The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-06-10
COLORED PEOPLE SET
A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE
Subscribe Over $1,000 For War Saw
ings Stamps at Taylor's Island
Set a Precedent For COlOred Peo-
Dle of Other Districts.

The most wonderful public meet
ing that has been held among the
colored people, not only OF this couh-
ty. but on the entire Eastern Shore,
was that which was held at Taylor
Island yesterday morning. Inc
scene of the meeting was the little
church of the colored people OF that
district, situated in pretty grove,
the westinghouse where the men, o-
men and children OF the Colored race
of that section are wont to gather on
SUNDAYS and other days to worship
their Creator.
Col. Albanus Phillips, county
director. had issued the call for the
meeting, and along with him we're
L. Philip Skinner, chairman foI
Cambridge district, and former Coz
gresham Josiah Leeds Kerr, VINO
had been asked to address the meet
ing, and in addition to these, a
number of the prominent white cltl-
zens of the Island, who had gather
ed to render such aid and counsel az
might be desired.
There was goodly attendance OF
the cOlored people, and there was
no long wait before the meeting was
started. Mr.. Kerr made a magnl1l-
cent speech, III which he explained
how the war was everybody's; now
every man and every woman, With
out regard to race or denomination
was under the most sacred obl1ga-
ton to do everything in his or he1
power to bring about its successful
conclusion, and then, too, he eX-
planned very clearly how the man OF
woman, who was in a position to dc
and would not was traitor to has
or her country, and unworthy to lay
claim to being an American citizen
and he explained still further that
none were too poor to do something
An old colored woman, who only
makes about three dollars a week
think of i, in these trying times OF
high cost of living, who has to pay
rent, buy the necessities OF ideal
out of this mere pittance, during the
recent Red Cross campaign, stated
that she wanted to make a contrlbu
ton, and that she had understood
that she would have four months IL
which to make the payment If she
promised something; she was tole
that this was right, and then ano
there she subscribed 81, stating tha
she would, somehow or other, save
Csc. a month to make the payments
and she has made the first one, ane
more than that, she will make the
second and the third, and the fourth
because she is imbued with the rlgh
idea; she wants to serve, to az
something for her country; that ole
colored woman's patriotism is OF the
highest type in the world. She hat
no money, she has a struggle to eke
out an existence, but she wanted tt
Z help, she wanted to show her sym
pathy-not in words, but in deeds
and that 81 means more in the eye:
e Aor Heavenly Father than did ths
~ oor the s 81 g the s25, etc, o
AMd this was, in large measure
the spirit which actuated the color
Cd folks at Taylor's Island at thu
meeting yesterday; they had seel
the light; they had seen the need 70
service; they recognized that this i
their country; not someone else's
and they knew that it was their dut.
to lend their money and they did 81
unfalteringly, knowing that by 81
doing they were supporting the boy
who are to fight the battle of free
dom over on the other side for ever.