Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IF YOU WERE THERE INSTEAD OF HERE If you should see a French child-a tiny gir --sitting by the roadside, sobbing quietly becausE she is too weak from hunger to crv very loud, You would sell your watch to buy her breakfast. If you should hear somewhere in the restlesZ wards the low moan of an American soldier, vor would gladly sit by him all night, if that wouk save his life. You are not there, but here, where these sights and sounds are not brought home to you But the Red Cross is there-and you can make il your representative! Over there the Prussians are crucifying thIE incarnate Liberty of Man, and they are making the world black for little children! The money you give to the Red Cross now will give you the right, when the Beast is bea ten down, to :hink: "There are happy children, clear eyed women and strong men alive today, because my money went across!" WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND GIVE Have you ever lain in No Man's Land, with a shattered thigh and a throat that burned with thirst? Has your wife ever begged food for her chil dren and herself at the mess-kitchen of a soldier's camp? Has your little son ever torn his mother's hea:'t with a plaintive cry, day after day, for food she couldn't give him? Has your little daughter, clad in a ragged dress, her only dress, ever shivered night after night in the ruined cellar of what was once her home? Ha yurcit: ve hen etryd- a. pow dered, bricks, stone, timbers and all so ground in to th e dust that one scarce knew where street end ed and building began?. it is exactly such suffering that the Red Cross is organized, here and in Europe, to relieve. The Red Cross asks for One Hundred Million Dollars as the least it needs to carry on this work. Cant you-dare you-refuse to give to this work-and give till the heart says stop. SOUTH CAROLINA'S IMMENSE TASK. South Carolina has at last reached the million dollar mark in the sales of War Savings Stamps. This figure was reached about May 1. IIt marks an important stage of the War Savings campaign in this state, 4and the South Carolina War Savings Committee feels that now is the time when the people of this state should become deeply impressed with the magnitude of the War Savings problem that confronts South Carolina. In the Third Liberty Loan, South Carolina's quota was neatly $15,000,000, of the national quota of three billions of dollars. IN THE WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN THE NATIONAL QUOTA IS TWO BIL LtON DOLLARS, AND YET THIS STATE MUST RAISE $32,000,000 twice the amount allotted in the Liberty Loan. The Liberty Loan quota was based on the state's bank resources; the War Savings quota is based on the population, and during the year an average of $20 for each indi vidual Is expected to be invested in War SavIngs Stamps. When it is realized that no one individual can Invest in over $1,000 worth, the magni tude of the campaign becomes evident. For the state to succeed, it' means that practically every man, woman, and child must save during the year, and lend the savings to the Government. Fouir months have passed and South Carolina has purchased only one million dollars' worth of the stamps-only one thirty-second of the state's quota. Unless South Carolina purchases an average of four mil lion dollars' worth monthly during the remaining months of the year, the campaign will fal-and South Ca.rolina wR'l be branded as a slacker state. South Carolina, which has freely given its men, will be known as a state which failed to lend money at good interest' to back up those fighting men, who are leaving for -the battle front with the confldent assurance that the home people will stand by them. Let us save for them,. so that their confidence will be justified. We know that the people of this state can save thirty-two million dollaus and lend it to the Government. We know they want to. We be2eve they will-but not unless every man, woman, and child saves reglarly, often, and conscientiously, and invests the money saved in War Sautmgs Stamps, which bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, compounded quarterly. Our people must practice thrift-must dispense wie the lavish purchase of non-essentials and lend the money instead td the government. That means saving for victory, for humanity, for every thiug that we hold dear. Signs are encouraging. The first mIllion dollars' worth of stamps have been sold, half of which were sold within the last six weeks. Dur ing the past two months the weekly sales have been increasing substan tially, and this increase must continue. Those who have not started sav ing i this way should start without