Oklahoma. and
Russell A Brown, Carter county mana
ger, were speakers. There were pres
ent all OF the county managers of the
district and many other enthusiastic
workers from nearby towns.
Mr. Brown opened the meeting and
outlined the purposes OF the campaign.
Introducing Doctor Moberley, Mr..
Brown paid high tribute TO the minis
ter's efforts to spread the doctrine OF
cooperation in war efforts. Doctor
Moberly, in a mastery manner reviewed
the war situation, facts and figures IL
Illustrating the magnitude of the struggle
constituting an important part of the
address. DIR. Moberly scathingly de.
nounced those who are not in sympathy
with the war movement and was es'
pecially bitter in his condemnation of
those members Of the senate and house
who have not done their duty. IF l
senate and the house would be forever
barred to every member who has allied
himself with policy of obstruction"
Tribute to Red Cross.
In closing Doctor Moberly paid a
glowing tribute to the Red Cross and its
activities. I'm every instance the boy
who falls beneath the bayonet thrust,
the hand grenade, the machine gun or
bomb, calls, oh, Mother and there is
no mother there. No mother to sooth
his sufferings, no mother to breathe the
final prayer. But, thank God, there is
a Red Cross nurse, who Is the only
mother available. There is this moth
err in the uniform of the Red Cross, to
sooth the pain, to breathe the final
prayer; and people, you have the privi-
lege, the rare opportunity of making
II possible that there shall be a mother
to aid every boy. The Red Cross Christ
mas Drive is your opportunity. 1t is
your great privilege to be a part, heart
and soul Of this great movement. Need
1 say more? Embrace the opportunity;
hurry to get into this work; become one
of that greatest humanitarian army the
world has ever seen."
Phillips An Inspiration.
l.. r. Phillips. oil man. backef and
man OF affairs generally, wfSo has
shut up shop" until this war bpstnes SIS
is over, proved an inspiration me
people who heard him last night. tFhe
is doing to all who come withffy the
range of his voice. Boundless er bus.
iasm, and self sacrifice. combined With
business efficiency, was evident in every
word and gesture. In his own language
he believes he has been extended the
rarest privilege ever orrered any man.
Mr.. Phillips was drafted into the SER
vice and finds he is having the time
of his life" Such enthusiasm, energy
and sacrifice as shown by Mr.. Phillips
sets an example which doubtless Will
the success of the drive in
oklahoma and the Panhandle OF Texas.
Mr.. Phillips told of the June drive OF
the Red Cross and the expenditure OF
the funds provided. He refuted the
statement of one man who insinuated
that large portion of the Red Cross
fund does not reach, ultimately, its in
tended destination, by showing that 1O2
per cent of the fund was expended for
Just such purposes as the contributors
intended. This was possible from the
fact that its work is being done by
volunteers and that the interest on
on hand provides the additional
two per cent.
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