The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-06
oovert1or Tor RED croas Worlr

Governor for Red Cross Work
Governor Beckett took a hand ~
turtner1ng the movement by the To-
hacco Association OF the United
States, headquarters at Richmond. Va
looking to the inducement of every
tobacco grower to contribute to the
Red Cross fund for war relief the
proceeds OF the sale of one pile of leaf
tobacco sold on the warehouse floor
Inc governor wrote personal letters
to each OF this designed leaders in this
movement in the various tobacco grow
ing sections Of the state endorsing
most heartily the plan of the Tobacco
Association Of the United States. az
promulgated by President T. M. Car
r1ngton, Richmond, Va, and express
ing the hope that the North Carolina
tobacco growers and warehousemen
will do their full share in the success
full carrying out of the movement.
IN his letter to the committeeman,
Governor Beckett latter speaking of
the resolution recently adotped en-
bracing the plans says:
II desire to Commend most heartily
this resolution, also the plan outlined
by the Tobacco Association by which
it is hoped that thousands of dollars
will be raised for this worthy cause
Permit me also to urge that you give
to this cause your WhoIehearted and
enthusiastic cooperation. 1 am sure,
if you will do this, you can make it
count for much in your section of the
state"
The representative named at the
various markets are:
w. T. Clarke, Wilson; e. B. Ficklen,
Greenville; Edgar w. Smith, Rocky
Mount; E. v. Webb, Kinston; G.. A.
Jones, Farmville; -. -. Dance, Colds
boro; Charlie Jones, LAGRANGE; James
Exon, Snow Hill; A. L. Curl, Ayden;
John H. Carter, Warsaw; Clyde B. AL
stin, Richards; John Goode ,Ahoskie;
Harry Penn, Madison u. D. McDear-
man, Spring Hope; A. S. Smith, Elkin;
J. l. Smith, New Bern.
List Of Chairmen (Tobacco) Red Cross
w. A. Jamison, Oxford; S. w. Ven
able, Durham; E. D. Wott, Reidsville;
B. F. Sparger, Mt. Airy; w. T. Clary,
Greensboro; J. X. Norfleet, Winston
Salem; G. B. Cheatham, Henderson.
Physicians Under Thirty-two Drafted.
Physicians under thirty-two years
Of age are amenable to the draft for
soldiers, according to information re-
ceived from the War DEPARTMENT at
Washiniton. AS the law now stands
every physician who is physically fit
and under thirty-two years of age is q
drafted man whether his name has
been called or not.
The need of young physicians in the
army is imperative. Major Joseph G.
Bloodgood, chairman of the Southern
Committee on National Defense, says:
Every physically fit doctor thirty-one
years old owes it to his country to be
in the Medical Reserve Corps. AS a
matter of fact, he is drafted man
whether his number has been called
or not" The army calls for young
physicians for two reasons: they can
stand the strain of army life better
than the older men, and, as a whole
they are not held by so many family
and financial obligations.
DR.. J. w. Long, of Greensboro, chair
man Of the State Committee on Ma
tional Defense, Medical Section, will
upon request furnish suitable blanks
for making application in the Medical
Officers Reserve Corps. North Caro-
lima has not yet given her quota
though she ranks ahead of the aver
age state in the number Of medical
men she has furnished the army.