The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-22
CARTER JOINS PONTOTOC COVER THE
TOP"INREDCROSSMEMBERSHIPDRIvE

H.
one was more thu, I.ne0 over It's al
lotment. Yesterdays Ardmoreitc, In
detail. showed the progress of the cam
paign In the nine counties comprising
the southern district, giving It's per-
centage mt more than 63, aud these
figures were based on reports received
the previous night, covering the work
Of Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday, and
Thursday. Two counties had made only
one report and II Is firmly believed thar
the district had reached Its allotment
last night, for many rural communities
had held back reports.
Pontotoc, the county seat Of which Is
Ada, has set n pace that will be dihi
cult for other counties Of the state 10
follow. With quota almost rs large
as Carter. POnt0tOc went "Over the top"
with good margin to spare, Thursday
night.
People Of Ardmore, Carter, P0ntOtoc,
Coal. Johnston, Marshall. Murray, Love,
Stephens and Jefferson counties, which
I comprise the southern district In the
Christmas Red Cross Membership Drive.
il was ever thus; in the operation Of u
morning paper, published iie night be-
fore II Is circulated, anything Is good
enough for Southern Oklahoma" 1t
will ever be thus-but The Ardm0reite
il still determined to fulfill its promise
that nothing Is too good for Southern
Oklahoma" Had you depended on last
nights morning Oklahoma City paper
! for details of the Christmas campaign
you would be justified In hanging your
heads Ia shame at what It has circu-
lated as the response Of Southern Okla
hOma In the Red Cross Drive.
Old Man Misrepresentation has put
the earnest, self-sacrificing people Of
! Southern Oklahoma in mighty bad
| light. But when he awakens to q true
knowledge Of the real facts, may we
hope that he will make due apology?
Yes, we may hope.
Carter county joined hands with
| Pontotoc last night exceeding her Red
Cross Christmas membership drive
quota. Carter last night reached a
| total of 1894. an excess of 627, and
| Pontotoc reported total of 1857 which
is 975 more than her allotment.
The southern district has reported a
total membership of 2S,311, which is
9.4s6 less than her quota of S7,797.
Many rural districts are slow in max
ing their reports, and it is more than
! probable. that the district is much
nearer its quota than today's figures
Ishow
The work is being vigorously prose-
cuted throughout the district, and al
though not all the counties have made
full reports, Senator Fred f. Tucker,
district manager. says when all are in
the showing will be a most excellent
one.
The final drive began today. The
workers realize that Monday will be a
busy day for all the people. prepara-
tory to the real Christmas holiday. so
they have been putting forth their best
efforts today.
In connection with the splendid show
ing made by Pontotoc county. great
credit was due Ralph r. Cain, the
county manager, and such excellent
work had been done that Senator Tucker
wanted something in the newspapers
about the man at the head of that
county and he wired Mr.. Cain asking
him for his cut and brief sketch of
his life. Senator Tucker received in
reply this very characteristic telegram:
Have no cut Real life commenced
with this campaign. Is that enough?
Quit your kiddin'.".
City's Total Is 2,718.
Returns for the city have not all
been received. AS far as reported. they
are: First ward, 100; Second ward, 643;
Third ward, 700; Fourth ward, 275.
Total. 2.71S.
Russell Brown, county manager, re-
ports that the work is proceeding well
all over the county; that the final drive
is now on, and particularly is good
work being done in the oil fields. This
is the busiest day for the workers in
that section of the county. All the
managers, district, county and city, are
much elated over the prospects Of Car
ter county making fine showing.
Manager Tom Cooper said today he
was trying to get in touch with all
the ministers of the city and have them
make announcement at the close Of the
services tomorrow that all who have
not yet secured Christmas member
ship will find someone present to re-
ceive at the conclusion of the service.
Mr.. Cooper said also that those who
have not yet secured memberships and
may not hear this announcement made
at the churches, may telephone head
quarters and he will have car sent out
with someone to receive such member
ships. He is working hard in the final
drive and says he is satisfied with the
outlook, but that hard work must be
done between now and Monday night.
To Auction Turkey.
r. a. Holiday has contributed a
twenty-seven-pound turkey for the bene-
fit of the Red Cross. Ii will be sold at
auction tonight at the corner Of Main
and Washington streets. The upset"
price will be $40, as that sum has al
ready been offered for IL. and II is
probable some one will partake of a
very high-priced turkey on Christmas
day.
George w. Coffman county superin-
tendent. was at Newport last night.
where a good meeting was held. The
pupils of the school had a Christmas
tree and an entertainment.
There will be a meeting tonight at
Cisco schoolhouse. at which Ardmore
speakers will be present
A. b. Riddle and En1nlitt r. Reed
were at Smyrna schoolhouse last night
and had a good meeting.
c. H Adams went to llocky> Point
and held a meeting. Good interest was
manifested there and the people are
alive to the work.
At the Confederate Home.
mr. +. Young and T. J. Pollock