The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-06-22

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an army is in working order, and there
is no question now about that. The
army will be raised. equipped and sent
to the front as per the plans of the
war department But the army is only
a part of the program, but there is a
greater and more sacred duty to be
performed by those at home The
army will be raised anyway. That has
been provided for by law and is obliga-
tory The other end of the situation
is voluntary. There is not a man or
woman who does not know of the hui
manitarian duties of the Red Cross So
ciety. and the Red Cros campaign is
now on this week The president has
asked that fund for this branch of
the service be raised to the amount OF
$780, 900 Van Buren, county's
share of this sum is $4,000 The
Paw Paw branch of this society started
the drive last Saturday, and from early
morning until late at night the work
went on. AS a result of the effort OF
the lady members of the society,
fund of over 100000 was raised But
that is not enough If a fund of $20,-
900 is to be raised in this county, it
will be necessary for Paw Paw to raise
not less than 100000. Chairman
Anderson called a meeting of the busi-
ness men Wednesday afternoon to talk
over the situation. and a committee Of
seven will be appointed to devise ways
This is not a begging proposition. it
is a sacred and humanitarian duty.
War is a serious business. and no one
knows what sacrifices we will all be
called on to make before it is over.
If you can't fight, you must give. But
this appeal for the Red Cross is
mighty important. Eventually we
must all give, probably more than we
dream Of now, but we must start right.
be loyal and patriotic. If we cannot
go to the front to fight in the trenches,
we certainly should be willing to con-
tribute our bit to alleviate the suffer
ing of those who do go. Every citizen
in the county should come forward
promptly and give literally for this
appeal The registration was a sue
cess; the Liberty Bonds were over
subscribed and the Red Cross appeal,
the most important of them all, should
meet with more hearty response
than all the rest.
Following is the financial statement
for Paw Paw and the list of subscrib-
ers to date:
RECEIPTS.
In general fund ...............S 97.5S
Received from membership. 515.00
Amount on hand to date. ..... $612.5S
CHARTER MEMBERS.
David Anderson, Mrs. ]. c. Max
we'll Irene Lane, DR. w F.. Hoyt, Chas.
Lake, II. d. Spicer, c. H. Heaton, B. F..
IO'Grady, C. A. Volts Ola Killefer.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP.
F. B. Marr, Frank Isbell p A. Chat
fee. Lynn Free, Will Payne, Will
Showerman, Gertrude Weston George
Weston, Harry Waters, Lynn Down
ing, F. H. Mclean, Mrs. Julia Whit
ney, Will Longwell, L. E. Griffith
Horace O'Dell, Marie Williams, l.. H.
Bassett, H. w. Barner, R. r. Cox John
Marshall, Harry Butler, Jesse Lam
son, A. E. VanVleck, Fred Showerman,
Grant Mcfarland, Elizabeth Young,
Byron Sowle, Mrs Byron Sowle, Mrs.
lZilpha Ferguson, John Burns, Mrs.
Anna Tuttle, Mrs. NJ. Bailey, Mrs.
George Hutchins, Beatrice Bale, Mel
lie Harrington, Leon Douglas, Mrs.
VIII Gorton, Mrs. c. E. Sheibley, Mrs.
Elizabeth A. Clark, Maxwell Jennings,
Mrs. A. T. Foote, Mrs. Jessie Barton,
Mrs. Fannie Woodman, Lena Trey, +.
IL. Miller, c. w. VanTassel, Sr, M. V.
Scranton, Mrs. F. L. Miller, Dorothy
Tuttle, Fred Graham, G.. w. Lewis,
Cora Waters, Will Pike, A. o. Carman,
lE. d. Johnson, Eugene Cooley, Martha
Thayer, Harvey Cooley, Harry Long
well, II. d. Wright, Mrs. NJ. L. McKin-
stry, Tom Brown, e. r. Laverty, Mrs
f. Bailey, M. Huey, G. G.. Campbell,
Wallace Hartley, f. c. Hawley, A. w.
Showerman. A. NJ. DeVall, Laura Love-
land, Franc Warner. Mrs. Bertha
North. Mrs. A. w. Showerman, Mrs.
Hazel Bailey, Mrs. Henry Holt, Mrs.
n. II. Bangs, Mrs. ID. Morrison, Fred
Holt. Elizabeth Lofts, John Sherman,
Mrs. David McCann, Mrs. VIM. Mason,
Florence Kelley, Mrs. J. c. Warner,