The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-14
: Reasons Why You
= Should Give To the
= Aviation Army !
+ Home Service Fund

The local Salvation Army Home
Service Fund Committee will begin
a drive on Monday, May 10th to 26th,
in Greenwood and Leflore county to
assist in the nationwide campaign
to raise fund of $13,OOO,OOO, which
is needed and will be used annually
in the home work OF the Salvation
Army.
The only difference in the plan of
collecting the funds needed is, that
they are asking the great body of
big-hearted men and women to give
them this amount in advance, in order
to save the time heretofore spent by
the workers in collecting nickels and
dimes and monthly amounts, for work
which is so badly needed in the care
of the sick, and aid OF the vast num-
bers of humanity that find more
thorns than roses in their path ways.
The Tambourine Lassie will be with
us no more, so to relieve her of the
burden OF collecting money, and per
NIT her to do this work of mercy.
this drive has been inaugurated.
This Campaign which has been laun-
ched all over the United States is for
! what is known as The Home Service
Fund, every penny of which will be
used for the Salvation Army work in
the United States where it is raised.
&c, ernors in every state are pledg-
ing their enthusiastic support of this
campaign, and many of the most
prominent people of the south are
giving Their personal service to this
cause.
The Salvation Army opens its door
and it's heart to all people who need
it's aid, Christians, Jews, Mohamme-
dams, and those of no religion, and to
those who oppose all religions. 1t
has taken multitudes of men and wo-
men in all the varying degrees of sin
and degradation, and has made them
happy, and useful citizens. Its slo-
gan is "a Man May Be Down, But
He's Never Out"
! They are asking the support of ev-
erybody. -
First: Because the Salvation Array
in undenominational,
Second: BAause it unselfishly
helps the needy where neither church
or chasitable organization can reach
Third: It is broad-minded in its
scope, it will help the infidel wher
he is down in the rut, the same as II
will help the back-slider to regair
his footing.
Fourth. It is Anti-Bolsheviki. anc
anti-Anarchist. It stands for higher
lstandards of civilizations.
r1Ith. 1t goes where it is mOs1
needed, and every dollar you put IN
20 the hands of The Salvation Arm,
Twill be used in a way that will hell
carry forward it's great work for up
lifting those ill-favored ones into th'
hope of Immortality, which alon'
makes hard lives seem worth while
A Hatt;esburg, Miss, returned sol
dier boy from France, who bears
Igold wound stripe, and was woundet
many times more than the stripe n
wears signifies, has volunteered hi
services to assist in the Forthcoming
J |drive, pays the following tribute t.
1.-THE Salvation Army:
81 owe them debt can never pay
for many times when we would re
turn from an engagement after w
had gone over the top, we would fin
the Salvation Army girls waiting TO
us with doughnuts and coffee, an
they were serving it with no cost t
US, right up there in the firing line.
"Anything that I can do, l will dc
to aid this drive That is the senti
ment of all the soldiers who have re
turned, I believe"
j. L. Gillespie has been appointe
Ichair.nan and G. l.. Ray treasurer TO
Lef!ore county, and County Execu
Tive Committee will be announced i
1.-The next few days, when the organiza
Ition for the campaign will be per
lfected