The courier-index., 1919-01-31

American sewing machines. Estab- i lishment of an adequate water sup l ply is greatly aiding the American Red Cross in it's country wide work for relief of the war stricken inhabi tants Plenty of pure water and American nurses and doctors CO operating with the British authori- ties and other relief agencies are rapidly rejuvenating the Holy Land, ] and from the ruins of the reputed house of Simon, the leper, the Ameri- can Red Cross workers look out over 1 Bethany to the Dead sea. Stanley Stoner is our deputy Red Cross com missioner to Palestine.
 Lee County Chapter, American Red I Cross made another shipment of sup plies to reach New York in time to go over seas the 3rd of February l Shipment consisted of the following l supplies.
 Three hundred two children flannel underskirts, 19 suits outing flannel pajamas, 1 pairs outing flannel draw CTS for boys, 1 boys flannel top shirt. | outing helpless case shirts, 2 com plete infant layettes, consisting of l ten articles of clothing, Fl wool sweaters. 12 pairs wool socks. 2l wool baby hoods. slumber robe, quilts. Donations Received Mrs. Josephine Foreman, pairs wool socks Ladies of Haynes auxiliary, pairs of wool socks. one wool sweater, and four quilts.
 Paul Moore, 70 cents cash. M. D. Daggett. two shipping cases. U. D. C., Goyan Chapter, two in l fant layettes. Mrs. J. l. Morris. talcum powdef. toilet soap, safety pins, needles and wash cloths.
 Work Completed for the Week
 Wednesday Mesdames. J. V, Hollen- back, D. C. Dupuy. J. Walter Reed, R. D. Smith completed 30 boys un- dershirts Mrs. J. Walter Reed worked the button holes.
 Mrs F. R. Dupuy,. undershirts ]
 Mrs. A. E. Lawson 6 undershirts.
 Mrs. D. c. Dupuy undershirts.
 Friday, Mesdames A. A. McClen- don and Kate Durham completed ' undershirts.
 Saturday. Mesdames Kate Durham and Bruce Mulkey marked 43 under shirts. Mrs F. N. Burke hemmed "A napkins. Mrs. W. r. Harris hemmed 12 napkins. Mrs. l.. H. Holtzclaw Mrs. J. E. Lanham and Mrs. w c. Sallis of Vineyard hemmed 100 nap kins
 Mrs. J. A. Kinard. Sr., of Brickeys completed 10 undershirts.
 Mrs. A. R. Bickerstaff of Brickeys completed 10 undershirts.
 Mrs. F. c. Galbraith of Brickeys completed 10 undershirts.
 Mrs. J. O. Hale hemmed 15 nap kins
 The ladies of La Grange auxiliary completed A undershirts and sent them in.
 Monday, Sister Susan, Mesdames. Kate Durham, Bruce Mulkey. Guy Leary, A. E. Lawson, D. c. Dupuy worked button holes and sewed on markers, finished shirts and helped tie up in bundles ready for shipment.
 On Monday and Tuesday Mesdames | s. S. McMurry. Allen Pyron, J, L. Pyron, Eary> Craig. N. D. Brainerd, c. D. Brainerd, R L. Filler, O. F. Pate, Griffin. completed 50 boys un- dershirts.
 Mrs. F. N. Burke completed 2i utility bags.
 Tuesday Mesdames Guys Leary, J. V. .Hollenbeck, Bruce Mufkey. A. A. McCiendon, assisted Mrs Morris in marking. packing and tieing up in bundles of tens. all the articles that went out in our shipment on the 6:25 train. We wish to thank MT. | Greenhaw very much for helping us | to pack, and for mailing up and wiring our shipping cases for us. Without his help it would have been impossi- ! ble for us to have gotten our ship ment out on the evening train. The ladies of the Haynes auxiliary completed 50 boys undershirts and sent them in Also beautiful quilts, g suits outing pajamas. helpless case shirts, 1 sweater. pairs socks. i l We have still on hand to be made 300 boys undershirts and 40 pairs drawers, and I would like to ask the assistance of the ladies, so that we can be able to get these garments all made up and ready for shipment on the fifteenth day of February. and I feel confident that after we finish this quota we will have very little | work to do in the line of sewing or knitting. so I hope we can speed up on this work and finish it just as' soon as we possibly can.