The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-07

10 begin in quiet but definite
'!l1er to work her block" and re-
port all names to any member of the
membership committee.
Other chapters are doing
this with marked success For ex-
ample, one member walked up town
yesterday after work hours, and Sc
cured the promise of four ladies to
report at headquarters in alphabet
cal order, and bring their dollar. Very
soon we should be following the ex-
ample OF other towns by dropping in
atV5ur appointed hours without wait
ing to be notified, thus saving our
chairman telephoning.
Our Organization
Fitzgerald Chapter American Red
Cross, recently changed to read Ben
Hill Chapter in order to reach every
citizen of the county is organized as
follows: President, Mr.. f. X. Farmer:
vice chairman, Mrs. c. A. Holtzen-
dorff; Secretary, Mrs. L. L. DECKER
son; Treasurer, Mr.. r. NJ. Pryor;
Executive Board, Mrs. R, +. Lee,
chairman; Mrs. L@ A. Turner, Mr..
Isidor Gelders, and Mr.. J. B. Daven-
port.
Amount collected up to Dec. LIST,
about 1900 This amount was sent
to headquarters, $500 being returned,
making at present about $500 in the
treasury, the remaining $500 to be re-
turned also, which will make about
$4,000 to use in purchasing material
for the chapters use
Active membership is $100, and
subscribing membership is $500
which pays for subscription to Red
Cross Magazine. Your membership
IS solicited in this drive, and every
nan and woman in Ben Hill coun-
y is invited to join, children not to
De accepted except for Junior Auxi-
liaries.
Our Soldier Boys
While Ben Hill county has only 12o
boys in the army and navy, there are
many families living here who have
sons or brothers enlisted from else
where, largely in the North, and no
person should be willing to be left
out of this list. On publishing the
list OF members alphabetically recent
y, one woman called up and said. Il
| will have my dollar there tomorrow
morning, and | want my name on
that list which will come out in the
next issue. The Leader Enterprise
goes 10 my home town in the North
and | would. not have it go there
without my name for $4,000" That's
the kind of pride we love to see.
Colored People Interested
Leading colored citizens are be-
coming interested in the work of the
Red Cross, nine of their number
having been drafted, and an auxiliary
among them will be included in this
I campaign. a membership in every
home in Ben Hill County" is the slo-
gan of the campaign committee.
Unpatriotic Citizens
You know the type exactly The
Fourth of July campaign committee
had one in particular, one of the
wealthiest men in Fitzgerald, who
when approached would straighten
up, thrust his thumbs under his sus-
penders-and rear back with that l.
rethan-Woodrow Wilson
air, and proceed to tell you how the
nations affairs ought to be conduct
ed, that the Red Cross had no place
i'll 1t, and 50 on, bringing to mind a
little story told by William Jcn-
| n1ngs Bryan in his recent lecture here.
A certain individual the story goes,
! was dlspleased at the manner in which
the universe was run, and was ex-
pressing himself thus1y: Now. see
that little acorn on that big tree and
that great big pumpkin on that little
vine, Now, if I had made this world
would have reversed that, and
about that time the acorn fell and hit
him on the head, "Q-Lord," he moan
ed. Suppose I had made this world
and put that pumpkin on that tree"
1t is to be hoped that by this time
that particular citizen has changed his
views and if he cannot let go the dol