The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-20
BRILLIANT PAGEANT WILL BE
PRESENTED AND MODERN
PAUL REVERE WILL MAKE RIDE
ADDRESS BY DR.. HENDRIX,
SOUTHERN FIELD AGENT.

At this time when the American
Red Cross is organizing for the great
est work of war relief even known,
and national campaign is on to
raise 100,000,OO0, the vast Importance
of the Red Cross to the country as a
first aid to the army and navy in the
international crisis and the impera-
tive need Of every available man and
woman lending their service and CO.
operation in the cause, is becoming
generally realized throughout the
country. The smaller cities and
towns are taking up the work for the
Red Cross with the spirit, zeal and
patriotism that is manifested in the
larger cities.
The patriotic duty of every citizen
who can give their service or their
{ funds to the cause is perhaps being
as enthusiastically met in Cordele,
and Crisp as anywhere in the country,
though the movement in Cordele is
still young, Crisp and wilcox counties
will he organized to form one Red
Cross chapter Local physicians have
worked in conjunction with number
OF women who have promoted the work
OF organizing Red Cross First Aid
classes, and these physicians will as
sist the physicians and citizens of
Wilcox in getting the movement fully
organized in that county.
In order to awaken interest to the
highest point and secure the warmest
cooperation possible, a stupenduous
mass meeting and a brilliant Paul
Revere pageant in Cordele is being
arranged for next Monday night. On
this occasion the people of the city
are urged to turn out 'en masse, and
the people of the entire section, espe
cially from Wilcox county, which will
be closely allied with Crisp in this
movement are invited to attend.
The mass meeting. will be held at
the court house at o'clock under the
auspices of the two Red Cross First
Aid classes of this city. DR.. Hendrix,
of Atlanta, Field Agent for the South
ern Division of Red Cross work. will
be the principal speaker. He will be
introduction by Judge e. F. Stroller,
Other brilliant features are being
MANNED for the occasion
The Paul Revere pageant will take
place in connection with the mass
meeting. A modern Paul Revere will
dash through the streets of the city
on horseback, bearing message from
President Wilson to the people of
Cordele ON the need of the hour in.
Red Cross work.
The Red Cross Aid classes will ap-
pear in parade in full costume. Pa
triotic societies, fraternal orders and
other citizens will be included in the
parade, which is to be headed by the
Boy Scouts under the direction of Rev.
John Moore Walker. The parade will
form at 7.3O Monday evening at the
intersection of Seventh street and
Eleventh avenue, about the municipal
flag pole, and at the passing of "Paul
Revere" will march in order to the
court house, when the exercises will
open. While the parade is forming
and moving patriotic songs will be
sung.
DR.. w. E. Edwards, physician in
charge of Red Cross work for Crisp
and Wilcox counties, will preside at
the mass meetings.
DR.. Hendrix is an excellent speaker,
and Ne touches on the Red Cross work
in it's various phases in such man
ner as to make his talk instructive and
interesting. A feature of the program
will be the reading of Paul Revere's
Ride by Miss Pansy Webb. The read
ing of the message from President
Wilson will also doubtless be of much
interest.
The following program will be car
ried out at the court house:
America-Audience
Invocation.-Rev J. H. Coin.
Reading-Paul Revere's Ride-Miss
Pansy Webb
Reading of Message from Paul Re-
yere"-Judge w. P. Fleming.
Introduction of speaker-Judge E. F.
Stroller.
Address-Dr. Hendrix.
Misses Margaret mad Florence Need
ham. Nancy Starr, frankie Fielder
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