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RES CROSS HEALS
WOUNDSOF WAR
25j000 Disabled Ex-Service Men
in Hospitals After Four
Years of Peace.
CHAPTERS' FIELD OF SERVICE
Every Veteran Needing Help Gets
Inrtiuicinal Attontinn nf 5vm
mwi viuuui n 11 vi i u vi i v ? wjm?
.pathetic Workers.
When on November 11 the world
halts to observe the fourth anniversary
of Armistice Day, and the America*
Red Cross inaugurates its Annual
Roll Call for the enrollment of th?
1923 membership, the people of the
United States may well pause to think
of the unparalleled contribution to the j
cause of peace made by our Army and j
Nary in the World War. The glory of <
It is a common tradition; but the j
wounds of war remain. They are not |
healed jn a day, in a year, nor in four \
years. And on Armistice Day there j
will be under treatment in Government
hospitals over i!5,000 ex-service men, i
broken physically by wounds, exposure,
nervous strain and exhaustion
incldem to their service in the war.
The Government without stint is un- j
UCIld&XIig IV X UIUIOU uiroc i
men with the compensation and medleal
care to which they are entitled,
yet their especial care Is a duty of the
Red Cross. Why? Because the Government
cannot handle the cases of
ex-service men individually; It must i
handle these men in bulk under a |
standardized policy. The Government |
has neither the authority, the funds (
or the equipment for working out the
problem of the individual man. There
is where the American Red Cross
finds its greatest field for service, aid-!
ing through its very active Chapters j
'n reaching the disabled man with im-'
mediate practical help, assisting his:
family while his claim is emerging from j
the process of adjustment, furnishing:
articles of comfort, funds to tide over J
the difficult periods, the friendly touch '
of personal encouragement, helpful
recreation and worry-dispelling amusement.
?It is the warm hand of sympathy
and understanding which the
American Ited Cross extends to the,
majority of those disabled ex-service,
-' I .
men, somt" 1>I UICIU mcnuirss J" mc j t
whirl of life, thousands of them with j <
*- wives and children dependent upon j c
them, and hundreds of th^pi frequent-1
ly helpless in tlie face of grim ne- t
cessity. i:
2,679 Chapters Aiding Veterans I '
In this work, upon whose accom-' 1
pllshment the American lied Cross Is! '
urging a record-breaking enrollment Inj 1
the Roll Call which opens on Arinis-! 1
tlce Day and closes with Thanksgiv-j '<
lng Day, 2,671) Chapters In all parts of I '
the country are engaged. This is 350J '
more than were working for ex-service11
men last year when approximately,
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tional Organization and ifce Chapters! j
working together in harmonious unity..
For th? current fiscal year NatkmaJ}
Headquarters appropriated $3,030,692^>0,
an Increase of $365,560.84 or*
the amount spent for the work among'
ex-service men in the year ended June ;
3? last. Since It Is estimated tliat thejChapters
will expend close to $7,000,-; !
000 from their own funds, the grand' ?
total of Red Cress expenditures for! I
this single work is expected again to 1
reach the $10,000,000 mark by June 30,' I
1923. ! 3
Hospital and Diatrict Office Work | '
During the fiscal year a total of over i '
1,000 persons, paid and volunteer, has; 1
been engaged in Red Cross duty In '
hospitals or district offices of the U. S. *
Veterans' Bureau. An average of 8,000 J
new cases requires definite and par- !
ticnlar attention each month. The demand
for Chapter-made articles for '
hospital patients is constant.
Ehrring last year Service Claims and '
Information Service at National Head- \
quarters handled 37,200 compensation '
and Insurance claims. 24,560 allotment '
and allowance cases, and 9,700 mlseel- 1
laneous claims. Since February, 1919, '
It has disposed of 64,174 allotment j
checks payable to veterans which ths
Fost Office Department reported undeliverable.
The Chapter Is the unit of the Red J
Cross organization which Is accessible
to every disabled veteran or his family.
