The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-17
Famous Evangelist to Make Five
Addresses in Interest
of Campaign.
LOCAL WORK
DISAPPOINTING
Little More Than $4,000 Raised
of County's $62,500
Total.

The feature of the United War Work
campaign today will be the presence
in the city of Gypsy Smith, Jr.. evan
gelist, who will speak at the First
Presbyterian church this morning at
eleven o'clock, at the Community Sing
at 3 30 o'clock and at the First Metho-
dist church at 7:30 O'Clock this eve
ming. He will speak to the colored
people at 3 :00 o'clock, at the Big Zion
tabernacle, and at 500 o'clock at the
John The Baptist church.
Mr.. Smith returned last night from
DeFuniak, where he spent yesterday
i nthe interest of the campaign. He
brings to Pensacola a message which
will draw thousands to the churches
where he will speak this morning, af-
ternoon and evening.
No one who has ever visited Pensa-
cola in the interest Of humanitarian
or religious work has made the i'm
preston ON the public mind made by
Mr.. Smith, and all the churches will
be crowded and his appeal I,each
thousands no one can doubt who beard
him on his previous visit to Pensa-
cola.
The Community Sing will be held
| this afternoon at Mallory Court, in
! stead Of the Elks Plaza, and Mr.. Smith
will speak at four o'clock from the
platform which was erected for the
Street carnival. An elaborate busi-
cal program has been planned for the
afternoon.
The service at the First Methodist
church this evening, which is held
under the auspices of the ministerial
association Of the city, in conjunction
with thu United War Work campaign,
I xxJi1I ho nf oil inn
and special program Of music has
been prepared.
| A quartette comprising Hal Laney,
Mrs. II. G. S. Christie and Mr.. and
Mrs. C. Briefly, will sing the Sol
diers' Chorus, Faust, and the choir ot
the First Methodist church, augmented
! by members of other denominations,
will join in singing God of The Ma
| tions," to the music Of the Anvil
| Chorus
A selected violin solo, by Sergeant
| Price and vocal solos by Mrs. Nita
Osborn Benn, Mrs. Briefly, and num-
bers by the Victory Ouartette, will
complete the program.
| Still Behind
1t was officially announced last
night at headquarters that the fund
for the United War Work drive is
only signify IN excess OF S2,2Ub.UUt--
less than half Escambia county's
quota of S62, 10000.
The Woman's committee, which has
| accomplished some splendid work
held vantage grounds yesterday or
either side of Palafox street, refusing
to let passersby go under the United
States colors unless they aided in th5
United War Work drive, and through
this feature a fine sum was raised.
One of the officials at headquarters
said last night: Say to the people
Of Pensacola that unless they come
forward and do their part we shall
fail ct the most critical hour. We are
shcrt more than half our quota, and
we wish to say that it is not due to
the working man so much as 1t is to
those who are able to give but who
refuse to do so.
unless these men, and all Others
who Rave not contributed do so at
: once. Pensacola will have failed in this
hour when it's citizens are put to the
, real the test Of sacrifice"
Headquarters will be open all day to-
] day, and these who have not contri-
tuted are asked to call up and offer
r their contributions