The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, June 27, 1918, Page Page Four, Image 4
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Dillon, 8. June 37, 1918.
-THK ARMY.
When we were hauled into the
war by the arrogance, aggression
and unlimited gall of the Potsdamania
crowd we had the smallest little
army of any great nation on earth.
The army was so small that even the
Mexicans thought they could lick it.
But leBs than a month after we
entered the war part of that little
army was on its way "over there."
And in two months we had passed
the draft law. calling upon ablebodied
citizens within the age limit
to hearken to the call of war.
And within one year after the first
American left for Prance we have
a large army on the western front,
ft is now in the neighborhood cf 1,000,000
men.
During the first ten days of May
alone the troop movement overseas
was 90,000; the remainder of the
month it was more than 100,000. In
other word9, in May alone around j
200,000 men were sent overseas. j
And this pace, we may feel sure, j
i? iu uf connnuea, Decause we are
beginning to strike our stride.
In fact, about half our entire;
army is already overseas. On June 1 |
we had 1,889,894 men and 148,328 j
officers in the service, a total of 2,-|
038,2.22. Of these, as stated, about
a million are across leaving a little
more than a million in cantonments
and camps on this side. It may be
taken for granted, therefore that
our canteiunents and camps have a
continuous capacity to handle, 1,000,-1
000 mgn, and that no matter howlarge
our army in France may become,
we will continually be training
a million more on this side and sending
them across whenever ready.
And we have reduced the period
of training to the minimum. We
are turning raw material into finished
soldiers in six months; and the
time is not far distant when our efficient
army officials will be developing
raw recruits into good soldiers
in three months, surpassing anything
in this line any other nation has
ever done.
To keep the record straight, here
are me details or our present army
branches:
Officers Men
Regular army _ ..10,295 504,677
Regular corps.. .^79,038 78,560
National guard 16,906 411,952
National army __ .33,894 510,963
Special duty __ __ 8,193
Drafted in April 150,000
Drafted in May 233,742
Totals __ 148,328 1,889,894
Our reservior of men for the army
is such as to insure a force of at
least 4,000,000 men by next year
without extending th-- a*,e limitations
of the draft. In other words.
wo have at least that number on
hand in the best years of life for
strefnuous army work. Of course,
millions more would lie neoded for
other than active trench work.
Itegistration of the younn men who
have become of age since last June
ulonu insures 750,000 more to those
we had registered. In June. 1010,
there will be another 750,000 of age
the best age for army life.
As a matter of fact, if we use all
men within th draft limitations who
are physically fit w# will easily hare
to army of more than <,000,000 and
all authorities agree that this is a
greater number than .will be necessary
to put the pinchers on the kaiser.
This article, however, is not about
what we can do. but what we have
done.
England waited two years before
resorting to the draft; we did not
wait at all.
We hove inaugurated the greatest
.soldiers' insurance system In the
I world, thus adequately providing for
i the needs of the dependents of kill!ed
or maimed warriors.
In spite of the draft, 900 men a
day are volunteering ? and this
amounts to a good deal in a month or
a year.
The average who have "gone
over" since last December numbers
95,000 a month, according to Wash
iington information; but the number
I has increased monthly until now,
as previously stated, the 200,000
maik has been reached and is being
passed.
By the end of the year there will
be more; than 2,000,000 Americans
In France.
OUR WAR EXPENDITURES.
If we had gone into this war in
a lukewarm fashion we would most
certainly have kept a tighter grip
jon our purse-strings. But we were
confronted with a great crisis in the
human race in which mere money
counted for little.
We realized this at onoe and no
, attempt has be^n made to be par;
simonious.
The battle against Germany has
cost us $14,000,000,000 to date, including
approximately $8,000,000,-!
000 loaned the Allies. The cost is
mounting at the rate of $65,000,000
daily. Compare this with the
civil war, which created a sensation
when it reached a cost of $1,000,000
a day. But this war is about 65 times
as terrible as the civil war and therefore
costs 65 times as much!
In the middle of May?when financial
'reports were last made public
we had loaned our seven associates
in the war $7,063,800,000 or
about half of what the war had cost
us up to that time. We are loaning
unstintingly right along, carrying
their burdens as well as our own.
To do this we have floated thrtvj i
Liberty loans?and over-subscribed
all. The first was for two billion
dollars, the second for more than |
four billion, and the third for more
than four billion. Exact subscriptions j
were: First, $3,025,226,850; second, (
$4,617,532,300; third, $4,150,000 l
000. There were from 15 to 20 1
million subscribers to the third loan. 1
In addition to this, we are floating '
2 2 00ft ft 00 ft ft ft "f '
? WWfwv V? nut at&viugs
stamps by the end of the year.
This doesn't look as if we were 5
sleeping financially! I
All our war revenues do not come t
from loans, however, as those who ?
pay war taxes realize. President Wilson
is farthering more war revenue (
legislation, in which a feature will *
be the proposed 80 per cent tax on
excess war profits. This will prac- ?
tically eliminate war profiteering. <
'The tax meets with general approv- 1
| al because very few people believe <
(anyone should be permitted to wax '
| unduly wealthy from the war.
