The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 19, 1920, Image 2
Upon the Shoulders of these Ten Men
Falls Southern Red Cross Leadership
ADVISOR* AND COUNSELLORS FOR THC RKD CROSS IN THE SOUTHERN DIVISION. They compoae
W** memberehlp of the advisory board for the Southern Division of th? Red Crc .s, which supervises and sug
geete the admlnlatratlon of Red Cross work. The picture waa taken at their flrat conference in Atlanta,
and ahowa, beaidea members of the board, aoyeraj Red Croaa executlvea. In the picture, left to right, are:
Hon. Eugene R. Blaok, chairman of the board; Dr. Livingston Farrand, of Washington, D. C., chairman of the
Central Council of the American Red Cross; George E. Bennle, of Naehnllle, Tenn.; C. B. Bldwell, of Atlanta;
Hon. Rlohard I. Manning, of 8umter, South Carolina; back row, C. F. Lambeth, of Thomasville, N. C.J
Lege re Oavla, of Atlanta, assistant manager of the Southern Dlvlelon of the Red Croaa; Colonel Alex R.
Lawton, Jr., of Savannah; J. I_ McMlllin, manager of the Southern Divlaion of tho Red Cross; and D. T.
Edwards, of Klnston, N. C. Members of the board not In the picture are W. B. Wilbur, of Charleston, S. G.J
Howard E. Harkishelmer, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Rev. T. S. McCallie, of Chattanooga, Tenn.
"GREATEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD"
IN FOORTH RED CROSS ROLL CALL
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PUBLIC MEN AND WOMEN BY THOUSANDS LAY PLANS
TO BREAK ALL MEMBERSHIP RECORDS
SOUTHERN DIVISION
WORKERS ARE ACTIVE
T?r?? Review of What Red Cross Has
Done and Now Is Doing ort
Peace Working Basis
Atlanta. Ga.. Oct. OO.-Publlc spirit
ed raeu and womon by thousands in tho
five states of the Southern Division
of tho American Red Cross, are lay
in* tholr plans to break all member
Hhlp record, for the Rod Cross when
the Fourth Annual Roll Call Is held
from November 11 to. November 25.
From every part of Georgia, Florida*
North Carolina. South Carolina and
Tennesson comes tfcp report that com
munity after community Is organized
for the Roll Call, and that many are
only awaiting the word "Go!" to get
ibelr quota of members on the veiy
first day. , , .
The ltoll Call expected to be start
ed by the renewal, of memberships by
oTery chapter worker In tho divUiJon.
There are 128 chafers organized f^
tho Roll Call, and many more thut uie
expected to complete their organiza
tion before Armlstle?-Day. when the
Roll ('all opens.
The Roll Call Opens
Memberships In the Red Cross are
of flvo different classes. tho annual
$1- tho contributing, $?>; tho sustain
ing, 510; tho life. $50; and tho pa- j
tron *100. Any ono can Join under
any 'one of these different classes in
the Fourth Roll Call.
Basis of Quotas
Quotas for the Fourth Roll Call
have been based not on population, but
on the plans of tho difforent chaptors
for the coming year and tholr actual
financial needs. Tho money, too. will
bo spent largely right where it Is sub
scribed. - ?
Of the annual memberships of Jl,
fifty cents Is kept by tho Chapter; of
the contributing membership of $5,
$4 is kept by the chapter; of tho sus
taining membership of $10, $8 Is kept
by tho chapter; of the life member
ship of $50. and tho patron member
ship of $100. the chapter sends the
entire returns to Washington, whore
the Interest is used to carry on the
national work of the Red Cross.
To those who are not us familiar
as others with tho work of the Red
Cross since tho war, a brief review
will give an idea of what the lied
Cross has done In the past two years j
and what It expects to accomplish
for America in the next few years
to jome. j
The Man in Uniform.
