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rX.T iv- ' V SAJUtWILi BKBlrtO* < f Vv- S ' } H '■» V T.. ~T~ i /•• if^T. \ 4~~r± ./■/. 7/ : y >. v /; r •/• .•/' Z‘ /■ -v Vv t ■ t V /-V’ U A great net of mercy drawn through an ocean of unspeakable pain” ■ . . 1 ” Tp • ■ .. x ST* /• y f T is a.fair question—and it is fairly answered in the detailed arid itemized reports that have been published in the newspapers of every town and city of the land. You never saw it? Then ask at the nearest Red Cross Chapter, or write, for the Red Cross wants you to know where your money went. (I r . mr** 4 ■ o' X \ They say that Red Cross supplies have a way of com ing through on time. • « » • * . Italy surely has found us not wanting in promptness when her great trial came.. > . , ’ • . — ~ • , * And Roumania—they said no allied nation could get through to dielp her dire need; , ' ) Vl \ /* ► v V V __ _• w _ . i - i Rut the Red Cross found a tvay. T TO J It was not always a cheap way—‘‘Needs must” costs money. But did you give that money to be yaved—or to save lives. Are you not willing to pay five dollars or fifty to bring something of comfort to a war racked, tortured mortal who but for you would surely di ^ ' 'v ■ ^ * And of one thing you may be sure. Not one penny of that HundrCdLMillion goes for anything but War Relief. In the Red Cross mere is no high salaried bureau cracy, no extravagant administration expense. All of the higher officials and nine-tenths of the workers are unpaid volunteers. ( \ • .■ , ■ The cost of raising and collecting the last War Fund i coVered by was about one-ha'lf of one per cent., more t the banking interest on t|ie money. Your Red Cro ss needs another hundred million to lighten just a little of the awful load'of misery “o\ there,Your share is all that you can give—and then a little more. . y 1 . \ 1. -■ \ • .1 - • ’ u • A X. * ' 'x. Vv ill you hold up your end? \ - -r. — 'X r -t. K C ,x x f;’ t- * A - y w \ j ^ ^ Contributed to tbe Red Cross ' bij v J,. A, Porter Dealer in General Merchandise .Cotton Bmjer and Sales Sta hies Barnwell, S. C. XT- J. X s 4- -u-t- ♦ v Y J- • *_ « f • 1 I 3 ■ . J r. ■ .-v ■ •.' -- -9 7~ J >TV,- f • t i- • *. V--:- : / V —; t - * .* l e \ \+ ■rr i.... ,W|V ;*-«««1.