There was something about that
; meeting of the cotton farmers at Collumbia
Monday that one has not
(seen at former meetings of the kind
In the meeting were several hun-i
died strong, resourceful, intelligent 1
! looking men. There was a business
'air about them that did not fail to
| attract attention, and they went about
work before them in a businesslike
manner. There was not so much
| speech-making. Heretofore meetings
of this kind have been talked to
ide.ath, but there was not a single
talk at this meeting that lasted over
ten minutes. Dr. Stackhouse outlined
the plan for acreage reduction
land (trice fixing and then Don Mci
Queen backed up Dr. Stackhouse's '
(resolutions for acreage reduction and I
price-fixing with a ten-minute talk!
on the cotton situation that seemed |
'to touch every man in the audience.1
There were short talks by L. D. Jen-1
, nings and E. VV. Dabbs of Sumter, D.
IJ. Coker of Hartsville, and others
und the resolutions were passed witi.
OUt a (ilsscntini' Tho ~ ? ?
- * ???^ aviv-ttftCi
j reduction plan .seemed to be popular'
[There were men from every section
|of the .state who said it was the
[simplest and plainest and mos.equitable
way of handling the cotton i
situation yet suggested. There were;
metn present who said they were go ,
ing to adopt the plan whether it was
iliac!* compulsory or not?men who
had been in the habit of planting a'
large acreage in cotton and a small j
j acreage in grain The delegates to
he appointed by the State Warehouse
Commissioner will carry the plan to
j tlie New Orleans convention. If the
New Orleans Convention adepts it
the plan will succeed.
A qui Jtag0Mti?k
Mr. Editor: On lMt Sunday I lis- MOi
tened with a (rant deal of , interest H
to the great speeches made by Soli- 1<
citor J. Monroe Spears of Darling
ton, and Mr. L. D. Jennings of Sam- CAS
ter at the school auditorium in Dil- h
Ion. Both of these speeches were all it
that could be desired and were full V
of patriotic thought for all people P1
who erei willing to do their duty and ! 4
help their government in this great,
crisis. ; MOi
I was especially interested in the t<
statement made by Mr. Jennings that a
they had an organisation of one hun-! ii
dred of the very best citisens in, t<
his county who have publicly made . 0
a solemn win to ao everything in; p
their power to help the government n
win the war, that it was not a sec-j tl
ret, that the names of the mep who *1
signed the oath and the oath itself j i>
have been published. He said that 11
the men who took this oath were, c
brave) men. men who had backbone T
and men who were willing to give' *
their lives if necessary for the cause;
for which we are fighting. Mr. Jennings
further stated that these man ( e:
were helping their government in; F
rounding up the slackers and shirk-j A
ers, and that if a man, in their op- 3
inion, was not doing his full duty to, ??j
his country that he was waited on.
and told what the people thought of j
him and that he must do better or' "
that Sumter county was too small I
for him. That this applied to white j ?
and black, rich and poor. He gave loS
one instance of a wealthy man, who j i
only sent in a check for $26 to the | 5
Red Cross. A committee was dele-: d
gated by this organisation to see this 1 j(
man and they told him they expected ( g
$160 from him, and he promptly'
sent them a check for $200.
I think we need just such an or- WA
ganization in Dillon county, for our j a
government is calling upon our b
young men to go into the army, call- g
lng upon us here at home to make R
contributions to the Red Cross, and P
to subscribe for Liberty Lpans and Ii
War Savings Stamps, and these calls ?
will continue to come as long as the pqj
war lasts. Some) of our citizens in 4
Dillon county are responding nobly 4
to these appeals while we have other t
men who are shirking. When this is ei
the case the^ patriotic citizen has not m
only his own load to carry but the g
load of the man who is not doing
his duty.
We are war, Mr. Editor, and the ^OS
sooner, our people realize this fact 3
the better it will be for our county, al
and thank God they are waking up ^
to the fact more and more each day. F
The man who is so stingy and mean L
as to refuse to help his government w
should be made to do it. I am in
favor of just such an organization pOI
as they have in Sumter and other
counties of the state. Our brave boys g<
are leaving their homes to fight for w
us, but I believe the men here behind
are just as brave as those boys,
and if they are, they will see to it HE
that the slacker and shirker does ||
his part or such a sentiment of con- j]
tempt will be directed at him that he II
:an not afford to livq here among II
js and rear his children in such an ||
* i in ins pue re 01 unpopular sentiment. 1
[ believe that the necessity of such |
in organization will appeal to our
aravc^, manly, patriotic men, and I
ell you right now, Mr. Editor, they
ire in the majority in our county.
We have a few men who are not
ioing their part and they will frown
it just such a proposition, but thank
3od they are in the. minority and are
getting more and more so each day.
The man who is doing his duty
loes not mind being told so, but the
nrtan who is notndoing what he can
)bjects to being told what his duty
is. We need a guard here at home.
3o brave men! Coma forward and
let's show our boys who are fighting
Tor us, that we. are backing them.
A CITIZEN.
CKKDITOItS NOTICE.
