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| VOLUME LY? NUMBER 50, NEWBERRY, S. C? FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1918. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAB
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b * WHY I SHOriiI> PIT? !
|| * W4F. SAVINGS STAMPS. ;
(Written V?y 'Miss Floss-ie Spray.)* J
Thp rsrol ^reat and insor-ant res-!
Iscn "Why f Should Buy Tlirifr. Stamp-' J
is that o ir country rrust win the war, j
and to win the war it must have the ,
support o?. its people. This is the
biggest job America has e*? er faced, or j
i is ever likely to face. It is a job
sr> hi? that none of us has ever walked
1 around and measured it. We are just
? beginning to understand what it
V mean? to go to war in the modern
sense and what it m3ans to prepare
America for war. I must stand by.
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my government and help to push for- !
ward the splendid plans which :t ha.;
decided upon and which must be carried
out before the victory our*
Xo sacrifices of blood, of treasure, of
comforts, have been too mvch for the
L brave men ani women of those coun
tries wh: fc for four ye?.rs have boms
llj. the blunt of German hate, crime and
cruelty. I know that they will go on
11 to the bitte- end. They will make*
every sacrifice that is possible for
them to make before they will quit.
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rTneir sons nave ueen mu^u ^ <-?*millions.
Their homes are destroyed;
they are either tearing the cruelty of
the Germans or have given their lives
for the just cause of liberty.
Just a? there are three things I can
do with a dollar, there are only thre*
m, things I can do either for or against
government. I can hoard my doi$P
lar, I can spend it. or I can invest it.
IB If I hoard my dollar it is a drag on
J my community, just as an idle man is
F a drag on a community. 'But there
is something worse than a slacker,
which is a traitor or the one that
spends his or her money for unnecessary
things. A. slacker is not doing
anything actively to defeat the na__
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tion's purpose. But a dollar that I
spend needlessly, a dollars that em
ploys labor or consumes materia!
which the government needs is an !
^ ally of the enemy. When we buy
^ things that are unnecessary we are
I post-ponma: the day that these ship^ i
which we are to help win the
war will be ready and manned;
that they will begin to take j
any great number of our men to the |
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fields of France. And it is only when
they are ready for service that we
shall begin to hear from this struggle.
So it is necessary for me to be either
a slacker, a traitor or a patriotic citizen.
The time has come when I
must decide which I will do. The
time has come, when T must either
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government and democracy or T must
face the dav when I shall see my fak
ther and brothers killed in vain, and
my country entriely overrun and ruinp
ed. The crisis has come and I must
f buy Thrift Stamps, since I am not
able to buy Liberty bonds, or since
I have not bought all the bonds that
T chnnlri
I should buy the stamns "because
it is my part to help equip the army
| and navy, and *0 protect the lives
, of our lads in khaki This means f j
must buy. buy and keep on buying
L Thrift Stamps. Our government is
^ a democracy, and never '"before wa?
it so clear that the responsibilities of
citizenship come drectly to us and
demand of us sacrifice: demand of uj?
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that we co handle our personal affairs i
that we not s?e* in the way of th* {
govemmert, but t^e other hani
that we might help. If it is asking
too much of our soldiers to pledge
their lives, ft certainly is not askrhs*
too much of T.e +o T>>pdse to sav-3.
Unless every man. woman and child
of this country responds to the demands
of war cheerfully, generously
and proudly, the war must be prolonged
ard ^e will fail and democmiicri
-lia Sn far. our losses
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have been small indeed. 'But since
I have been spared the horrors that
France and Belgium have withstood
for me. I should willingly give up
my unnecessary luxuries. If I only
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consider uuw uiuv? ~
have borne for rne I not only would
be willing to give up luxuries but
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I would gladly give up some neces
????* Kv-Arv lava! American, ever:
man. woman and child who is sincer
in his or her patriotism, will sig:
the pledge to save and to invest a
much of the savings as possible ?i
Thrift Stamps.
'Mere money means little. That i
if I hoard it or fail to -lend it to m;
government to help maintaain ou
boys in "khaki. But it means :nuc]
in defeating the kaiser, it must d
by my willingness to do without tha
the victory will be won.
Yet my doing without not only wil
help the uovernment, but it is goin(
to teach thrift to me and to America
We have needed this leson desperate
ly. We have not stood up very we
under that hardest test of al-i?pros
perity. We have become careless
we have become a spend-thrift people
Our nation does not compare, ac.
cording to population, with those o
much poorer countries . Sweden ha
five times as much saving per capit;
as we have in this country. So ha
Switzerland. But it is thought tha
we shall see thirty million holder
of these certificates. Can you real
ize what it will mean for us. It wil
mean that there will be thirty millioi
better voters: better citizens. If w
really teach the great lesson o
thrift by these little stamps, if w
build character anrl make women an'
men that we shall be .proud of?thei
I think we shall have gone a Ion;
way towards recompensing ourselve
for the whole money cost of the waif
we do not accept the lesson?if w
do not accept the personal responsi
bilities?we are going to lose the war
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It is not won. it is going iu ue ?
good many months before it is woi
by a military decision. We must pre
pare for it. We must help equip th
army and navy- We must help ou
allies, who have borne the blunt c
the eOrman cruelty for four years
and to do this we must save. I sa;
we. because the lesson of thrift mus
be taught to all. If we fail to lean
this lesson, we iaii 10 wm tut? \*<u.
