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HELP BUILD IT HIGHER-JOIN!
RED CROSS, FIGHTING TO BUILD UP
STRONGER AND HEALTHIER COUNTRY,
CALLS ON ALL AMERICANS TO HELP
(THIRD ROLL CALL LAUNCHED FOR TWO MILLION MEMBERS TO
1 CARRY ON WAR AGAINST SICKNESS AND SUFFERING RED
CROSS WILL DEVOTE MONEY TO HELPING SOLDIERS, SAV
ING LIVES OF BABIES AND OTHER "HOME WORK."
A After months of preparation by 4,000
Red Cross Chapters, with their 17,000
branches and 30,000 auxiliaries, all
over the country, the Third Red Cross
Roll Call for 20,000,000 members, now
|e getting under way with a tremen
dous sweep in every part of the nation.
From “Red Cross Sunday,” November
2, through "Armistice Day,” November
11, the great drive will continue.
Not only Red Cross chapters and
Red Cross workers are mobolized to
Insure the success of the Roll Call in
the Southern Division, which includes
the state of North and South Carolina,
Tennessee, Georgia and Florida, hut
the organized women of these states
have pledged their aid, and the re
turned soldiers, represented by the
American Legion have pledged their
aupport as well to a man through
their national officers. Ministers
throughout this division and through
out the United States have taken up
the cause
The need of the Roll Call and for
those who will answer "Here!” can be
set forth tersely. The Red Cross
tights for American humanity —it
ftghta against Ignorance, sickness, suf
taring and misery in every form For
the Red Cross, the war Is not over
And did you think the war was over''
Then ask yourself a few questions Ask
yourself what Is to be done about —
The 260,000 disabled fighting men?
The 800,000 American boys who were
•'unfit for service”?
The one American baby out of seven
that dies In Its first year?
The 200,000 people who die annually
of tuberculosis?
The 600,000 who would die in
auother influenza epidemic like the
Isurt?
The 300,000 children under 6 who die
annually of preventable disease?
The thousands of children forced out
•f school by physical defects?
The accidents that ldll 100,000 and
diaable 600,000 yearly?
Tbs one adult in seven known to
he ts need of medical attention?
Tbs 7,000 people who drown every
ya. In American waters?
These are the things that made the
Third Roll Call absolutely necessary
for with the 20.000.000 "doflar mem
be rehip” and the 116.000,000 secured
beat dee, the Red Cross not only will
discharge Us war obligations and "see
(be last soldier clean through” bis
after the-war problems, but will send
food to starving humanity abroad,
watch over the 126,000 sick and
wounded soldiers still In the hospitals
ef America, spread knowledge of pub
lic health with the determination to
One-half of every dollar contributed
for membership In the American Red
<Jtobp during the Third Red Cross Roll
Call, November 2 to 11, remains In the
troaeury of the chapters in each com
munity where it le contributed, ac
cording to lnstructlcne sent out from
.Southern Division Headquarters of the
American Red does, to be used in the j
county where It is contributed. The
other half goes for the National and
world-wide Red Cross work, for dis
aster relief, for public health nursing,
child welfare work, for administration,
.atnd extension of Red Cross work.
put in ever}' home in America one
person capable of caring for the sick;
extend instruction in first aid to reach
every school and factory in the land;
organize and conduct life-saving corps
to combat an annual loss of 7,000 lives
by drowning; be able to furnish relief
to any community stricken by dis
aster; teach patriotism and service to
the youth of the nation through the
Junior Red Cross; protect the inter
ests of discharged soldiers by its home
service department and enlarge this
department so that it will help civil
ians as well; build up an organization
of trained nurses and volunteers that
will make epidemics almost impos
sible; provide care for babies and
mothers and thus save for usefulness
thousands of little lives now sacrificed
through ignorance.
