Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LADI] The News and Herald T. M. SEAWELL & P. M. DEES Publishers TERMS IN ADVANCE One Year..................................5 Six Months .................................7 Four Months............................. .5 THE CALL FOR THE NEW ARMY. The bare fact that President Wilson has aske Ccngress for authority to raise an army of fou millions of men should strike some people in thi; cointry with a severe jolt. "Oh, it wvill soon b~ over," or "I hope it wvill end soon," has been thi burden of the song of the would-be slacker. Witi it he attempts to got by in his pitiful evasion o the calls of his government for the unstinte support of loyal sons. President Wilson woul( never call for such an army had he the least hopi that the end was in sight. We have been assure by the Allied leaders that our strength must b4 thrown into the fray before victory can even b hoped for. And with the calling of this immens' force, the companion call will go out for thos' ~left at home to sustain these armies in the field eOur sons, our brothers. husbands and fathers ar4 going "over there." Mark well the man or th~ woman who seeks by any pretext to escape hi oi bor just share of responsibility for their sup 29yt. Yes, the hour has arrived when we mus include the women in this grave responsibility No one who can by any possible means contribut has now the right to lag behind. Slothfulness inactivity, wastefulness, idleness, must be obso le.tie words in the vocabulary of Americans unti our boys shall have forever put to rest that ac cursed nightmare of Prussianism. "CAST THY BREAD UPON THE WATERS. Next week is Red Cross Week. What are yo going to do that in after years you may not b ashamed off the part that you played in the grea ga.me of saving humanity2 - This great Red Cross stands above the smok f.battle and the dust of violated homes, a guar oyer the remnants of the races of men, th World's greatest sentinel. Will you help kee it .there ? Let us look at the question squarely. jHere we are, eating three times a day, home clean and complete, friends near by. Inconver iced now and then, but independent and af ?S' DRESS ALLM sured. -Weh have paid out some Red Cross money a wvhiie back, too. Paid it out--and forgotten it. That's how: much it hurt. Might not be a bad idea to have a look at! what that money has been doing? Mlaybe it will be good business to sort of check things up. (Maybe it will be good for our souls inciden tally.) That money went, dollar for dollar, where it Idid a full day's work, wherever it was. Three cents of it may have had the honor of ~disinfecting with iodine the three orn wounds of an American soldier on the French front. Or it may have had the less noble responsibility of pinning a warn belly-band around a six-year old Antoine out back of Novon. No use,-we can't figure this Red Cross Itask in cents worth. ~There's the whole path of ruin from Belgium Ito Switzerland, just to visualize one thing at a .time. Where our allied lnes have advanced, the! land has been swept clean by the enemy. If your Red Cross money went there it very likely pro vided pots and pans, food and clothes, beds and blankets, for the repatriated people. ~And who are these people anyway? Three years ago they were prosperous and contented-self respecting, steady, saving, hard-working, everyday small-town citizens; though living all their livesunder a half formedi diread of the thing that came at last. ~Now they have "the earth under them and thre sk over them"-not one thing else. Their sens are figh tng, destroyed, or ill used prisoners. Their daughters are "missing."~ It's for you to say where this great work of ,mercy shall stop. Whether the great Heart of America will speak again in the same wonderful voice that poured forth the hundred millions Sof the first Red Cross War Fund. Those mil lions have fought the good fight--they are gone. The Red Cross is yours, just as our Army andj eNavy are yours; yours to support with the! same fervor and loyalty that leads you to the bottom of your purse for Liberty Bonds. It's for your voice to say whether your Red Cross shall falter now or sweep onward, greater and more helpful than ever before - And it's your dollars that must answer. FI ESA T DI PARADE FOR RED CROSS Plans have been made by the Ameri an Red Cross for the biggest nation vide series of parades erer held in one ay. Fifteen hundred cities and towns are included in the plans which can emplate the participation of more han five million men and women. hese parades will be held on Satur ay 18.th. two days preceding the sec ond Red Cross Campaign to raise one undred million dollars for war relief. Red Cross Cross Nurses will have he place of honor in the parades.This s because of the arduous and heroic abor to which the nurse is assigned. nd furthermore, since nursing was