The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 24, 1917, Page Six, Image 6
Report of Com
Report of County Supervisor on
claims accruing subsequent to Jan-/
i?ary 1, 1917, paid in June, 1917: ]
34!; Jno. C. Goggans, salary..$ 22.90 j
350 C. G. Blease, salary 116.66;
351 W. M. Dorroh, salary 75.00 \
35:- C. C. Schumpert, salary.. 41.66
3?? J. B. Halfacre, salary 41.66
354 C. P. Barre, salary 75.00
355 F. M. Lindsay, salary 25.00
356 T. R. Campbell, salary... 40.00
357 J. C. Sample, salary 100.00
358 L. C. Livingstone, salary. 12.50
359 S. J. Cromer, salary 12.50 ^
3W H. C. Holloway, salary.. 41.661
3f?i AV. S. Melton, salary 75.00 !
.-?/?. r\ T m 1 ..1.... r: A A
jL?. j. layiur, taiaiy io.w
36? W. J. Miller, chaingang.. 40.00
3G4 B. F. Sample, chaingang.. 35.00
3G5 J. G. Miller, chaingang.. 40.00
3CC E. B. Abrams, chaingang.* 35.00
3t>7 J. B. Mize, chaingang 35.00
36S J. Sid Smith, chaingang.. 40.00
369 J. Sid Smith, chaingang.. 2.30
37li C. G. Johnson, roads and
bridges 2.73
37J S. P. McCrackin, board of
assessors .* 6.00
37,2 F. A. Graham, board of
assesors 6.00 \
373 Herald and News Co.,
printing, etc 10.00
374 T. P. Richardson, roads
bridges 32.00
375 M. J. Smith, county home o2.00
S. B. & T. Co., county home 3.00
377 Johnson-McCrackin Co.,
county home 1.20
378 Dr. P. E. Way 8.10
379 J. A. Burton, county home 15.21
320 Summer Bros. Co. county
home 25.17
381 W.1 A. Neal & Son, roads
and bridges 16.4#
*38- John Hawkins, ferry 20.01
38tf H. L. Shealy, roads and
bridges 7.60
-981 Micc Annip T, Siiher. ferrv 14.00
385 H. L. Parr, roads and |
bridges 50.00
386 David Henderson, ferry 12.50 >
387 B. I. Hodge, chaingang... 3.00 \
3SS Johnson - McCrackin Co.,
chaingang 241.82,
G. V. Boozer, chaingang.. 52.451
-? tti nr 19 i
3?0 Air. i". Ej. way, ^iutiugau^ .
^391 Swmmer Bros. Co., chaingstng
37.7G
Atlanta Tent & Awning
chaingang 206.35
393 The Purcell Co., chaingang..
462.93 j
*39<? H. W. Schumpert, Supt.
public buildings * 29.29
3S0 J. C. Sample, Co. Sup. office
expenses 38
W. .F Swart, office supplies
* 22.0S :
C397 S. B. T. & T. Co., office
expenses 24.00,'
^9S Mayes Book & Variety
Store, office supplies .50 j
39? B. F. Melton, repairs ipuolic
buildings ; 7.25
400 The State Co., printing,
etc 33.56
-402 Observer Printing Co.,
printing, etc 7.25
402 Dr. P, E. Way, office supplies
3.53
40J C. 'P. Barre, office supplies 11.30 J
*#01 H. L. Boulware, board of
assessors 8.70.
405 Geo. P. Hunter, board of
assessors 6.80 '
^406 G. McD. Sligh, board of
assessors 8.30
407 Jofc H. Ringer, board of j
400
assessors ?
4C8 W. E. Wallace, board of assessors
6.00;
109 L. S. Long, board of assessors
6.00
-410 R. G. Smith, board of assessors
6.00
411 Z. H. Suber, board of assessors
i 6.00
412 R. H. Maybin, board of assessors
4.00 .
-ais c, C. Schumpert, court ... 476.15 j
414 J. C. Sample, Co. Sup., office
expenses 5.05.
