The courier-index., 1919-09-19
Third Red Gross Roll Call Novem-
 ber 3rd to ifth

per 3E0 t0
 This drive is necessary because the Red Cross must complete Its obligations to foreign countries. The safety of America depends on the checking of disease and Bolshev- ism abroad. Red Cross Relief Com mission have won their way into the hearts of these suffering peo- ples and have at hand the means for the solution of their problems
 The Red Cross must complete its obligations to men still in the ser vice. Thousands of men are still in the hospitals, abroad in the Army of Occupation, in the Camps awaiting discharge and in service on the border. The Red Cross will continue to care for these men un- ii; the last man is home.
 The Red Cross must answer the call cf the American people. The toll .. the influenza epiisri; tue healih conditions re- ealed by the draft the recent and alarming sta- ,istics in regard to infant worts.!ify. tLc growing realization enat pub i'. wenare depends oD public heaFh, have aroused the American people t. tlt urgent need of heiass know ledge.
 They have realized the value of Ho,s .,ervrce, for it's actiy.~ es have, ,ra.he. communities whe;c no oth- re social agency is at work.
 rney have learned to appreciate that the future of America depends on the training for citizenship of the coming generations.
 America turns to The Red Cross for help in solving hese communi- ty problems.
 Red Cross reaction does not mean inaction, it is only natural that the interest of America's men and women in the Red Cross work should take little slump after the strenuous activities of the war. It is merely the reaction which IS to be expected in any similar cam paign. But this little slump does not mean that the American peo- pie are going to give up Red Cross activity entirely.
 The realization of what can be accomplished through concerted act ion has been so clearly demon strated by the wonderful work done by the Red Cross during the War that it is going to be an impetus to keep up the work along other lines. Public health, public i'm provement along general physical and mental lines, as we'll as educa- tional work for children and the mothers of the nation will be a few of the things undertaken by the Red Cross during peace times
 After the reaction of the war work has has left the American Red Cross bigger things than were ever before dreamed of will be ac- complished. Campaigns for better ment, such as the world has never seen will be carried through to a successful conclusion. Don't let a little reaction lead you into the be- lief that the Red Cross workers of America have stopped working entirely with the feeling that their task has been completed for the fact is, that the Red Cross has just begun to work. Watch it during the coming year. Watch it accom- plish things.
 Memberships in the Red Cross i. the spirit of humanity in terms oi action. The world war developed the humanitarian spirit of Ameri ca on lines that made it an inspira tion to all civilization, no singl, agency can serve to better advan tage in preserving the fruits of tha inspiration to the rest of mankin, than the American Red Cross.
 This year, in fact may be sai, to work the crucial period with re spect to the future greatness o the American Red Cross.
 To the citizens of Lee county Remember the American Re, Cross belongs to all the people an it should be 'everybodys in lette as well as spirit.
 The spirit lis omnipresent -an, the heart responds when the mind understands.
 Red Cross Home Service chose