delay, while others should add con stantly to their war savings certificates., The Goverrunent of the United - States relies on the War Savings movement as one of the most powerful weapons it can wield against Germany, and South Carolina must help build the weapon. You are not asked to GIVE-merely to LEND-lend at liberal Interest and on the strongest security the world knows. Don't let South Carolina be known as a slacker state. Buy, Think, and TaTk War Savings Stamps-invest In them to the limit of your resources. It is a duty that only sla.ckers will e'rade. S nce as little as 25c can start a pe1.son buying war Savings Stamps. there . c* he no excuse for any loya: American not investing. Save-save for vicotory, for maig o- South Casolina, for yourself, nit~ Tha fee peope bw#8 dear. DO NOT EAT THESE FOODS WHICH CONTAIN WHEAT. White Wheat Bread. made from flour refined from the starchy white center of the wheat keimel. Whole Wheat Bread. made from flour made from the starchy center and some of the outer brown layers (bran) of the wheat ker nel. Graham iread and Graham Crackers. made frm flour containh,, all the wheat kernel. includinz the bran. GALLEY FIVE ... ... Macaroni, Spaghetti. Noodles. mde from wheat Four. Wheat Breakfast Foods. sold under various name. not vertised as wheat products, made from the whole oi- part of the wheat ker r.el. Victory Breads. contain 75 per cent wheat. These Contain Nc Wheat. Oatmeal, potatoes, rice, hominy, barley, and 100 per ccnt substitute bread. 100 Per Cent. Breads. Corn pone, muffins, biscuits. all kinds of bread made only from corn. oats, barl6y and all the other wheat substitutes. These are usually made with baking powder or soda and sour milk instead of yeast and are sometimes known as "Quick Breads." EAT NO WHEAT. NO FLOUR TO BE SHIPPED WITHOUT' AUTHORIZATION. To the County Food Administrators: On account of the surplus flour which has accumulated for some time past in several sections of the State it has been necessary to issue an order prohibiting the shipment of flour into this State without the written author ization of the State Food Administra or or his agents. Some of the Counties -r almost bare of '1our and other Counties cannot dis pose of the flour on hand. The new order simply requires that a report, samples of which are here with enclosed. should be filed and if a merchant's requirements warrant his ordering flour his order will be ap proved and forwarded. This at first may occasion some silght delay but since there is a large supply of flour in the State I think it will not cause inconvenience. Fur ther details will be sent you as soon as they are worked out. Yours very truly, Wm Elliott. Food Administrator for South Caro lina. To members of the Sumter County ter and all otherarodtilod ar od inn Council of Defense and all other in Beginning Saturday, May 18th and continuing thereafter if it is properly port of the producers, on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week there will be conducted at No. 128 North Main Street, ..ppposite Court House Square, Sumter S. C. between 9 o'clock A. M. and 12 o'clock noon, a general County Market Exchange under the aupices of a committee of the Woman's Divi sion of the Sumter County Council of -Defense. This Market Management which will be under the systematic business management of a committee of lad ies and gentlemen, will adopt and en force an approved scale of prices for all products offered which will be fair to producers and consumers alike, arnd we will handle all kinds of home pro duced and home conserved foods.fresh vegetables, fruits, canned, dried, pre. served, or pickled, dairy products, pou. try products, or anything usually pro. duced or preserved at home. This cooperative enterprise serves several will defined, useful purposes, during these extraordinary times which demand thrift, economy. home products and home patronage. It will educate the producer and consumer educating the producers in the busi ness like art of the neat, sanitary,and attractive preparation of products, in merchantable and marketable shape: and educating the consumers in the economical and thrifty custom of buy. ing in economical and balanced propor tions, while at the same time dividing equitably among the producers and the consumers a margin of profit by the elimination of the middleman 's profits. Kindly use your personal influence in advertising this market, and also do your full duty as a producer and consumer in supporting it. Faithfully yours, Mrs. Nina M. Solomons, Chairman Edorsed by the County Food Adminis tration .G A. and E. I. Reardon, Coun ty Food Administrators. 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