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate* of J. It. Watson, dej
ceased, notice is given that all persons
indebted to said estate are
hereby requested to make payment
to the undersigned and all persons
holding claims against said estate
are hereby requested to present the
same duly authenticated within the
time provided by the law or this notice
will be plepd in bar of their re-1
covery.
A. B. WATSON,
6-27-41 Administrator.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
The friends of it. Julian Dew announce
his as a candidate for the
House of Representatives, subject to
the rules of the Democratic party.
I oil COMMISSIONER,
i hereby announce myself a candidate
Tor re-election to the office of
County Commissioner from District
No. 2, subject to the rules of the
Democratic party. W. B. GADDY.
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BUSINESS LOCALS. ,
tVKY to loan on Dtllon Conttjr j
Mil Estate at I per oent. Sel- '
>rs ft Moore. Attorneys.?3-1-tf. ^
!H FOR JUNK?It yon want the |
ighest prices for your junk bring
to H. Schwartz, near Brick i
Warehouse, Dillon, S. C. 40 to 75c.
er hundred pounds for scrap iron, i
-25-tf.
SKY TO LOAN?We are prepared
> make loans on Improved farms i
nd city property at six per cent
iterest for a period of from three I
> ten years on amounts from $2,00.00
to $26,000.00, interest
ayable annually. If you owe any
toney we think it is very essential
tiat you make your arrangements
t once as interest rates are advancig.
Conditions are unsettled, and
one or us know what will happen.
om? to see us and let us assist
ou. Gibson ft Muller, Attorneys.?
2-20-tf.
1 SALE?Maxfer Ton Truck Makr,
best attachment for converting
'ord into ton truck. A bargain,
pply to J. D. Gllland. Florence,
. C.?5-30-8t.
it SALE?20 shares of Bank of
>illoh stock at a bargain, accordig
to book value. Jno. Hargrove,
>illon. 6-20-4t.
IT WATCH?O. F., 20 year case.
7 Jewel South Bend Movt. No.
52675; case No. 93.28016. Finer
return to Dave Mitchell, Dil>n,
S. C., and receive reward.?
-202t.
NTED ? To buy good farm,
dapted to growing tobacco, coton
and grain, good road frontage,
ood community, sufficient wood- ,
ind and tenant houses. Name beet
rice and terms In letter. Address
lvestor, care this paper.?6-20-31
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I SALE?30 tons high grade top
resser. The nitrate vessel Redono
was lost off the coat*t of Cuba.
his may rurther reduce the govrnment
nitrates available to farters.
Top dress early. Wade
tackhouse.?6-.27-lt. t
iT?One Goodyear Non-Skid tire,
4x4 on rim. Lost on Saturday
Fternoon, on Marion road beveen
Dillon and Bee Dee Park,
inder will please return to Miss
acey Jackson, Dillon, and get reard.?6-27-tf.
t SALE?One Tyson and Jones
?P buggy, practically new. Will
ill at a bargain. Palmetto Hard- i
are Co.?S-27-lt.
Food Foi
Horse and Muh
Cotton Seed Feed
Feed.
Seed Peanuts, (
Coffee, Rice, Co
Syrup in Barrel
Canned Goods,
Tobacco, Cigars
Many line,
numerous to i
CALL IN Al
Any orden
I appreciate past fa
Yours ve
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| SALE O
| Phenominal Values at Li
to come and buy your su;
9 so, they are being closed
% Vals and Round Thread
K yard. See the big table c
1 Gingham H<
1 at the oi
Children's Gingham Dre
m as they last. Ladies Unit
IM at old prices. Oxfords ar
9 Black and White at 25 )
1 Mens and Boys !
Schloss Bros. Clothes ar
line in men's summer gu
for boys and young mei
that will sell you. Try uf
Tobacc<
200 Pounds Tobacco Twi
in price. You will buy yoi
can get it cheaper here i
to get our price.
If you need hay I have a
right price too.
Progress
A small profit and fast
and let us trade.
You know we hand!
L.
f DILLON, SOU
r Nan An
2 Mixed Feeds, Oat
Meal, Mixed Oain
"aue Seed and Fieli
rn Meal and Grits.
Is and Kegs, also
a very good supply
;, Cigarettes and St
s of goods o
mention in this
WD LET US <
s fully apprecic
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ivors and will thank you for
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Wholesale
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snts Yard S
s Yard I
F LACES I $
ttle Price. It will pay you 9
pply for the next year or W
out. Big stock of 10 cent 9
I at 4 and 1-2 cents per 9
)f Laces at 5 Cents. m
>use Dresses I
Id prices C
sses at old prices as long 9
)n Suits in Maline Gauze
id Pumps for Children in t
per cent reduction. 9
Summer Clothing 1
e Better. We have this (
its and also a nobby line 9
l. We make you a price m
i Twine I
ne bought before the rise ff *
lr twine here because you M
if only you take the time
warehouse full at the M
ive Store I
sales our motto. Come in
e only the best goods 1
tingham I
TH CAROUNA I
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d Stock
s, Corn and Hay
Ir Feed and Hog
d Peas.
Krup in Cases.
' on hand,
noking Tobacco.
n hand too
space.
mow you 1
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any business given me || ^
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