The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-10-18
NEGROES SUB
SCRIBE 100000
DRIVE TO CLOSE SATURDAY
NEGROES WILL GO "0vER
THE TOP"-TREE TEAMS
WORKING.

Nearly Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars is the sum total of the
Fourth Liberty Loan bonds subscrib-
ed by the Negroes\o of Nashville in
the drive that is to close out on Sat
ulday," declared the Rev. Henry AL
len Boyd, the chairman of the Fourth
Liberty Loan Committee that was or
ganized in the y. NJ. c. A. building
last Sunday to help Nashville and
this district to go "over the top" by
as large figures as their financial
strength will permit while the
final total is an approximation, it is
based upon the information that has
been obtained from time to time and
from place to place where the Cam
paign Committee has gone in search
Iof pledges. The Negroes were called
in at, the eleventh hour, so to speak,
by the Liberty Loan Committee, but
when the matter was put squarely be-
fore them and our men understood
that they were called in to help the
government win the war by making
big success OF the Liberty Loan
drive, every one of them volunteered
and Campaign Committee of nine
augmented by the officers elected,
have put their hearts and souls into
the work, and | am certain that no
nObler sacrifice has been made than
that evidenced in the total amount
subscribed by our people of the city,
There are a number of our men who
could have been more liberal and
more patriotic in the amount sub
sCribed, but | am not the judge and
am not to criticise any man, as each
and every one of them know their
financial ability" declared Mr.. Boyd
at a meeting held at noon in the Y,
NJ. c. A. building.
The organization of the women has
been working tremendously hard
and the three teams have, conducted
most friendly rivalry with astonish-
ing success. They have been able to
make arguments to the disinterested,
showing the advantage of Liberty
| Bond, and in quarter of the city
the Negroes have represented, even
to the extent of personal sacrifices
in lending TO the government all their
means. Nashville is going "oVer the
top" is declared to be largely due to
the liberal spirit of the working peo.
pie. Some criticism has been in
dulged in, according to rumors on the
street, about the tight-chested atti-
| tude of some of our so-called leaders,
and it was rumored this week that
some said they were not willing to
invest in Liberty Bonds because the
returns were too small. This, how
ever, had no effect upon the work of
the committee and the organization
that was perfected to put the loan
over, as no capital was made of it
and the masses who contributed and
who subscribed with that liberality
characteristic of the Negroes were
constantly encouraged. Meetings at
noon and at night at the Y, NJ. C. A.
with frequent concerts and public
exhibitions helped to put the loan
over At the coner of the Y. NJ, c.
A. building~ the ladies' committee Sc
cured a piano and the services of a
quartet and on each night entertain
ments were given. On Wednesday
night nearly $1,000 Was subscribed
A committee onsisting OF Rev. j. c.
| Caldwell, Mr.. ]. C Napier and Mr.
F., Button succeeded in getting at the
Phillips and Buttorff Company more
than 1900 The employees of the
National Baptist Publishing Board in
their drive were successful in their
$1,000 effort. In fact. it was general
ly observed that every effort and
every individual connected with the
effort was successful in putting il
over.