The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-07

ing sights, but none of them made
a greater impression on me than the
one. l witnessed in the Armory in
Baltimore on Sunday afternoon, at
the mass meeting that climaxed the
Methodist Evangelical Advance Cam
paign For the Greater Baltimore
Area.
On beautiful sunny Sunday after
noon-an inviting day for folks to
go for a nice drive after the snow
storm of the previous week end
no less than 10000 crowded the
huge Armory for this great occasion.
While the whole service was inspir-
ing, there were two features of it
that l will long remember.
One was the parade of flags, in
which 200 young ladies, all dressed
in white, marched into the. auditor
ium in pairs, to the strains of On
ward Christian Soldiers" with one
carrying the American flag and the
other the Christian flag, and when
the long procession ended the flags
were massed on opposite sides of
the rostrum.
The other tremendous spectacle
was a massed choir of some 800
voices, the singing of which was
sermon in itself.
We hear lot these days about
the sinful world in which we live.
But no one who attended that mass
meeting and heard, not only the
beautiful singing, but also the Won
derful message that was brought by
DR.. Albert P. Shirley, minister of
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, Washington, D. c., could
have had any doubts that the
strength of this great country of
ours is founded on a firm religious
belief and a tremendous faith in
God.
Here is the latest information l
have regarding the County Commits
sioners' recount.
1t is my understanding that an
effort is being made to get the At
torneys for both Mr.. Reeder and Mr..
Mobley to agree to sample re-
count, to determine whether any
further recount might be necessary.
The plan, as I understand it is, to
have the Attorneys for Mr.. Reeder
select a box in which Mr.. Mobley
got the predominant vote and the
Attorneys for Mr.. Mobley select one
that was highly favorable to Mr..
Reeder.
The idea being, that if this sample
recount made no appreciate diff
ference in the count, there would be
no further action and that the votes
as officially certified would stand.
But, on the other hand, if the test
recount showed an appreciate
change, one way or the other, then
the court would be asked to grant
the recount prayed for in the pc
tition.
/, of course, have nothing official
regarding the suggestion, but think
it is a very fine one and hope the
Attorneys concerned will agree to it.
l have been told many times of
different uses to which the Globe
independent has been put, but the
one that tops them all was used last
week by Roy Letter Here is the
story:
Roy, as most of you know, was
caught in the terrific snowstorm that
hit Pennsylvania while he was Wis
iting his daughter, just outside of
Pittsburgh, for the Thanksgiving
holidays. On Friday morning some
of the men of the neighborhood, see 4
ing that the day was clear, decided
to try to break through the drifts
and get to their automobiles. Roy,
who was, of course, ANXIOUS to get
back to the store, decided to make !
the try also, but he wanted to be
sure of keeping himself dry while
making the attempt.
So he asked his daughter to give
him some old newspapers, forget
ting, of course, that Pittsburgh, due
to labor strike, had been without
newspapers for many weeks. But
his daughter, who is a subscriber to
the Globe-Independent, suddenly re-
membered that she had number of !
old copies in the basement, which
she turned over to him.
Receiving them, Roy promptly
took off his pants and wrapped |
Globe Independents securely around
both legs. This accomplished, he put
his pants back on again and then
proceeded to wrap more Globe-In-