Between July 1, 1921, and June 30,
1922, the Chapters had reported 1,665,
i 079 Instances or service to ex-service i
j men and their dependents, at a cost!
j estimated from reports now at hand of j
I more thaR $.r?.340,000. J I
| The basis of this far-reachlnjr work '
[ of the Red Cross is the individual '
i needs of the disabled veteran to the '
. end that he may obtain his rights un- 1
der the law, that his especial wants
i may be immediately supplied, that hl? j1
own and his family's situation mar oe '
rendered happy and cheerful, and that !
their outlook for the future may 1
visualize Incentives for independent 1
I' and fruitful effort. 1
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Spread Christmas Joy Abroad
More than 100,000 Christmas boxes '
r.hilrlron of CVnfrnl PlirOHP
were paeked oy the Junior Red Crosa 1
' last year. The spread of Christinas *
Joy through these boxes will be largely 1
increased this year because of the '
plans already under way.
Your Peace-Time "Bit"
Not "all ycu can," but your "bit,"
i .* 1, i...,kos for strength of file Amerl-'
[ can lied Cross in peace-time service, i
Strength in nuumbers multiplies sens |
Ice. Join today.
RED CROSS WINNING
IN FIGHT FOR HEALTi
Better, Stronger Citizenry Nov
Emerging Out of Work in
United States.
The American Red Cross as a
evangelist of heifer health lias lookc
us promein square in tup race. n?v
Unaccepted the task revealed to it 1
the nation's physical condition n
brought out during the World Wai
and conscientiously applied Its aotiv
ties to correction forms a vivid chai
tor in the forthcoming annual repor
Historically and practically, nursing i
a basic work for the Red Cross. In It
public health nursing service, in ir
structiion in home hygiene and care c
the sick, nutrition classes, firet ai
and life saving courses and health cer
lers, the American Red Cross is ai
plying effectually the lessons learne
during the war and making for
healthier, stronger and better noui
Ished citizenry.
The task of the Red Cross Publl
Health nurse in the 1,240 nursing sen
Ices now operating throughout th
country instructing their communltie
In health essentials and disease prt
vention is demonstrating the possibil!
ties of human betterment and the grea
benefits of enlightenment.
During the last year 313 new publl
health nursing services were establish
ed by Red Cross Chapters, and sever;]
hundred services so convincingly prov
ed their effectiveness that they wer
taken over by public authorities. I:
order to promote this work $30,000 wa
allotted to provide women to prepnr
themselves for public nursing. Th
home visits made by the 1,240 nurse
a2?'re<:ated nearly 1..100.000. visits t
schools numbered 140.000, and in si:
months 1,250,000 school children wer
inspected by these nurses and wher
defects were found advised exainina
tion by physicians. In rural conmiu
lities this service has made a ver;
narked advance and^has won thou
sands of converts to approved method
>f disease prevention.
In home hygiene and care of thesicl
nstruction, which fits the student h
Methods of proper care where Illness i
lot so serious as to require profes
;;<>nal service, the Red Cross conduct
;d 3.S84 classes during the last year
enrolled 2.350 instructors, 03,448 stu
lents and issued 42,050 certificates.
On June 30. 1022, nutrition service
mbraced 1,100 classes, with a total o
>7..'23 children and 2,."SO enrolled dietl
:ians. Seventy-eight food select in]
Masses graduated 733 who receive*
Red Cross certificates. In genera
lealth activities Red Cross Chapter;
naintained 377 health centers, servinj
?s many communities, provided 38.75;
.lealth lectures for l.irge audiences ev
i'rywhere, while clinics numbered ove
L0.000.
Red Cross Gains
Strength in All
Foreign Fields
In Insular possessions of the Unltei
States and in foreign lands the Anieri
Re-1 Cross scored heavy gains dur
ng the last year, passing the pre
dous membership high mark of 391:
jy 4,2G1 and advancing the figure t?
150,408. The Philippines take tin
lead, gaiBing nearly 100 per cent, aov
having lir?,D17 ineiubers. In Europ
the 3921 Roll Call enrolled 11,121
with the Constantinople Chapter re
porting 66T), a gain of 33 members
China was 1,782 members, a gain o
r>96; the little Virgin Islands hav
1.000, while the Dominican Republi
Evith 2,927 advanced from its previou
high mark by 1,423 new member
Haiti, organized in 1920, now ha
nearly 1.000 enrolled. Mexico report
tf>4, a gain of 327 In one year. Th<
American Red Cross has spread It
membership over some 70 foreig:
lands and its Junior membership out
side of the United States ia close
100,000.
