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^ PRESBKTEKS LAY PLffiSj lili? Meet and Discuss Drive in Securing \ PP^T Qu?ta of $225,000 For Beneficences of Church, 1918-19. V Columbia.?Upon invitation of J. R. i Spillman, chairman of the committee ! from the synod of South Carolina in | its drive for the securing of its quota j of $225,000 for the beneficences of the church for the years 191S-1919, the fol- j lowing ministers and laymen met m j Columbia: Ministers?A. D. P. Gilmour, D. D., k- ^ E. E. Gillespie, D. D., J. 0. Reavis, D. D., J. B. Green, D D., A. W. Blacks' W09d, W. 8. Harden, Daniel Iverson. ^ J. C. Bailey, H. W. Pratt, Alex Martin, J. L. McLees, H. C. Hammond, L. L. Wm Legters, C. W. Byrd, D. D., D. M. Doug|B lass, D. D., T. F. Haney. Laymen?M. M. Freeman, T. H. Dick, J. B. Spillman, jonn a. juaw, i . W. Law, C. H. Baldwin, E. W. Dabbs, C. G. Rowland, L. W. Dick. .The Rev. J. O. Reavis conducted devotional exercises. \ Printed instructions to managers of synods, presbyteries, groups and congregations in the great drive planned J _ for January, February and March weri ; r read and approved unanimously. After prayer for guidance and secret J ballot by the whole body, the synod's committee retired and, upon examination of the ballot, reported the norni- i nation of the Rev. E. E. Gillespie, D. TV/ n nnmnoiom mona o*or fflP i X^.j Ui X Ui i\ cid iuuiiu^vi *v* i South Carolina. By -rising vote Dr. ' Gillespie was elected to the position. I The Synod's committee pledged itself to pay Dr. Gillespie a salary of $100 per month and expenses for the time j 'employed; requests the church at York |H^^to continue his salary and agreed to wS; fcirnish a supply for the pulpit while) IfeV, W^T- Gillespie is away. Jr'B. Spillman { ftijj^Pwas asked to appear before the ses-i sion of the York church and ask thatj i^tliey grant this leave of absence for j iSfl^^heir pastor. Dr. Gillespie has noi formally accepted the position, but it W is felt that he will. ' The movement of which the above is only a small part includes the whole of the Southern Presbyterian and is planned largely after similar campaigns which have been successfully conducted by the Y. M. C, A., Red Cross and other organizations. The $3,000,000 asked for is an increase of about 50 per cent over former contributions, is entirely a laymen's movement and includes foreign missions, home missions, Sunday school work, Bible cause, Christian ^^^keducation and ministerial relief. Practically all of the 16 synods of Y the church have accepted their share 4 of the fund? and campaigns are being r \ planned all over the South. , The First Presbyterian Church of v Columbia has already accepted its I Subscribe to The Herald and News. ' I y/^Your I / Wi I / Ljqtzid_ \ Gives a delighl \ Preserves I! n. 75c am | Gilder &.! Jrio.T.FI? L _ ? L Opera Hou^e, rnc quota which is $12,500. Also the Arsenal Hill Church has accepted its quota of $1,600. Other churches are rapidly falling into line, and the cry is "$3,000,000 consecrated for the service of God by Southern Presbyterians." The synod's committee is composed of J. B. Spillman, chairman; A. D. P. Gilmour, C. G. Rowland, E. W. Dabbs, John A. law, T. H. Dick. Dr. Moore of Columbia Dea^. Columbia.?Dr. Dobert Love Moore died Friday night at 8:05 o'clock of Bright's disease. One of the most beloved and skilful physicians of the State is dead. Dr. Moore would have been 46 years of age May 8, 1918. He was born at McConnellsville, York county, May 8, 1871. Here he spent his childhood and his youth amid a great circle of relatives and friends. The Moores are one of the most prominent families of that part of the State and have lived there since Revolutionary times. They are a liberty loving, God fearing people, always doing their duty by their country. Amid such influences Dr. Moor? grew up. He became a gentle, generous. Christian hearted gentleman. Water Wheel Crushes Out Life, Spartanburg.?William B. Ledbetter, 65 years of age, a resident of this city, was killed by being crushed under a water wheel at Johns Mills, six miles north of the city. Ledbetter was operating the wheel and was thought to have been attempting to clear the wheel of ice when he was caught in one of the cogs and dragged underneath i J earn ot Jirs. liauntr. Mrs. Ezili:hj:a: Gauntt, mother \)f the#iate Mark L. Gauntt, died Tuesday morning at fosr o'clock at her home just beyond the Mollolion mill village. 