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VOLUME LY? 5FTTBE8 2* % HEWBERKY, S, Cn TUESDAY, APRIL 1, l*lt. TWICE I WEEK, $U? A YEAB ; ~j < f ---- - ...? ?rAv niTTAn t? lfrmTTv 1 VAfFTri? WILL MAKE WRITE I ^ TO RELIETE JEWS The?sands in Europe Staying- art Helpless. r^For the first time in human history, perhaps, the Jewisfo race i3 be seeching the American peopie foi p* "financial aid. It is a call for $15,000.000 to save 3,000,000 of an ancient people from starvation and the possible extinction of a race which has writ large its name on the scroll oJ the centuries. Of this IHMMJO.OOO, South Carolir. _ ians, irrespective p( race or creed K are asked to contribute $125,000. It H io a tn a for humanity. This -*, w . ^ " non-sectarian campaign, which is indorsed by eminent Protestants and Catholics, will be waged from April 1 to April 9, inclusive, and its proceeds will give sustenance to the starving end raiment to the naked. "Today,'' says Jacob H. Schiff iu an appeal for.the people of his race, "in Poland, in Galicia,.in Lithuania, in Russia, in Palestine and in TurIcev. old men are dying, mothers arc > wandering homeless with 'babies in their arms. Thousands, yes thousands, of little suffering children # whose feet and arms and little faces are swollen are dying from disease. r and from awful hunger. In this blackest tragedy of our race I ask your aid." "This is not only a Jewish move ment, it is a ^uman movement," said Senator Sauls burg of Delaware. "It will clothe where clothing is needed and will feed where feeding is necessary. It will go where the cry of humanity c?lls it It is of human beings, for human beings and by human beings." Preparations for the campaign ^ for Jewish war relief have been prac' tic&lly completed by ^August Kohn of Columbia, State chairman, and X. A. Protzman, State director, with Montague Triest of Charleston as St^te vice chairman. The advisory boarconsists of Jewish rabbis from Charleston and Columbia. They are iRabli J. S. Raisin, Rabbi J. J. Simonhoff, Rabbi Juliuis Cohen and Rabbi P. IMeyerovitz all of Charleston, and Rabbi David Karesh of Columbia. The district chairmen, who have built up powerful county organizations, are (lffrnitacrue Triest. Charleston; Isaac C. Strauss, S-umter; Max Fass, Dillon; > (Morton Visanska. Columbia; M. S. Polier, Aiken; Harry L. Watson, Greenwood; Harry Geisberg, Anderson; David Kohn, Greenville: J. Cohen, Union; L. L. Block, -Camden, and Dr. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill. A mass of literature has been sent out from the central headquarters in UOMimDia to me vanuue wumy uuuo and this has been distributed effectively in the various counties preparatory to the "drive." The State chairman and the '?.tate director are very ,/nruch pleased with the results so far achieved and particularly with the hearty and spontaneous cooperation they have received from their Gentile friends. * iU. Tflte money raise a in uie umic-a State will be distributed by the joint disri'bution committee of the American funds for Jewish war sufferers, of which Felix M. Warburg is chairman. Through the cooperation of the department of state at Washington the money will he sent direct to rep resentative of the committee in Europe, who will see that it is put to the "best advantage and wisely and properly administered in communities where aid is needed. Unless relief is vouchsafed from America, thousands upon thousands of the Jewish race, -sufferers from the world war with which they had nothing to do in bringing it on, in Poland, Galicia, Litbunia, in the new states of -Czecbo-Slovakia ana Jugoslavia and in western Russia will perish. An apt illsutration as to the suffering of tihe Jewish people, particularly defenseless little children, i? given by an eye witness as follows: "Dr. Goldflamm of Warsaw tells me upon the authority of his medical reputation that in his clinic during: the past year there has not been a Jewish child up to four years of a^re wTio could walk. Some of the children have forgotten, have unlearned fcow to walk. They have become ra ?hitic from under nourishment, from being fed once a day this warm pota' to soi'p and this hunk of bread." In his recent proclamation calling on the people of South Carolina in 1 . the name of humanity to subscribe t"> Jewish war relief, ?Gov. Robert A L; fonnpp said: "The Jews have*subsisted in the] hope of a better day. The dawn of 1 that day is at hand, for the rights of the