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m FEIDAY. _ Introducing City't fitted Of Dyrnes tnes niincrio uimnuwii i ^ ^ ^ Instances Of Baruch Philanthropy Personally Bore Expense* Of Goremment Commission To Es^laoB DnHnf First World War And Pur chased ReBfood Tkkets Home For Gfrfs Employ- store Jo •d tf War Mu#ri« Board Whoa 0 Wat Ml- muTh? to ' Mr. Brsmes* r. Baruch, follow* fo fu»: 1 , the opportune to Join you my friend, B hard B <n» \ 1 have Mr. “ matched of WallS 1 come out Two instance* of Bernard M. Baruch’s philanthropy that the public has never heard of were related by Hon. James F. Byrnes, former Senator, for Supreme Oonrt Justice and former Secretary of State, hi introducing Mr. Baruch at the public exercises at Hampton Park en Wed nesday. to the taxpayers of the it il Richmond. iSShe h Carolina r$ he •ysss; a “During the first world war,” said Mr. Byrnes, "he was chair man of the War Industries Board and I was a member of the appropriations committee of the House of Representative be fore which Committee he had to appear to secure funds for his afency. After the armistice I learned from a member of his or ganization that during the war he thought it essential to send a anattftet it eras d immediately disco ir Industries Board Thai he thought commission to London to confer with foe British about the price being charged our government for certain raw materials. There were no funds available for the purpose and Congress was not in session. He paid the expenses of the Commission from his private funds and tt cost him approxi mately $1&Q,000. By foe expendi ture he sawed several milUoas of dollars United “After the armtatiee term in ed to i) tinue the War which he wm meant the dismissal of of employees, whom were young _ gone to Washington fro the country. Knowing gen of a great city to young wom en out of employment, instructed his personnel clerk to urge each young girl to return to her home and to giva a railroad ticket to each one who was willing to return home. That coot him nearly $50,000. ‘1 wanted to have Carfgrau re imburse him for these expendi tures but he advised he would not accept il” he served with Carolina Battalion, which was part of Kershaw's Brigade. “After the surrender. Dr. Ba ruch returned to Camden where for years he labored .as a country doctor. The days following the surrender at Appomattox were days of hardship and privation. The United States government did not treat the conquered South magnanimously as it now ts the people of Germany and Japan. Today we send hundreds Wall an • I ■ for him only service. Some men' horde money they eanx 1 have one wnose only apparent i ie to be known M the richest _ to foie cemetery. B. M. Bauch s dollars only as tools with to build a totter world for countless men and women who are living monuments to his be a have it is in my long sMrs^ ri ” ,nf ' ta T ' A 11 " - mllT party SThta' with him orkond I have his b (£3toa.and _ __ * oft to leave Lc&Aty bopefo 1< example of the '***'randarad i I Kadal nom- of served on in World today. About her there is - t—— r appear to be, I must teU 2SSi you dBjjhMbeen with Mr. Baruch toM^toan Mr. Baruch’s cause even the school children are phase of his life, “His first Important public ser vice was chairman of foe War In- _ Board by appointment of President Wilson. He i of millions of dollars to Germany iction. In Are Your Fleers Shabby? __ It „ of oug We- Mauaes Ba- Itt foe white Ws ora prepared to render .... EXPERT and EXPERIENCED WORKMANSHIP On Shalt NoHca. Asphalt, Rubber, Plastic Linoleum Tile A Specialty. Oar Pricaa Daaarva Yaw ALL WORK GUAKANTtiB to aid in its reconstruction, the Sixties the people of the North sent to the South—not mil lions of dollars, but thousands oi carpet-baggers, who, with foe aid of foe recently freed alavoe gov erned this state and wreaked vengeance upon its in this unhappy per tory that Bernard ruch was born in 1870. As you probal ed he was named Manner Baum. In people of foe state, in desperation but with great detorminatkm, over threw the corrupt govern ment of carpet-baggers and neg roes and restored peace, order and stability under _ of Wade Hampton, in omy this park is named. “Whale the decade 187* to 1680 was eventful in foe history of foe state, it waa not ao eventful in the life of “B. M.” who apparently waa no better and no worse than " i ^ uawa^aw. his uncanny memory, he today “ t “ of hie boyhood enpen- nd boyhood friends, and always he is happy to his recol lections of them. “In 1881, by reason of foe eour- and the industry of our pao- wiy. Dr _ known. I shall tell you of tw® instances that came to my attention in foe early days of my association with him. ~ the first Worid War he waa^ttudrman of the War In- dnstrtoi Board and I was a mem- tor of which committee he had to appear to secure funds for his agency. Alter foe armistice I learned from a member of his or ganisation that during foe war he thought it essential to send a Commission to London to cantor agreement Soviets made magnifteenft contribution to the her not ponded his phil- winning of the^ww. He accom- The extent of it wffl pafoedlhe preddent* to Versailles as Bconomic advisor and at home fought for the League of Nations. „ _ - . ^ Later, I know he was offered the Baruch con out of Secretary of foe “* by Prasident Wilaon and it In foe years that fol lowed, font and •gefa he has aarwsd different administrations Advisor on current govern L And“ : go < “After the war, w division of opinion our disposition of the aid to represent our •n foe United; abto foodfo? ■% - Yo« An but went to Paris to the ference with a con not have entertained had foot atgnment been to the hands of any other person. Quickly he mas- the our course was __ oary for the our own freedom. “Frequently I have heard Mr. (Conttouod on Paps t) * with the British about the price being charged our government for certain raw materials, were nq funds available for the nnd Congress was not to Be paid foe expenses of foe Commission from his private funds and it coet him approxi- mately $1*8.800. By the expendi ture he saved several miffions of dollars to foe taxpayers of the n W do % “After the Armistice it was de termined to immediately discon tinue the War Industries- Board, of which he was chairman. That meant foe dismissal of of empUpees, about ooe-half of whom were young girls who had ‘ >n from all ovsr You have your choke of more than 200—our r is Library brimful of his .t free to to which FLOOR COVERING Phone 200 COMPANY! ♦ \ *-*•. • V— Kovshaw, S. C leave for. a larger to pursue his study therapy, to which study be was a pioneer. He took his family to New York City. There he was signally successful to his nrofas- sion. There Bernard M. Baruch Bernard M. was educated. “Time and again IL M.* has shown his gratitude for foe educa gers of a great city to young wom en out of employment, Mr. Ba ruch tostructad his personal clerk to tuge each young girl to return to her home add to give a railroad ticket to each one who was wilUng to return home. That cost him nearly $50,008. I wanted to have the Congress reimburse him for these expenditures but he ad vised me he would not accept it :‘If time permitted, I could tell yea of other similar stores about the human side of your native son, and of the intelligent and humane way in which he has hia wealth to make others h “Early to life he must have con cluded, with Emerson, that To of Color bright tints. Pick exactly the colon you want — match drapes . . . harmonize with rugs . . . make ■ asw obmmowwmpw ». quickly, easily, ikatty. Cone in and ist as help in town, economi today and 1st as help you plan your new de*- ‘ ; orating schemes. LIBRARY Of COLOR -Hahm'i PoiM Stare PHONE 78S-M standing •tUwrw, •Better Him I JobnifV is again optn I public as standing in food Yas PrisaA Bf^UISlVf yvoniqT# DIP YOU'RE I . bra or IT FOR Bast In Food CAMDEN OFFICE SUPPLY, INC “COMPLETE OFFICE OUTFITTERS TELEPHONE 600 1119 N. BROAD STREET CAMDEN, S. C. 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