'She was- 79 years old and dkU from natural causes after an illness of two weeks. The burial was t at Rosemont cemetery at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, service hemg VnlictDl oy in k.3v. y. a,. The following were the pallbearers. Dr. W. G. Houseal, F. R. Hunter, Rome Senn, David Rivers, C. W. Dougias, L. M. Player, J. L. Burns, Jno. Willinq;ham. A Brief Sftetch of Her Life Ezliphia Gauntt. Born April'19. 1S3D. Died January 22, 1918. -Joined Sardis Methodist church, Aiken -county, in 1S78., Survived by W. R. Gaunu nephew, iXewberry; also by Racnei Brown and Dclly Rish of Aiken county. and by ether relatives. Herfatner was the late Zehulon Gauntt, bromer of the late James Gauntt or Xew terry. e niovea 10 *\tf>%-uerry uum Aiken in 1SS4. Mrs. Gauntt was a kmu hearted woman. THE HERALD ANL>\ NEWS. ONK YEAR FOR $l.?o. 1 re \ 1 Meat n. I L 111 X Smoke \ I tfui flavor and / the Meat / i $1.25 / I Veeks Coy/ I S MUSICAL rnipj l&y, February 1st. "WAR S0R0E9NS WORK MIRACLES ! Incredible Feats Performed Every Day in Treating Soldiers on Battlefield. : NINE-TENTHS POLL THROUGH j I j , Percentage of Losses Among the Wounded Striking Tribute to the Skill of Surgeons?Speed Important Factor. j French Front.?Almost incredible j feats have been and are being accomI plished every day of the war by the I surgeons who treat soldiers wounded j on the battlefield. TheSe remarkable i in on/"?V Q<^ j lraw 11 av v; iuncao\;u xu xx? ?* j the stricken men are more quickly j gathered in by the ambulances arftl j brought to the field hospitals for surgi; cal intervention. j At the beginning of the war it was j not always possible to clear up a bati tlefield of the casualties in less than three or four days, and on many occaI sions wounded men waited even long, er before their injuries could be han-# i died. "> " < ji- i.i j. j iiio resuir 01 inis was umi uug,c I numbers of the wounded succumbed . from gangrene or blood poisoning, or ! were rendered so feeble from loss of ! blood that they were unable to underj go operations that were vitally neces; sary. It was at that time regarded as a satisfactory result when GO per I cent of the wounded brought into the i hospitals recovered eventually from ! the injuries. Nine-Tenths Are Saved. j This percentage of losses among j the wounded men would at present be regarded with horror by the military surgeons, who now reckon with perfect assurance on saving about nine-tenths of the wounded men eomi ing* under their treatment. During 1 the battle cf Flanders the percentage j of recoveries among woundod men ! brought to the hospitals amounted ! to SC. . This striking figure was still fur' - - - ? ? -?* 4" V> A i iner lmproveu uu iae wu;muu ui mc recent battle in which 1 the French i wrested from the GerLians the fort I of Malmaison and caused them to evacuate the Chemin des Dames after ! throwing away hundreds of thou| sands of the crown* frince's best ! troops in the effort to retain it. The | French surgeons' reports after the ! rnnrinsi'nn of thp ficrhtinsr and the treatment of all the wounded show that 00 men out of every 100 brought to the hospital recovered from their hurts. Speed Important Factor. j Speed in collecting the wounded iS\ j the greatest factor in bringing about ! this progress. Americans have had much to do with the speeding up of the arabur VT* A? y c\ YV\ Vvn 1 onPDC JHlilTt" ??tfl > ItC, J-VJL men have been present at every point where fighting has been severe, and theft* work has been highly praised by the army commanders. Americans have d#ne much irv protiding hospital accommodation near the 'front as well as at the bases. One instance of American effort in providing for the accommodation and treatment of th$ wounded is that, under the management of Miss Kathleen Park of New York, at her cha^A nHtAitA riVi A Tin p? U'illi Ut i-UClC sue MXO n ui av-u almost since the very beginning of the war. When the battle for the fort of Malmaison was in progress the hospital dealt with a considerable number of wounded, who were first bandaged on the battlefield and then brought down the River Aisne on board a barge fitted up as a floating hospital. Miss Park has working with her in conjunction with the French military surgeons a number of American phy-J ^n fVlQ SIL'IJUIS, Will# ail paiutipaicu in mv handling of the French wounded during the battle of Malmaison. Also, she has with her several American trained nnrses and helpers. Among Wie doctors is George de . Tarnovsky of Chicago. | __ | "POP" IS BURIED IN WRECK i ! Salvage Frqm Sunken Steamer' After 52 Years Found to Have "Rare Flavor." ' Sandusky, 0.?Sarsaparilla "pop" j [ ir?ade in Defrost was recovered from ; the wreck of the steamer Peubic and : wh^i sampled proved to be of as rare o fi;?v<.r ns rhe proverbial "old wine." : i according to F, L. Erinish, one of the! i wreckers. The Peubic went down off Alpena. Mich., in 1ST feet of Lake Huron wa-j I tor, nearly 52 years ago. Numerous , attempts to ?Gt at her valuable earj go had, un-tel now, been marked by 1 -fail'-TVi J XUXl * > i Of $50,000 in paper money that I vas on the boat when she went to the ! bottom, all that has been recovered, I Ermish s<?ys, is a piece of a $5 bill. Snake's Home in Belfry. Laurel, Del.?A ?ix-fo^t black snake !' fell from the belfry of the Itiverton ; (Md.) Methodist church onto the ' chnnlrtprs of Beniamin F. Kennerly. ! rlio sexton, while he was ringing the ! bell. After a lively chase the snake i was cornered in the church auditor j ium anr*. Killed. It evidently had ir.ad<j j its home in the belfry aryl fed on bird* j 1 which roost there. ~ j to A DAME DE MEMOUAL j w?jmammmm?? i iF iJf TBI *!??# XvtvXv.v ' ' v.vl lv v"v.*?v.v/a .-'. x v.-x-xw \y<s ' . , . <Cv'^.?<- .. : : .' /v-.i KV-.&?, ; < .*>'.* ..v . : XV':- . . V-\ I;':. . ? This photograph of the beautiful wife of the president of Cuba was taken a few days after .she had completed the task of raising a cash fund of $1,000.000 lor the equipment and maintenance in France of a hospital to be manned exclusively by Cuban physicians and nurses. DECALOGUE OF WAfi Dr. Anna Shaw Announces One for Every Woman. Wartime Commandments Arranged by the Professor of the University of Turin. New York.?Here is the new "Decalogue of War," unannounced by Dr. Anna Shaw: v 1. Do not chatter. Keep to yourself the news you hear, your own impressions and your apprehensions. 2. -Do not listen to alarmists, to slackers, or those who would spread discouragement. Silence them. 3. Be moderate in your spending, neither lavish in gifts nor sordid in your economies. Let overything in your life, even your daily expenses, take on at this moment its true national importance. 4. T.rcourage national industries, avoi^'ig imported goods, even though they may seem better and less costly, than those made at home. 5. Do not look upon the departure to the front of those dear to you as an abandonment. Be with them constantly in thought, as they are with you, particularly in the hour of dancer. 6. Do not complain of the difficul1 ties, annoyances and privations caused by the war. Think of those who are dying for their country, and complaint will halt upon your lips. 7. Multiply your activities, in your home as well as outside, thereby rendering yourself useful to your country by the work of your hands, the warmth of your heart and the charity of your intelligence. 8. Exhibit day by day and hour by hour the same courage a man shows upon the field of battle. Instruct the ignorant, uphold the feeble, console those who are strickon: transmit your own confidence to others, j 9. No matter how long the struggle may last, await victory with strength and patience. 10. If you are stricken in your dearest affections, bear your sorrow nobly, that your tears may be worthy of the hero whose death you mourn. These wartime commandments were arranged by the professors of the University of Turin. SUGAR BOWL LOOTING I 11 NOW POPULAR FAD | | i Cleveland, O.?"Madam, kind- t ! T ly remove yonr fist from that T I ? sugar bowl." 5 ' J It is perfectly permissible for 2 * waiters to so address women 5 T patrons found looting the sugar 2 * bowls, County Food Administra- $ I J, LU1 i>Ul Ul UWUICU Liiciu. d| 4j Complaints have been numer- 4j I ous the past few days that worn- % * en dropped into downtown lunch- * 5 rooms, ordered a cup of coffee 4 J and a piece of pie (check, 15 * ?|t cents) and then walked out with * J their muffs full of sqgar cubcs. ? ? It has become almost an epi^ demic and the restaurant men, % not wishing to offend, applied to ?* jjij North for a remedy. liut North ^ 4> did not recommend subtle dip'o* * | macy on the part of the waiters. f 1111111 H"I' I' 11"! ! 