4-o C. C. Schumpert, Co.
Treas, court( coroner) 4.00
416 B. R. Weyth. office expenses
7.50;
417 C. G. Blease, dieting 88.40
41$ C. G. Blease, expense 65.21
419 W. F. Ewart, lunacy 40.0D
420 Dr. F. K. Shealy, lunacy.. 5.00
421 Dr. T. B. Woods, lunacy.. 5.00
42. J. H. Sumer & Co., con
tingent (R. P. uniforms) 90.00 (
423 Mack Davenport, ferry... 5.05j
-3S4 J. C. Sample, Co. Sup.
lunacy 5.05
^2o T. P. Richardson, roads
and bridges 420.30
Q26 J. L. Ruff, board of assessors
6.01
427 D. B. Cook, board of assessors
6.00
42$ Jno. C. Goggans, salary... 22.90j
429 C. Q. Blease, salary 116.66
430 W. M. Dorroh, salary 75.00 i
431 C. C. Schumpert, salary 41.6S;
432 J. B. Halfacre, salary ... 41.68j
43? C. P. Barre, salary 75.GO,
434 P. M. Lindsay, salary ... 25.00
-435 T. R. Campbell, salary..., 40.0v,
nty Supervisor
4o6 J. C. Sample, salary 100.00 j
S. J. Cromer, salary 12.59
4SS L. C. Livingstone, salary, 12.50
439 H. C. Hoiloway, salary... 41.681
440 W. S. Melton, salary 75.00
i
441 D. J. Taylor, salary o.OO
| 442 C. iW. Douglas, magistrates
' c~
salary ,, ? .w
443 C. K. Alewinei magistrates
salary 12.50
444 R. W. Glymph, magistrates
salary 12.50
! 445 R. M. Aughtry, magistrates
salary 62.50 j
j 446 Hix Connor, magistrates
i salary 12.50
i 447 J. H. Dorrob, magistrates
salary 12.50.
i 44$ W. P. Allen, magistrates
salary 15.00!
443 B. B. Hair, magistrates
salary * 50.00 (
450 J. B. Lathan, magistrates
salary 15.00
45j P. B. Ellesor, magistrates
salary . .? 12.50
45?.. H. H. Ruff, magistrates
salary 15.00
I 453 J. T. Kinard, magistrates
I salary ...^. ...T 15.00j
454 H. D. Havird, constables J
salary and fees 100.95
45J A. G. Leitzsey, constables
' salary i 12.5#;
450 J. N. Gilliam, constables
salary 12.50
457 J. G. Holder, constables
salary ; 62.50
! 458 H. R. Brooks, constable
salary 12.50,
459 A. C. Mills, constbles sal!
ary and fees 15.90
I 460 Eunice Allen, constables
salary 15.09
461 Keister Hair, constables
salary and fees 52.00
462 E. A. Wheeler, constables
salary 15.09
At* w p Richardson, con- _
stables salary 12.50
464 M. H. Wicker, constables
salary 15.fl
465 J. H. Koon, constables
salary 15.00,
46$ J. A. Enlow, pension 12.501
467 Jno. F. Cromer, pension 12.#0
463 H. W. Bowles, pensioner.. 4.dt!
46I? J. Pres. Kinard, pensions 4.M
470 D. P. Ward, pensions 12.00
471 Jno. W. Gilliam, pensions 12.00
471* Jn. R. McCollum, pension 12.00
47$ J. B. Chambers, pension.. 12.00
474 W. W. Willingham, pension 12.00
475 D. M. Cromer, pension 12.00
476 H. M. Barger, pension 12.00.
4^7 T. W. McCullough, pension 12.00 J
<0 AA '
473 M. M. Dicfcert, pension... ia.vj,
479 Miss Nannie Owdom, pauper
6.?#
480 Miss Betty Singley, pauper 6.00
4S1 Mrs. 'Alice White, pauper 6.00
482 Mrs. Lucinda Livingstone
pauper .. 6.00
4So W. W. Bishop, pouper i.00
484 Mrs. Sarah Holt, pauper.. .0d
485 Mrs. Margaret Troutman
pauper ... 6.00
48C Mrs. Catherime Shealy
pauper 6.0*) j
487 David Henderson, ferry.. 12.50J
488 "W. J. Miller, chaingang.. 40.00 j
48& B. F. Sample, chaingang 35.00 j
40-j J. G. Miller, chaingang.. 40.00!