I should buy Thrift Stamps becaus
no matter how poor I am I am abl
1 to buy at least a five dollar one.
might say "O, I can help some othe
way." But I must not say this, al
though I know there are other way
I can help if I am a<ble to give fift;
dollars or more. The poorest laborer
of my country can <jive at least 2
cents a week for thrift stamp
where we could not meet the pay
ments of Liberty bonds. And evej
if we could buy Liberty bonds ther
is the fifteen or twenty years whicl
we must wait before the governmen
pays us back. Whereas, if I shouli
invest this in Thrift Stamps I woul;
only ibe compelled to wait five year
or until 1923. By buying Thrif
Stamps I can help my government
"rv.ntvin). t qtyi tl-ia riphost r?r tho T>OOr
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est citizen of the United States.
Then I should buy Thrift Stamp
because I am only lending it to m;
government, which portects me ii
every way. I owe it as a free gif
Yet the government is only askinj
me to lend it, and not only do the;
pay my money back but they also pa'
me interest just as banks would dc
It is the least I can do to stand be
hind the boys in the trenches. Ther
is not the slightest reason why
should not buy. We send our ibroth
ers to the f,-ont. Do we not wan
them equipped? Do we not want a
many as possible to return? Do w
not want to give them all the pro
tection that complete equipment cai
give? Well, then we must not tamp
er with t?ie equipment or me army
but must buy Thrift Stamps and heir
We could not say that we are no
awake (because we are awake. W
know there is a war, but the thin;
is so bi? we do not comprehend it
Just as we do not know or understan'
a billion dollars, we are asleep, si
far as we understand how o-iganti
the task Ls
.
I want to appeal to you and to a]
Americans. Never, during: the pro
gress of this war let us forget th
high and holy mission with which w
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i entered the war, 110 matter wnat tn
cost, no matter what the temptaion.
! Let v.* bring out of this war til
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(Written by Thomas Hubert Watson)
All over the country real patriots
are buying war savings stamps, yetthere
are many who still ask the
' question, why should I buy war,
savings stamps. Instead of asking
f this question they should be saying
j I should buy and I will buy war
savings stamps because it is my
| duty. My duty to whom? First, to ray
j country. Although my country has
asked me to buy Liberty bonds and
| I have bought, although it has asked
| me to give my brother or son and I
I have given, still in the same cause
i it asks me to "buy War Savings
J Stamps and T should buy them. My
country is in a time of great pern
and in a time when everything counts
no matter how small, and if it sees
I lit f> ask me to buy war savings
! stamps, then T. as a loyal citizen,
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| must buy them. It is a good saying
; that a chain is as good as its weaki
est link and since our government
! has made war savings stamps a link
; in its war chain, then I should do
I my best to make this link as strong
j as possible. Then too, I ^hould think
j of the call to buy war avings stamps.
If my country called me to fio-ht and
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I was able to do so, would I refuse9
i So. for what wo did I be then? A
| slacker, the most abhorred person in
'i Aineriia t d-y. Yet in the true sens-i
I of the word, I am just as much a
[slacker if I refuse to buy war sav1
r no t om if t rpfuse to
i; ings sia;ui;o i ????. - ?
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| Again there is mv duty to our
- troops. I should be worse than a
,[ murderer if I should not do my par*
;j to back up the men. my-fellow citizens
I who have offered their lives to pro|
tect their country and me. This war
, will depend largely on the equipment
of the two armies. It would be mere
; 'butchery to send our brave soldiers
out to fight without the necessary
. equipment. This equipment take.>
' great sums of money, and it is up to
' the citizens of the Uuitfted States t^
I supply this money, and I, as a citizen
. must do my share. Equipment take^
| not only money, hut also material.
; If I keep wasting materials which
II are needed for the equipment of our
J army it will soon be impossible to
! equip* them. Therefore I should do
11 without every unnecessary thing and
with the money saved buy war sav.
, ings stamps. In this way I would b*
serving a double purpose For when
I ibought war savings stamps, it would
| mean not only money given but also
J AnntVior crroaf factor
materieli savcu.
in this war is the spirit of the soldiers.
And we learn from those who
have had experience at the front that
nothing renews the spirit of the soldiers
in the trenches so much as to
hear that we are backing them up to
the last dollar and to the last man.