Red Cross Water
First Aid Makes
Life-Saving Gair
More tban 32.r> Chapters engaged li
life saving or wafer first aid last yea
*ith the result that the American Rei
Cross Life Saving Corps has set a nev
tiigh mark for enrollment and tin
number -of qualified life savers de
i-eloped. The influence of "learn ti
swim wepk" in many localities is re
luclng the water fatalities through in
struetion and the wider disseminata
)f resuscitation methods demonstrate!
jy the Red Cross representatives. Ex
;ellent work has been done In teachlnj
l large part of the American popula
Ion how to take care of Itself in thi
fvater. Growing: appreciation for tbii
Red Cross Llfe-Savlnjc Service ii
tfiown by rhe compulsory instructioi
adopted in many cities for members o
he police and firo departments in thi
prone pressure method of resuscita
tion.
Help to Help Others
Yen can't ";rivc im;if it hurts"?1<>
ivin^ :? ?* : ?' !'; .? t-i join tin
\RieriCdn I ted rrnss helps you to he!;
.thers who are hurt and who need re
Uet
RED CROSS PUTS
1 UP $9,739,872
V Year's Budget Stresses Relie
and Services at Home
and Overseas.
3 MILLIONS FOR VETERAN Alt
*|
" j Over $3,000,000 Allotted to th?
r. Disabled?Foreign Work
' Lessens.
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t.
ui Washington.?Expenditures totalini
$ $9,739,872.47 for currying through Iti
j. program of services and relief during
?f the fiscal year in the United State)
d ( and overseas axe authorized 1b tlit
j. tnldgef of the Afnerlcan Red Cross, ef
). fective July 1, 1922. This total is $2,
,] 735,975 less than the expenditures foi
a Che last fiscal year, when disburse
p. inents reached $12,475,847.69, it is an
nounced at National Headquarters ii
c a statement emphasizing the necessity
of continued support of the organizac
{ tion by enrollment during the annual
s Roll Call, November 11-November 3C
>- inclusive. This total for the budge!
I- Is exclusive of the large financial opt
erations of the 3,300 active Red Cross
Chapters, which, it is estimated, will
c more than double the total.
I- War Veterans Have First Call
'I First call on Red Cross funds is for
the disabled ex-service men, of whom
? 27,487 were receiving treatment from
D ,the Government on June 1 last. This
s work for veterans and their families
e in a wide variety of service that the
e i tiovernment is not aumorizeu 10 rcns
der and for which it has neither
0 funds nor facilities has the call on
x $3,030,692.90 during the current year,
e or about $306,000 more than was exe
pended last year for soldier service.
Adding the funds disbursed in this
humanitarian work of physical recon-j
1 Btitution following the World War by
j the Chapters throughout the country
I will approximate a total for the cur.
rent year approaching $10,000,000.
a \ This work, in the opinion of the Surs
geon General's oflice, will not reach
- j its peak before 1926.
Through its Chapters the American
' lied Cross is equipped to find the individual
ex-service man, help him in
j, | his problems and difficulties, provide
f j Immediately for his necessities, and
- j open the way for him to the Governi
j ment compensation and aid to which
1 j be is entitled. The extension of this
1 work to the families of such men
5 proves to them that the Red Cross
? has lost none of its sympathy nor will
to service manifested in wartime. Simr
ilarly the service goes out to the men
j still in the Army and Navy, 11,087 of
! whom were under treatment In Gov1
ernment hospitals on June 1, 1922.
Greater Domestic Program
This year?after five years of constructive
effort during the war and
t ?fter the armistice?brings with it a
> greater responsibility for domestic
service to the American Red Cross,
a The budget for foreign operations,
[- however, totals $3,404,000, but of this
- amount $1,834,000 is for medical re~
lief and hospital supplies for Russia,
0 which is part of the gift made by
9 the American Red Cross in 1921 to
v the Russian famine relief work of the
e American Relief Administration pro;(
am. The child health service in Euy
rope continues, moreover, and $654,i.