431 E. B. Abrams, chaingang. 35.00;
49? J. Y. Floyd, roads and
bridges 7.00!
493 J. B. Mize, chaingang 35.00 j
41#1 J. Sid Smith, chaingang.. 40.00;
495 M. J. Smith, county home 54.00;
a (in iW f QiiHor fprrv 7.00
1?M# "T , VJ. MU I ^
497 J. C. Sample, Co. Sup.... 2.33
498 J. G. Miller, chaingang... 4.75
49!> R. M. Aughtry, roads and *
bridges 13.25
5C0 T. P. Richardson, roads
and bridges 24.00
1
KIM TLIVo Marv *R TCvflTlS. OOI1
%J\J X 1U1 o. aUW.1 ^ -W. ? ? ? ?,
tingent (rest room) 25.00
502 C. C.. Schumpert, County
treasurer, court 196.35
5C2 C. C. Schumpert, County
treasurer, court (coroner).. .50
504 Dr. W. E. Lake, county
physician 3.09
5.J"- Dr. F. D. Mower, county
physician .. . 4.00
506 The PurceU Co., county
home 259.01
507 The Newberry Hardware
n ^ 4-,, Vir\m o 1 40
V.U., v;uuutj uvuiv J
50S Lominack & Reighley,
county home 6.30
50:) Summer Bros. Co., county
home S3.5S
510 Johnson - McCrackin Co.,
county home 1.00
i
511 Johnson - McCrackin Co.,
chaingang 449.96
512 G. V. Boozer, chaingang.. 37.50
513 The Purcell Co., chaingang
701.83
514 Summer Bros. Co., chaingang
10.64
515 H. W. Schumpert, Supt.,
public buildings 21.09
51'J Newberry Hardware Co.,
public buildings 4.45
517 International Sheriff,
printing, etc 29.00
518 Jno. . Goggan^, Qlerk,
office supplies 22.3'*;
51 ^ Chas. P. Barre. office supplies
40
5':0 C. G. Biease, expense 53.11;
521 C. G. Biease. dieting 101.60 I
Dr. J. M. Sease, lunacy ... 5.00 i
523 Dr. F. D. Mower, lunacy
and postmortem 30.00
5.'i W. F. Ewart, lunacy 20.00
52S Dr. J. M. Sease, post mortem
5.00
520 E. T. Mayer, Com. tax 25.83
527 P. W. Counts, Com. tax.. 57.50
528 E. W. Werts, board of assessors
6.00
52y S. W. Derrick, board of
assessors 6.00
Report of County Supervisor on cl?
paid in June, 1917.
1603 The Exchange Bank of Xewberr
1604 L. C. Pitts, roads and bridges .
1605 The Shunk Plow Co., roads and
1606 W. T. Buford, chaingang
1607 Tlie Butt-Joint Nestable Culvert 1
1608 W. P. Counts, Com. tax
H. C. HOLOWAY, Clerk, Etc.
J. C.
Statement showing exact financia
year 1916 as It appeared at the end of
Items.
1 Salaries coupty officers
2 Magistrates, constables and fees..
3 County home, paupers, pensioners
4 Roads, bridges, ferries
5 Chaingang
6 Repairs public buildings
7 Books, stationery, printing
O WUUUgClll CAPCU3CD UUU dUyyil
public buildings and Co. offic<
9 County physicians
10 County board of education
11 Courts
12 County board of assessors, etc
13 Sheriff, dieting and incidentals..
14 Post mortems and lunatics
15 Insurance
16 Interest
17 Contingent and miscellaneous ...
18 Commutation tax
H. C. HOLOWAY, Clerk, Etc.
J. C.
approved:
J
Statement showing exact fioancia
year 1917 as it appeared at the end of
Items.
