Letters from H. C. Willis of the Coffee County Council of Defense in Kinston, Alabama, to Lloyd M. Hooper in Montgomery, Alabama.
In the letter Willis tells Hooper about a "holiness, or some kind of jack-leg preacher . . . making unpatriotic and pro-german utterances" during his sermons: " . . . it is reported that he made the statement that no Christian would fight in this war and that every man or boy who went...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | In the letter Willis tells Hooper about a "holiness, or some kind of jack-leg preacher . . . making unpatriotic and pro-german utterances" during his sermons: " . . . it is reported that he made the statement that no Christian would fight in this war and that every man or boy who went to fight the Germans was bound for hell." The minister has also spoken against daylight saving time: "The only remark I have heard him make was, 'I DO NOT HAVE ANY THING TO DO WITH THIS GOVERNMENT TIME,' meaning that he went altogether by the old time." |
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