The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-03-14
RED CROSS TO SOLICIT
CLOTHING FOR RELIEF OF
DESTITUTE IN EUROPE.

To provide relief for the destitute
people of Europe the American Red
Cross has been called upon to furnish
at least 10000 tons of clothing, shoes
and bedding, of which amount 1000
tons has been assigned the Southwest
ern Division as its quota. To meet
this demand clothing collection cam
paign has been planned for the week
of March 24-31, and twice as large
quantity as we raised last year for
the Belgians must be raised for them
and others.
Millions of people who were driven
from their homes in Northern France,
Belgium, Italy, Roumania, Greece,
Serbia, Montenegro, Palestine, AL
bania, Czecho Slovakia, Poland and
Southern Slav countries are rapidly
returning. They find villages and
small cities complete waste, and in
the larger cities factories have been
dismantled and the equipment taken
to Germany There are no textile
factories to produce cloth from
which clothing could be made, CON
sequently clothing is almost impossi-
BILE to be had even to those who
have money Such conditions have
been unanimously verified by repre-
sentatiyes Of the American Red Cross
and the European Relief Admin!stra-
| ton.
To meet this emergency the Ameri-
can Red Cross is sending 100000 gar
ments to the refugees monthly, and
| the American people have been asked
| to furnish 10000 tons of clothing to
continue this relief.
| This collection campaign differs
from the one last year in that 1t is
for the benefit of the people OF all
devastated countries and the Amer
lean Red Cross becomes responsible
for the clothing from the time of its
collection until it is distributed to the
needy individual in Europe. The
campaign takes place when Ameri-
cans are changing from heavy to
Tighter wearing apparel. Many thous-
ands of suits, dresses, coats, over
coats, shoes, blankets, articles OF bed
ding, soft hats, pieces of cloth will be
put away, and much of it will never
again be used. 1t is from this surplus
of used clothing and material that the
10000 tons must come. By this slight
sacrifice Americans may be of a
vitality necessary service to millions
of people who have proven their
worth by enduring the most distress
ing privations and cruelties the civil
liZed world has ever known.
St. Francois County's Quota 5000
Pounds.
st. Francois County has been asked
TO donate 5000 pounds of the above
mentioned clothing and supplies. The
raising of this quota has been appor-
Toned among the local chapters az
follows: Pennington 700 pound
Flat River, 700, Bonnie Terre 700, Des
loge 700, Elvins 800, lockwood Ii
Bismarck $50, Esther 100 and Dot
| Run 100.
Announcement will be made next
week where donations of clothing may
be left in the various towns.
The National Officers of the Rec
Cross ask that the following articles
be not sent in as they cannot be used:
Ball dresses, flimsy dresses, high hats,
derby hats, straw hats, trimming fol
hats, feathers, umbrellas, mattresses
clocks, glassware, toys, collars, neck
ties, shoe trees, crutches, canes, para
soils, pillows, crockery, rugs, carpets
and foodstuffs.
All schools and churches are asked
to organize for the above Red Cross
drive and participate in this splendi,
relief work.