The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-18
Ll1ERALiTY AND LOYALTY OF
CITIZENS SHOWING IN SPLEEN.
DID MANNER. NEW AUxlLiA.
RIES BEING FORMED.

Again the reputation of the people
CT Cordele and Crisp county for splen.
did liberality and loyalty is in evi.
dence. The Red Cross fund for Crisp
is now above $1,SO00O. And the
good work is but just begun. This
county started out to raise $4,000 and
since this is the case, there is work
yet to do. Various committees are
pushing their duties in every direc-
ton and in every community in the
county the Red Cross is now practi-
cally we'll organized.
The committees in charge here do
no want to let up, but wish to offer
great encouragement with figures
gathered from other points which
show Crisp county going we'll ahead
Of covMti's and communities more
nearly0the size. Dalton reports $1,050,
Eastman, 81 500, Elberton -1,5O0, For
syth $1602, Griffin, $1,15O, Pulaski and
Ilawk'nsville $8O8, Milledgeville,
1884, Montezuma $1,526, Triton $1,296
and Cordele and Crisp county have
now $1,000
The work of organizing and push
ing the Red Cross in the rural COM
munities has still the attention Of
leaders here anG they are giving much
time to- helping.
Judge w. P. and Mrs. Fleming, Mr..
and Mrs. M. M. Fakes and Miss Fran
ces Carswell visited Union Sunday
school at Raines last Sunday and Oh
ganized an auxiliary there. Judge
Fleming briefly stated the. purpose Of
the Red Cross and there was an i'm
mediate response. There will be thirty
or more members here and most Of
them will become active in their eff
forts to make this the banner auxiliary
in the county.
DR.. T. ]. Macarthur and DR.. w. E.
president of the Crisp coun.
ty chapter, were at both the Redwood
and the Adkins Sunday Schools last
Sunday and auxiliaries were organized
in both places. The work was taken
up with apparent great interest and
these two communities are likewise
to become effective in adding to the
Red Cross fund.
Cordele Contributions.
Contributions to the Red Cross fund
in Cordele have been fairly liberal.
Those who have made donations in
addition to the membership dollar fee
are as follows:
]. L. Minis 81, A. M. Stead IS, C. E.
Brown SIS, T. J. Durrett IS, G. T.
White $40, Lewis G Thompson S., A.
H. Edwards S., C. D. Bercaw IS, o. s.
Mccoy S., J. F. Cannon So, E. M.
Pless S., A. L. Macarthur $40, Coley
Wynne SIS, Wayne FAINT IS, r. R. Har-
lis $40, d. A. Duffee IS, w. C. Hinton
IS, w. P. Fleming IS, Citizens Bank
$50, ]. S. Sheppard $50, o. r. Cover
$50, T. E. Fem $50, J. M. Diffee$25,
Thomas Nesbitt $50, Oscar Heard
800, J. w. Cannon $25, ]. H. Church
we'll $50, ]. j. Williams $50, Read
Phosphate Co. 500, ]. G. Lasseter 81,
Levy Bush IS, NJ D. Macris SIS, Cash
Drug Store $780, Pridgen Bros Co. $25,
Jordele Fish and Oyster Market IS,
teagfle-Taylor Furniture Company,
$3.50, Primary Dept. Methodist S. S.
'1.O5, Mittie Dinkins (coD Csc, T. M.
Moore (coD SC, Whipple and McKen-
lie 500, j. A. Littlejohn $25, ]. H.
Ward $25, F. L. Bartholomew $50,
W. A. Thompson $25, Knight Templars
S25, F. L. Pride $40, ]. L. Bulloch
$3.50, W. o. Roberts IS, w. H. Par
'ish SIS, P. B. Gleaton IS, Miss Tallu-
ah Atkins $40, A. E. Grant $3.50, It.
VI. Cocker SIS, j. M. Witherington IS,
Restaurant IS. E. L.
kiker $40, A. E. Jackson SIS, Jake
Sheppard S..