It has held, course, as its first j
and most sacred duty its obligation I
;o the man In uniform and to tlu< men
nho fought and served for America;
in the world war R?'d Cross has con- |
(inued to serve rh - Am-rUnn Kxpedi-j
: lonury Fores in C. >: mary. Red Cross,
has continued to keep up its service (
<o the ?3.0'JG men hi American mill ,
,iry posts, at all of which it main
.llns a personnel to help out the hoys
:i difficulties of bonus and back pay
uud t:-uuKjw?r?a? ion n^d the like, to
hol;> in family p.-oblems. to assist
(he i in recreation ami entertainment,
to I in short, the same "great moth- 1
,.r" (<> them that the Red Cross was
to t e man ov??r*'-as in 1!?17 and litis
II sides such service, Red ( ross has
ive i it'.' care aid attention to 63,
? ?00 former service .uen (aking treat
jnen in United Stales public health
hosp rals, It has put practically every
uan Minded in the world war into the ;
tod Cross Institute for tho blind at .
iH.ro, It. has kept in touch with
xO.O > returned soldiers and their faini ,
liae to givo Uiem help when it was
|I)M needed. For the fiscal year end- I
ia$ ast June 30. It spent $8.600.00u In;
:nltl try relief in tho United States, ex
?? of money spent by chaptois In
-tin! -r servlcc.
( rnnrh for Red Cross work wild l
the military. To other citizens ? tb?
afflicted, the diseased, the disaster
strlckOh? Rod Cross has been the
friend, the shiold, the heli>er.
Red Cross houlth work has been
one of the prime factors In its peace
program, and will contlnuo to be push
ed on an even greater and more uni
versally beneficial Bcale. One has but
to mention the 16,000 Red Cross nurses
who were on duty during the influen
za opidemic last year, to inspire the
people to rejoin the Red Cross, if
only to carry on such splendid work
ua this.
15,000 Health Center*
Then there are the health centers
tho Red Cross has inaugurated in
about 15,000 communities, through
which health education has been
spread, dlsoase checked and many of
the 750,000 annual deaths in the
United States from remedial causes
prevented. More than ono thousand
Rod Cross nurses are working in tho
rural communities of America, where
tholr services are most in demand.
More of this work than ever will be
done by- the Red Cross next year,
and it is hoped to put a public health
nurse in every county where the need
is great and the people sufficiently
Interested.
Much other splendid work has been
done and will continue to be done by
the Rod Cross in teaching people how
to got well and keep well. Thore are
First Aid classes of tho Rod Cross,
which taught more than a million
Americans last year what to do bo
fore tho doctor comes. The toll of
deaths in America from accidents
each year is morA''than 100,000, of
whom 7,000 aro tlrdwuod. Tho Red
(Cross has been particularly active in
tho South in organizing Life Saving
corps to Btop such lamentable and
preventable loss of life as this. Many
Southern papers in tho past year havo
carried accounts of rescues at beaches
i and lakes whero liie was saved by Rod
I Cross first alders. Other classes of
j this character that have accomplished
I splendid work arc the classes in homo
i hygiene and care of tho sick, and
: classes in homo! dietetics, In which
last year more than 90,000 women and
I girls of America learned how to care
for th.o sick people in their homos
and what is best for tho family to eat
in order for tho members to keep
woll and strong.
Right On The Job
Disaster relief has been tho job of
Red Cross for many years past.
During the Wall street explosion not
so long ago, Red Cross waH on the
job with doctors and nurses almost
as soon as tho police and as a re
suit a number of lives wore saved out
r i k 1 i t and many wounded people kept
from being Invalids and cripples for
lite. People In the South will recall
ihe numbers of times when Red Cross
has been the only relief and helper m
.line of flood and fire in several com
munities In thp 39 years of its ex
istenco Red Cross has given relief in
L'50 floods, fires, tornadoes and other
disasters and last >car alone it gave
aid to more than 3J.000 unfortunates
in l :> u different communities.
