The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-26
CAMPAIGN Of
RED CROSS IS
ABOUT ENDED
Quite a Number of Matters Yet
Remain to be Dis
posed OF.
MANY TO BE HEARD FROM
Many Secret Orders and Others
Which Did Not Meet Last
Week Will Make Donations
to the Fund.

The Red Cross campaign came +, a
virtual close in Brunswick last night,
though there are various parties and
corporations who intend making sub
scriptions that have not yet been
heard from. Then. too, a number of
the secret orders that did not have
meetings last week will probably
make contributions at their next reg
ular meetings, some of which will be
held this week and some next.
The National Bank of Brunswick
had expected to make very substan-
tial contribution, but just before sign
ing the subscription last week receiy-
ed notice from the comptroller of
the currency to the effect that in re-
sponse to number of inquiries re-
ceived at his office, he was advising
all national banks that they had no
right to make such contributions
without the consent of the stockhold.
ers. The Brunswick bank immediate.
ly communicated with it's stockhold
ers, and majority of them have al
ready been heard from, asserting to
the contribution, and the others will
probably be heard from within a day
or so. 1t seems practically certain
that this contribution will be made.
The campaign committee announces
1t will be impossible to publish be-
before tomorrow those who sign
today. Millard Reese, chairman OF
the local chapter, announced last
night, however. that with the sub.
scriptions reported to him during the
day, he was safe in announcing that
another $1,000 had been added to the
total previously reported. which will
make the total at least $13.5O0 to
date.
The largest single subscription re
portd yesterday was from Team No.
2, Albert Fendig, captain. 1t came
from the estate of Henry D. Brook
man, of New York, through Mr.. VIM.
T. Reynolds, the manager of the es-
tate, and was for $3.50. The Brook
man estate is the owner of the Col
lege tract of land. containing about
1000 acres, in this county. The land
is located near Brookman, in the
northwestern part of the county. On
two recent trips which Mr.. Reynolds
has made to Brunswick. one about a
year ago and the other about a month
ago, he has announced that it is the
intention of the owners of this prop
erty to construct handsome winter
home there. 1t is understood mat
this will be constructed on the main
body of the land, and not on the
small portion which is in litigation,
amounting only to about two hundred
acres. as has been reported.
The campaign committee yesterday
visited various industrial plants in
the city and presented their appeal to
the workers employed in them, ask
ing the men to donate one days pav
to the cause. A very hearty response
was met. The subscription lists were
left at the various plants. so that all
the employees might have an opportu-
nifty to sign them. The Brunswick
Marine Construction corporation was
the only plant that had made any re-
port to the campaign committee last
night. and only about half of the lists
left there had been turned in for tab
ulation. The contributions from
among the white workers at the main
plant as shown by thse lists amount
ed to $S9.25, and at the Parker-Hen-
sci plant, $52 the colored workers
at the main plant had subscribed 80 46
and at the Parker-Hnsel, $2325. This
makes the total already reported from
the two plants of this company of
$173.96. 1t is expected that this will
grow to at least $500, and probably
more.
Yaryan employees have signed up
quite gnerally, and 1t is hoped that a
full report of their contributions may
b made tomorrow.