The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-11-03
400 CHAPTERS
ARE READY FOR
4TH ROLL CALL
Rivalry Keen Among Southern Towns
To Get Quota OF Red Cross
Members First.

Atlanta, Ga. Nov-More than four
hundred chapters of the American Red
Cross and about three hundred chap
ter branches are organized in the
southern division for the Fourth Red
Cross Roll Call. November lips.
by organization is meant that these
chapters and branches have chairmen.
committees and. the enthusiasm to
make the FouTW Roll Call sure sue
cess in their communities" sai9 ].
l.. McMillin, southern division man.
ager Of the Red Cross, today.
we have reports from every one
Of them that they are only awaiting
the date to begin the campaign. First
the workers themselves will renew
their memberships in the Red Cross.
Then every old member will be called
upon to re-enlist under the Red Cross
banner. After that, every effort will
be made to get in the territory of each
chapter as nearly one hundred per
cent membership in the Red Cross as
1t is possible to get"
The southern division includes the
five states of Georgia, North Carolina.
South Carolina, Tennessee and Flor
ida. Last year the division, for its
population, made as fine record as
any part of the country in enrolling
Red Cross members. This year it is
the eager purpose of every chapter
to put the southern division on top
again.
A friendly but keen rivalry exists
among the various chapters to be the
first to report that their quotas are
secured. A different system has been
used this year in assigning quotas to
the various chapters. Instead OF de-
termining the quota for the division
first and then dividing this out among
the various chapters, each chapter
carefully estimated the amount Of
money needed to finance its needs and
its plans during the coming year. The
chapters quota was then based on this
amount, and the quota for the entire
division made up from the various
ChdpbeI QuoNdn.
Thus, the Roll Call this year is more
than ever a local proposition in eacl
community. When local people sub
scribe to the Red Cross, they are sub
scribing to meet local needs, and fol
every dollar paid for membership II
the Red Cross fifty cents will be KEEP
by the local chapter to finance 1T
plans for next year. The other fift,
cents goes to national headquarters
to maintain the national work Of tn
Red Cross.
I'VE challenge every other chapte
in the southern division to beat on
Roll Call record" wrote one Roll Cal
chairman in North Carolina. I'VE in
| tend to be the first over the top
for we are laying our plans to get on
full quota of members early In tn
morning November IL"
This spirit is typical Of the wa
the vast majority of chapters ar
awaiting the Fourth Roll Can. 1t /
q rare exception where chapters ar
not thoroughly organized and plan
1 WUIhcu Oul W 1CCuAG SAAO NuOO8 Y
members easily and quickly.
Hundreds OF newspapers throughou
the southern division will co-operat
with the local Red Cross chapters I
make the Roll Call q success. Speal
ing Of the view with which most Anne
leans regard the Fourth Roll Call. on
Atlanta paper already has called upo
Atlantans to join the Red Cross I
the following editorial language:
"The Red Gross Roll Calls are nc
drives, not attempts to raise larg
sums of money for untried causes, bu
they are institutions in the nation
life, the one time Of the year whe
the American people, old and young
are asked to renew their membership
in the organisation that is SO expires