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tle PRINCETON PUTS ON THE 3. SENSATIONAL0 ._i,Red Cross Fund Roosted By Big a Checks Which Crowd Went ® Out For.0 Prinoctun Clarion-News. Tuesday.FoI lowing a special c alled meeting . of the Patoka township conscripted e men in the large court room last• night, in which names were reported 3 of those who had failed to contribute 3 to the lied (Toss drive or who hadnot given as much as the team organizations thought they should, the meeting adjourned in a body to visit some l* of those whose names had been S mentioned. As a result the following sums were received:1 J. U\ Adams, $250; Calvin Emerson,• $200; Luther White, $5; James Cray. $25; Jasper N. Davidson, $200; These1 amounts put Patoka township up to 1 or a little beyond her quota. Prom c George Peed, of Washington township, 1 $50 was also secured for the Washington township fund.About 200 of the registered men and i. many other citizens attended the- meeting last night. It was called toi order by A. J. Cassidy, township chairman. Team captains then made their?! reports, and Claude A. Smith readl* names of those who had not eontribut-• ed or the workers thought should have given more. This list included: .Mrs. Jacob Younger, who told the solicitor various stories she had heard of the money not reaching the Red Cross, it^ was stated; Clyde Woods, J. P.Chance, A. C. Stcn.de, Joe Woods, Wil-, linrn Paul, Minnie Laughton, Mack , Toney, Harry Bascumb, Ralph Hurt on. Charles Pfolil, Will Criswell, Claude Thompson, Anna Tihbett, S. It. Davis, who had explained that he was giving his contribution through his church;. Dr. A. 11. Hurton, who lold the soljci-- tor he had given $25 the tirst call and f could not contribute more just now; i Charles Snyder. The name of J.• Watt Adams, of this city, was also , mentioned on a call for information, Cand in the township report it was- (stated that Calvin Emerson was a $2 .; contributor,t.Some of the persons named were I said to have plausible reasons for not contributing, at the time, and some have today made their contributions.Housing addresses 'were made by Claude A. Smith, of this city, and Rev. Golden A. Smith, of Ft. Branch, who expressed the opinion that some of the* well to do citizens named should give more and those who hud not given should give. A .talk was also made by Lieut. Eschelman along gen- j eral patriotic lines.The men in chorus emphasized their belief that the time to act was at hand. Chairman Cassidy said the first 25 men to reach the rear room would be the committee to wait on those named. Everybody tried to jam through the door at once, and the whole house seemed to put itself on the ‘'committee.The assemblage thronged out the doors toward automobiles to go to the home of Calvin Emerson four miles west of Princeton. Almost at the court house door they met Watt Adams. Mr. Adams told of a $25 contribution made in another township, but went into a pool room with the crowd and signed a chock for $250. The throng then tool; automobile to the Emerson farm, and after some discussion with Mr. Emerson, who came to the door, one man went ir. and received a signed check for $200.In the same neighborhood, Luther White was visited, and gave $5. Then back to town the “canvassers came and to the home of James Gray. Mr. Gray added $25 to his previous gift of $5. The party then went to the home of Jasper Davidson. Mr, Davidson had given $40, but gave an additional check for $200.Word had come to the committee that George Peed, a farmer of Washington township, had given nothing to any war fund cause thus far, a fact he* was said to have admitted. A large number of autos set out for the Peed home eight miles northeast of Princeton. being joined by the Washington township chairman, and at 1 o’clock this morning with the throng at his door Mr. Peed signed a pledge lor $50.The solicitation was made* at a late hour and in each instance where homes were* visited the persons were aroused from ibeir beds. All dec lared they were; loyal and had no thought of being otherwise. In some instances that was not questioned, bill they wore (old contribution!* should be more liberal. Sixty-eight registered men wore leaving this morning for Camp Taylor. Many of them were in the throng and they expressed a desire to see the drive finished he foiethey left and so stated to some ot those visited. In each instance a spokesman was chosen and the canvass was made in an orderly manner, though occasionally there would come rough talk from some, which would lie quickly silenced. With the 200 or more men unloaded from the autos and surrounding a house and the spot lights thrown on the throng, the affair had considerable of the spectacular.' Condemn Methods UsedThe I’atoka district ci White River town ship learned with regret of the hold-up business which was exercised last night on one of the county’s most respected citizens, J. W. Adams, and whose property interests are chiefly in White River township. It is understood that Mr. Adams was counted by the Patoka township registered men as a Red Cross slacker. and they proceeded to compel him to sign a check for the sum of $250 for the Red Cross cause. If this-body investigated they would have lound that he had contributed his share to the Red Cross in White River township, and did it readily. He has made contributions to various funds in White River township since the war began, and when one ol our committee visited him recently concerning the present Red Cross drive, he asked how much was wanted; he was told $25, the same as he had given before. This he gave without a word, and we had no thought that it would antagonize Patoka township. As chairman and workers of the Red Cross drive in White River township, we call upon all honest men ol this county to organize against anything in the nature of mob tendencies, and would advise tin* treasurer of the county Red Cross drive to relu.se to accept checks procured by such means.C. W. Siermer, Chairman(. Jones Roberts.i Test on Millmrn.O. P. Lockhart,W. F. Barrett.Patoka, Ind., May 2S, I{)18.Animal Criminals.As a species of hardened criminal among placid herbivorous animals inone is worse than the bison, or American buffalo, Toward man and beast and even among themselves these vicious, vindictive and agile brutes, whose half brothers on the. other continents do not fear even the terrific onslaughts of lions and tigers, are in h state of almost continual warfare. They are among the wickedest rogues ever seen in a zoo.
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Oakland City Journal
Oakland City, Indiana, US
Fri, May 31, 1918
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