The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 18, 1919, Image 5
Carolina
in the Hall of States
Hundreds of South Carolina- sol
diers, wounded or ill, lying In the
big army hospitals of New York have
received their first special welcome
and their llrst hint of home from
letters' and calls from volunteer
women workers at the South Caro
lina desk at the Hall of States, 28
[West 25 th Street, New York.
Backod only by such contributions
as eho has been able to obtain, Miss
Elvira 13. Wright is there trying to
do as well by South Carolina men as
other states are doing. Many states
We large appropriations. Kansas
is spending $35,000, Massachusetts
450,000 and other state's * smaller
amounts. The South Carolina wo
men say they have received no finan
cial aid from th? statet
tetters, sent out under a plao
devised by the "War Camp Commun
ity Service, aro as a rule the first
words from home folks to reach the
injured boys after they arrive on
the transports. The women invite
those lads who can to visit them at
the Hail of states, and In the cases
of the severely wounded, they call
ion the men Jn the wards, carrying
cheer, homo papers that are. avidly
pelzed, and flowers or fruit,
All tho hospital activity for tho
Various etates centers at the Hall of
States, which the tWar Camp Com
munity Service has established close
to th? Victory Arch. Hero "Bud
dies" meet, at th? war's end, and
home folks welcome the boys back*
Some of them need more practical
aid, somo tiro "blue," somo need a
Job back home, somo wunt to trace
lost families. To ull of these the
South Carolina women give help.
Sometimes they take. a "blue" lad to
dinnor and to the theatre.
(For those who need Jobs the War
Camp Community Service maintains
a nation-wide employment bureau.
Its manager canvasses South Caro
lina and other states for positions.
Miss Wright, who is from Charles
ton, is principally assisted by Mrs.
Harley B. XJndsay and Mrs. Pride
Jones, who, being a North Carolin
ian, cares for North Carolina men
Miss Wright feels that her work,
which affords tho sole first touch
with woundod soldlors, should be
better supported by the home state
than it has been. She asks the peo
ple of the state to sond her small
contributions even to the amount of
one dollar, to pay tho heavy clerical
work, which she has had to meet
out of her own pocket. Her services
are volunteer. The War Camp Com-*
munity Service furnishes the build
ing, telephone service, free 'bus rides,
theatre tickets, light luncheons and
the hospital lists. Miss Wright's
address Is care of Hall of States, 27.
West 25th Street, Now York city.
The
Greatest Name
in Goody- Land
The
largest
selling gum
In the world nat
orally lias to have
a package worthy
of Its contents.
So look for .
WRIGLEY5
to the sealed package ttof
keeps all of Its tfoodoess In*
That's wfty
The Flavor Lasts!
W'l!"MAKEGOOD"
; .. '? ? ? ?/ ' ^ ? . ? ? ? ? .1
. pi il That Animates the Return- .
ing Soldiers.
? .. ? ? .0 ,
dm who Glorlouely FInUhed the j
Greatest War in .History Have
Novy But One Idea: Their
Country's Good.
i l ? Ainerlc an soldier In
Mr lUHllottteil wrnte to the establish
lent of Justice, freedom M1111 demot
?ur'y In the world. Analytical wise
u\- I'm ve heeu busy ever wlijeo Amer
into the wur. furnishing C.vjty
?i; I explanation* of the American flu > ?
nj: man's Impelling motive. ^
In spite of the complex argument* o.
he anulvtlcal psychologists who can
Mi.h.rsiand anything hut the simple
ii:? ? fitv of an honest man, the Anier
eiui v.ldler <IUI tight In war for the
itah^dunent of those principles, am
m* f>ery Intention of working In
peace for the preservation o,f that for
which he fought.
I talked of the purposes of the Amu
can Legion With Colonel Hoosevelt. In
his conversation, as he explained them
?.? me. the word "crystallisation oc
curred again and again.
??We want." he said, "to crystalU*'
the spirit that made It possible for us
to get Into this war and to fight It as
we did."
I>o you realise, you who read this,
what (hat spirit is that this organisa
tion wants to crystallise and preserve?
I'll give Jyou an example of It that
A shattered church In the Marne sa .
llent during the latter part of ?
Wh* tilled with freshly-wounded on .
st ret fliers. The shells were whin ng
over :ind bursting about Ut A slim,
big-eyed, very boyish boy Vas brought
in :iil shot to pieces. He was a very
ordiria rv American boy. certainly not
hum e than eighteen. A medical ma
jor was passing.
"lley, doc," the young fellow called
weakly. , ?
"What Is It, son?" the major asked,
bending above him.
"Tell me, doc," the boy begged hua
Icilv. "Am I? am I? bad hit?"
The major looked at the descriptive
. !i,> with which the wounded boy was
tagged and hesitated. He knew the
vuiing fellow had less than half an
hour of life left In him.