Many of these things the Red Cross
is doing already The Third Roll Call
a success, means that It will do them
better than ever, that the Red Cross
will fight sickness, disease, and suffer
ing throughout our country and make
it a happier, cleaner land to live in
Membership costs only one dollar to
every person, but 20,000,000 members
means 20,000.000 dollars, and with 20,-
000,000 dollars the Red Cross will do
more for America than it ever did
before.
PENNANTS FOR CHAPTERS
THAT GET MOST MEMBERS
Atlanta, Ga. —Chapters of the Amer
ican Red Cross In the southern division
that make good records in the Third
Red Crons Call. November 2-11, will
not go unbonored. It was announced
today at southern division beadqu&r
ters of the Red Cross that a pennant
is ofTered to the chapter in each state
that secures the largest number of
members during the Roll Call In pro
portion to the population of the county
in which the chapter Is located An
other and larger pennant will be given
to the chapter that secures the most
members In proportion to its popula
tion competing against all chapters In
the division, which includes the states
of North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee and Florida There are 689
chapters in the entire division, and to
win the division pennant will be quite
a Job as well a* quite an honor, as
many of the chapters already have be
gun an active campaign for members.
The pennants, which In themselves
will be a fitting oHfament to the wall
of any chapter house, will be awarded
as soon as final results are tabulated
at (be close of the campaign
American soldiers in tbe battle of
| the Argonne were actually In leas dan
ger than babies less than a year old in
America are now, according to statis
tics gathered by the Southern Divis
ion, American Red Cross Whereas,
one American soldier in forty was
killed in the Argonne. One baby in
: eight, less than a year old, dies each
year from preventable diseases.
Most of these deaths are due to
ignorance of proper feeding and care,
which may be remedied in a large
roeasuie by instruction given by pub
lic health nurses.
THE BARROW TIMES, WINDER, GEORGIA.
sl.Ol SPENT FOR
EVERY $1 GIVEN
RED CROSS HAD REMARKABLE
RECORD OF ECONOMY IN
WAR.
Money Given In Third Roll Call To
Go Mainly for America and
Americans.
Atlanta, Ga. —There are two facts
about the Third Red Cross Roll Call
which campaign leaders in the south
are emphasizing—one the fact that the
Red Cross has proved its ability and
trustworthiness to handle funds in a
business-like way, and the other, the
fact that the money received in the
Third Roll Call will be expended al
most wholly In America for the benefit
of the American people
When anybody asks whether money
given to the Red Cross will be frit
tered or squandered, campaign speak
ers turn to Its war record and point to
the remarkable fact that for every dol
lar given by the American people, sl.Ol
went to the actual purpose for which
the money was intended. In other
words, each dollar earned two cents
interest. One cent of that two cents
provided for expenses of administra
tion, and the dollar itself and a cent
besides went to actual relief work.
If the Red Cross could do that in
the war, when no organizations and no
nations were any too careful or econo
mic iD the way they spent money, Red
Cross workers declare, it is certainly
to be believed that the Red Cross will
do as well, at the least, in peace
and that money given in the Ham
Roll Call will go, not for expenses,
right where it is most needed and
right where the man or woman who
gave it wanted it go out when he
joined the Red Cross and paid his
dollar
As for the exact purpose for wfc* '
the money will be spent, they
Dr Livingston Farrand, national chair
man of the Red Cross, who said re
rently: "The American people are not
asked for huge sums to pour Into
Europe for the relief of stricken peo
ples of other countries Only a com
paratively small sum will be set acid*
for that purpose, and It only to ad
minister supplies already entrusted to
the Red Cross by the American gov
ernment, not to buy any more supplies.
It will be merely toward defraayiag the
comparatively light expenses of flnisb
ing a job already almost completed.