smaller people have been written ' into international ethics. But the Jews of Europe can not see nor attain the ; goal if they are to be left starving and in rags. Their plight in Poland '! is Ditiable. as it is in other parts of i 1 ' I . | old Russia; neither do those residing fin old Austria-Hungary enjoy full op portunity." ' 1 " ; | Singer-Soldier Back. { I i . f ' i Tlie State, 27th. ; Lieut. R. E. Allen, formerly teacher j jof voice at Chicora college, and for j 1, the last year a soldier in France, re ; I turned to America last week and after j . I visiting his family in Greenville is ex. i nentfid in Columbia today to be ths : guest of Dr and Mrs. H. H. Bellaniann on Branding stre?t. Dr. Bella ' mann. who valued Mr. Allen both fnr his finished baritone voice and his success as a teacher, hopes immediately to attach him to the faculty again and hold him at least until the end of the year. Before volunteering for military servicc, -Mr. Allen had entered the ranks of professional mu : sicians in New York ana was quiCKiy j establishing himself. He went over as a private with a unit from the Roosevelt Hospital, New York, Qnd was afterwards commissioned as a first lieutenant and given the important office of food inspector for all the base hospitals in Eastern France. | A number of warm friends in Columbia will give him a cordial wel VVU4V. i * JEWISH RELIEF CAMPAIGN APRIL 7th, 8th, AND 9th. i * I ! The allotment for Newberry county j ir> $3,000. The campaign will cover; . three days. Following are the committees and! all members are urgently asked to: attend a meeting in the court house, Sunday afternoon, April 6, at 5:00 ! o'clock: | Executive Committee:? George B.I Cromer, chairman; 13. J. Derrick, W H. Hunt, O. Klettner, L?. Mcrri; , Geo. jw. Summer, Z. F. Wright. Treasurer:?C. iM. Wilson. Publication Chairman:?F. N. -Mar tin. j Campaign Committees:? Towns'n , i 1 Ponfoinc ixr.+li- mithf>ritvi I ? , vai;uuud, vu.vu <>i.vu ? ? . | upon conference with the cliairman of the executive committee to appoint j : a team of four. j Bast of Town, R. T. Caldwell; West! m T TT Worrl 1 ! { OI 1U WX1) U, XIi ui 9 ??i*t u j iC. G. Blease; Ward 2, f' A. Burtonf[ 'Ward 3, T. Roy Summed; Ward 4. h\\ :R. Hunter; Ward 5, J. M. Davis-. ; Committee colored citizens:?T. A.: Williams, H. 0. Reese, U. S. Gallman. I j Township 2:?T. W. Keitt, Wilson! ic Ilrovro, Jr., C, S. Suber. ' TIT Tft i 1 zownsmp u. ivuiucuuiv.; , W. B. Whitney, Watt Henderson. | Whitmire:?M. E. Abrams, W. M.1 Sherrard, W. J. Duncan. i Township 4, outside Whitmire:?0 j ; M. Folk, C. C. Cromer, T. S. Carlisle 1 I * * Township 5:?M. B. Chalmers, Joe i jw. Epting, Dr. J. W. Folk, j Township 6:?Dr. W. D. Senn, R 1 G. Smith, V. C. Wilson. i Township 7:?Dr. w. (J. tionoway, i ', A. P. Coleman, B. W. Watkins. j Township 8:?H. L. Eouhvare, 0. j W. Long, E. Lee Hayes. I Township 9:?J. D. Qu&ttlebaum.1 , Tom Stockman, Thompson Hunter. j j Little Mountain:??. W. Young, W.; j B. Shealy, J. K. Derrick. i Township I'D:?T. J. Wilson, W. B. 'iBoinest, M. L. Strauss. 1 Township ID:?Dr. Z. \T. Pfcnner, J. P. Setzler, J. L. Crooks. i Death of Miss Adeline Noble, Miss Adeline Noble died at the > home of Mrs. Alice Goggans on Sun day afternoon at 3 o'clock, aged abo it ! 80 years. She is survived by (Mr. j . Joseph Noble, a brother, and several? 11 other relatives. She was a member j of Colony Luuieran churrh and was ! i Kun'ori ot tVia fomptprv nrlioininer the ; I J l/UX i^u Ut Vil V- x vtttv vv j ? - jchurch on Monday afternoon at 4:00 j o'clock, the service bein? conducted ; "by her pastor, the Rev. L,. P. Boland, ' QUESTIONS YOU WILL ASK ABOUT GOVERNMENT INSURANCE. (Retain this article for your own information.) aMjr OBTerted Policy." 1. What does conversion mean: A us. It simply means that you can change your present government policy into another kind?Real Life Insurance. 2. When can I make this change? Ana. In a few weeks and up to five years after peace is declared. 3. After I have converted my policy, will it be carried by a private company? A *?< V7* '"P'ha (rnvommpnt ?<s in the insurance business for you if you will continue to pay your premiums. 4. "When is it advisable for me to convert my policy? Ans. On your converted policy you nav tJift rate for the a^e which you have reached at the time you convert. Hence the sooner yon convert the lower Ihe rate on your premirm for the policy. The best advice is to convert immediately upon receiving from the government a notice statins? that conversion is possible. 