The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-06-21
Will Be Opened in Grady County
by Talk of Chaplain Jones, /
Veteran Worker of Two
American Wars.
COMMITTEE ASKS
PEOPLE Be READY
Railroad Employees to Boom the
Drive at Shops; Fraternal Or
ders Take Active Part in
Putting 1t Over Top.

All is set for the Salvation Army
drive for home service funds that
opens here ON Monday with the fra,
ternal orders of the city and county
taking active parts in boosting the
game of the folks who baked mil.
lions Of pies and doughnuts and eerv-
ed oceans of chocolate and coffee to
The front line doughboys while they
were taking the hordes Of the kaiser
to good cleaning.
The signal for the opening of the
campaign here will be the arrival in
the city of Chaplain Jones, veteran
war worker, who has gone through
two conflicts, the Spanish-American
war and the World War and who has
recently returned from France where
he held countless religious meetings
among the American fighters.
Speaks Twice Here.
Chaplain Jones is scheduled to ar
rive in Chickasha at II o'clock Mon
day morning. A meeting has been
arranged for the Rock island shops
at 1910 Monday when the chaplain
VIII address the railroad employees.
At S:15 Monday evening Chaplain
Jones will address a public gather
ing at the Baptist church.
One Chickasha man Who was in
Ell Reno some days ago when the
chaplain spoke there said today, q
heard Chaplain Jones in El Reno and
believe me, he tells you things. It's
nearly like being there and seeing
the battles for yourself It's a talk
that you can't afford to miss
To be Fast Campaign.
The organization for both the city
and county is complete. The solicit
ing committees, previously announc-
ed, will be on the job Monday and
plan to cover their respective dis
tricts as rapidly as possible and ex-
peot to have the city of Chickasha
finished by Tuesday night, although
the drive is scheduled to continue
throughout the week The Rock Is
land employees will stage their drive.
beginning Tuesday morning and word
from the committee in charge of the
railroads stated this morning that I
is expected that the railroads will
put over their part Of the drive in
their accustomed thorough manner
The people Of Chickasha know
what this drive is for" said J. "
Conner, secretary of the campaign or
ganization this morning. "They know
that the work of that organization
was among the best in France The
committee asks that everyone be nre-
pared for the committees as they
call. Let's wind up this drive in rec
ord time There's 10 use dragging
along about ii. It's a worthy cause.
Soldiers strong for S. A.
A conversation with any overseas
soldier will serve to give an idea of
what the boys who did the work
think of the Salvation Army The
fact is. they are practically unani-
nous in their praise Of the work done
by the organization overseas and at
the ports of embarkaton.
Here's what Sergeant Roll Phil
lips of this city, who served through
the St Mihiel and Meuse-Argonue of
fensives with an artillery brigade had
to say about the Salvation Army
Il can't go too strong in my praise
of the Salvation Army. I'll tell you
just one incident that illustrates the.
bravery and devotion to service that
the S. A. workers displayed This
Incident was related 10 me by boy
in the infantry branch who Witnessed
il A company of infantry in the
front line had been under heavy shell
fire for several days. The back areas
were continually being swept by the
German artillery barrage. No one
had come TO that part of the front
line for days The boys had run out
CT anything to eat. So fierce was the
harrage that they couldn't get relief.
One afternoon they saw a woman