The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-04-19
TROUSEDALE COUNTY HOLDS
PATRIOTIC MEETING.
Rev P. ] Coleman Presides.

Bethpage, Tenn, April H. 1918.
Rev. p. ]. Coleman, presiding elder
of the Nashville District of the c. NJ.
e. Church, held three rousing big
patriotic meetings here this week. He
came here on official church business,
and after finishing his church duties,
he called a patriotic meeting for Mon
day night at the Methodist Church,
and Tuesday night at the Baptist by
request of the pastor and deacons
These meetings were well attended.
Rev. Coleman was assisted by Revs.
w. d. Greer, j. X. Hughes and others.
Telling speeches were made by all
three of these gentlemen, who spoke
of the causes leading up to the war,
the part that the Negroes have always
played in all the great wars in which
their country was involved, citing the
wars, and valorous deeds, and urged
the colored people to see to it that
the record be wOrthily sustained by
doing well their part in the army, in
the field, in the conservation of food,
and other, and along all other lines
of industrial endeavor that will prove
sane and helpful to our Country in
winning this great world war, This
community, the Gravel Hill neigh
borhood, is composed exclusively of
colored, having inherited their tracts
of land from their forefathers who
settled in the early part of the last
century. Some of these farmers, are
well to do, owning four or five hun
dred acres Of land each.
The following persons were elected
to head the various committees as fol-
lows:
General Community, Chairman, Rev.
w. d. Greer, D. d. Pastor of the First
Baptist Church, General Community
munity Food Producing Club, Rev. j..
X. Hughes, Chairman. Noel H. Adams,
Secretary, Women's Club, Mrs. C. M.
Hughes, Chairman, Mrs. w. ID. Greer,
Secretary. Girls Club-Susie Goodall,
Chairman, Mollie Mallie Jumper, Sec
rotary. Girls Poultry Club-Katie
Adams, Chairman, Hattie Turner, Sec
rotary, Crochet Club-Eliza Valentine,
Chairman, Selma Law, Secretary.
Food Conservation Club-Rev. w. o.
Gregory, Chairman, Odell Glover,
Secretary. Community Canning Club
-Rena Adams, Chairman, Katie
Mitchell, secretary. Boys Farming Club
Sam H. Stewart, chairman, Claude
Adams, secretary. Mems Hog Cub
David E. Adams, Chairman, r. d.
Lyles, secretary. War Saving Certifi-
cate-Tandy Mitchell, chairman, Hat
tie Mitchell, secretary Community
Egg Club-Bettie Valentine. chairman
Bessie Goodall, secretary. The Allied
War Club, Rev. Villa Davis, chairman,
C. r. Law, secretary. Our Boys Trench
Club On The Farm-German Mitchell
chairman, Tom Hail. secretary.
After two nights meeting at Gravel
Hill. we went to Beach Grove and
other colored settlements some six or
seven miles from Gravel Hill, and
near Huntsville, Tenn. Here we held a
third record breaking patriotic meet
ing. Many came out and listened in
tensely to the speeches made by Revs
Coleman and w. D. Greer, who were
introduced by Rev. A. ]. Blakemore
acting pastor, the pastor Rev. Smith
being absent.
Every department of win the wal
work was organized, and energetic
men and women of each community
being placed at the head of each. You
may look for some telling work done
in the near future, for we must hell
the Allies to win this great Worlds
War The following are our Beach
Grove Clubs:
Community Club-William Harper
chairman, Allen Blackmore, Secretary
Community Food Producing Club
| Alfred Richman. Chairman, Benni'
! Malone. Secretary. Food Conservation
Club-Walter Harper, Chairman, Ton
Ike Richman, Secretary. Women'
Community Club-Mrs. Julia A. Blake
more, Chairman, Maggie Fuqua, Sec
rotary. Community Canning Club
Mrs. Fannie Richman, Chairman, Mar
the Blakemore, Secretary. Boys Farm
ing Club-Allen Blackmore, chairman
Algee Richman, Secretary. Women
Crochet Club-Priscilla Harper, Chair
man, Sulu B. Richman, Secretary. Wa
Saving Certifcate-Rev. A. ]. Blak
more. Chairman, John Malone, Assis
tant Chairman, Pattie Mae Hall, Sci
rotary. Our Allied War Club-Rey
A. ]. Blackmore, Chairman, Jane
Head, Secretary. Egg Saving Club
A. ]. Blakemore, Chairman, Jane
Bass, Secretary. Girls Club-Ad
Harper, Chairman, Elmira Harper
Secretary. Girls Poultry Club-Oni
Harper, Chairman, Katie Mae Mitchell
Secretary. Mems Hog Club-Jim Hal
per, Chairman, Cornelia Harper, SCI
etary. Encourage Our Soldier Boy
Club-Johnnie Bass, Chairman, Ernes
Mitchell, Secretary. Soldier Boy
Comfort Cuba. j. Blakemore, Chail
man, Lizzie Richman, Secretary. Gu
Boys In the Farm Trench Club
Alfred Harris, Chairman, Clor Henr!
Secretary. Our Flag Club-Alfre
Richman, Chairman, Allen Blak
: more, Secretary.