he fundamental service on which th' rganization was founded, she symbo izes in the public mind the spirit of he Red Cross as nothing else can. The nursing section will be led by embers of state and local committees receded by banners giving the total pumber of Red Cross nurses from he particular city or county on active uty with the army and navy, or dira etly under the Red Cross.A Red Cross nrse bearing a Red Cross service flag ith blue stars bearing the number on ative duty will also precede the uni ormed nurses. A number of different uniforms howing the scope of Red Cross nurs ing service will be in line. The nurses n the military hospitals of this coun try will wear the regulation white uni orm with blue cape and Red Cross cap [hose on European service will wear heir street uniform-blue serge suit ith ulster, dark blue hat and tan hoes. There will aiso be the service niform of grey cape, white collars nd cuffs, and Red Cross cap;the rainy ay uniform of long rubber coat and at; the tropical uniform of pungee uits; panama hat tan shoes, long blue veil and the dark blue uniform of the [own and country nursing service. Af ter these will come the Public Health nrses, who are on duty in the zones urrounding the cantonments. Then here will be the nurses on special ser vice who will wear a chevron on their sleeves. They will be followed by the ome Defense nurses, available for pecial duties in their home localities. 'hey will wear a special Red Cross adge and a white hat,but not the reg ulation Red Cross uniform. Closing p the nurses line will be the dietitians n uniform, including the First Aid students, and the department of Red Cros Tntruction. Thre s-cond sectionP of the par;eantI w ill be the chapter members, with the w omen leading.This section will close wit "human Red Cross"in marching line consisting of women forming the Red Crioss flag,. Those in head dress: w~ill form the cross with others in white Red Cross uniforms making tne field. Mothers who have sons at the front or in the army will make up the thi:d section. These women will carry the' service fiags from the homes whence the American army has been drawn. The fourth will be the Military Con tingent, including the regulars, men, in training, and the Home Defense; bodies. The fifth will be a group of: sympathetic and affiliated local bod-. ies, such as the Junior organizations, including the Boy and Girl Scouts and: school children; and such civic bodies as city officials, Boards of Trade, and commercial and industrial groups. All the plans for the parade have - been completed and directions issued to Red Cross Chapters. Various units e will be drilled during May so as to give the marchers a certain touch of - miitary precision. It is the inten Ition of the Red Cross to make it the biggest project of the ki-nd ever at temped, usteing s may -men, C women and children into line as possi- ( ble in the different cities. c K.: MUSIC RECITAL. Mrs. J. E. Bruce's piano and voicet pupils gave a most interesting and enjoyable recital at her home on Tues- I day evening. A number of friends I were invited and very much pleasedC at the success of the occasion. The - pupils all did well, and some showed remarkable skill and talent. After the recital delicious fruait Ipunch was served in the dining room. The punch bowl was in a bower of; roses and the room lighted only by The program follows: Wecome-Margaret Haynes. Duet-Miss Pearl Crawford and M's. Bruce. Spelling Class-By Eight Pupils. Piano Solo, Rosebud Waltz-Essie H orne. Chorus,America, the Beautiful (Fera ris)--Voice Class. Duet-Margaret Haynes and Mrs. Bruce. SongACorte Heart (Ambrose) Pin SoiloeGrana's Waltz (Steal IN yog)-Besie Moore. Duet-Lousie Stevenson and Mrs. 3ruce. Song, Childhood's Evening Prayer Skelly)-Minnie Hood. Piano Solo-Susie Timms. Reading by Mrs. Seawell. Duet-Eula Brice and Mrs. Bruce. Piano Solo, Eidelweiss Glide Waltz Vanderpeck)-Margaret Haynes. Piano Solo,Grande Polka de Concert Sherwood)-Ziza Bruce. Song, Just Like You (Steinberg) -Eula Boulware. Duet, Johnny Jumpup-Essie Horne .nd Mrs. Bruce. Duet-Bessie Moore and Mrs. Bruce Song, Mine for Life (Bernhartt) . --Louise Stevenson. Piano Solo, Clover Leaf (Powell) --Pearl Crawford. Chorus, American's Farewell (Vick rs) -Voice Class. Song, Honolulu by the Sea (Frost) -C!arence Bruce. NOTICE TO REGISTRANTS. The Local Board is just in receipt f an order from the Prevost Marshal seneral to the effect that the nexxt all for men from this county will e for the 37 white men mentioned i our issue of last week and that hese men will be expected to entrain n the morning of the 25th. This eans that they are called to re ort o the Local Board at six o'clock n the afternoon of the 24th. Our Accuracy Quality Service give you "Well Fitted-Glasses" T. A. W. ELMGiREN Optometrist and Optidian 1207 Hamptn Street Colnmhia, Som'n Carolina.