1 Salaries county officers
2 County borne, pampers, peasioaers.
3 Roads, bridge*, ferries
4 CXiaingang
5 Repairs public buikliags
6 Books, stationery, printing
7 Contingent expenses and supp
public buildings and Co. offices
5 Board of Equalization, etc
9 County board of education
10 Court expenses
11 Sheriff, dieting and other incident
12 Post mortems and lunatics
13 Interest on loans I..;.
14 Commutation tax
15 Contingent and miscellaneous
16 Salaries rural police
H. C. HOLOWAY, Clerk, Etc.
J. C.
Approved:
J
APPBOYES &TEF8
TAKEIT IJT STATE'
Dr. J. A. B. Seberer, Former Presidest
of Newberry College, In CoUnfeia
*a War Work.
The State.
After a series of conferences with
Gov. Manning and local members of
the State council of defense during
the past two days, I>r. J. A. B. Scherer, j
formerly president of Newberry col-1
lege, and pastor of St. Andrew's Lu-J
theran church of Charleston, now pres-1
ident of the Throop Polytechnic insti- j
tute, Pasadena, Cal., but for the period!
of the war a member of the council of!
national defense, was yesterday ready j
to approve heartily the patriotic work:;
that has been done in South Carolina
to put the State on a war footing, and j
help in the plan of national defense, j
Dr. Scherer was particularly enthu-1
siastic over the work done by the wo- j
man's organizations, and by the State
council of defense, headed by David R. j
Coker of Hartsville.
Dr. Scherer volunteered for war service
soon after the president's declar-'
ation and was made a member of the'
section on cooperation between Stale
and national council of defense. After '
some time spent in conferences in'
Washington Dr. Scherer wc.s sent on!
a tour of the States to hold confer-'
pnrv-s with the State councils of de-!
I
fense, and with the governors of th3
States to correlate the work that the j
national body is doing. South Oaro- j
lina, where he is well known as one
of the leaders of the Lutheran church'
in the South, is the first State visited
I
by Dr. Scherer; on Monday he will
go to Georgia to begin a series or cou-j
ferences similar to those held here.'
Dr. Scherer spent several days earlier |
in the weei: in smaller towns of the
State, particularly in Newberry in
conference with Dr. George B. Cromer.;
Pleased With Work.
"I have been greatly gratified with
the work of civic and agricultural pre- j
paredness which has gone forward ia;
South Carolina, especiallly the work
j
\V. T. Gibson, board of as- j
sessors 6.30
L. \V. Floyd. board of as!
se-ssors 10.00
522 C. S. Suber, board of assessors
9.20
~A?, J. W. Wilson, board of assessors
8.50
r,C4 A. P. Coleman, board of assessors
9.SO
52j Dr. J. H. Moore, lunacy.. 5.00
5i't> D. T. B. Woods, lunacy.. 5.00;
5? 7 Herald and News Co.,
printing 26.75 j
H C. HOLLOWAY,, Clerk, Etc.
J C. SAMPLE, County Supervisor.'.
i
KBBBwnnnnRiMEanDBnnaBBcminmM !
lims accrue?s prior to Januarv 1, 7917 j
I
y, roads and bridges $ 4.95 j
5.7$
bridges 10.00]
4.8S ]
Co , interest 85.93 j
11.25!
i
SAMPLE, County Supervisor.
1 condition of appropriations for the
the month of June, 1917:
Appropriated. Approved. Balance.
...$ 8, 65.00 $11,365.60
... 2,500.00 3,474.06
... 3,000.00 3,801.11
... 10,000 00 13.309.96
... 7,500.00 15.413.20
750.00 291.20 $ 458.80
750.00 1,258.20
es
es.. 2,000.00 2,616.47
200.00 155.00 45.00
.... 45.00 90.95 I
2,500 '2,325.45 174.55!
