The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-13

Although the work of securing
memberships and funds for the Red
Cross started in Tallahassee only
Monday, there are ALREADY 800 local
members pledged, and more than
$500 in the treasury, as the result of
the splendid work done by the Kings
Daughters during the last few days.
Half of this money will be sent to
the national headquarters at Wash
ington, and the other half retained
for the benefit of the Tallahassee
chapter, which is to be organized as
quickly as possible. 1t is the plan
of the ladies to make Tallahassee
the base for all Red Cross activities
between the Chattahoochee and
Suannee rivers, and it is possible that
the local chapter may be known as
the middle Florida" chapter. When
full instructions are received here an
instructor will be secured, and the
work of making supplies will COM
mence.
Good Work Done.
Tallahassee as a whole is taking an
enormous amount of pride and inter-
est in this work being carried on
under the energetic direction of its
best known women. The membership
/ includes nearly all of the business
men and public men of the city, with
club women, church women, business
women, and college girls. One Of the
greatest helps, indeed, was the valu-
able aid given by the students at the
Florida State College for Women, and
there are over a hundred enrolled
among their number.
Monday, the first day of the cam
paign, took the form Of a general
tag day, and memberships were sole.
the city after the manner of tag days
The Kings Daughters had placed sew
eral ladies at twenty different sta.
tons about the city, and in this man.
ner there were very few who "got by
without purchasing the small Rec
Cross buttons, and leaving theil
names on the membership list.
| While it is true that many but.
tons were purchased by strangers il
the city, the fact remains that ITALIA.
hassee will still have the actual mem.
bership of 600, according to a state.
ment of Mrs. J. A. Edmundson
treasurer of the funds.
Work Continues.
This week, the Red Cross tent
which is located on Park avenue, il
front of the Leon hotel, still continue,
to be scene of activity, several la
dies being in charge all of the time
4 This still affords opportunity fo1
those who have not become member,
to do so at once, and it is anticipated
| that when the time comes for actua
local organization, that Tallahassee
will have chapter which will b,
one of the best in the state.
Captain ]. S. Lewis, who is il
charge of the work of organizing /:
local company, and who has abou
forty recruits, is among the most en-
thusiastic citizens of the capital cit,
just now, and is being widely com
mended for his patriotic endeavol
of the past week.
/ On Tuesday night, he was chairman
of a monster patriotic meeting a
the public school building, wher,
twelve hundred people gathered t,
hear the speakers of the evening, VIII,
were Honorable Fred Myers ant
Judge w. H. Ellis.
Both speakers, whose patriot
speeches put fire and enthusiasm int,
the great throng as if by magic, wer
generously and wildly applauded, tn
feature of the evening, perhaps, how
ever, having been the unusual ova
ton given Honorable Peter Toma
sello, a visitor from Santa Ros
county, who, in speaking of the sit
uation, said he had four sons alread
enlisted. The meeting brought GU
more patriotic interest, perhaps, tina
has any other preceding event of it
kind in Tallahassee, and Captain Stu
art is of the opinion that the loca
company will be completely organize
in short time.