Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-09-26
RED CROSS DRIVE
FOR DISCARDED CLOTHING


September 2Sth to October 7th a
Red Cross drive for discarded clothing
will be conducted in accordance with
request from the Commission of
Relief in Belgium Smith county,s
quota is 2,17S pounds. Such articles
as overcoats, suits, cloaks, clothing of
any description, shoes, hats, under
wear for men, women and, children
bed ticks, sheets, pillow cases. blan-
kets, mufflers, sweaters, in fact any
thing of wearing or bed room apparel
will be acceptable. Do not want stiff
hats or straw hats or worthless cloth
ing, but underwear of any degree of
usefulness will be accepted. In addi-
ton to the above, a request is also
made by the Red Cross for the fol-
lowing articles to be made of new but
not fine goods: 200 bath towels, .419
hand towels, 159 handkerchiefs, 10
napkins and So sheets.
The following ladies have been ap-
pointed as committee in the various
districts to collect and forward the ar
ticles described above to the Red Cross
rooms at Carthage:
1st dist. Mrs. Fred Myers, Mrs. J.
L. Porter, Mrs. Kirk Savage.
End dist. Miss Lou Shoemake, Mrs.
j. B. Hackett, Mrs. j. B. Mathews.
Bird dist. Mrs. H. c. Taylor, Mrs.
Tom Taylor, Mrs. w. J. Nixon
4th dist Mrs. J. Walter Freed, Mrs.
]. d. Rollins, Mrs. T. E. Dillehay.
9Th dist. Mrs. NJ. B. Canter, Mrs.
Hardy Carver, Mrs. E. H. Sutton, Mrs.
J. D. Smith.
9Th dist. Mrs. Lum BeasIey, Mrs.
Barnett Kittrell, Mrs. C. w. Goad.
7th dist. Mrs. Charlie Wright, Mrs.
Ira ProweA, Mrs. G. w. Nixon.
9Th dist. Mrs. w. ". Aubrey, Mrs.
j. M. Young, Mrs. r. L. Ingram.
9th dist. Mrs. Will Nixon, Mrs. Will
Pritchett, Mrs. Jim Lancaster.
10th dist. Mrs. Chas. Bellar, Mrs.
John Ballard, Mrs. B. Parker.
18th dist. Mrs. H. S. Brown, Mrs.
S. 7. Rogers, Mrs. J. w. B. Grisham
18th dist. Mrs. D. G. Conatser, Mrs.
w. L. Purnell, Mrs. H. H. WhitefeId.
18th dist. Mrs. Robt. Upton, Mrs.
Walter Bradley, Mrs. Walter Tyree.
14th dist. Mr.. j. c. Fisher, Mrs. Will
Wyatt, Mrs. Walter Gibbs, Mrs. F.
Minton.
18th dist. Mrs. E. d. Harper, Mrs.
Luther Cowan, Mrs. Agness Shelton,
Miss Leila Gibbs.
10th dist. Mrs. w. F. Cardwell, Mrs,
Will High, Miss Alma Ford
18th dist. Mrs. Arnold Neal, Mrs.
John Barrett, Mrs. J. S. Thomas.
18th dist. Mrs. Marvin Kemp, Mrs.
w. S. Bridgcwater, Mrs. Vernon
McEarchen.
10Th dist. Mrs. T. P. Hall, Mrs. w.
J. Hollis, Mrs. Nelia Manning.
Goth dist. Mrs. l.. B. Apple, Mrs.
James Boze, Mrs. Will Hensley.
2lst dist. Mrs. Jonas Whitley, Mrs.
j. p. Davis, Mrs. o. A. High.
22nd dist. Miss Ina Perkins, Mrs.
/ L. r. Gibbs, Mrs. Charlie Armistead.
/ 23rd dist. Mrs. Dean Reece, Mrs.
Mollie Haley, Mrs. Marvin Mundy.-
The ladies' whose names are Tlen-
toned are urged to meet at once in
their respective districts and ny use
of telephones, buggies, automobiles,
ETC., make a thorough canvass of all
the homes for various articles of
spare clothing and designate place
as a district depository for such ar
ticleS. They are authorized 70 draft
immediate help from the men or wo-
men of their sections in order 10 do
this work systematically, thorough
ly and quickly. Winter is coming and
and we must clothe and make COM
Portable the poor in Belgium as far
as it is in our power to do so. And
remember, Oct. 7th is the last day of
/ the drive.
j. M. COX,
Chairman Smith Comfy Red Gross
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