5. Do I get credit on my converted policy for the premiums which I paJd on my original policy? Ars. No. You bought protection with those premiums and you have received that protection. 6. Must I para a physical examination in order to convert my policy? Ans. No. Any soldier or sailor who continues to pay his premiums- may convert nts policy irrespective 01 m;> physical condition and irrespective of the work in which he is engaged at the time of conversion. The on<y physical examination which you will ever have to pa?? in the future is the one mentioned in re.^aid to reinstatement of your policy if it hasHapsert due to your failure to pay premiums 7. To wbat forms will I be allowed to convert my policy? Ans. There are six kinds: * v 1. Annual Premium Policy. 2. 20 Pay Life Policy. 3. 30 Pav Life Policy. 4. 2-0-Year Endowment. 5. 1 30-Year Endowment. 6. Endowment maturing at age of 62. 8. Will the rate on my converted policy be higher than the rates on my present policy, if so, why?. Ans. They will be higher because you purchase a policy which has more ir? if { a 1TC 1 n lr?'nn jjiiviicgca HI It I. Xj. VOiDU *O.IUC7, 1U4U1 value, paid-up, and extended insurance rates. But these rates, namely rates on converted policies, will he from 25 to 35 per cent lower than the rates for similar .policies in private companies. The reason that the government is able to sell you this insurance cheaper than the private companies is that it bears the entire expense of running the business and gives you the benefit of the net cost cf the insurance. 9. What are (1) loan values, (2) cash values, (3) paid-up. and (4) extended insurance rights? Ans. (1) A loan value means that the insured has the right to secure from the government a loan on the security of his policy. He may se~ cure this loan at any time after hi5 policy has been in force for one year: provided premiums have been paid up to date. But the amount that he borrows from the government bears interest at the rate of 6 per cent. The amount which he can borrow is stated, in the policy. (2) Cash value means that the insured has the right to surrender his policy to the government and receive in return a certain amount of money known as the "casth value." (3.) A paid-up policy means that the insured may at any time surrender the policy which he is carrying, fn T\A-?r nromillm^? on/I in VVCLOV tu paj pi ^.UliUUiO UUU ^ iU exchange a policy for a lower amount but on which toe will pay no more premiums. (4.) Extended insurance mean3 that if the insured pays his insurance after he has converted it, he will be insured for a certain specified i i> *V ? #..11 fliA in. pt?riUQ 1UI Lilt? iuii amvruiit ui uulo *iasurance; and if he dies within that limited time the policy will be pay able to his beneficiary. 10. Will the converted policies #he so-called "participating" po'icies- on whi-'h dividends will he paid? An3. Yes. Converted policies wHl participate in dividends "trom ui gains and savings as may be deter mined and apportioned." Such div idends "may be taken in cash or lef on deposit to accumulate at inter est." 11. Will it be possible to continu a part of a man's insurance on th< present form and convert the re mainder? An3. Yes. If you have not mone: enough to pay the converted rate on the full amount of your policy convert part of it and continue th< rest on the present plan. Do no lapse any of it under any circum stances. Keep full $10,000 protectioi if you possibly can. SOUS OF THE THIRTIETH. I ' 1 A crown of lore to you, we welcomi home: A wreath of tears for those who hav< not come / I |To speak a classic to (jur brave, com* forth. Triumvir from thy grave! .Out of thy yard at Trinity, dear Tim I rod, come and sing for me! i | Joy-opened are our gates, dear Sons | Freeh from a continent of guns, Out of the thunder of tne East, w? i welcome you to home's love-feast! I PaJ^netto flag above its wing, a pihan | torn ship is following, jThat bears the souls'of those whc | oled on the oray desert of the dead . Deep in the grandeur of her blue, Car olina cheers for them and you, Sin*s of the hreed of tM^rion, whc star her golden parthenon. \ f , : Yofar work is done! The long, red I night melts in the crucible of light; From floats of peace, by Glory drawn 1 you Wow the trumpets of the dawn j Truth-clear from height of history | you heard the <luty-call of Lee; The Mars-flashed soul of Jacksoi came, and led you through the