"Well, I'll tell you, son, he said
Slowly. "You're In a pretty bad way.
but we're going to do all we can or
The boy ? who was a very ordinary
voung fellow, as I have said? saw the
truth under the ,thln camouflage of
He knew he was d^fld. He caught
his breath quickly, closed his eyes,
nnd, reaching up, caught hold of the
major's hand and held It tight for
a little time.
Then he sighed, opened his eyes, an 1
folded his arms contentedly on his
breast. He looked up. at the major,
and there was the calm light of a glad
resignation on his face.
"Well, anyhow," he whispered tri
umphantly, "I gm?*s I .made good,
didn't IT
"You sure did, son," the major as
sured him.
The bov smiled attain and- died,
happy In the knowledge thnt he had
made good In his personal obligation
to establish the principles of Justice,
freedom and dentocracy.
That's the spirit that the American
Legion wants to crystallise, to perpet
uate, to preserve and translate lntq
terms of constructive civilian effort
that will Insure the continuation In
force of the principles that the sol
dier fought to save. ? William Slavens
McNutt In Collier's Weekly.
r : .?
The Italian Farmer.
The Italian farmer Is evidently noth
ing If Dot willing to experiment. No
fewer than three classes of collective
farms are In successful operation In
the country. In one class a co-opera
tive society of farmers acts as landlord
for the Individual members, each of
whom tills his own farm Independently
of the others. Under the second plan
the- ^o-operatlve society holds the
lnnd. de.cldes from year to year how It
Is to be divided and cultivated, and
appoints each member to his part In
the program of cultivation, ^he third
plan U more complicated: the co
operative society rents a large farm
which is worked by a permanent staff
of members receiving a salary for their
services, and by other members who
divide their time between work on the
co opers tire farm and on privately
owned farms. All three forms of co
operation are highly successful accord
ing to reeent aecouuts. They have this
point In common, the elimination of
middlemen between farmer and con
sumer.
Ivory "Mines."
Lieutenant Seheutze, -wl*> was c
member of a United States naval ex
pod It Ion sent Into the arctic In searcl
of the exploration ship Jeannette. re
ports the discovery of ivory "mines'
In ? group of Islands lying north?*n?e
of the I.vna river, situated In north
enst SllK?rln. Vast numbers of mnm
moths, it appears, have been dlscov
vred bii!ed In a sea of ice, and P
In held that, for a short period eaei
year, probably a few - weeks, thes<
mHnnnoths could be "mined" wit!
great profit, owing to the immensltj
of the tusks, four times the size o
? tho** of the elephant of this age, an<
I hecaone .f the great value of Ivory a
' pre^nC An Ivory "mining" expedl
j No?. doubtless furnish all tfc?
. tr.at the most advecturoui
\ ee*ld desire. '
mi?Tos\mm
BONDS AND STAMPS
Kre Ready to Protect Securities of
Small Investors Free or For
Nominal Charge.
In buying Liberty Honda, Victory
Honda, Thrift ami \Var Savings
Stamps the people of the United
State* have done more than perform
a patriotic duty ? they have Invested
In the soundest securities in the
world, gold obligations of the Unit*
t*i States of America.
Hut the safeguarding of these se
curities has become a problem for
many folk. Only a few persons, rel
atively, huve eithor a safe in the
house or office, or a safe-deposit box
In the vkults of the bunk. Far v o
many patriotic citizens are keeping
boyds and stamps about the house, in
the bureau drawer, under the mat
tress, or on the shelf. And even if
the treasure is thus hidcien from
thieves, there is th* #v?r present dan
ger of fire, and the loss of the money
inverted.
There may be no further call for
the people at large to subscribe to
huge bond issues, but the govern
ment needs the daily and weekly
sums which come in from the sale
of Thrift and War Savings Stamps
for tuxes must be kept down. The
danger of loss has deterred some peo
p.V from getting us mnny h tempt* as
they might otherwise buy. Hence the
problem will be a future question as
well as a present one.
Steps have been taken, however, to
meet this situation.
First, every bond or stamp certifi
cate may be registered with the
Treasury Department. Registration
means that the owner's name and the
number of . his security have been
"registered" by the government, and
that nobody but himself can pos
sibly get the money which the bond
or stamp certificate calls for. Cer
tificates may he registered through
the rieferest postoffice ; bonds through
the nearest bank.
And the second method for safe
guarding has been provided by tho
banks themselves. Every bank ? na?<
tional bank or savings bank ? and ev
ery trust company has, of course,
ample and secure vaults. For the man
who does not feel that he can afford
to rent a safe deposit box to keep '
Liberty Bonds and War SavingB
Stamps in, many of the banks and |
trust companies have announced their
willingness to keep these seourities
for him in their own vaults.
SUCCESSFUL DOLLARS
ARE THOSE WORKING
Invested In War 8avlngs Stamps They
Never Fall to Yield You Hand
some Profit.