000 is appropriated for this work unf
dertaken in 19*20. Other items in the
e stringently diminished foreign proc
*ram include $200,000 to support the
8 league of Red Cross Societies, $22,'
000 for nurses' training schools insti9
tutod by the Red Cross abroad, and
s $600,000 for liquidation of the general
e Red Cross foreign relief program.
s
n Prepared for Emergencies
Tor disaster relief the Red Cross
} has set aside $750,000, and for emergencies
in Chapter work $600,000
to be available for domestic, insular
and fereign demands. This is more
than $395,000 above last year's expenditure.
For service and assistance
to the 3,300 Chapters and their
branches $1,293,000 is provided by the
National organization.
> Oilier budget items of importance
. in the domestic program include $200,-!
[( 000 for assistance to other organiza- j
r tions and education institutions for
j training Ked Cross nurses and work- ,
v j ers; $190,000 for Roll Call assistance j
e fumlihed to Chapters; $100,000 fori
? unforeseen contingencies.
0 Of the total budget less than $500,?
000 it allotted for management in the
. National organization. No cash estia
mnte. of course, is possible to weigh
j the value of the service by velunteere
. in the Chapteri.
g j
p! THE RED CROSS
p i SUPPLEMENTS .
8 i GOVERNMENT SERVICE
BY MEETING THE
PARTICULAR NEEDS
OF THE INDIVIDUAL
EX-SERVICE MAN.
THIS WORK CANNOT
GO ON UNLESS YOU
SUPPORT IT WITH i
your :i?
DOLLAR
PAY UP TODAY j
PLANT COVER CROPS,
CLEMSON SUGGESTS *
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Sooner Planted the Better the Re- 7)
suits Which Will Be Obtained V\
Clemson College, Oct. 28.?'Now v
that we have had rain throughout t<
the state and that there is good
season in the ground, it is a splendid ?
time to plant cover crops. The soon- _
er cover crops are planted now the c
vapiiHp will Ka t
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The agronomists believes that the
value of cover crops can not be over
3
estimated, for they will have a maTk
ed influence not only on crops next f
year but of those for si/veral year to
o
come. We now know that the most
o
important factor in fighting the boll
weevil is fertile soil and we also*
x
know that the most important thing
is getting a fertile soil is the incor- ,j
poration of organie matter. Cover ^
crops not only add organic matter
but they also add a great deal of
nitrogen, if leguminous cover crops are
grown. c
We strongly recommend the |
planting of cover crops on all land j|
except where cottois to be planted ?
next year, says Prof. C. P. Black- j|
well, agronomist: but we do not rec-'||
omm&nd the planting of cover crops e
where cotton is to be planted next ?
year, except where soil is sar.dy and |
where the farmer is sure that he |
has sufficient force to plow under |
his cover crop at th? proper time in |
the spring so that it will not delay |
the planting of cotton. Cover crops |
may be planted preceding corn, pea- ?
nuts, soy beans, and several others 1
of our regular field crops.
They may be planted either by |
seeding broadcast after cotton g
stalks havo been plowed under, or E
with a three-tube drill between cot- "
ton rows. We strongly recommend
that the cotton stalks be plowed un- I
der before planting the cover crop
if possible. Where this will delay the
planting of the cover crop until late
in the year, it is probably best to
plant cover crops in tho middle and
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
| IN ACCORDANCE with an act to
raise supplies for the fiscal year beginning
January 1, 1922, the Treasurers
Office will be open from Nov.
11th through Dec. 31st for the collection
of taxes without penalties.
After Dec 31st through January 31st ;>!
the penalty will be one per cent.; ; !
for February, two per cent; March ;j!
1st through 15th, seven per cent. \i
After March 15th, the taxes win go
, into execution and be collected by
the Sheriff.
I You will note the change in the
I Dog License Law. This license must
| be paid not later than February 1st
I under penalty of fine or imprisonment.
J Trustees are required by the new
law to check up the dogs and assist
the Treasurer in this matter.
TAX BY DISTRICTS
1?Corne r 28 Mills.
