The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-06-06
More Than $1,000 of West
Florida Zone Quota of
$34, 900 Was Subscribed in
Pensacola.
ARMY HOME HERE rs
CONSIDERED ASSURED
Not All of Returns Yet in
From All Chairnen But
7 o t al Exceeds $31 900
With More to Come.

The official announcement that the
Salvation Army Home Service drive
is over was made last night 10 the
Journal by Zone Chairman B. s. Han
cock, who declared that the figures
in hand seem to assure the construo-
tion of the proposed S25, 900 building
which viii Serve as the zone home, or
the army headquarters. for the entire
portion of West Florida
This will be most acceptable news
to those who appreciate every ac-
QUESTION to the city's resources and
especially to those who realize that
sort of work is destined to rsacI
every quarters OF the 1Bne from the
Headquarters building. 1T was from
appreciation of these things that the
leaders OF the drive made such a
tenacious and prolonged effort TO car
ry- the whole of the territory over
the top.
Now that the struggle is over and
victory is perched upon their banners
they are declaring that the toll of
the campaign is all but forgotten in
the pride of victory and the con-
sciousness of a good work we'll done
While some of the county treasurers
tion of receipts, the zone treasurer is
not yet able to state the grand total
subscribed; it is known that more
than 1000 has been pledged. or
this amount more than $4,000 came
out of Escambia county. The county's
official quota was but $4,000; the
local directors, however, voluntarily
assumed to change this county's
quota to a much larger sum in order
to carry the zone to victory. This
made it possible TO reduce the quota
of several of the counties further
east in the zone. and while, even with
this help, some of them have not yet
gone over, Mr.. Hancock has personal
assurances from all the chairmen of
counties tagging behind that they viii
not let up in their efforts till they
have reached the goal
The fight has been an up hill one
because so many people in the rural
communities did not understand SAL
walton Army work at all. and had TO
be awakened and educated How
true this was may be well illustrated
by the case of a Clergyman in the
district, who was asked to preacn
in the interest of the drive and re-
fused on the ground that he was be-
| ing asked to be disloyal to his own
church. On the last day OF the drive
in his town, this minister appeared
on the platform, confessed hts former
| lack of appreciation and the light he
had received, and wrote a check to
| double a subseriNsion he had made
the day before.
| Prominent visiting workers depart
ed last night for their homes, man
ager W. @. Green and Miss Rheba
1 q ord m ~ =
to New York
p L. Rollo, of the flying squadron,
has returned to the city. Chairman
Hancock is writing each county
chairmen, urging them to have their
| county treasurers hasten final reports
to Zone Treasurer z. z. Malone OF
| Pensacola This viii facilitate HIS fl
i nal reports TO headquarters at New
| York. Mr.. Hancock is also address,
ing a letter Of congratulatfon and ap-
probation to all the county chairnixss
| for all who have worked toward the
| success achieved.
Meeting to be Held.
Captain Bergren announces that to-
night at o'clock there will be a
meeting at the present hall, No. .
IZarragossa street, to which all Chris
tians are earnestly invited, whatever
denomination they may favor, and
including those who are undenorni1la-
tfonaL. Evangelist W. o. Self, of
PenieI. Texas, who has been assist
/ ing Capt. Bergren recently, win speak
at the meeting. This viii be the first
conspicuous opportunity since the
army came into such great general
prominence in the drive. that its new
friends and its old ones have had to
meet the army in its distinctively
/ spiritual work and the leaders are
hoping that there will be a large re-
ksponse to the invitation.