The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-01
SAVING IS 4 SURE
MEANS OF RAISING
MONEY TOWN war
MONEY THAT is WASTED WOULD
MORE THAN FINANCE ALL THE
EXPENSE or CONFLICT.
NATION Be BENEFITED BY WAR
9. w. McGill Fills Place Of Richard
Hardy In Address At First Methodist
Church Sunday Asserncon--Hardy
Called to Washington.

wasted by the American people ane
investing it in thrift and war savings
stamps the s2.OOO,00O,OoO being sough;
in this manner would be many times
over subscribed, according to S. w
McGin OF Nashville and III. o. Fulton
OF Columbia, who addressed patri-
othic mass meeting at the First Meth
odist church Sunday afternoon in the
interest of the war savings campaign
The meeting was not attended by as
large number as its Importance
merited. but those who were present
were inspired to greater efforts to
win the war by the addresses that
we're made. Hon. Richard Hardy, vice
director of the Tennessee War Saw
ings committee, who was scheduled TO
speak, was called to Washington for
an important war conference, but Mr..
McGill filled his place with good eff
feet. The audience sang america, ?"
Onward Christian Soldiers" and
other patriotic-religions songs.
Never before has there been more
impressive war address than the one
delivered by Mr.. McGill, who was not
a stranger to Columbia audiences. No
one could have heard him without be-
ing made a better patriot. At the
close OF his address practically every
person present pledged himself to
save more and invest more in war
savings stamps.
Besides stressing the gravity OF the
war situation and the benefits that
this nation is to derive from it, Mr..
McGill made clear the point that it is
the small savings that will do most TO
finance the war preparations.
"War is hell. We are in war.
Therefore. we are in hell" was the
startling quotations with which Mr..
McGill launched his address. He said
that he could tell innumerable stories
or the horrors Of war and incidents
that would bring tears to the eyes of
his audience, but he preferred to
speak on the brighter side OF the con
flict. He told about prominent
banker in Nashville who refused to
join a golf and fishing club. that it
aid been his life's ambition to become
d member OF. because he did not mean
to spend q penny for his personal
pleasure until he knew what his gov
eminent wants him to do with his
money.
sour country is going to get more
out OF this war than it puts into it.
We are coming out OF the war big
ger and better nation" said Mr. Nc
Giil.
He said that Notwithstanding the
deaths and other hardsaips the nation
ia going to be taught patriotism and
brotherhood. We have not been
patriotic in the past and have not
vet become as patriotic as we will be
before the war ends. We are coming
to realize the beauty and meaning OF
Old Hickory and to appreciate the
blessings that our country has given
us.
The war Is making the whole world
laeighborhood and tearing down the
three divisions that have always mark
ed humanity-clas4 or caste. color.
and creed. After the war there will
be no foreign missions. for there will
be nothing foreign. The world viii
be not only neighborhood but also
a brotherhood.
Mr.. McGill told about the departure
OF the first large group of selected
draft men from Nashville and how the
rich mans son and the poor mans son
marched away shoulder to shoulder.
comrades in arms for the defense of
liberty.
He said that religion would mean
much more after the war, and related
incidents of camp life to show how
the men are seeking the real religion
that viii stick to them through the
trials that they win undergo. The Y. |
M. c. A. is meaning mere to the ma
tion than ever before because it is
carrying religion into the lives of the
men and giving them touch of human /
appreciation and love in the camps.
This has been a nation of spend |
thrills. We have wasted our time
and our substance. We haven't known
how to save. especially in the South.
because We haven't had 10 save said |
Mr.. McGill But the war is teaching
the people TO value of saving and the |
government is trying to each the
people to help themselves by saving
food, fuel and funds. each of which
will be of as much benefit to them
as to the government itself. Every
thing one saves helps himself first.
Referring to profiteers and those
who refuse to save and help the gov
arnmeuf Mr. MrCui sasd thar thara