450.00 353.60 06.40
.... 1,800.00 2.6JM.S2
400.00 620.64 \
450.00 325.80 124.20
2,000.00 1,282.23 717.77
2,500.043 1,235.95 1,264.05
2,604.00 2,822.$8
. SAMPLE, County Supervisor.
r. B. HALFACRE, County Auditor.
1 condition of appropriations for the
the month of June, 1917.
Appropriated. Approved. Beiance
.. $10,500.0# $5,W8.36 $ 5,4HM
... 2,900.W 1.&S4.36 1,IW.64
... 2,9*3.41 1,
... 7,5W.O? $,973.27 52S.73
" aa/> aa il -| jflLO Z Q I
750.W 255.41 494.59
>liea
1,280.00 83.84 1,1& .20
450.00 262.6# 1S7.40
50.00 50.?01
... 2^650.00 1,562.55 1.W7.45
als 1,80O.O? 832.08 97<J.92
600.0? . 237.6? 112.40
... 2,000.00 1,179.4$ 820.54
... 3,530.00 38.58 2,441.42
.. 2,500.00 . 1,231.52 1,218.43
... 1,800.00 900.00 900.00
SAMPLE, County Supervisor.
. B. HALF AC RE, County Auditor.
I
doneby the State Council of defease,
David R. Coker, chairman," said Dr.
Scherer. "I am a member of the
section on cooperation "vrith the States
of the national council of defense. \
This section is to be a clearing house:
c nvnAmannao an/1 fr IAS f?f I
LU1 IUC CA^Ui uuu WVV4 . .www ?.
all of the State councils of defense of:
the 48 States. These todies are to be'
kept connected and the ideas of one !
i
passed on to the others, so that the,
section is not only to- give assistance!
directly but to be an office to receive
good news and distribute it, and in so
doing to impress certain activities that
it desires to emphasize." i
These activities are at present, in
order, first, the work of the section;
itself, and its efforts to bring about j
* f
cooperation Dei ween uie oun.es, w
study established councils, and bring;
them into cooperation, and organize
other bodies that may be needed.
Second, food conservation. This
section of the council Is now presided
oven by Herbert Hoover, ant ie at-;
tended to in- the States largely by
women's committees. "I was grafc-j
ified on reaching the State to I?arn
of the conference of women last week i
in Rock Hill, and the zeal with which'
they discussed food oonserratioa," said
Dr. Scherer.
Third, to speed Hp and direct agrizMilturo
intn ,nrnrw>r channels, to ?re
vent waste, and to render such assist- !
ance as possible through, the national
department of agriculture. j
Fourth, to find out where State coun-;
cile have organized labor committees, '
and to organize them if they hare not
been organized. South Carolina ha3
already organized &uch a committee,'
l
and Dr. Severer said that tie was glad
to find it broadly representative, -which
was what the national council desired.'
i
The national council desired at the
present time especially to discover
w'haf'htir thp npw federal chi!4 labor;
1-aw has or will cause a labor shortage, '
and to ascertain whether there io1 <
room for a boys' working reserve,
branches of wkich are being organized L
J
throughout the nation. This work is
being done under the direction of National
Supervisior William E. Hall. i
Fifth, to impress the lessons of the
section 011 commercial economy, of
which Albert Shaw, formerly editor of
"System," is president. "Mr. Shaw,",
said Dr. Scherer, "has a cork-screw
like mind which bores in a mass of
facts and comes out with unusual dis!
cGveries." One of the most notaDle
of thtse led to the destruction of the
j
abuse of the "bread return." It is
the practice of bakers in many places
to give grocers and other retailers
the option of returning all the bread
that i:3 not sold, similar to the now
I
abandoned custom of newspapers ol
giving news dealers the same option in
regard to newspapers. The bread re-!
turenc is turned into food for stociv,'
and Is largelywaster. By elimenating
nn A nT*ti oti/1 i n o i of i r* /y morol r
Hit? 1/1 cau i tiui 11, anu luoionus, invi t
? !
that retailers calculate more closely;
Mr. Snaw has saved, it is estimated,!