By far the greater percentage of the
money secured tn this compalgn from
the American people will be returned
directly to the American people in the
form of better health and tiring
conditions ”
Asa concrete expression of the ap
proval of the government of Red Cross
methods, more than ten million dollars
worth of medical and food supplies
have been recently turned over to the
Red Cross by the government to be
distributed
More than fifty thousand women
'pledged their support o the Third
Red Cross Roll Call at a recent meet
ling in Attlanta, where the heads of
the women’s organisations of Georgia,
Florida, South Carolina. North Caro
lina and Tennessee, gatherd at the in
vitation of Miss Rosalie Howell, direc
tor of the Women’s Division. Joseph
L. McMillan, Division Roll Call Di
rector, believes that the support of the
organized women will insure the suc
cess of the membership drive
BARROW COUNTY AGRICUL
TURAL EXHIBIT, SOUTH
EASTERN FAIR, ATLAN
TA.
No doubt most every one in our
county already knows that we had
a Barrow County Agricultural
Exhibit on at the Southeastern
Fair this year.
Friday during our County Fair
a representative of the Southeast
ern Fair Association visited us
and insisted that we come to their
fair with a County Exhibit. After
talking with this representative I
told him that we could not put on
a first class exhibit because we had
not prepared for it, but I knew
that we could put on a very good
exhibit provided the farmers
wanted to do it. I then got the
farmers, who had exhibits at our
County Fair, together and let the
Southeastern Fair representative
explain to them about exhibiting,
and we all decided to send a Coun
ty Exhibit.
The North tleorgia Fair Asso
ciation was ready, as usual to
help our County make this exhibit
a success at the Southeastern Fair.
They made this liberal offer to the
farmers and myself: “Cet lip a
good Agricultural Exhibit that
will be a credit and a good adver
tisement to Barrow County and if
the premiums you may win do not
cover the expense, The North
tleorgia Fair Association will pay
the expense of County Exhibit.”
The Members of the Bethlehem
Union Local were the leaders in
helping me to get np and put on
our County Exhibit. The men and
women who went to Southeastern
Fail' and helped to put. up and
take down our exhibit wore the
following: Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
(ireeson, Mr. and .Mrs. (i. \V. Ful
ler, Mr and Mrs. ,1. 11. Bedding
field, Mrs. Phillips of Winder,
Miss Rose Dillard, Cos. Home Pom.
Mr. Ik 11. Odum, Messrs. Fred and
Henry Fuller and myself.
The farmers did not send quite
enough produets to fill a regular
sized booth so we cut our space
down to T 5 by .‘lO feet.
We put up an exhibit, which
our county can justly feel proud
of although tye did nol compete
for premiums. The Southeastern
Fair Association gave ns the reg
ular bonus for a County Exhibit
also the same amount of money
as the tenth premium. Mr. Lyon,
manager of Agricultural Exhibits
Southeastern Fair, told me that
Hie judge of the exhibits said if
Barrow County had had their full
space they would have ranked
about third or fourth.
Quite a number of people gave
us many complements on our
County Exhibit. Also the old ex
hibitors there told us if we go
back next year they will have to
get busy to he ahead of Barrow
County.
Our Exhibit attracted as much
if not more attention than any
other County Exhibit 1 think, and
J was told this by Mr. Lyon and
several others. There was most
always someone standing in front
of Barrow County Exhibit asking
questions and seeing what we had.
Among the things we showed in
out exhibit were the following:
Cotton from the seed and sprout
ing stage to the finish product of
both the seed and lint, for which
we are due the Oil Mill, Bell Over
all Company, and Woodruff Mfg.
Company, thanks. Second Wheat
and all of its products for which
we are due thanks to the Winder
Roller Mill. Avery attractive
canning exhibit for which we
thank Mrs. Philips of Winder,
the Canning Club Oirls. and mem
bers of tbe Bethlehem Farmer’s
Union.
Did our Agricultural Kxhibit
from Barrow County advertise
and boost our county? We had a
big sign twenty feet long and
eighteen inches high on which was
written Barrow County Georgia.
This was posted over our booth.
