The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-06-08
$4,000 OF WAR STAMPS
SOLD LAST NIGHT
Meeting Very Poorly Attended-Peo-
pie Apparently Think More OF
Their Own Pleasure And Convent
ence Than of Supporting The Men
In Military Service.

The War Savings Stamp meeting
held at the Grand Opera House last
night was very successful meeting
but its success was certainly not due
to the cooperation of the majority
of the people of Cambridge; there
were about three hundred persons
i present, il other words, the house
was about one-fourth full, whereas
loyalty and true patriotism would
J have demanded that every seat be
Il taken.
4 On account oil being caught in a
! very severe electrical and rain storm
at Ocean City, and tire troubles,
which developed after leaving there,
the speakers of the evening, Messrs.
! William Purneii Hall, Howard Bry-
ant and c. Wallenscheidt, of Balti-
| more, did not arrive until after 8
O'Clock. Prior to their arrival, how
ever, Mr.. Henry Lloyd, Jr., and Rev.
w. E. Gunby made stirring addresses
and Miss Drusilla Phillips, second
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward S.
Phillips, sang two selections, which
were received with round after round
of applause.
States Attorney A. Stengle Marine
was the presiding officer of the even
| ing, and as soon as the visitors ar.
| rived introduced Hon. William Pur-
ness Hall as the first speaker of the
| three. Mr.. Hall made a short ad-
| dress, in which he urged the neces-
sity of backing up our soldiers and
| sailors by purchasing not only the
Liberty Bonds, but every other form
of investment which the government
| offered, for everyone who stops to
| think must recognize that, the gov
I eminent would not issue these Baby
Bonds if it did not need the money.
Hon. Howard Bryant was the next
| speaker, and made one of the best,
clearest and most convincing adj
| dresses that has ever been made in
| the Opera House, and it was extreme
! ly unfortunate that there were not
more people present to hear the adj
dress; it would have made the pub
lie wake up to the fact that this is
every mans and every wOman's and
every child's war and no one of these
! classes has the right to selhshly hold
back his or her money, nor to limit
| the amount of his or her subscrip-
tions to less than they should be.
| The very idea, for instance, of men
worth thousands of dollars, taking
! SIS or $40 worth of these stamps;
they should take $1,000 and not a
cent less. 1t will only cost them
| $14.69 per year if they have to Dor
row every cent of the money and pay
| six per cent. interest.
| After the address of Mr.. Bryant,
! subscriptions were received, and
while the subscriptions were being
taken Mr.. C. Wallenscheidt, also OF
Baltimore, made a short address. At
the end of the meeting it was found
that pledges for little over $4,000
had been received at the meeting.
The audience was simply delight
ed with the music rendered by the
Citizens Band, which has re-orga-
| niZed on account of the war. The
! band had decided TO disband, as
! they did not feel justified il bearing
the expenses, above their receipts,
incident to continuing, but as the
war has progressed they unanimous
! ly concluded that now was the time
| to have band, no matter what hap
pened, and they have re-organized
and are going to give the public bet
! ter music than ever before and let
everyone help along the good cause.