4 per cent of the wheat crop for the
labt year. Another valuable plan for;
economy evolved by Mr. Shaw is that:
to prevent delivery of small parcels!
by mercantile concerns; this will save
almost 40 per cent of their operating
expenses and will release 100,000 men
for military service. The plan is to'
establish a central bureau of delivery,'
with one delivery a day, and to reduce'
^1*1^ ? ^ ?V111 aK r\ e* !i'a1 A Kt? AY\ AA 11T?0 O* I
Luis as luuui <xo yuojiuic uj cuwuiun'i
ing pirchasers to carry small parcels'
them.elves, and to look on parcel so'
carri<id as a badge of honor rather
than a subject of embarrassment. j
Sixth, the organization of the "Fourj
Minute Men." A battery of speakers;
is to be organized in every community,1
which is large enough, to make four!
minute speeches in moving picture!
theatres, on subjects the national gov- j
eminent will decide to hare propagate
ed al various times. The information'
- - ? 11 t _ I
will oe iurnisnea m uie suo-. terse
form in which it is desired given to
the audiences in the theatres by committees
from the national council.
CAMOUFLAGE,
American artists who longed ?or
eome work, more active thaa painting
pastors hare fcegun to find it. They
are forming a Uiited States wing of 2
the "Camoiiflage." |
Tt ie watericHis word is descriptive
of a huge French department of art- i
f?I trickery, a department to whieh
only the most skilled painters and col- j
or authorities can belong. It has
saved no one knows how many lives,
how many cannon, how many car-j
loads of man and gun food. Its mem- j
bershiD has been depleted time and
again by death, bat always the loyaJ
artiiits of France have filled up the
ranks again and kept the rery ae j
cessary work going.
"The Camouflage" is a corps of;
pairters who go about with pamt and
i>rus;h, concealing all the military j
equ:.pment and (activities possible.
They perform these miracles by clever
piecee of olor execution, painting
whcle railroad trains so that from an
arifi.tor'e situation far above they look
I
like grassy fields or dirt roads and are
distinguishable. Another part of their
work 4s to conceal cannon by tangling
painted canvas above theai. |
Horses and men have beep literally
painted out of real landscape. Snipers
creeping into the thickets to pick,
oft' enemies receive an elaborate coat
of facial and clothing paint which j
mates them blend almost completely j
with the scenery. When a sniper is
cicaching in a shaded nook he is paint.
r>nlnrfl sr> that the sun
VU iU IdUWM&VVl VWAV. w
light and shadows conceal him by
similarity.
Long stretches of road have been j
imitated on wide strips of screen and;
placed in position during the night, j
so that when the German aviators j
looked down in the morning they were '
able to report to their artillery that1
nothing was passing down this muchtraveled
path. At that very time, how- ;
ever, underneath this strip of can-j
var, which lied so amiauly about its
r.t.-.tn rt* rnar.tiritv hunHr<v?Q nf French;
Ota LU VJl 1UMV W4 ? ? ? - ?^ _ cannon
were rumbling to the front, |
comfortable in the assurance that the
airmen above them were 3earchiag for
th ?m elsewhere.
??
XO MEETING OF
AU?UB#5 SOCIETY |
J
Columbia. July 17.?Some interesting'
I
derelopments are looked for here to-,
morrow in connection with the pro-j
loisre-d fight car the office of chief:
? . 1 ^ ri .5 + Vl/-? r\I-/K30Tl f /"I P >1 /I -
WiirUCU CLU'-l LiX O 2.yf k_r w *-1. w V-.
lu.'k between the governor and the,
Aidubcn society of South Carolina;
resulting in the office remaining rac:int
since the early part of March, j
President E. C. L Adams, of the
society, lias returned from the north, j
ard says there will be no meeting of
C.j sccicty tomorrow.
ot^r. fiovo Hem i\\ thp renuest i
OUUIC Lt.ll uuj o u.f,v, " v 1 |
0'' Governor Manning, Vice President
C-. W. Barron, acting in the absence
from the state of President Adams,
"ordered" that a meeting be held torr.(
rrow for tiie purpose o! recommen-]
fling some one to the governor tor appdutment
to the office of chief game
warden. He instructed the secretary
t'? call the meeting. The secretary
replied to him that the membership
roll was locked up in President
AcUms' safe, to which he did not have
the combination, and that until President
Adams returned he could not
call the meeting, as the by-laws required
ten days' notice in writing
to each member.