11 It II11 if i SNOW HELPS IN THE SOUTH Planters Will Reap ttenefit of Extension of Snow Line in South This Winter. Memphis, Tenn.?Planters will benefit to the extent of many thousands of dollars as a result of the snow line extending far into the South this winter. Agricultural experts contend that where land is covered with snow during the. winter months it is more productive the following summer. FreezInm won f-h or* Vmc <w1-prulpfl tn thp ftnlf '"b " ~ ? ? coast and snow has fallen to the depth of several inches over most of the Southern states. __ DOING MUCH TO RESTORE FRANCE Americans Are Doing Wonderful Reconstruction in Devastated Section. - ! LIVE IN RUDE BARRACKS \ Miss Anne Morgan 3nd Her Co-Work?U?m>? in Drimitiue I i 4 A \AJ In i IA (I O UIICI W III I I Mill VI ? V toll V VV MIIV Carrying on Labors Among Destitute People. New Tort.?Miss Margaret Stevenson, co-worker of Miss Anne Morgan in devastated France, has jnst arrived in this country with the first direct news of the reconstruction work already accomplished by this American Fund for French Wounded unit composed of ten American women. Miss Stevenson told of the 27 Tillages thoy have partly rehabilitated, of the 5.000 acres of land they have had cultivated, the hundreds of refugee families they have clothed, fed and installed in houses they have furnished; the classes they are running for children who have run wild since the beginning of the German occupation, and of the community center they have establishld at'Blerancourt, in the heart of the ravaged region. ' Live in Rude Barracks, "We are living in rude wooden barracks built on the ruins 'of the old ^Chateau' of Blerancourt," said Miss Stevenson. "Our barracks are furnished with the same unpainted furniture and plain iron bf>ds thnf- we give to the peasants. The heads of our unit, Miss Anne Morgan and Miss Anne Drake, sh^re with us in this primitive life. They are up at seven o'clock in the morning, tidy up their nuts, neip witn tne aisnes, ana men are#off about their duties, visiting'the refugees, finding out their wants and helping install them in temporary shelters. Both Mtss Morgan and Miss Dike speak French as well as they do English, and they have entered deeply into the lives of the people. Something approaching normal village life has been restored to the communities under the care of the American Fund Unit," Miss Stevenson says. "The French government has placed this unit in charge of the Aisne and Sbmme districts, both of which were systematically devastated by the Germans. * "Our unit is militarized and works directly under the French' army," Miss Stevenson explained. "Through the military authorities, Miss Morgan has obtained valuable aid. Soidiers r>n olorht-rlmr-Ipavp from the trenches are J)ut. under her direction, to help rebuild shattered homes and plow the neglected fields. There are no ablebodied men or women left in this part of France. "When the Germans retreated they swept the civilians before them. All who were able to work for them they kept behind their lines; the nonprodncers?that is, the feeble old people and the small children?they have allowed to return. These are the refugees, the people we have to help make homes for and make self-supporting. ? Wonderful People. "They are wonderful too, these old people," Miss Stevenson went on. "They return to their destroyed homes ^orn out with suffering and hardship* i..it no sooner are Aev on their beloved . "oil again than they seem revitalized, tilled with energy, and the desire to restore nil that has been destroyed. They build one-room shelters for themselves from the ruins of their^once comfortable homes or else their government puts up small demountable wooden houses for them. These we furnish with everything they- need to start home life anew?beds, bedding, chairs, kitchen utensils, and we supply then with clothing arid foodstuffs. Everything that Is sent to us from America tre* civp fhom without cost, but the ; stoves and kitchen utensils that we buy in Paris we sell for two-thirds the I cost. They prefer to have it so, and they pay any way they choose?in work or vegetables. The first thing they do when they reach their homes ics to skirt a garden, and many of them have been able to support themselves this way. Others make their living by washing for the soldiers. These are all very old people, remember, aged men and women of seventy-five and even eighty. They walk from villages miles away to get help from us, and tliev wheel great loads of supplies on wheelbarrows some eight or ten miles over cuboie roaus. * "Those old people who have worked hard and denied themselves all their lives so they would have a competency in their old age have to begin life again with nothing but their stiff old hands and their courageous hearts. They all regret now that they didn't have a little more fun out of life when they were younger, that they had not put off ease and comfort until their old age. But they do not complain; they J just dig in and work harder than ever , to make a home for the sons and daughters who may come back at the end of the