The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-14
ARMY MEETING
ZONE CHAIRMEN
CONFERENCE OF COUNTY CHAIR
MEN WILL BE HELD HERE
TODAY AT TWO
O'CLOCK.
Meeting VIII be Presided Over by
Mr.. Ii. A. LincOln-Organiza-
ton Perfected for Big
Drive Next Week.

A conference of the chairmen of
the various counties forming the Co
lumbus zone of the Salvation Army
Home Service Fund drive will be
held in Columbus this afternoon at
o'clock.
County chairmen from the ten
counties in the zone are expected to
attend the conference. which will be
presided over by Mr.. B. A. Lincoln.
chairman for the zone.
The following counties will be
represented at the conferences;
Lowndes county. Mr.. S. B. Johnston.
chairman; Clay county, Capt. r. C.
Beckett, West Point; Winston, Hon.
w. c. Hight, Louisville; Choctaw.
Hon. Charles Torbett, Ackerman;
! Chikasaw, Hon. w. H. Buchanan,
Okolona; Noxubee, Col E. B. Boyd,
Macon; Oktibbeha, Hon. NJ. P. Har-
rington, Starkville: Monroe, Lieut..
H. A. Nichols, Aberdeen; Webster,
Judge ]. T. Dunn, Euproa.
The meeting this afternoon will
be held at the Salvation Army cam
paign headquarters on West Main
street and all the committees and
chairmen of Columbus and Lowndes
| county are expected to be present
at this important meeting.
Mr.. S. L. Caine has been named
as chairman of the Prospect Com
mittee for the drive and he is busy
organizing his department of the
campaign. He is live and energet-
ic young man and fine results are
looked for from his efforts.
The following statement was is
sued yesterday from headquarters
in this city relative to the organiza-
tion work in the zone:
Captain Wagner, campaign man
ager of the Columbus zone, was re-
ceived with much enthusiasm in Ma
con. The people everywhere mani
tested lively interest-espeeially
Mr.. Max Williams, prominent citi-
zen and planter, and a soldier who
has just returned from France, made
short talk on the street, explain
ing the work of the Salvation Army
"over there" He remarked that he
found the Salvation Army every
where on the battlefield, but he never
saw one in the fine hotels in France
Mr.. Williams started the drive
and gave $500 and said, May 18th
! viii give $25 .more-also my ser
vice" Mr.. Henry Minor, young
lawyer, gave IS, and others gave
smaller amounts. An old negro
Henry Jones, handed Captain Wag-
oner soc and remarked, IT could not
miss such a chance and will give
more when the drive begins"
With such spirit over the ten
counties, the Columbus zone will
surely go "over the top" The men
connected with this drive are OF
Mississippis best as to high stand
! ing and influence.
This is what the Salvation Army
does:
Helps the unfortunate, il feeds
the hungry, clothes the ragged
houses the homeless and cleanses
the unclean. 1t conducts rescue
homes. day nurseries, lodging houses
for the Down and Cutters" homes
for the helpless aged, fresh-air farm;
and free clinics. For more than hall
a century it has fought a winning
fight for the poor and the lowly. II
must enlarge its operations in the
streets of poverty everywhere in the
United States and this is the pur
pose for which the Home Service
Fund is being raised. The Salvation
Army has proved itself worthy anc
efficient. Will you help back it VI
May 18th to 26th?