bat i ii- . jj | uc-uarn.. To save mankind, and build agair I Faith's temple in the hearts of men ' On trembling Fate's vermillion marg< i the crystal coung? of your charge! i War's death-Md parapet you won and forced the homage of the Hua; You broke and threw a4? frazzled lint beyond the castles of the Rhine. Against the hordes of tyranny* were massed the ranks of liberty, And on the God-forged blade of Right ! you bear the broken crown of might Between us and the jungle's den, you i marched as Freedom's supermen; Faith-armored, and with granite face you slew the leopards of the race ? Unflinching, stood the acid test ol J Valor with the hero's best; ; Invincible, you challenged death, im i mortals 01 tne lmruem: 1 ['Uplifted hands the torches hold; some | wave your sleeves. :some limp in j gold. ! In facet of your smallest scar the | God-cut diamond of a star! The world acclaims! You kept it free with Hampton blood and chivalry; ' * ??~ * ui.ti-i f1or?ick clivino t'np i .".n OJS iiiu coi in, iki nuiiiw ui. .^, I lightning of }'our leaping line. We welcome you, 0 glorious Band* | back to liie temples of your land: The very .stones beneath your feel I grow eloquent and lyric-sweet. K i | Come with your gun and bayonet a gleaming, and your great hearts sei To music from Che love-sweet mouf] of woman in the kneeling South J ! March in vout glory down our street? brave lads who never knew retreat; Give (us the echo of your yell, whcr Europe shook and empires fell J fell! "To arms! to arms'" proud fathers cry, you who were not afraid to di< For honor, home and helpless onesto mothers' arms immortal sons! Prosperity. Joseph Lee May. Newberry college beat Camp Jack r.on r1 bi<?e ball here Friday after roov - > o. and Jarkson has a cracl tea*- rrah for Newberry. # e K.V3. mira. r?, TO SPEAK [\ COLUMBIA. Columbia, >March 28.?Farmers met . in every county in South Carolina today for the purpose of electing 3 delegates to the big State-wide cotb ton acreage reduction rally to be held -lin Columbia next Tuesdav. Ten dele I ? - gates will be elected from each / county. i Congressman J. Thomas Heflin, of t Alabama, and W. B. Thompson of q New Orleans, who are to be the print cdpal speakers at the big meeting - will arrive in Columbia next Monday ! night. The meeting will begin at 12 o'clock noon, Tuesday and will *?e held in Craven Hall. It had been originally planned to hold the meetin z in the hall of the house of renre ( w 3 sentatives, but the indications point | to such a large crowd being present ?i that it will be held in Craven Hall ; instead. Ilot After Got. Allen. ? "The farmers of the South are certainly going after Gov. Allen of _ i Kansas," said Chairman Wannaj maker of the central committee toi day. "Every mail brings a flood of I' letters from farmers in all of the States of the cotton belt saying that ( >1 the attack made by the Kansas exe! cutive had made tbem more determined than ever to make the rediac. tian movement succeed. 'Many who were originally lukewarm on the , movement have become ardent sup porters of it because of Gov. Allen's outburst. I believe that nothing that .1 has happened during the present j campaign has done more to stimulate , the movement than this unjust criticism of the Southern farmer for legit* imately trying to save himself from I bankruptcy." All States In Line. t It was said at the headquarters of the central committee today that all were in line in the reduction f movement. I "The campaign to cut acreage in i tfc*s Slate is meeting with remarkable - success, especially in heavy cotton j, counties, and we will have at least ! a -0 per cent reduction in acreage t; and around 35 to 45 per cent rei duction in fertilizer," said O D. Or' i 5 rell. chairman of the executive eom1 . mittee of the North Carolina Cotton ! A ssooiation in a letter to the South # Carolina association. ; : Letters received from Georgia, Mis> usia^ippi, Texas and Louiisians indi i cate that the reduction in each of j these States will be at least 50 per > cent. * A VOLUNTEER. Keowee Courier. L Sergt. Jack Alexander, son of , Sheriff and Mrs. TV. Mj. Alexander, enlisted for service in Uncle Sam's army when he was but a "kid," so as ; to speak. He ran away from home ; in order to make his oarly debut into array life, enlisting under an assumed ,1 rame. This at the dge of about 13, ' - - J ! though he had every appearance 01 being as old as he said he was, which , was, of course, just in the age