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J August: 26, 1915, at the post
3L at McCrory, Ark., under
fe Act of March 3, 1879.
democratic ticket
For President:
r JAMES M. COX
For Governor:
THOS. C. McRAE
For Congress:
W. J. DRIVER
For Sheriff and Collector:
W. N. WILKES.
For County Clerk:
ROY MITCHELL.
for Circuit Clerk:
GEO. HARALSON
For Co. and Probate Judge:
E. M. CARL-LEE
p0»* Representative:
E. W. CHANEY
for County Treasurer:
E. E. BLAYLOCK
THE RED CROSS
Thirty thousand perosns in
164 communities, victims of 73
disasters in the United States
during the year ending June
SO last, were aided by the
American Red Cross, accord
ing to figures which have
reached Southwestern Division
Headquarters, St. Louis, and
which were made public to
day.
The figures are compiled
from the forthcoming annual
report of the organization and
show that virtually every
;>hase of Red Cross service,
including first aid, nursing,
health service, home service,
Junior Red Cross and Military
tod civilian relief was brought
®to play. The totals are
exclusive of those of the
recent New York bomb ex
plosion when more than 30
Persons were killed and when
Jublic officials of New York
railed the Red Cross as one of
je greatest aids in restoring
irings to a normal status and
relping the injured.
In the accomplishment of
he relief work told in the re
tort 140 Red Cross chapters
'tore called upon to assist,
he sum of $900,000 in cash
tod supplies was expended,
thirty temporary hospitals
Pere called into existance,
wenty-odd motor corps were
Ir?anized, seven special relief
rains were sent out and 110
special representatives and
jurses were furnished in ad
ntion to the aid given by the
local Red Cross workers in j
the community visited by dis- J
aster.
In these 73 disasters, in- \
eluding 19 tornadoes and cy- j
clones, 2 hurricanes, 2 cloud J
bursts, 1 hail-storm, 2 earth- I
quakes, 1 landslide, 16 fires, !
1 explosion, 9 floods, 10 ship- j
wrecks, 1 train wreck, 4 \
riots, 1 motor accident and
2 droughts- 850 persons were j
killed, 1,500 were injured, {
13,000 (approximately) were |
rendered homeless while prop- j
erty valued at $95,000,000 |
was destroyed.
The largest and most des- j
tructive disaster of the year i
I was at Corpus Christi, Tex., in |
Sept. 1919. Approximately j
400 were killed and 4,000 j
made homeless. The Red Cross j
division director with a staff i
of 35 assistants administered a ]
fund of $400,000, giving aid to
3,600 families and four towns
and rural districts and suf
ficient suplies to each family
to enable it to stand in its
feet.
Because of tornadoes, the
Gulf and Lake Divisions were
called upon to send emergen
cy relief with trained workers
into nearly 80 communities.
The record of last year em
phasizes the need of abundant
preparedness along the line of
disaster relief and has resulted
in the organization of Disaster
Preparedness Committees by
about 400 chapters and the
setting aside of special emer
gency fund by the National
organization of $5,000,000 in
addition to the regular annual
appropriation for this purpose
made in its budget.
Another feature of Red,
Cross work which has been!
greatly extended the past
year is the Home Service in
the families of civilians, pat-1
terned at the Home Service
which rendered assistance to
the 800,000 families of sol
diers and sailors during the j
war.
This service, which was in
augurated late last year, was
extended to 600 families dur
ing the year covered by the
annual report. It is furnished
only where there is no other
established agency for per
forming this special class of
public service, and is confined
to chapters of the Red Cross
which comply with certain re
strictions intended to maintain
standards and perpetuate the
work. Approximately 1,000
chapters have made applica
tion for such authority and
573 have been given the de
sired permission. This plan
of extension contemplates not
only the conduct of general
family welfare work, but the
seeking out and developing of
demands for other forms of
community service and secur
ing the co-operation of special
ized organizations to fill these
needs. _
i
DR. R. L. FRASER
General Practicioner
Will answer calls day or %
night. Phones: Office No.8
Residence No. 32.
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A Poor Theory
Said old Bill Shiftless : “The world owesjne a
living. Why should I worry ?”
And old Bill managed to get along on that theo
ry—but such a life ! Down at the heel, hand to
mouth, slip-shod, poverty-stricken, without hope,
without ambition, without comfort. What a
price to pay for laziness and incompetence ! You
all know some “Bill Shiftless’’ who is no earthly
good except as a horrible example. The world
may owe us a living, but if a decent living is de
sired, one must work and save and keep the sav
ngs in a reliable Bank.
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