2?Ridg e 31 Mills.
3?Lowndesvill e 40 Mills
4?Rocky River 34 Mills
5?For k 26 Mills
6?Sextu s 34 Mills
7?Latime r 26 Mills
8?Monterey 26 Mills
9?Calhoun Falls 32 Mills
10?Santuc 30 Mills
17?Ferncliff 26 Mills
118?Bethia 34 Mills
i 20?Sharon 34 Mills
! 21? Bethel 29 Mills
] 22?Abbeville 46 Mills f
Abbeville City 1% Mills
I (R. R. Shop) jj
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: 16?warrenion ? ? _ ai muis j
,24?Reid 34 Mills [
125?Brownlee __ 30 Mills
126?Campbell ? ? ? 41 Mills
'27?Antreville ? -- 38 Mills
; 28?Union 26 Mills
i 29?Sunny Slope ? ? 34 Mills
130?Cold Spring -- 34 Mills c
131?Long Cane 28 Mills |j
i 32?Smithville 28 Mills \
133?Promise Land - 26 Mlils G
134?Centra l s 34 Mills
35?Haga n -- 34 Mills i
36?Parks Creek 29 Mills p
37?Keowe e 40 Mills |
38?Due West 38 Mills b
39?Donalds 43 Mills \
40?Pinevill e 32 Mills \
41?Vermillion -- 34 Mills g
42?Fonvill e 29 Mills
43?Eurek a 29 Mills E
34 Mills i
45?Rock Spring 28 Mills ?
46?Ra y 30 Mills jf
47?Winon a 34 Mills ^
49?Hal l 30 Mills ?
50?Can a 30 Mills
54?Lebanon 30 Mills c
STATE TAX 7% Mills. |
HIGHWAY BONDS 8 Mills e
ORDINARY COUNTY ..6% Mills g
PAST DEBT 1 Mill. |
3 MILL SCHOOL 3 Mills g
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TOTAL __ 26 Mills ?
Road Tax $2.00 E
Dog License $1.25 Jf
Poll Tax _ $1.00 e
Age for poll tax, 21 to 60 years. E|
Age for road tax, 18 to 50 years. [?
Books for road tax will close ?
March 1st and for dog license Feb- j|
ruary 1st, 1923. No extension. Noth- [|
ing but silver coin, U. S. currency, e
cashiers checks, etc., will be ac- j|
cepted in the payment of taxes. a
Parties desiring information about ra
taxes will pleace write Deiore jjj&u.is
15th and enclose POSTAGE.
The Treasurers office will close atj
4 o'clock P. M. daily. |S
R. B. CHEATHAM, IS
Treasurer Abbeville County.
Panama.?All previous records
or the number of ships passing t
trough the Panama Canal in one
lonth as well as for tolls collected, 1
'erej Broken m rsovemoer vJien 3iz
essels used the waterway, and
>lls amounted to $1,260,441.
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WWatch the label on your paper. |
ut the stalks with a stalk cutter af- '
er frost has killed the cotton.
One of our best cover crops is rye j
nd hairy vetch. It ig our safest crop
nd almost certain to give a good
esult if seeded soon and at the rate
f 60 pounds of rye and 20 pounds
if vetch per acre. Oats and vetch
ised at the same rate of seeding
pill also give good results. Another
;ood cover crop is crimson clover,
fte only objection to it is that it is
tot so easy to grow and that a failre
frequently results with farmers
nexperienced in its use.
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mteed to work successful. |
Take one reckless natural Jhbe |
fool.
Two or three drinks of bad Bqnor
A fast high-powered motor en.
Soak the fool well in the liqpcKb
place him in the car and let bisa go.
A.fter due time remove from ftke
svreckage place hi black sali? Suet
box and garnish with flowers.
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Telephone companies in -Japs* In#
It difficult to secure girl operatafc
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e approved colors.
?-Bontonnairea for the Fur
dollar and Cuff Seta. ^
rchiefa at reaaonable price*. ^
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Dainty Writing Paper. j8
Vfctrofas.
Victor Records. ? i|
Footballs. ?
A Qood Magazine. &
Nelke Dolls. ?
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