The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-25
$35,ll6 SUBSCRIBED
AT PATRIOTIC MEETING
Secretary of State Makes Masterful
Address, Followed by IL Call From
Col. Albanus Phillips For Sub
scriptions For War Savings Stamps

AS early as three O'Clock yesterday
the Grand Opera House was filled
with people, and at half-past three,
the time scheduled for the beginning
of the patriotic service, the place
was crowded The speaker of the
occasion WAS Secretary OF State
Thomas W. Simmons, and he dellV-
cred a very forceful address, de-
nouncing the proiiteers and those
who would seek to get rich out OF
blood money.
Mr.. Simmons started out by paint
ing picture OF Rome at the time of
Nero, and the part this iniquitous
king played in that part Of her his
tory. He described yividly what
took place in the arena, and how Ne
TO played the buffoon, first torturing
the Christians by feeding them to the
Wild beasts, and then to crafty his
desire 10 something even more dar-
ing than he had ever attempted, he
made human torches out of the peo-
pie in order that they might illumi-
nate the arena.
Millions of the men of America
and her Allies are standing today as
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war" said the Secretary OF State,
.'and let it not be said of any man
that. in this vast struggle, he has
played the. part OF the buffoon-the
Nero of the present day-by with
holding from the men with the col
ors one cent that is due them or try
ing to extract from them single
penny that he should not have.
There is no place in America for the
profitcer, and the only coed l can
see that he will do will be to replen-
iSh the fires of hell.
AT the outbreak of the war the
only thing that caused the heads OF
the Government to think for a min
ute that there was any possibility OF
the United States losing was the cool
ness OF the American people. AS
yet America has not fully awakened,
but this splendid assemblage is but
one of thee many evidences that the
fires OF patriotism are burning on
the hearths of the American people,
and when America is fully aroused
such a thing as profiteering will be
no more.
Word has come to America that
the Germans are using long range
guns to fire on Paris, and that the
army of the Huns has gone through
the British lines. The kaiser can
bend and even break the line of de-
fense, but he cannot penetrate the
spirit" Here the spea-
ker was interrupted with an out
burst of applause. The people were
heartily agreeing with every word he
said, and hate and1,sympathy were
alternately dominating their hearts.
Since the beginning af the war
ten million men have laid down their
lives for the cause of democracy, ,leay-
ing about fifty million bereaved,. the
mothers to mourn the loss Of their
sons, and the young girls to look into
future which seems vacant. But
the end looked as hopeless to the Is
raeliteS as it does to the Allied peo-
pies of today. Starting out with six
hundred thousand people, to journey
to the Promised Land, under the lea
dership of the prophet Moses, the
ranks decreased and decreased, un-
til at last only two of the number
were permitted to enter the land OF
promise. But God saved enough to
make a better people than those who
had struggled through the forty
years of life in the wilderness.
And so it will be with the pres
ent conflict. Enough men will be
saved to make the world safe for de-
mocracy. Service and equality will
be the greatest factors after peace
has been declared. Then it will be
a disgrace for a man to live in idle
ness and have to be ministered to,
but rather will men live to minister,
as did the lowly NaZareene, Who
came to comfort and to save centur-
les ago. Then will all men be equal.
and men will live for each other, and
not for the selfish motives which ac-
centuate our dealings with each 9th
er in the present day"
The whole service was one of the
most patriotic and enthusiastic that
has been held in Cambridge since
the beginning of these Sunday after
noon meetings. The service was op-
ened by prayer by Rev. H. w.
Dunkley. pastor of Grace NJ. e.
Church, South. The presiding Off
Ger was Mr.. t. Sangston Insley. The
solos by Mrs. John E. Croft and also
by Master Henry Taitt were receiv-
ed with much applause. Several Sc
lections were played by Zion Church
Orchestra. One of the features of
the occasion was the singing of the
hymns of America and her Allies.
Five high school girls, in costume,
Miss Frances lnsley, representing
America; Miss Helen Mills, Japan;
Miss Evelyn Pritchett, England; Miss
Eleanor Willis, Italy; Miss Eloise
Henry, France, were assisted by a
chorus including Misses Margaret
Skinner, Jessie Skinner, Viola Phil
lips, Edna Smith, Elizabeth Johnson,
Mary Wilson and Vivian Elkridge;
Messrs. James McAllister, Charles
Mowbray, George Gerlach. Frank
Henry, Meredith Nichols, Albanus
Phillips and Edward Barnett.
Rev E. S. Kinks, Scout Master,
presented Edward Barnett, Calvin
Dali, Gilbert Porter and Albanus
Phillips medals for the work they ac-
complished in the sale of Liberty
Loan Bonds. He also awarded bars
to Levi B. Phillips, Rogers Nichols
and Theodore Phillips, for having
sold such a large number of bonds
during the second bond issue.
Before the meeting closed Col. AL
banus Phillips, county director for
the sale of War Savings and Thrift
Stamps, called on the audience to
make a subscription to this cause,
and with very little effort on his
part. and on the part of those who
assisted him, $35,116 was pledged to
the Government. The names of those
who subscribed and the amounts fol
low:
Judge w. Laird Henry, $1,000;
Russell p. Smith, $1,000; DR.. B. w
Goldsborough, $1,000; W. H.Thomasl
$1,000; Milford Nathan, $1,000; Col
A B. Phillips, $1,000; Earl Orem
$1,000; w. G. Winterbottom, $1,000;