Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TIEY GAVE TILL THEY DIED First of the American Army-they died in France' Gresham! Enright! Hay! They died for us. And willingly! But not, pray God, in vain! For the sake of them, if for no other reason, will you not give to the Red Cross which will care for the men that follow them? For the sake of what they died for, will you not give-and give till the heart says stop? None of us here can give as greatly as they gave and as others are yet to give. But can we not sacrifice ourselves a little? Will you take a little from the comforts of your life and give, not a mere "co-ascience gift" that salves your pride and lets you say to yourself: "I have given to the Red Cross"-but a gift that cuts down Into the quiC: and hurts because it makes you deny yourself? Remember-THEY gave till they died! WOMEN OF AMERICA What is the worth of cne baby's life? The time has come when you must put a mon ey value on it. So much Red Cross money available, so many babies restored. A little less Red Cross money available, so many babies lost by default. It's as plain as that. When you made that first Red Cross invest ment you had a fairly clear idea that there was plenty to be done and that the Red Cross would make every dollar of money and every minute of time count. But have you now a clear picture of what price somebody will have to pay for one delayed dollar or a hundred dollars withheld? You can't read a casual page of Red Cross re ports from anywhere "over there" without endan gering the coolness of your decision as to "how much." Suppose .you had found "another use" for your Red Cross money a while ago and a corres ponding part of the piece of work described below D~o As WE LL -L went undone: "Gas bombs were being used. 750 children suddenly thrust upon the Prefect's hands. Twen t-one of the children were infants under one year and the remainder were under eight years-herd ed together in an old barracks, dirty, practically unfurnished, and with no sanitary appliances. Sick children were crowded in with the well. and skin disease and vermin abounded. Within two days the Red Cross workers had cleaned all the ebildren, provided new barracks, provided medi al care and nurCs for the babies, secured suita ble food and classified all the refugees to prevent the separation of members of the same family." Was that money well spent? Were those babies worth while? Well, how much were they worth, per baby? They are the future of France-the hope and pledge of civilization. We are in their debt for what their fathers and mothers have paid already -in hunger, in cold, in mutilation, in slavery. We shall pay up, too. Your first instalment was there in time-NOW how much? THE GREATEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD Stretching forth her hands to all in need; to Jew or Gentile, black or white; knowing no favor ite, yet favoring all. Ready and eager to comfort at a time when comfort is most needed. Helping the little home that's crushed beneath an iron hand, by showing mercy in a healthy, human way; r.ebuilding it, in fact, with stone on stone; replenishing empty bins and empty cupboards; bringing warmth to hearts and hearths too long neglected. Seeing all things with a mother's seventh sense that's blind to jealousy and meanness; see ing men in their true light as naughty children - snatching, biting, bitter-but with a hidden side that's auickest touched by mercy. Reaching out her hands across the sea to NO Man's Land to cheer with warmer comforts thous ands who must stand and wait in stenched and crawling holes and watersoaked entrenchments __ (IVE3y - ~ dred BERTY Cour $U~scall you c~ Smay san BONDS T HINK! gry for t * You can ~LIBRTYhave plaw and still. - left. ,/A, lo 3 ~NDAGES! I Ti1 where cold and wet bite deeper, so they write, than Boche steel or lead. She's warming thousands, feeding thous and.s, healing thousands from her stores; the Greatest Mother in the World-the Red Cross. Your help is needed-give till the heart says stop. dale LLiver ingTire ALL over America-at the great State Fairs where dirt track auto races were held in 1917-Ajax Tires won victories. Ini ::37 red-ho10t finishes theytook the sco:ching punish.ment, stood up and finished first! - 6wA" ROADM s "More Tread on the Road" A monarch in quality, a denocratin service. 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