It is the dollar that goes to work
that is the successful dollar. The
idle dollar is a failure. The success
ful dollar brings back another dollar
with it. It makes itself a dollar and
something: ? two dollars and some
thing ? a whole family of dollars.
But the bareless dollar goes off
somewhere and is never seen again.
A Texas man the other day lost a
life-time's savings ? $ 78b. His dol
lars had gone off in the pocketa of
two fake stock promoters. He had
not taught his dollars to keep good
company.
Hundreds of years ago a man to
whom a handful of money had been
trusted buried it all in a napkin. He
got no increase ? he did not even keep
what he had. .
0 The dollar that succeeds is ener
getic ? and careful. War Savings
Stamps do more than save your dol
lars. They put them to work at
compound interest. And they never
fail. Your government guarantees
every one of them.
A man once bought Manhattan Isl
and for $24. He had the $24. Buy
War Savings Stamps and be ready.
Provide a gilver lining for the com
ing oloud. War Savngs Stamps will
%>lt.
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
MADE HOME POSSIBLE
Man Who Suddenly Found HlmseJ#
Without Roof Over Head Was Able 1
to Buy Property#
This true story tell* how Wnr Sav
ings Stumps huilt h sure protection
"'nshington war worker
Karly in the war savings campaign
he bqgat) a small systematic invest
ment in Thrift Stumps, which ulti
mately grow until he had an invest
ment of $100. He says he acquired
his stamps without depriving him
self or family. The investment "just
grew" out of incidental savings.
Presently this incidental money
became scarce. The war worker and
his family felt the burden of the war
time high cost of livlnor, ami the anx
iety and eapense of extraordinary ill
ness of the two children. Then an
other blow fell. He awoke one morn
ing to find that he had* no place to
live.
His residence had been sold and
he and his family were asked to va
cate. He could find no houses for
rent within his means, and was con
fronted with the necessity of leaving
the city or buying a homo for his
family. He could not buy without
making a substantial initial pay
ment, and ready funds were seem
ingly beyond reach.
Then he thought of his War Sav
ings Stamp*. He remembered they
were redeemable on ten days' notice,
with accrued interest. With thq pro
ceeds of these stamps and such small
sums as he could gather he made
first payment on a new home in the
suburbs.
Recently he refused to sell it for
$1,200 more than the purchase price.
This man is a War Savings Stamp
enthusiast?and he is on the straight
road to financial independence.
Start your mind going along saving
lines and then watch it . ttavel. Buy
W. 3. S. regularly.
Pull together to produce more, to
eliminate ww?to. to save and to in
vest in W. 8. S.
Keep yo\ir money at work for you.
Re-invest your Liberty Bond Interest
in W. 8. S.
REMEMBER THE ANT
Save and have!
Remember the story of the
ant and the grasshopper? The
ant worked and saved. The end
of each day found him with a
little more added to what he
hopper danced and sang and
fiddled his time away. Winter
came; the ant had plenty. The
grasshopper had nothing; he
had not saved. He went to the
ant and asked for help, Said
the ant: ''While I worned, you
fooled your time away. You
can dance now for all I care.'*
Are you an ant-person or a
grasshopper - person ? Some
- time are you going to have to
ask for help and will someone
tell you to dance ;~or will you
be independent?
If you save now, you'll have
.later on. Let the end of every'
week, find more Thrift Stamps
on your card. At the end of ev
ery month be able to snow more'"
War Savings Stamps past^i on
your certificate. Lend ? ydvr
money to the government at 4
per cent interest, compounded
.quarterly, and see it grow.
Take stock of yourself!
What are you- worth? Will
next New Year's Day find you
worth more or less? Which Will
you be; an ant or a gntjMhop
per? ?
KUVmI By MifiMdii*.
< tyeftttftrfit'lcj, July 10. Client rrih'UI wa#
.Isitmi hy n #eYWe HwJtVltffljl storm H?fr
uimIm.v. liuhtni'nK wtriking i(h?? ho in a of
.\U|fU?AllB Sullivan, a j>iMK|>ciiHiH fanner
in'nr ( 'jw's(.>rlln|?l, ^titiwuti i)K tho
family, hift th<\v arc all getting hotter.
Mphtniiix u1n<> xtiiu-k (li<- li,>mc of
?'?v<l W'Mtis, a negro tenant in tho sumo
nHtflrtxn^h^nl, killing 4 lift wife am! two
?MiiMieu. one M>n ant! ono duuichtor. 10
ftttd ?'iglit yean t oM.
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A well equipped library.
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Charleston, N. C.
Phone 668-1.
Shur-on
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Mountings are comforta
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? lenses for sensitive eyes ?
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j, ? ' / ?
Jeweler and Optician
DR. R. E. STEVENSON
DENTIST
OMefccr Building
Camden, 8. C.
Partners
Suppose your partner dies at a critical
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*
' ? |
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