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UNITED WAR WORK DRIVE STAGED AT WILSON'S REQUEST]. (By L. Porter Moore.) It is at President Wilson's expreat I request that the seven great war work j agencies are consolidating their efforts In the United War Work Campaign J of November 11-18 to raise $170,500,000 j to be used In contimiing the activities > of these organizations. In a letter to Raymond D. Focdick, chairman of the Commission en Training Camp Activities, the president indloated his desire that the seven or* flotations combine their campaigns and thus secure the greatest possible j <U?s? of co-operation. "It la my judgment,'' said the preai* jt, "that we skill secure the best remits In the matter of rapport of ttm moem, u in* ht?q wutun will wait* their forthcoming appeals far finds, la order that the spirit of Ibo wptiji In this matter mar be expreesed withoat dUtlaeUoa ?( raee or reUctoee opftJea la support of what Is reallj a conaoa serrla*. "At the suae tlael would be obtt* ed it jen would oasrey to thsm fmm H me e my warm oapiuoslsa of the sf*> ' erazaettfs epprasiatloa e( the spies? * 4M ssrrtos they hare reUowl ta aia f Mteitef to,dm troops at kerne aad ? OfjW m 09V 1MCW MM." W Tha UTf.m.M tadfvU rMttMd tl trmm. tt*m oomtmg mmptigm witt b* ywtfoMd m Mtowa: * T. M. CL Jl, $100,000,000; T, W. * a Ju, $1S,900,000; Kafekts ?f Colum- ? ku, 130,000,000; Jewish Welfare 0 Board, I3.WO.OOO; American Library n MooiatioB, 91,BOO,000; War Cnunai- si tty Sartic*, $15,000,000; Sahrattam d Amy. W.SOO.OOO. * SOUTHERN CLERGYMAN 1 Hfll IK VICTORYSERVICE " IN CAPTURES WLUiiGES f Knight* Of Columbus W*rksr Preeidee | l At Meeting In Ruined Chapel j ^ In France _ ?? I Had it not been for Father Jamee j ^ Horton, formerly principal ef the Mar- ' 1st College la Atlanta, Qa., but new j " a volunteer ehaplain with the Knights ! _ at Columbus overseas, there would { hare been no serrioes In the little ! ^ ruined ojb&pel ef St. Crepln in the | shell-torn town of Chateau Thierry E when the Yanks-poured late the city ; ^ and drove the Hmns back toward the 1 Rhine. The Knights of Columbus are , ' one of the seven war work agencies , to Join In the United Warfc Work h ? Campaign, November 11-18, to raise n 1170,500,000. iv Father Horton was right up with ii the vanguard of the on-ruahing Ameri- b; cans and, after the Germans had been h cleaned out of their cellars and machine gun ambushes, the old Cure, & who had emerged from some unknown a; hiding place, Insisted on holding serv- a, Ice in 9t Crepin's chapel to celebrate ti the liberation of the city. h There were no vestments, no can- ti dlee, no sacred vessels. But Father o Horton rode a motorcycle back to the It headquarters of the Knights of Co- 11 Iambus, secured the supplies needed a by the Cure and rushed them back by automobile. _ The services were held and ne more ! I torrent T? Damns erer were uttered ' than those that went up from that littie shell-wrecked chapel In devastated, bat liberated, Chateau Thierry. + * c EVANGELINE BOOTH, com- + mender of the Salvation Army + In the United States, who Is + now devoting all her time to the United War Work Cam- * 41 paign, November 11-18. * S] * M b( 1^ ^ vr '^^^BBP^'W^'" w*al w As the head of the Salvation Army ?f the United States, Evangeline Booth xl It finding many duties in connection e: fji the United War Work Drive, | a: I which Is to be staged November 11-18, A tbm SaWmtion Army being one of the tl MWft organisations in the drive. *" The worben of the Salvation Army ? re active at home and abroad and. It under the general direction of Mini el Booth, they are mending clothes, urgtog soldiers to write home, providing n Innocent games, music and other s< wholesome forms of amusement in the yi huts, and are doing their work with fr ft trae Christian spirit. pi Senring the allies en the western w front the Salvation Army is maintaining 410 huts, hostels and rest rooms, ai The Salvation Army entered upon its oj work us ta internatioral organization w 14 days after Germany inraded tl Belgium. w ij fcgj Mississippi Woman f Serves Fighting Men f As Y. W. C. A. Worker j 1 wAmir mni ???? XVS*.JL1 HU X V VWVWflk She is rather w*? ?ad very n n Eer eye? repeat the htae en h?r Y/ 1 r. C. A.. uttHi that earrlee tk? J tsicala of her ta?lw. Hir Utr/ raj (or all tU ikwtwio e# her qai ' t yean, frames a face worn, net thin, ; at fljte with a suffering (hat is men tan merely vicarious. She Jus llred la the shadows, Itae; > teed hjr