The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-04-11
COMMITTEES NAMED FOR
ARMENIAN AND
SYRIAN
RELIEF.
S2,5OO is OUR QUOTA
Every Cent Collected Will Go To
Relief OF Far East Sufferers;
One-HOur Campaign
Planned.


An enthusiastic meeting was held
at the Municipal Administration
Building on Friday afternoon for the
purpose of discussing plans for the
Armenian and Syrian Relief Drive
which is to take place next Tuesday
morning. A large number of rep
resentative gentlemen and ladies of
Columbus and the adjoining country
were present.
The meeting was addressed by Hon.
Jennings |. Sturdivant, who clearly
and forcefully set forth the pressing
needs of these unfortunate nenple
The quota OF Lowndes County is
$4,000, and it was decided to put on
a two-hour campaign, from ten to
twelve o'clock on the morning of Tues
day, April 18th, to raise this amount.
The committees will meet at the City
Hall promptly at ten o'clock next
Tuesday morning. Each chairman is
to be held responsible for the attend
ance of his committee. Each lady
chairman Of the ward committees will
appoint her own assistants, and will
solicit from the ladies in the respect
i've wards, making an effort to secure
at least one dollar subscription from
each woman in the ward.
Mrs. LYDIA Sykes is chairman of the
College Committee, and she will ap-
point her own assistants. There will,
be two County Committees, one for
the west side of the river and one for
the east side. On account of the ex-
tensive territory to be covered, each
of these committees will send only
such subscriptions as they are able
to secure.
Mr. Willis Pope was elected treas
urer, and to him should be sent all
money collected, together with the
names of contributors Only cash
subscriptions will be solicited.
The meeting was presided over by
Mr.. F. P. Phillips, and that all present
were in hearty sympathy with the
movement was clearly evidenced by
the talks made and the manifest will
lingncss of everybody to do what they
could to make the drive successful.
Committees.
The following committees were ap-
pointed to solicit funds:
Committee No. l. City Hall to and
including the Columbus National
Bank Building. j. L. Cox, chairman;
Jesse P. Woodward, John F. Frierson
Committee No 2. Charles Funk
corner to Court House, including
Court House and Lawyers Row. John
w. Jones, chairman; Jennings /.
Sturdivant, f. L. Kuykendall.
Committee No. 3. First State Bank
Building north to corner. DR.. C. f.
Lemburg, chairman; |. L. CASTOR, l..
H. Simon.
Committee No a, Weaver & Har-
rington's to Elks' Club, including
Tombigbee Cotton Mills. Sid B.
Street, Jr., chairman; w. B. Harring-
ton, John Papadapulus.
Committee No. 5. Fireproof Ware
house to Hirshman's corner. Mike
Kerby, chairman; F. P. Phillips, r. f.
Mahon.
Committee No 6. jeff Price stand
to Robinson Garage, inclusive. Brooks
MCGOWAN, chairman; Willis Pope, L.
Rosenszweig.
Committee No. 7. Lowndes Coun-
ty Motor Company to Southern Ex-
press, inclusive. r. r. Banks, chair
man; e. A. Trask, Sr., R. E. John
ston.
Committee No. s. Loebs corner
thence Jacobs shop east and Owens
store South. Sid Loeb, chairman; L.
B. Divelbiss, l. /. Kaufman.
Committee No. 9. All of Boards
Block. Henry Beard, chairman; ],
M. Kaufman, T. w. Harris.
Committee No. 10. Postoffce to
Mobile & Ohio depot, including. ]. L,
Walker and Marble Works. I. A.
McGahey, chairman; L. E. Walker,
w. E. Leech.
Committee No. II. Southern depot,
shops and vicinity. G. Neyman, chair
man; G. Dempster, I. NJ. Pullen.
Committee No. II. Manufacturing
plants. D. f. Mccullough, chairman;
A. A. Brest, 0. D. Hogan.
Committee No. 10. Publicity. r. E
Malones chairman; V. B. lines, Jack