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Jgl r ?r llM^I a - 111- vm M SI ^ The Gift Divine 1 S Gy WM. BRADFORD DiCKSON 3 Jit this fair Christmastide, fWhen Joy bells ring out The song of plenty and ring in The reign of peace throughout This wonderful land of ours? The while across the sea iOld Mother Earth is drenched with blood And hate and carnage reign supreme; While sucklings wail for milk .And children faint for lack of food; While strong men fail beside the way And homeless women kneel in prayer? I do not ask for gifts Of frankincense and myrrh. Of gold, of Ophir or of either Ind. ,Ot jewels rare or priceless merchandise, Of marble halls or vast estates, ' TOor e'en the costly homage of mankind; But this? II. That I may give each day full meed TJnto the willing mind and heart, Of light of Truth and warmth of Love, Of matchless skill jn comfort's art? That magic all transforming touch Which heals the leper's spots And turns to naught the wounds and scars Deep seared upon the heart of man On life's great battlefield; That I may bind earth's broken hearts, Lifting up the drooping heads j Of the oppressed and burdened ones, That I may plant within young hearts A deeper longing for the Right? Of mercy for the hapless weak And those who suffer daily throes > Of hunger, pain, disease, neglect; That I may know forgetfulness "For daily slights and wrongs; That I may hourly grow In love of liberty, of friend and foe. And all the world May grow in love?a fruitful lov? For all the beauty and true In nature, art, the heavenly realm And for the noble deeds of all mankind; ' That I may fill the widening hours of life "With courage, cheerfulness, and hope] That I may help my fellow man iBehold the dawn beyond the night. The gentle calm beyond the storm. These are the gifts I crave Above the blind world's treasure trove Of gaud and gilt. Who gives his better self the whole year through Gives life's own priceless gift to all the world and you?the gift divine. ?Chicago Evening Post. ay the deepest happU J(j ? ness of this Christmas* i tide come to each and eocry reader, and may it last i ; all through the coming year* 1 a % fc I ft ^ I S|&\ L \\ CL He il D ^eU Sfikl' M ~ : Chei f^o ? \\\ <3 = frienc Sfejf 1 and p K^Sa,- I . S, ?\ V%v-, c = ^lapp" NjM"' WSJs \ 9 THE RED CROSS ROLL CALL. 4 When "the greatest mother In 4 the world" calls the roll the 4 week of December 16-23 the 4 hope of the American Red Cross 4 is that the- answer for the entire 4 American people will be: "All 4 present, or accounted for." 4 It will be the occasion for 4 22,000,000 adults and 8,000,000 4 children to renew their member- 4 ship and for all others to Join. 4 One happy slogan of the roll call 4 announces that "all you need is 4 a heart and a dollar." 4 Why does the Red Cross at Christmas conduct a member- 4 ship campaign? Because it unites the people in an intimate way with the organization they have supported so magnificently. In other countries one of the most impressive things about the American Red Cross is the size of its membership, attesting 4 truly popular approval. This Christmas, when our country is out of the deep waters of the war, every dollar paid for an annual membership in the Red Cross will be a direct Christmas gift to our land, air 4 and sea forces and to those who have felt the sting of war in a way that we in this country have not experienced. The min istrations of the Red Cross will be as good a substitute for 4 Christmas at home as can be b furnished under the clrcum- b b stances. b The women of America, see * ing in the Red Cross an exten b sion upon a universal scale of b b the mothering instinct, will be b b quick to answer "Here" to the b roll call, because service and b b sacrifice are womanly qualities b b and they are Red Cross quail- b b ties. b b President Wilson, as president b b of the American Red Cross, b b says: (T summon you to the b b comradeship I" b b ?I think if the people of America could only see and realize what the boys are doing out here," said a Captain after Chateau-Thierry, "they would gladly back them up with their last dollars and their Urea If necae* isofoed: That, (M our friert( That the Cola on maintains woe, the That the T-7?\/A l\^+-f1 UKJ 1/ l-l be maintc ipp$ and Prosperous fn 9 Year-* \ \ fio-Cola wishes for all its \\ Is and customers a hhppy \ rosperous New Year. \ 1919 be such a year of busi- I >rosperity, good health and \ ness as they have never u( before. ht ll Jl !| TO INCREASE REIJEF |) ?? t : Red Cross Commissionei Suffering in i: ' . j rp\HE American Red Cross intends JL to administer renei wors on a ' far greater scale in Palestine ; than heretofore in order that thouI sands of men, women and children in I that part of the world may be rescued i from their present suffering. Dr. John H. Finley, Red Cross Commissioner to Palestine and former Commissioner of 1 Education for the State of New York, has cabled that this additional work is immediately necessary. At least one-third of the population of Lebanon has died of starvation and i disease, due to lack of nourishment I Many villages are virtually depopulated, and thousands of people are in need, owing to epidemics, lack of employment and the prohibitive prices of food. Families formerly in the best of circumstances have been reduced to destitution. Every one is clamoring for an opportunity to, rehabilitate himself. Owing to a lack of physicians the conditions in many hospitals are deplorable. More than ten thousand sick civilians have been cared for by tie American Red Cross during a single month, i and Red Cross automobiles are transI Ll V 111 porting HiuiureuM ui m auu truuiiucv prisoners to hospitals every day. There _aro_at_least_te? thousand refugee I Hupmobile D< Y . Y For this immediate sect Y wire Automobile Dealer Y troduction, the reputatioi Y cy will be appointed imi Y with T f X Barrow Motoi ?! STATE DIS1 Clintor * "iiiTrrrmTr^1'11111'1111111 i|9's Gjpo Lr. Hoover willing), is with all the Chei\ delicious quality and S~\ h /-V W-4 ^"Vn4- /X ?> * rl < c; KJL HIC IllUOt (JUJJUli id. Come war?co standard will never sanitary, uniform n e, through a straw (c lined. That Chero-C 1\ reputation? \W U\ 1 HhjKEj,! iiH&SS JVORK IN PALESTINE r Reports Starvation and j i Holy Land. Armenians in and about Damascus and more than three thousand in the Hauran district, the cable asserts. Dr. Finley gays the American Bed i Cross worker;} have been doing everything possible to relieve this distress, but adds that greatly increased help j must come at once. He requires two j additional hospital units immediately. General Allenby has cabled the British ; War office to approve this plan. Dr. Finley Journeyed on foot from Beersheba to Dan in the wake, of the advancing Bidtlsh forces, and at the time of sending the cable had just comt->latorl a r\4' ft>* PolaoHno ?nH IflV. er Syria, passing through Nazareth, Tiberius, Tyre, Sidon, Haifa and Belrut, reaching the latter place two days after Its occupation by the British forces. "America should be the first to help In the rehabilitation of the Holy Land, which Great Britain and our Allies have redeemed," declrres Dr. Flnley. "The first medium of help should be the American Red Cross, which makes no distinction as to race, creed or color. Under th e trusteeship of those who recovered this sacred land, which is the cradle of three j>eat religions, the civilized world Is now given the opportunity of illustrating its highest ideal* for humanity." salerfor 1919 % _ i /ion, to responsiuie live- j s. HUPPS need no in- *f 1 is unquestioned. Agen- j nediately. Communicate f. r & Truck Co. *k 'RIBUTERS. i, S. C. 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