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AGmt Ntt afMersy irawMKrourfK I <uv Oceaiv of IAvsp?<xkoi>Ie P<ui\ ! TheAmericojiRed Cross THE SUN THAT NEVER SETS Contributed by H. Davltt Welsh. INVEST IN HUMANITY By JOHN OLIVER LA GORCE Associate Editor, National Geographic Magazine. "OUFFER Little Children to come unto me," de ^ clared the compassionate Christ. Rut never since He dwelt in flesh upon the earth have there been so many "Little Children" in need of compassion as now. There are the "Little Children" who have gone to France for you and me and fpr Christendom and by . going have given their all. Can you do less? Shall you keep from your boy or your neighbor's boy that which is symbolic of the Compassionate One by neg lecting the ?all of the Red Cross Mother? Then there are the uncounted "Little Children" of our allies who have fallen wounded and ill in de fense of their home fires. Who but the Red Cross Mother can know the suffering, the anguish, of the shell-torn, thirst-stricken soldier who lies upon the ghostly bed of No Man's Land? Will you deny him the life-giving cup? Think also of the "Little Children" of devastated lands. Some are "Little Children" in size and tender years. Others, alas, are mature in stature and age, but none the less "Little Children" in their helpless hold from them the bare bread of existence? Can. we still our inner voice with the thought that others will bear our burden, when in our heart we must know that there are no others? The Red Cross Jielps no one who does not need help a hundred times more than we need the money. Therefore, let us give, give until we feel it, give until it pinches. Then and only then we shall know that we have indeed offered the "Little Children" of the war the tender compassion of a nation. What the Italian Premier Thinks of the American Red Cross When the Austrian* last October routed the Italian Army by trickery and flrove before them half a million refuir.'fs, the part which the American Ke.l rross i?luyed in this stupendous tragedy will ko down In the history of and the world as one of the roost magnificent dashes of relief work that Kts ever come to light Listen to what the Italian Premier *ald of this work in his address at the "renins of Parliament early last De cember : "Our soul iS stirred again with ap preciatlou aud with admiration for the magnificent dash with which the Amer ican Red Cross has brought us power ful &W in our recent misfortune. We attribute treat ^?lue to the cQ-opera fton which will be given us agklnst the common enemy by the prodigious activity and by the exuberant and con sistent force which are peculiar to the American people." And (his, mind you, was only a little over a month after the American Reu Cross made Its triumphant dash into Italy I * ... - ? * LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE Khaki Clad Boy With a Lump in Throat Welcomes Home Cooking. Imagine your boy on a troop train bound for some United States seaport where a transport lies ready to take him and his regiment "over there." He never felt healthier in bis life ? In body. In mind? If he finds moments wIwmj his thoughts begin to race back toward you, wondering what you are doing, can you blame him if occasion ally something lumps in^hls throat about as comfortable as a billiard ball? And then the train grinds to a stand still. Some one yells, "Rig eats; oh. boy!" as several Red Cross uniforms flash out in the crowd on the station platform. For here Is a Red Cross emergency canteen. Here he can get coffee? good, hot coffee ? sandwiches, candy, tobacco, fruit, postal cards and almost anything that he may have for gotten. Does it help his spirits?, Does it? Does it cheer him to get these snacks of good home tasting food served by women like those in his own family? Probably the most valuable part of the Ked Cross canteen service work Is the effect of the smile and cheer from the women who are in charge. Soldiers write frequently stfch messages as the following, indicating their apprecia tion of this branch of Red Cross work : "The R<*l Cross of Chicago met ns with coffee, sandwiches and post cards. I hope the Montana women are all do ing the same. Chicago sure Is n big city and plenty of pep. Join the Red Cross and help the boys who have vol unteered their lives." There are now more than 500 . of these Red Cross canteens or refresh ment units located at the Important railroad centers In the United States. Every commander of a troop train has a UJW of these capteens, so thrft he cstt call upon the Red Cross for this serv ice nt these stations en route. Women Give $36,0()0,00Q. Thousands of patriotic women In all parts of the United States are freely : giving their time to make surgical j dressings, knit goods, hospital gar ments. comfort kits, socks and sweat ers. The value of this labor given by 1 American women Is estimated at $36, 000,000 a year. The Tied Cross operates In France a motor track transportation service with 250 motor truck* COLOMBIA MAN SLAIN a - ????.,?. ? ?lAiftrtt MrliOUihHii Wa* Itw^n To Whllp Hp Columbia. May it. ? - J a men Me I /oughlfii, fur a half Mtnv ,v*mi r* stew ard for (Adumhiu Aerie No. NMD. Fra ternal Order of Wag lost was foifiul IIHinh'IX'd (ll I llU club's roolU# this morning, Ills IttHitl hud l**en severe ly tattered Mini cut by some slmrp instrument, supposedly a hatchet. I'l 'lu?rt Cray, it former negro portvr of the aerie, was arrested by (ho Co luiuhla |h>I lee xlvortly after noon t <? ? hiy, iind held in connection with the i'm so fur Investigation. McLnughllu. accordl ug tu registra tion certificates foUlld ull Ills clothes, whs :t}? yoars of age. He bus been IU iiit! in < 'olumbhi m i in in I i <>f years. Itefore he Imhnmuo connected with the laigles in an utlh'lMl oa parity die was ii harbor. His former home roubl not Ik> astvrtaincd today, but it is supposed to he in Connecticut. In til- clothe* was found n letter front .?.