The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-29
Local Workers Will Be Busy
in City and At Ship Yard
Today-$5, 900 is Need
ed.
HOLMES COUNTY IS
OVER HER QUOTA
Gull Point and Molino Over
ALI Local Greeks Join in
Drive and Come Across
With Donations.

With a big days work planned I'm
the city and at the plant Of the Pensa-
cola Shipbuilding Co. today, In which
the Fort Barrancas band and Miss
Rheba Crawford, of Atlanta, will par
ticipate, it is expected by the direc-
tors of the Salvation Army Home Ser
vice drive that at least $1,000 will be
added to Pensacola's share OF the quota
for the West Florids. zone.
Thus again will ensacola send out
an eloquent appeal to the counties fur
ther east in the zone to keep In the
fight till victory is won. this county
having raised it's quota in order that
the drive might more easily go over
Returns from the counties east of
Escambia come in slowly, and 1t is
believed that some of the chatrmen are
withholding information until able to
report going over the top. A tele-
gram last night from Chairman VIII
liams, of Holmes county, states that
this county reached it's quota during
the day This was encouraging to the
workers at headquarters.
While Escambia county expects to
finish ahead of some of the other coun-
ties its organization will be held in
tact for tactical reasons until the word
ls flashed that the last county in the
zone has gotten its quota
Gull Point was the first Escambia
town to go over. with an over -subscrip-
tion of 8 to 1. Molino followed in quick
succession at a clip of 2 to l.
AT Century, according to telegram
received by the zone chairman, IL IS
planned to conclude the drive Saturday
night with burst of enthusiasm CEN
tering in a big community dance Mus
cogee will put the grand finale on Es-
cambia's effort Monday. Both Century
and Nfuscogee are to have the assis-
tance of the Fort Barrancas band
Cash collections in Pensacola yes
terday were notable; the most interest
ing feature being donation in which
every Greek in the city had part
Chairman Hervey is arranging to
have Miss Rheba Crawford appear to-
night in the various theatres He
earnestly asks for volunteers among
the young ladies of Pensacola to come
to the San Carlos hotel today at 11:15
and to go to the ship yards with the
pal - and serve as collectors in the
crowd there at noon. He also again
urges merchants taking subscriptions
among their employees to hasten re-
ports to the headquarters at the San
Carlos.
The southern states are leading the
nation in percentage of collections, ac-
cording to a telegram from Atlanta,
district headquarters last night and
every effort is being made to put over
the quota.
I'VE are counting. strong on the PEN
sacola zone" said Staff Captain David
MAN, in Birmingham last night and
I cannot believe that the people of
the zone will fail to put the drive over
the top in good shape
'T realize that. the work has been
carried on everywhere under a great
workers everywhere, but those who
have been in the field have certainly
been doing a wonderful work. More
workers are needed. and l trust that
more of the men and women every
where will realize this and get out in
the field and help to collect the neces-
sary funds. One trouble has been that
many of those who could well afford to
contribute large sums have been con-
tent to donate small amounts.
II have noticed the large number
of subscriptions coming in, and must
say that never knew so many people
hut I wish that some of the larger
corporations would become more in
terested In any event. / believe that
The quota will be reached, If every
one will start the new week determi.a-
ed to do their part. both in work and
in subscriptions"