while the three were press-. f>. ft dewa there tortmred eyes, has heft j, ie hands ef these whe taelt la their; J ethsemaae. Ia a very ttterml and tor 1 [ Mtrteted lease, "She hath done what; tie could" for those who ersrseas en< rt are what we, sheltered aad safeTread 11 boat. She Is to teH her sterr la alt ities if etr Southeastern Department I a National apaaker for the Y. W. . A. daring the United War JWerk ampaign to ratne $26*.0*6,904 during i? week of November 11. t the recent United War Work Conantion in Jaekaon, ike wae wanted >r a apeooh in tbe main convention all while ake was btury wttk commitie work elsewhere. Several effort! ere made to find ber, tbe program tgged. Presently Gypsy Smith wm ilflsed out of a front seat; soon after e retnrned leading ber up tbe aisle. t tbe foot of tbe rostrum be gathered f with a sweeping gesture R. H. Ing, J. M. Clinton, Capt. George S. ingle and O. W. Buscbgen. As the udience rose, te its feet at slgkt oi Our Katie" the ive men, like prank- I >h school beys, made a cresoent back- ; round for the one small woman, while -on Ire throat??bass, tenor and trltone?rolled the lilting strains of Katie." To Katie Boyd George Mississippi omen owe the fact that today the ame of their grand old commonealth is on the map of national and iternational service. Shall all women y concert of effort and sacrifice honor er splendid achievement ? We owe her a special sort of allegince?a fealty of duty, of tradition and Section. When she speaks one hears sain the vibrant voice of her grandither, J. Z. George, as in legislative alls during trying days of reconstrucon, he helped to mould the destiny ol ur generation. Her forebear's indomable spirit rings in her voice, emaates from her small supple frame, ills to you from her steady eyes. IAINB0W DIVISION COkONEL COMMENDS Y. M.JJ. WORK olonel Screws Says Alabama ResiI dents Are Appreciative Of Red Triangle Service To ' Soldiers There Birmingham, Ala., Oct ?.?"In my pinion there is nothing that the Y. [. C. A. can ask of the people of Ala una which they would not give ii iey only knew half of the exoellent ork being done by your organizaon," writes Col. William P. Screws, ommander* 167th Infantry (Old 4th labama), in a letter to Borden Burr, ho recently returned from France, here he was engaged in War Work ir the Young Men's Christian Assoc!Jon. Leaving out expressions of ircnnol nratao at the ronnpct of Mr 5 urr, Colonel Screws' Utter is as folwa: "On behalf of th? officers and enlistI men of the 167th Infantry (former the Fourth Alabama Infantry), ] lsh to thank you for the excellent ad valuable work that you have done ith us, and with other American oops, Bince your arrival in France. "In my opinion too much praise canot be given the Y. M. C. A. for the Eceilent work they have done and re now doing for our men over here. ? you know, from personal observaon elnce you have been with us, the F" workers are present in time of Hi and get some of the luxuries o fe to the men that they weald no> therwise get. "As the commanding officer ef the sglment. I wish to thank you peranally for your excellent efforts and our many deeds of valor and kindbis shown all through our hard cam nigns, In which you were present 1th us from first te last" 9 Alabama residents are te be girea I a opportunity to give daring tbe week I f November 11. when J170,5H,/KH) I 111 ie rklsed to continue another year j B ? le work of the T. M. C. A. and other | eUaro work agencies. | ft The..... ' IYU0E1V MERCANTILE ( Three Big Stores lihd I SHOES for EVI We are glad to be able we have shoes for Everyl This week we received by frek number of cases of shoes, which shape than it was at the beginni shoes were bought many manths cjf rvnr^c IAt(* avp ^Q^mcr LAC tl 1V_/ iV/V/O ?l V/ UlV/ For Little Children, Big Boys a: varied stock offers you advantage For Men?The wonderful new e i i if i l ? i 1 11 shoes, m calt and kid, should ma For Women?The new shipme cherry, and black; in high, low < i i i i r r appeal to the admirer ot smart to< THE ROSENBERG ME 1 COMPANY Many Departments .fj Wl '* 1 ^ in ' 1 ...... . f ". ;>.j hhirhAnlr LKIBUUI 5 '} : to announce that | body * - i i jht and express a large l put our stock in better ng of the season. The a<?o and are ereat values ^ ^ - - nd Girls?Our large and is in variety and prices. irrivals in tan and black ke buying a pleasure, nt of boots, in brown, . m yj m ?v% l-\ /-v /^1 rt T A T111 AI1U, I11CUIUI11 HCCIO, Will /, Dtwear? i . :rcantile co. (