While so much has been dorm by
Red Cross in America in the last two
> ears, it has not slopped administer
ing wise, economical but unstinted aid
to siarvfnK peoples in oth?>r lands. Ry
fighting typhus, cholera, tuberculosis
and other horrible diseases in fever
: ldden European countries, lied Cross
.,c?s saved thousar.!:} of lives, partic
ularly those of w .men and children
who had no cr.e < i.- > t-.> turn to save
the ' gr> atesl mi?!ti?<r in the world."
This is th<? sort of work t'.i*- Red
Cross has been doing This Is tho
sort of work it will continue to do.
If the people of America will joui one ?
hundred per cert" in tho forthcoming
Roll Call.
RED CROSS WORK
"CARRIES ON" IN
PALMETTO STATE
Enlarging of Public Health Nurse Ser
vice an Outstanding Feature.
INTEREST IN ROLL CALL
Record Number of Memberships la
Predicted by Chapter -Leaders
Over State.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. OO.-Tho recent
announcement that more public health
nurses have been placed in South Caro
lina by. the American Red CrosB since_
the war, in proportion to its popula
tion, than In any Btate in the Union,
will bo one of the strong appeals
leaders of the Red CroiU in South
Carolina will make to secure a record
number of memberships for the Red
Cross during the Fourth Roll Call,
November 11-25.
"Our people have been Impressed |
by the fact that Red Cross ftoas done
perhaps more than any other one
agency to Improve the health of the
Slate," declared one chapter chairman,
in a letter to division headquarters.
"They know that, In order to keep
up suoh fine work, and broaden it
ou a scalo to reach every community
in the state, the Fourth Jittll Call must
be a success."
Such appeals as this, state South
Carolina Red Cross workers, are sure
to emphasize to the people of their
state the great benefit Red Cross has
been to them and the greater benefit
It can be made to be In the future.
Not only have a record number of |
nurses been placed, they say, but
South Carolina's Red Cross record In
cludes "finishing the job" for its sol
diers and sailorB and their- famillos,
the teaching of home hygiene and care
of the sick to about 500 women and
girls, the care of more than 6,000 nlen
In military camps and posts, the care
ful study of three communities, with
a view to Improving social conditions,
the extension of the service given sol
diers' families during the war to some
2 000 civilian families, the training of
boys and girls In first aid and life
saving, and the promoting of many
varied activities among children or the
Junior Red Cross.
53,000 Members.
South Carolina has 59 Red Cross
chapters, with about 53.000 members, j
and 164 workers, of whom 16 are paid ;
trained workers, 23 are untrained paid i
workers and the rest are volunteers.
I Nineteen public health nurses have
1 been placed in the state, of whom 17
are supported wholly or In part by
the Red Cross. South Carolina s keen
j interest in safeguarding public health
is further domoiiBiraU'd by the fact
that one county alone, as the result of
six months' demonstration by the Red ;
Cross, appropriated SS.000 tor puulic >
health nursing. The Red Cross and :
, slate authorities have co-operated in
public health work siuco the spring .
of
Red Cross work at Camp Jackson, :
Charleston and Parris Island, where a
total of about 6.0U0 men are stationed
at the three posts, is Illustrated by the
statement that in Majv^uone the lied
Cross handled 126 "home service
cases at Camp Jackson, llo at Charles
ton and 54 at Parris Island, besides j
many more rases of other character
su< h as straightening out allotments,
bunds, insurance, and the like for the
t,o}s. This month is typical of Rod
Cross work at camps and posts.
Service To Discharged.
' While such has been the work of
the Red Cross with men still in uni
form." says a lwtter to I)i\ision head- .
quarters, "it has had an even greater |
service to perform for soldiers who
were discharged, for families of serr
U-m men. and for transients passing .
through tho state. an instanrr of '
tlit; extent of this work 18 tho fact
that, during the year 1010. and up to
June. 1020. the homo RPrvice sections
of the Rod Cross In South Carolina
reported a total of 54 622 soldier rases.
