The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-20
Reports Show Only 1000 Red
Gross Memberships Secured
In City Up to Last Night;
Must Whip Up
CHAIRMAN APPEALS TO
LOYALTY OF PEOPLE
Rural Precincts Fair; Pike s
Peak Goes 100 Per Cent
With No Crops for Three
Years.

Despite the earnest campaign that
is being carried on IN Chickasha the
Red Cross Christmas ron call is
meeting a slump ana unless the peo-
pie awaken to the true situation, the
goal set in Grady county may not be
reached This was indicated by
statement from County Chairman
Kayser this afternoon. SO far Grady
has turned in only 1000 memberships.
Many Of the people who have de-
cliued to join the Red Cross and
answer the Christmas Roll Call do
not seem to realize the need of the
Red Cross as long as there remains
on foreign soil an American soldier
They are unaware Of the fact that
the Red Cross is an absolute necess-
ity as long as the earthsis inhabitaed
by humanity The soldiers who re-
turn from the grave ladeued fields
Of France must be comfortably lo-
Gated the poyertystricken must bo
given care and many destitute Flu
victims must be helped, said one
member Of soliciting squad this al
tenoon
1t is the opinion Of many of the
county workers that the slackers will
be referred to the County Council Of
Defense, who, in cooperation with
officials of the Red Cross Christmas
Roll vii request explanation of the
attitudes of those who are financially
able and who refuse to respond to
the call
Local authorities point out that
those who are so financially pressed
that it would be impossible to renew
their subscriptions are justifiable in
declining to enlist their names with
the great band Of mercy Such per-
sons are few in Grady county, Chair
man Kayser says.
Little information can be obtained
relative to the progress OF the drive
in the rural communities and towns
in Grady county Although it will be
some time before many Of the COM
munities will complete the Roll Call,
due to the influenza, TIE county
chairman believes most of the out
standing districts will pull over. The
task will be difficult one and will
require unprecedented cooperation,
he adds
Those in charso ertcrta'1 hope
that the "slackers" viii wake up,
take new breath of loyalty and do
nate one dollar to the best and most
noble cause ever placed before mod
en America = Unless they do, it is
probable that they will have ses-
sion with the council Of defense and
will be asked to explain why Roll
Can workers state.
Reports at this time show that
the county is doing its part while the
city Of Chickasha is tagging" Mr..
Kayser said. 4 received a report
this morning from Pixies Peak school
house That's away off in the
sticks. SO to speak, where they have
not raised crop for two or three
years. Despite that Pixies Peak
went Joe per cent for the roll call.
Every man. woman and child in the
district took ont memberships and
paid the cash for them
other places in the county are re-
porting we'll Some districts are hard
hit by the flu and have not been able
10 work Where work has been done.
the results are good i'm the rural dis
tricts. If the county in general can
come across in this way. Chickasha
can too and Chickasha must do it"