The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-06-05

Felix f. Gunther, state director, il
} his opening address, urged that it wa
the plain duty of every American t,
help win the war. "There is no bus
mess in this country" he said, "ex
cept the business of winning tn,
winning the war" He paid compli
ments to many workers on the stat
staff, in stating that these men were
neglecting their business, quitting
their jobs and giving up their person,
al support, to get into this work and
put it through to success. The
state is allotted to raise 10000, ,O0C
for War Savings Stamps. To realize
THE greatness of this sum, it maybe
stated that the sum to be raised is
twice as great as the quotas of the
first, second and third Liberty loan
bonds, the Red Cross the Y. M. c. A.
and the other war campaigns.
While the meeting this morning
was not held to bring forth cheering
from the audience and no attempts
was made thereto, Director Gunter
was wildly hurrahed when he stated
that he would rather have his right
arm cut off than to fail in the task of
raising the allotment of $4,000, 900
for the state of Mississpippi in the
War Savings Stamp campaign.
The Nebraska Plan.
A. B. Campbell, of Grenada, pre-
sented the Nebraska plan of raising
state and county quotas in detail. Mr.
Campbell is soon to go to France as
Y M. c. A. worker, but before he
goes over, he is trying to do his bit
for his native state.
In nutshell, the Nebraska plan is
to raise the states allotment coop
eratively and when it is worked eff
GENTLY, every individual in the coun-
| ty is made buyer of War Savings
Stamps. 1t is begun with notifica-
ton from the president for citizen
to attend meeting to be held in the
school house or church on Friday,
June 28, at 2 o'clock. This is an or
der from Mr.. Wilson to the individual
citizen. Therefore, it must be obeyed.
After the American has found himself
in the audience at the gathing on this
day, he win answer a question, wheth-
er or not he will buy his taxed amount
of war stamps. There are many de-
tails of the plan which interest only
the workers, themselves.
To Organize Stores.
R. NJ. Carrier more definitely ex-
planned the Nebraska plan. He told
of the movement to organize the
stores, the plantation and the indus
tries. This feature of the campaign
will be covered by owners of stores
and plantations.
The fOur-minute organization of the
state has been enlisted into the work
and much can be looked for from
them.
Prominent officers from the front
will be sent to every county in the
state to make addresses. These speak
ers, instead of being held in the coun.
ty centers, will be sent to the hamlets
and the utmost corners Of the woods
to speak to the people.
A very enthusiastic and instructive
period was conducted after the speech
making, in which questions were free
ly asked, answered and the topics
thoroughly discussed.
Canadian Officer Thrills,
Lieut.. Parke, of the Canadian army,
1 / +,t b. ATir,,-a,rws ~
the British Embassy, made a very
thrilling speech.
He told of the German atrocities, as
he knows them to be and as he wit
messed them first hand,
Il had heard a great deal about
the treachery and the barbarism of
the Hun" he said. But in some
cases, this was hard to believe. One
village and | went into house,
day we were in a recaptured French
where there was a French woman.
Tell me-" | said, Are these reports
of German barbarism true? The
woman was of that quiet, self-sacri-
ficing French kind, Come, she bid
me, and led me to another room of
the house.
Here she led out a 9-year old girl,
took her arms and united them from
behind her. Both her hands had been
cut off at the wrists.
as this not the work of the Ger
mans 2" was all that she could say,
and burst in a fervor of tears and
agony for the offspring of but a few
years.
After the court house meeting, the
stamp statesmen repaired to the Ho-
tel Irving, where they had dinner and
continued their session.
Live-Wire, Patriots Here.
The following officials Of War Saw
ings Work in Mississippi and OF the
delta counties were present at the
great gathering here this morning:
State Organization--F. <. Gunter,
director. Jackson; E. W. Gibbens, W.
T. Voorhies, A. B. Campbell, ]. c. Will
son, R. NJ Carrier, Lieut.. ]. A. Parke,
r. W. Rogers, W. f. DeIatombe.
District Dlrector-A. W. Stands.
Cleveland.
County Directors-W. 7. Winston,
Bolivar; ]. o. Lamkin, Coahoma; r.
c. McBes, Lsglorei Ed Fgspklip. sua'