People flocked around our booth
and asked a million questions.
nu,— -
asked: “Where is Barrow Coun
ty?” “What town is the county
seat?” “What railroads traverse
the county?” “Have you boll wee
vils there?” “What products
grow best in Barrow County?”
“Is the water good?” “Wlmt is
farm land worth per acre?” “Is
there any land for sale?” “Can 1
rent a farm in you county?”
“What kind of manufacturing
plants have you?” “Is there a
good opening for this or that kind
of business or manufacturing
plant?” “Do your laborers re
ceive good prices?”
Among the many good things
we who helped with our county
exhibit at the Southeastern Fair
got were the practical experience
of putting on a county exhibit,
and tlie good ideas gotten by
studying exhibits from other
counties which will he helpful to
us in putting up exhibits in the
future.
The farmers are making plans
and proparing to have Agricultur-
al exhibits not only at our county
fair, hut at tlie State fair, and at
the Southeastern next fall which
shall he second to none. These
farmers asked me to speak for
space for Barrow County. This I
have already done.
There will be only ten county
exhibits at the Southeastern Fair
next fall, and only four of these
will he (Jeorgia counties. I think
THE SUPER CIRCUS OF THE UNIVERSE
MONROE
Saturday, Qft*
November v?Lll
This is the original JOHN ROBINSON Circus—the one that nev
er divides.
[JOHN ROBINSONS]
bacißcusi
AMERICA'S TIME HONORED, MOST MODERN,PRE-EMINENT AND
ENORMOUS AMUSEMENT INSTITUTION
The Latest, 7 Besfand Greatest of All the
WORLD’S MATCHLESS,SENSATIDNS
PERFORMERS, SPECIALISTS,* ARTISTS AND
ATTRACTIONS INLAND AND CLIME
IS CIRCUS
£ O LAX V or aTARTUNO ACTS
▼ limit or human oaaiiuTy
3-COMBINED-3
Menageries
ZOO o( JUNGLE INFANTS
CONGO
The BABY HIPPO
S— HERDS ACTING -— 5
Elephants
PA/■ p* A |tj yQ y Movlni Stories In Burnished Cold
* ™ * 4 Floete, Trlumphsl Cere end Anlme^
amd ■ ■ 1 ■ ■ ■ j Equipment, Pulsating with Color
p f Mlroolee, Outdoing In Sumptuoud
IMw In b Brodlgallty Asf el Msgnlflosn|
THE FIELD OFiIgLOTH 0f 60LD
CON!' Free* Street ParadcjoSo
Doors Open I and 7 p. m.l Ss?ai T lmsiOk!
Performances 2 and Bp. m. admits to alw
Y ADMIftiION AND RCSCRVKO SCATS ON SALK CIRCVS DAY AT 4
Admission and R_e_served Seats will be on sale in Tirana
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
we shhould feel it an honor to
have Barrow County represented
next year at this the largest Fair
in all the Southeastern States. I
feel sure that every citizen will do
his best to help make this a suc
cess, thereby boost the main re
sources and product of the county
to tin* many thousands of people
who visit fairs. The estimated at
tendance at the Southeastern Fair
was 250.000 people. Of course the
majority of these went through
the Agricultural Building and no>-
doubt saw Barrow County Exhi
bit.
I feel sure that our County Ex
hibit was a success even though
we did not compete for premiums
this year.
Let all of us pull together to
make our exhibits at the County
Fair the best ever, and also have
the Blue Ribbon County at the
Southeastern and State Fairs next
fall.
1 also feel proud of the showing
at the Southeastern Fair that our
Pig and Calf Clubs made. These
pigs and calves are on exhibit
now at the Stale Fair, and as
soon as it is over 1 will write an
article giving details about what
we won at the Fairs.
Yours to make Barrow the best
county in the State, I am
Respectfully yours,
\V. Mill llo,sell, Cos. Agr. Agent.
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