*? Sumter street, Hartfonl. Conn., nmler ilnte of March 10, signed "Mary". From tlie tone of the let ? ler. the writer was evidently a kins woman of Mel.oughiiu. and the ehlef of police of Hartford bus Ins'ii rum aiunieateil with to yet a line uii the drMil man's former life. Another let 1 1* i was also foniul from a saving* bank in l.uwel. Mass., notifying Mr l.oUL'blin that ?evern I sums uf money, dividends evidently from stink. h;id been deposited to Ills credit. The murdered man was exception ally well liked anion); the Kagles uf Columbia, who spoke favurably of bis exemplary life. He was a consistent 'communicant St. Peter's Catholic Church of this city and a prayer book "f that fulth was fuund in bis clothes. (treat Campaign in June. Charleston, May 14. ? During the month of June the greatest campaign .ever undertaken in the State of South Carolina will ive conducted by the War Savings Commit tee. It will be part of the nation -wide War Saving Cam paign which, in magnitude, will be the greatest popular war campaign ever conducted in the history of the world, intensive activities on the part of thousands of volunteer workers will culminate on June 2K, which President Wilson is to designate otlleially ns National War Savings Day. The' pur pose of this great drive will bo to get the i*X>ple of this state to pledge to invest during the year &l'J.000.000 of their savings in War Savings Stamps, which amount is twh-e the state. s quota In the Third Liberty I , on n. and of which uitly slightly uver one million dollars hnve been invest ed. The patriotic men, women, nud child ren of the nation will, on June L'S, unite in a great outpouring, and to the world and to the military musters i "f Ccrmnny will be sent America ,.'s message : " I 'olce to the utmost! Force with out stint or limit! Behind the mil lions of American tlgtiug men stand a united nation of one hundred mil Lion determined Inhabitants who have pledged their resources to the cause of victory, of A mrlca. of humanity.'..' J. W. Wright. Ji it engineer on the Atlantic Const IJno nt Sumter died suddenly Friday morning a* his train reached Sumter. ANOTIIKK BLOW AT IIASKS lirUlsh Surressfully lllork ttutraiire To (Mend Harbor. (ioruutii submarine n^ritllott^ from tho Uui'Iko' of (NihkI. Itelgium. have been seriously hani|>ercd for a tliuv If not rendered impossible h,\ a ilarliiK raid made on tho harbor by (ho Brit ish Friday morning Aii oHclal *(ate> inertl Issued h.v (ho Itritish admiralty says (ho olmunol hsidlnn out of (ho Inner harbor litis (*><>11 compKotolly blocked l?y 1 ho hulk of (ho old cruiser Vindictive. which was maneuvered lulo |NKs|(ii>u under houvy tiro and thou sunk by honrb*. It ap|>onrs. howevor. that tjioro is *oinc doubt (hat tlu' outlro ohaiiuol Is blocked, one roiMirt saving that tho vo.saol IhS at an initio uiul ilu's not absolutely In toi'i'upt tho ns<> of (ho fairway. Tin- tlrriiiiiu oittelal statement eon ivruiug tho raid sa>s tho attempt was a fa II 11 ro antl that tho hulk of tho old cruiser lies outside of tho navi gation vhamiol. Tliis ro|K?rt may bo compared to tho one Issued on April 'J I the 1 In > follow ing; tho rahl i>u Zoe hrucgo, which < lainied that no dam age was <louo l<> tho iiiolo or the har bor ihoro. Subsequent events base proved that tho damage done h.v tho rahl on April ?."? was of a serious nav tare. It is pointed oilt thill 'tho ohstruc (ion in the oliaunol at Ostond will (rial in eventually close tho harbor through tin- notion of t ln? tiilos and tho rapid silting up of tho harhor. If Ostond and Zoebrugge are re moved iis ports from which tin* <?or man l'-*>oats may l?o 0)401*11 ted the (lermans apparently will ho coin-pel led to withdraw their submarines to, their homo |H?rts. In this oonnection it Is interesting to note that a xvoek ago It was anttounood that -tin* great est mlno Hold known t ?.? naval o)>era tlons had been plantod In tho North sou to cmnhnt the submarines. It was officially stated that the area of this mine Hold would l>e 121. 