The Cross also performed similar
f rlvMlans. 2.323 of thesw
caso* 1 .ttintr hern ronort^d. besides
dlshnrw5"'* aid to the amount
of 12* ' ?* "
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The Facts of the Telephone
Situation in South Carolina
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By J. Kppa Brown, Prosidont.
< V :n Ut-ax TBl-KI'HONB & TBLEGRAPH COMPANY
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Quality of the Service
Prior to i!.v! v ' r, the telephone service In
F i ; . . i ecjUA.J k? the best. Sow
Jin r'. r ?: 1 All parts ' tlio United
L i?f tv ."tal>| ! tbi.< fact.
>m. \ i ':f .->? i v ? in iid; equal to the pre
WH!' ! t
Tli i il l &ot r. snlt of furulshlng the
I < ol 1 1 in 'I v large volume of service, ,
I >:h < . iius'o and toll.
We arc now furnishing a far greater vol
Sfn o: h rylo ? than the plunt wan des'gned
tunl const nic fd i o lurnish. We had no. a)*
teruative. The vital needs of the public,
bo h commercial and social, required that
we do thlp.
This demand for service continues to g?q)r
larger and more Insistent. Every telephone
that wo Install, and every additional toll
message that Is transmitted, before 'the ad
dltlons td the plant now under construction
are completed and put Into service, delays
and prevents the Imprcvement of the
service.
Efficient telephone, service Involves two
fundamental prerequisites;
(a) Adequate facilities, Including an un
used tftargin of not less than 15 per
cent.
(b) An adequate force of trained and skill
ed workers.
The amount of switchboard equipment in
?very central office Is engineered upon the
basis of the average dally number of calls
to be handled. This determines the number
of operators' positions for each switchboard.
Each operator can handle only a giver num
ber of calls per hour. When the number of
calls per hour exceed the maximum capacity
of the switchboard, and Is beyond the human
endurance of the operator, the connections
simply cannot be promptly made.
Since the switchboards now in Hervice
were installed the average daily number of,
callp has materially increap?d. no that thei
switchboards are today carrv'njr a greater
load than they were engineered and con
structed to carry.
All surplus switchboard "quipment has
disappeared, having been put Into daily con.
staut use. This makes it impossible to add
additional operators, or to adjust the load
to incut varying conditions.
This la equally true of the toll switch
board*.
The toll circuits are. likewise, . . ,
and conHtructed to transmit a certain nun*,
ber of messages during a definite period of
time. When a greater number of ptesrfggS
la forced upon the toll lines, the quality of
service it inevitably Impaired. Today, *
greater load Is placed upon the toll circuit?
5>an they were designed to, or can, efficient*
ly carry.
There is nothing haphatard or accidental
In * telephone plant. Wsch part Is engineer,
ed to perform a definite function, the serv
Ice boing dependent upon each part funo
tlonlng as designed. .
The switchboard Is the heart of the sej-v
loe. The maximum capacity of the switch
board measures both the quantity and the
quality of the servtes.
The operators hav? more than done thelf
part If the public could know what efforts,
ami In many instances sacrifices, they have
made to serve you, you would be as grate,
ful t? these fine women a* Is the C >*ntna?yt
While the service Is not now an efficient
as our pre-war service, a very large per
cent of all calls- brth exchange and toll, li
efficiently handled.
It Is the smal! percentage of calls which
go amiss that occasion criticism In the
m in <1m of the Individual subscribers, who as*
copt the larger percentage of rails satisfac
torily handled, as a matter of course.
These are the facts; conditions,1 qot theor
ies, are the sole cause of the present' situ
) atlon.
The quality of service furnished by this .
Company, is always th* composite of condi
tions, ,1ust as is service furnished by any oth
or business enterprise, public or private.
Service Is dependent upon and varies with
conditions. i
The nolo solution of the situation is ade
quate facilities and trained forces; there It
no other remedy.
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