war, or at least for the grandchildren." f Shot Into Her Foot % Mio, Mich?Miss Lottie Pertres woke at 2 a, m. recently in a cold riweut and saw what she thought was a ma's hand ou the loot of her bed> Sie reached under her pillow for a pistol and shot olf two of her own CHANGE FOR FORTUNE Fame Also to Man Who Cures Measles and Mumps. Uncle Sam's Army and Navy Surgeon# Dread Measles More Than Any Other Disease. "Washington. ? Fame and fortucffawait the man who can trace to its source that periodical bugbear of the army and navy?the measles and mumps epidemic. For some unknown r- ason, when over troops are concentrated, eitner In large camps or on board ship, one of the first diseases to make its aj>pearance is the measles, and this disease which most of us place in the category of childhood ills, is one of. the most dreaded by army surgeons. Symptoms of the disease appearing in any of the men is the signal for the immediate quarantining of the soldier's company and the barracks wh- rv he is located. Fumigation of tlx1 barracks then follows and every precaution is taken to prevent an epHemic. An after-effect of measles. greatly f on reft by army surgeons, is the development of pneumonia. :md it has been found that the fatalities among mature persons are mucfrvj?*eater than with children. The pneumonia result has been more prevalent in the cantonments located in the southern stntes than in those of the North or West. Generally speaking, surgeons look for mumps at about the time that 1 - _ 3 measies uppeur, unu iur liut-i* ui ^appointed. The fatalities through mump3 do not begin to reach the number of those by measles, but the same rigid quarantine is observed in both cases. For many years the best surgeons in the army have been working on theories that would eradicate the source of these diseases, but they have to admit that they are now no nearer a solution than ever before. This is the season of the year that the epidemics usually start, and it would not be surprising to hear of the quarantining of entire cantonment posts in all sections of the country through the holiday season. tti '<St ? . THE ONLY SON J By Robert Adger Bowen of the X Vigilantes. % Nay, tell me not my sacrifice Is |> less ? % In that I have but one to give: j 4> That my torn heart is not so 5 % sensitive ' J Because love counts its yearn- $ % ing by excess. T & Doth God a measure set for hap- 4 < > . <3k f piness? x <> Doth deeper love in wider <C boundaries live? ^ C" AreN its commandments less imperative & Where there is only one to serve % and bless# % *?? 1 A r x % Dear God, it ofttimes seems my ? f' ~ heart must break? j* % So do I live in him, my only % % son~ $ So has he grown a very part of ??. $ me! t & Ah! ye who think that greater <$= t numbers take , 5! The greater toll, remember that & m one ^ <f> Has centered all my love's if; % epitome! ~ X - ' ? ? I I i-1 i ??in r->p- Iirn Trnrn SAVe 1-utL and at ncMui men Overheated Dry Air Makes Man Too Susceptible to Disease, Declares Physician. Washington.?Further endorsement of the campaign of the United States fuel administration against overheating has been given by eminent physicians -of the country. Dr. James J. Walsh, physician, doctor of philosophy, and author, said: /'Pneumonia takes a little more than one man in eight and therefore has wrested from tuberculosis the grim! honor of killing the most human beings. Man is a marine animal, seveneights water. He needs cool air and moisture around him. Overheated dry air makes him too susceptible to disease. In a temperature of over 68 de grees it is difficult for men and womea to exist healthfully. If Americans cart be taught to live in this temperature the number of pneumonia victims wtff. surely decrease. Fresh, cool, moist airis the foe of pneumonia and persons who keep their houses cool and breathefresh, moist air need have no fear of it." SHOTES HELP KILL BRUiMPennsylvania Boy Gets Able Assistance in Landing 250-Pound Black Bear. Warren, Pa.?Willie Hackenschmidr. fifteen, of Salmon creek, came to towiLJ the other day with a 250-pound blacfcbear on his farm wagon. x "I couldn't have got him if it hadn't been for father's pigs," he explained. "I was out in the woods after rabb!ts when I heard one of the pigs squeal. I ran toward the sound and when I got t.iere a big black bear had one of the little squealers in his paws. The others were crazy. They were pawinf the bear all over. He dropped the pig. ard carted to run when he saw m* +h* rtlTs Tu>M him nntil I conl(t get close enoagb to give him. both bar* mJit n