7Kli nquarr miles and that l( would be completed h.v May 1. Some months ago Ad miral .folllooo. of the British navy, announced that tho .suhmarlne menace would he mot hy August I and it is possible that he had the blocking of the harhors of Zoobruggo and Ostond lind the laying of an Immense mine Held in mind when lie made bis state ment. While t lie naval arm of the entente nations wn- busy on the Belgian coast, the militar> force* wore engaged in local lighting in the Ypivs and Sotnuio sectors. Tho French made a notable advance at (Jrivosnos, whore they took tnirt of the town whioh had been in liei'iiiini bauds for three weeks. Along the front to. the north there were scattering engagements, notably at Aveluy wood. north of Albert, wliore 1 he contending armies are striving for strategic ground. There, wore also siinll operations in tho Kciiimcl hill front, southwest of Ypres. There have Ihhmi the usual local engagement* between patrols on tho Italian and Macedonian fronts but MADti THKM KI8S PlJlii ,v Itishopvllle MerrtuiutH Kefu^d 1? Clo?? During I'anuk Siki'ImI to the Now* and Courier. lUshopvllle, May 1 1. -?Five mor ehttnts of foreign Idrth wlvo failed to close l>|? their places of business 'ut lug the patriotic rally here today, after promising to do .*>. were waited on hy a committee of citizens ami u?>t o:iiv fn>?vd to close ui?, but were marched (o Ma 111 street, and there be fore tho big crowd that had assem bled for the exercises, made to kneel a ii?l with uplifted hands, kiss the Stars and Strl|>e*. Several hundred |>cn|>lc. represent liiu r \ erj Mvtloii of l.ee County, attended the big war savings rally ut Woodward grove. The meeting market! a red let ter du.v for l,ee <\>unty. A Idjt |?a - imi ? 1?? w\i* formed at the Methodls,! Church b.v tho citizens. school chil dren, local in i I M la . lied Cross and oth er societies. and intiivhcd down Dennis avenue to Railroad street and thence tp Mu lu Street and up Mailt to the jj'rove, where the exorcises were held. Tim lion. \\\ A. Stuekey presided 1 1 f t ee n selmols entered the comity con test and rcprescnt-at Ives spoke on the war savings staUi|is. The four local banks otTereil a $-0 prize eaeh for the four Imys, or girls. who made the host speech. All the speechon were line and showed that much time ami thought had been taken in preparing them. Then Myers, representing tho Ash laml School : Martin IMayer, of the 101 I lot is High School ; Miss llallle New som of i he Turkey Creek School, and MUs Annie May Tlinnions of Lynch hurt; High School, won the prizes, and revived the fcJO war saving stiimp* each and will be carried by automobile all over l/v County In a campaign lo present the war sa vliiK" stamps In the different sections. , In*. H. W. Slkw, of Coker College, llarfsville. made a most excellent ad divss and received close attention. The Hon. T. <!. M?'T<ihhI called fi>r a sub scription and $1(1, (HKI was raised in less than thirty mluutefc. Nine Soldiers Killed. Columbia, May 10. ? Nine soldiers were killed and twenty-live Injured when two coaches of an outbound troop train were derailed at Oamp Jackson this morning and toppled over the trestle crossing Wlldeast creek. Five of the dead were Instantly kllleu ami three died on the way or lit the hns-c hospital shortly afterward, and the lenth sinvumbed at tlu? hospital lale t "h iglit . of the injured four wru seriously and twenty-one flight l.v in jured. according to an otllcial list given out this afternoon at the headqiiar ters of the Kighly lirst division. Ail of the. dead and injured were mem bers of the .TJlst infantry, of the M?h ly-lirst division, en route to another camp, most of tlieni being North Car idlniaus. There were few South Oaro linians on the train and only one wa? injured ? Robert A. Moore, of Trio, s. <\, who was injured slightly. nothing approaching n general eu gagement has been fought. i'ope Itcnedb't has set. aside June 'JO as a day to be observed in the Catholic churches of the world as a ? lay for prayers that peace may be restored to tho world. BEST IN THE LONG RUN GOODRICH WUrt Yo?? "m TJ.U S1?n | Go<xiii4? Til 3* *.r* Stodw f: E j T the City of Goodrich, they have officially announced the erand milea&e of Goodrich's nation-wide Test Car work of 1917: 1,044,686 linear miles 4,178,744 tiie miles. Those figures indite the Emancipation Act of motorists, freeing them from tire mishaps and amputated mileage. Compressed in them is the story of the famous Six Fleets, and how they hurled Goodrich Tires the length and breadth of our nation, over city pavement and country road, ploughing them through sand and mud; mauling them against rock and gravel. Mathematics has no fa vorites. That multiplied mileage of 4,17S,744 miles I S?lf Denial !? the Add Teet of Loyalty. BUY WAR S A V I N O coldly, calculatingly, puts the seal of rriulti plied proof on Goodrich Tires, and stamps them 'Tested." Zn that searching test, no slightest defect, no hidden short-coming could scape the sight of the Goodrich ex- * perts. - . jxK SILVERTOWN GOADS* and BLACK SAFETY TREADS, under light and heavy oars, defied the rough going of roads wher ever the Test Car Fleets rushed them. v ? ?" ? 4% ? ' * The spiral- wrapped, cable-cord tire body, ? and Goodrich's tough black tread rubber fought the hard fight and conquered. Seek tire surety and long mileage in the proven service of "America's Tested Tires." Goodrich guarantees you will get it because Goodrich tested and cot It Test(*t Tires mean 100 per cent, quality. Demand it. Temd Tires mean supreme service. Demand it h ?' THE a F. GOODRICH RUBBER COMPANY Charlotte Branch: 438 So. Church St., Charlotte, If. 0.