reL quirement for peacet-ime enlistment. And Jack took unto himself a new . rame in order to keep knowledsre of j ; his whereabout from hfs parents as j ' long as possible, for he opined very . correctly that his parents would be wanting him at home even more than > Uncle Sam was, anxious ^ for likely ' chaps in the Service. Put he wa s finally located, and the militfy au * ~ T /?!. Uri J lio V Luorii ICS, JUt'i -lai-iv uau tua ti fgood dose o* "soldiering," and upon lithe showing made as to his age, etc., < released him. i ! But things wore too quiet for Jack -i'back home." and when there was ; i war in the air in the direction of | ^ t the Mexican border, and rumors of war in other directions, he could not stand it any longer, and 'back to the , army he went, post haste, and volun; teered. He was sent to Camp t?*ustis, i V<a.. for training, and while there he noticed a little poem entitled "Why Didn't I Wait to be Drafted?" It appealed to him in a way, and he ap} pended an "Answer." Below we re? produce both the original verses and - Jack's "answer:" I Why Didn't I Walt to he Drafted? | Why didn't I wait to be drafted. - And be led to a train by a band, - And p"t in a claim for exemption ? ; 0\ w^v d:d I hold up my hand? '"Why didn't I wait to he cheered <1VX1VC|? Deputy Collectors Hunter and Lewis will be at .Newberry on March 31?t, April 1st and 2nd (court house) Prosperity on April 3rd, Whitmire oa April 4th and 5th, for the purpose of giving information to corporation officials in regard to income tax returns of corporations, which returns rnustt ire m llic uiuvo ui iuc wuovivi not later than (May 1st. The Calvin Crosier Chapter WiH meet with. Mrs. Pawl Anderson, Mrs. Duncan Johnson, and Mrs. L. G. Eskridge at the home of 'Mrs. Eskridge, Tuesday afternoon, April l, at | 4:30 o'clock. Miss Rosalyn Hipp, : Mrs. Robt. Holmes, Pres. ! Secy. i Trinity Auxiliary Red Cross j The Red Cross members of the : Trinity auxiliary will serve ice : cream at the Trinity school house | on next Friday evening beginning at 18 o'clock. This auxiliary is support' ing a French orphan and the purpose of this entertainment is to raise money for this purpose. The friends are invited to attend and enjoy a pleasant evening and help a good cause. Newberry contains many people ?? < Hi. who practice wrnt tney proacn wim smiles. . See "Smiles" at the open house Thursday. At that time will also be shown the first episode of "The Master Mystery." Large crowds love a mystery play. As the next jiwill be a master stroke the stream going out will be met by the streams coming in. i __ | A3 the crowds stood eagerly ry? i For the drafted men get all the credit, j While I only volunteered. i . * Xobody gave me a big banquet, And nobody gave me a kind word-The.grind of the wheels of the engine j V/as the only soocl-bye I hoard. I Then off to camp I was hustled, I To be trained for the next half year, I __ And then in the shuffling forgotten? I was only a volunteer. And maybe some d?y in the future When my little boy sits on my knoe. And asks me what I did in the conflict And his little eyes look up at me, I will have to look back as I'm blushing, To the eyes that so trustingly peer, And tell him I missed being drafted T was only a volunteer Answer. Why didn't you wait to be drafted? The answer is simple enough: You need no 'brass band to lead you. You are made of the right kind of OLUU. I Your banquet will come when it's over And that's when you^^want to be cheered; And then you will know you deserved it Because you volunteered. Don't get discouraged so quickly? From what I've seen I've a hunch That out of these millions of soldiers Uncle Sam likes you best of the bunch You don't complain of the duties, Of hardships you have no fear; You lick up your meals with a relish von are a. volunteer. You weren't dragged in "by a, number As tho' you were nothing at all; You didn't go round with a frown on. Afraid that ?our country would call. You didn't buy every paper And scan the draft columns with fear You marched right along with your t head up n ?~ tn.i rnlnnfoaroH OvTUclUJS-t? JVU i uiuiikw. vv.. What if the little draft Willies . Do get a little more praise? Praise will not get the damn kaiser; It's real work we want these days Just keep your eyes on Berlin, hoys; Never mind the bras? hand and cheers The jrlory will g<fto the Heroes? And they'll be the volunteers. Sgt. Jack Alexander, I Supply Co., 45th Art'ly, C. A. C., ' Camp Eustis, Ya.