The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-21
SALVATION ARMY
DRIVE BEGINS
FINE ENTHUSIASM SHOWN FOR
THE CAUSE-COMMITTEES
WORK EARNESTLY
FOR SUCCESS.
County Will Go Over the TOp-Mr.
Johnston Leads Local Cause.
Mrs. LandIum Leads
Ladies'.

ne D.
in this city last Monday morning.
Under the leadership of Hon. s. B.
Johnston, a Red Cross worker in
France. many men responded to the
call and volunteered in the work of
solicitation. Under the inspiring
leadership of Mrs. Louise Landrum
the ladies of the community entered
enthusiastically into their end of
the work There we're no speeches
and there was less formality. The
fine preliminary work of organiza-
ton had born fruit and the work
ers gathered with the determination
of making Lowndes county's quota
of the amount expected in this dis
trist a success.
The following gentlemen respond
ed to the call for help: Messrs. 5.
B. Johnston, chairman for the coun-
ty; Messrs. e. L. Kuykendall, John
]. Richards, Ira L. CASTOR, l.. j.
Marx, John Beard, Jas. T. Searcy,
Ran Shropshire, Irwin Kaufman,
Sydney. Loeb, R. f. MahOn, Carroll
Hackleman. John Lipsey, ID. S. Cox,
William Burris and Herman Owen.
The ladies who rallied for the
cause were: Mrs. Louise Landrum,
chairman of the Woman's Division
for the county and the following
ward organizations: Ward No. l.,
Mrs. G. Y. Banks, chairman; Mes
danes ]. /. Sturdivant, Dan T. (ias-
ton, Jesse p. woodward, w. d.
RichardsI Joe ,Shull, CASTOR Ben
ton. Ward No. 2: Mrs. J. W. Lips
comb, chairman; Mesdames j w.
Cox. j. l.. Walker. Gus Hauser. Nor
man Wood, Oscar Burris, Jr.. Miss
Geraldine Barbour. Ward No. g.:
Mrs. G.. NJ. Flynn, chairman Mes
danes G. Dempster. Ifensy c{ All
|. II. Simon. Miss Mary StolIes, in
charge OF the campaign at the Bar
row Memorial School. Ward No. 4.
Mrs. Jack Cheatham, chsirman;
Mesdames K. f. Chapel, E. H. Grit
fin, Miss Ruth MeCann, MIS-. Tom
Mcintyre. Mrs. Will Brown, Mrs.
Lacey Mullins, Mrs. Claude No
blCS. Mrs. Joe Fapt Ward No.
+. Mrs. John sandford. Chairman;
Mesdames w. S. Turner, rom De-
zonia, Eunice Campbell, Misses
Grace Wright and Eleanor Steele
with Miss Georgia Quarles in charge
of the Lee High School Ward No.
6, Mrs. f. p. Phillips, chairman;
Mesdames Atwell Williams, John
Beard, Ed Buder, Miss Emma Bell;
Mrs. Margie Patterson in charge of
Franklin Academy.
The following special assignments
were made and accepted: The col
lege, Miss Crawford of the college
faculty; the Columbus Lumber
Company, Hon. d. F. Mccullough;
the factory district, Mr.. Ran Shrop-
shire.
The following is the county or
ganization:
Crawford: G. W. Hairston, chair
man, and Messrs S. F. Potts, G. p
Waller, A. j. Erwin and d. P.
Brooks.
Artesia; S. L. Pilkington, chair
man; C. d. Pritehett, o. G. Nell
vain, w. H. Thompson, and T. H.
Patterson
Caledonia. Chas. West, chair
man; DIR. E. A. Jameson, S. NJ.
Darnell, S. A. Vaughan.
Steens; r. G. Harris, chairman;
S A. Vaughan, o. P. Brown, Melvin
Lofts.
The Prairie: c. H. Cooke, chair
man; ]. R. Thomas, R. B. Hardy
and T. X, Swoope
Meyhew: ID. A. Burgin, chair
man; DR.. Rainey and Gordon Fort.
AS result of the partial canvass
conducted in the business and resi-
dence district of the city last Mon
day over a thousand dollars was
collected of the S2,5O0 expected from
the counly and this figure did not
include reports but from two ladies'
committees; it did not include any
reports from the college or schools,
the manufacturing district or the
county. II is known that earnest
and efficient work has been done
by all of these committees and when
their reports are in it is expected
that the amount will swell the to-
tai to an amount very near the sum
asked
Many of the committees Monday
accepted small amounts for the
cause when larger amounts could
have been secured just as easy Mr..
Johnston and MT. Kuykendan went