War savings stamps present a eoua
' chance for everybody to show where
he stands. And in order that the report
of the purchase of war savings
stamps nry cheer our boys I must
do my bit by 'buying war savings
stamps. Still another duty is my
I duty to my state. Already our state
has been numbered among those who
i, have failed to respond heartily to
the call to buy war savings stamps.
Tf f hold my state at al! dear. I should
j help to lift her up and restore her
I to her place of honor.
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' Aside from these duties, 'here arc
personal gains, numerous and great,
which call me to buy war savings
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i SWIHIIS, : 1 i wi-u i" u?
r must save, for according to fames
7. Hill. "The test of success is the
ability to save." War savings stamps
present an easy method for saving,
for no matter what amount of money
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j flag cf our country as untarnished as
| it goes in. sanctified and consecrated
I to the establishment of Liberty for
i all men who dwell on the face of the
I earth. And let us deny ourselves oi
the unnecessary luxuries that we
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,'j support:'
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JUNE 28th
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, NEWBERRY'S APPORTIONMENT
W. S. S. IS $340,000
Newberry's apportionment for the
purchase of War Savings Stamps is
$340,000 and it has been apportioned
among the townships as follows:
I Township No. 1 $160,000
Township Xo. 2 12,000
Township <Xo. 3 6,000
Township Xo. 4 30,000
ToVnship Xo. 5 12,000
Township Xo 15,000
! Township 'Xo. 7 22,000
Township Xo. 8 8,000
Township Xo. 9 50,000
Township Xo. 10 10,000
Townshiw Xo. 11 15,000
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Death of Mr. Richard Burton.
Again has a happy home circle been
; broken and a loved member taken,
| and the sorely bereaved ones hava
j the loving sympathy of many friends.
| Mr. Richard L. Burton, son of Mr.
! James A. Burton of Newberry, died
' on Tuesday morning at 4 o'clock at
the Postgraduate hospital in New
York, where he was carried for sur
i giuai u eauiieui IUI uiuin luuiui uvj
! months ago. His father and sister.
Miss Bess Burton, went with him to
the hospital, his sister remaining
with him. his father coming home
but returning to New York last Friday.
The body arrived here Thursday
morniino- on the J:44 C., N. & L. trail
and was carried to Mr. Burton's residence
to await burial. The funeral
service was held at the house Thurs/4
m* o ff A??ri AAr? o ^ aVIa^L' Drl
ua> aitci ul\SISU ciL u \j vivv^tv, ^yiiuuvuuu
by the Rev. E. iV. Bab'o. The following
were the pallbearers: Active?
Walter B. Wallace, Jno. A. Peterson,
Thos. K. Johnson, W. B. Thornton,
y~* nMrrte!'. rr-bsr* Pool. Herman
; Wright. John Robertson. Honorary?
H. B. Wells, W. J. Switten^erg. J. J.
Longford, ]no. B. Mayes, Taz Senn,
; Robert IM. Lominack, J. L. Bussy.
i Richard Burton was a young unmarried
man. not quite 28 years old.
He was a very active member of the
i community, ore of the leaders in the
fire' company, to which he gave much
attention and in which he tcok great
"lmerest, as wen as in uuiei ways
; working for the progress of the com!
munitv. He had a very large circie
J of friends who will miss him from
I the busy life of Newberry as lie wa?
; always ready to do his part and could
1 be depended on in any emergency.
! The heart of his home town went
; w;th him when he was carried to the
i us-*r*-r\i ,KTT Viio fatlipr and
sister and his faithful nhysician. Dr.
f. K. Gilder, and while he was lingering
there between life and death the
sympathy of the entire community
never wavered in its affectionate
anxiety.
Besides a father the deceased is
survived 'by four sisters?Mrs.C. A.
Renneker of Orangeburg r .d Misses
Bess. Margaret and Gocde Burton of
Newberry?and by one brotuer, .Tas.
A. Burton. .Jr.v now wun me aiuchmu
Expeditionary Forces in France, and
also bv other near and dear relatives..
There will he a meeting of the
Kind's. Daughters ?t the A. R. P.
church Friday afternoon at 6 o'clock.
you have, from 2*c to $1,000, you can
invest in war savings stamps. Again
I it doe* away with the reply that I
am not able to buy, for I would 02
ashamed to admit th^t I was not ab'e
to buy a 2">e thrift star. p. Also if !
thought that r was hnrd pushed and
should not be asiked to buy war savings
stamps r should also think of
the fart that I could be much harder
nitsbed if old Kaiser Bill got a chance
ta rir> thp mishin<r. Then too besides
beinsr tn'icrht a lesso-i of thrift, T
v.*o:ilrt receive interest on my money
at the rate of four per cent compounded
quarterly. Then too. I have
the satisfaction of knowing that I can
sref my money with the interest at
any time I need it. Whereas if it
[were tied up in some other 'business
this would not be always possible.
Then too, T often catch myself
saying, ! Gee' how I wish I could get
a chance to lick the kaiser." But
no- * I think I will -ake my spite out
in riV-fting war savings stamps.