President Adams said today that
"there would be no meeting of the Audubon
society on July 18th, for tha
reason that the members throughout
the state have not been notified in ac
ccrdance with the constitution am
bj'-laws, and any action taken at any
si c-h meeting would be useless anl
illegal."
What procedure will be taken at the
hour set for the meeting tomorrow by
the contending Richardson and antiRichardson
faction is not known, fur
ther than that the Richardson faction
rill contend that no legal meeting
can be held.
The situation, already intricate and
involved, will probably be more complicated
after tomorrow's happenirga.
BARBECUE AT POXARIA
FRIDAY, JULY 27
There will be a barbecue at Pomaria
on Friday, July 27, for the benefit'
of the St. Paul parsonage. It will be
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given oy me imee uuiigicgauvuo wustituting
the charge?St. f'auls,
Bachman Chapei, St. Phillips. It will ?
be one of the best cues of the season.
Watch for the program to be issued
later.
J. WALTER RICHARDSON,
Chairman Committee.
MOTHER'S LOAD THE HEAVIEST
Among women, at least during the
' earlier progress of the war, and if it
be not unduly prolonged, it will be
the mothers who will suffer most.
Already there is hardly a church
in which some mother's heart has
not been torn in the conflict betwee*
lore of country and lore for her firstborn.
And where there is one today
there will be a hundred tomorrow. ^
It is easy to preach enlistment, wheaV,
one to ?0 sons of eligible military
f "t it is quite a different matter.
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wLea tieri is a son oia eauugu tu w;
called to the colors. W? witnessed re-/
cently a father, in speaking before a^
company of people, overcome for the
moment with emotion as he thought K
of his only son, already at Fon Sheridan.
But real as was" this father's
sacrifice for bis country, it could not
ia tie nature of the case be qaite
so great as that of the mother.
No one but a mother can ever know
the cost of irotherhood. It is to her
an open book of memory. We some- .
how take for granted that motherhood
is foreordained to self-surrender;
that self-sacrifice is realy her metier;
and that, for this very reason, slue
will play her part well. That mothers
are to give up their sons is a matter
of course, and matters of course
elicit neither comment nor com- 1
mendation. "
The motherhood of America will pay
its share of the war, just as Canadian
mothers have done, in silent suffering.
People who really are making
sacrifices do not talk much about sacrificing.
They are too busy doing the
thing itself: It is relatively easy for
a young man to enlist, even though he
lieves almost certain death, if he believes
that he is giving his life for
liberty of his country. It is infinitely
harder for the mother to give up
her son; she would rather face death
herself, if by so doing she could render
her country the same service and
save his life. And this would -be only
'oimtine- what in some real measure
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she has already done, "when, in bringing
him into the world, she had entered
without fear into that strange
borderland of suffering out of whose
mingled joy and pain there came
forth her first-born hope.
It will not be long before every one
of us in one way or another will be
bearing our share of the burdens of
the most direful conflict ever witnessed
in modern civilization. But the
fiscal load will not compare with what
the motherhood of the nation will have
to bear.?Baptist Standard.
A Gentle Hint
"It's going to be war to the knife,"
declarde the suburban man who wa,3
fesding fcis chickens. /I
"What now?'' asked his friend.
"Why, Blinks sent me e. box of
axle-grease and advised me to use it
on my lawn mower.''
"Yes?"
"Well, I sent it back and told him
to use it on his daughter's voice."?
Pittsburg Post.
Ab Exception.
"You can't learn any sort of business
properly by mail."
"How about postoffi.ce work?"?
Boston Transcript.