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AMERUN REG GROSS i TO GIVE RURAL HttP Program for Public Health and Community Welfare Is Now Well Under Way. Rural communities and towns of less than 8,000 population benefit In a very large part by the public health and cemmunlty welfare work of the American Red Cross. Almost all of the S,600 Red Cross chapters have some rural sections in their territory. Therefore the Red Cross Rural Service. Briefly, the purpose of Rural Service if to atfUt people to get out of life more health, wealth and happiness. In this pcrpoee public health instruction and general educational progress of both children and adults play a big part. Recreation Is found to be one of the biggest needs In rural life. There Is lack of sufficient play-life for the children and fecial life for the adults. * Picnics, pageants, debating clubs, baseball leagues, community singing and other social events which bring the people of surrounding communities together hare been organized and carried on under the guidance of Red Cross rural workers to great advantage. In many instances solving recreational problems and getting people together proves to be the awakening ?f the community to other conditions which may be improved by united action. 4 As a rasuK of community organization, townships in which there had been loithefc plans nor interest in community progress have been organised to work together with the unified purpose of bringing their community up to the most enlightened standards. Lecture and musical entertainment courses have been started as a result of community meetings, as well as circulating libraries, Red Cross schools of Instruction in Home Nursing, Care of the Sick and First Aid. In the larger towns the need for restrooms and public comfort stations is being met Playgrounds for the children have been established and recreational activities worked out for the year. In order that there may be concerted enort in carrying on ine programs 01 the various welfare agencies in the rural districts. Red Cross Rural Service helps the organizations already on the ground. The main object of the service it ts lend a hand everywhere and take the lead only where necessary. JUNIOR RED CROSS ACTIVE IN EUROPE Garden seeds for Polish orphans, milk for anaemic Greek babies, carpenters' tools for Czecho-felovakian cripplet?these are only a few of the gifts that young Americans are sending to the war-crushed children of the Old World. - Through the Junior Red Cross the bo?s and girls of the United States ! are giving a fresh start in life to little war orphana scattered all over Europe. They have set. up orphans' homes In France, school colonies in Belgium and Montenegro, and day schools Id Albania. \ 1 They are sending dozens of young ( Syrians, Montenegrins, and Albanians ] to American colleges in Constantinople < aj^d Beirut, and maintaining more than a a'hundred orphans of French soldiers ( ' at colleges and trade schools. In or- t phanages and farm schools up and down the peninsula of Italy there are 1 nearly 500 wards of American Juniors. * ^Last winter a thousand French chil- dfen from the inadequate shelters of I the devasted regions were sent by the j Junior Red Cross to spend the cold i months in warmer parts of France. J At the same time five thousand little Belgians were having a hot lunch every 1 day at Junior Red Cross school canteens. ^ American school children have al- f ^eady raised something like a million s dollars for jthese enterprises, and they j are still hard at work. 2 In China, through campaigns of ed- ^ ucation. the Junior Red Cross is help- " Ing to con^at widely prevalent blind- c ness and cholera. i RED CROSS RELIEF | IN CENTRAL EURdPE But for timely assistance of the I America? Red Cross during the last J year, a larf^ proportion of the 20.000,- I 000 pej 'ilatiMi of the Balkan States I N mlrht t;e starved or perished from disease s* exposure. S5x million dollar* werth ?f food, clothing and medical suppiiea have been sent to the Balkan??Rrnmenia. Bulgaria, Albania, Jiestentsro, ..erbia, Bosnia and Greece ?aivee t> t beginning of Red Cro3s re_ - lief oper* ions ia Central Europe, \ while million* of dollars worth of food alone hzi been sent to the needy in these stav?*. The money expended by the Red Cross in thl* stricken portion of Europe has been used to set up hospitals, orphanages, dispensaries, mobile medical units and to help in the general reeor.f;trncuoR of devastated areas. American tractors snd other farming implement* have been sent to the agricultural region* where aid has been gives in plowing the land. By the last of this year probably all American Red Cross agencies ad?fesi.?ter!ftg relief in Central Europe will have withdrawn. By that time, It is believed, the people will have approached a normal state of living and will be sole through their own agencies which the Red Cross has helped set op to provide for then?selves. . I? SHKjLLIXG OF PARIS. Fort Mill Man Retails Dark Days in French Capital. Noticing in the Times of last week the statement that the super-cannon with which the Germans shelled Paris during the world war was made of pieces of worn out guns, James T. Young, of Fort Mill, who was stationed in the French capital for five months during the war as a member of a Washington city company of the 51st engineers, said that he did not know how the Germans managed to put the big gun together, but that he did know of his own personal knowledge that shells from it reached Paris. "One day while I was stationed in Paris," said Mr. Young a day or two ago, "I heard one of the super cannon shells coming; there was no mistaking their peculifr -n*hinincr nnfco nncp nne had heard AW1 VY UlUXU^ _ it. I was crossing the Seine at the time on one of the many bridges that span the river in Paris. Looking down stream I saw the shell fall on a houseboat and cut it %s fairly in two as carpenters could nave done. Ordinarily the shells from this big gun did no great amount of damage, but in my opinion nothing that occurred during the wTar shook the morale of the French people as it did. The destructiveness of the bombs from the German Zeppelins that were dropped on Paris was much greater than that of the super-cannon shells. I saw in that city all that was left of a five-story building after a. Zeppelin bomb had exploded in it. Anticipating Zeppelin raids, the roof of the building had been plastered with several feet of concrete, but when the bomb fell on the roof it went through the concrete as easily as one can puncture a piece of tissue paper and n/-? + of-rvn until it TPaehpd the U1U nut Oiv^z UX1VA* *v ? ? floor of the third story. There it exploded. The three upper stories of the building were literally carried away. The most destructive explosion that occurred in Paris during the world war. however, wiped out the big hand grenade factory there and besides claiming hundreds of lives wrecked a big section of the city. In j every direction from the factory building for several blocks were completely ruined by the explosion, which occurred only a few days before the Germans began their last big drive on the western front. Many believed that the explosion was caused by German spies, but no one connected with the factory lived to explain anything about the cause of it."?Fort Mill Times. ^ hi m>> Lovely Shower for Miss White. One of the most charming affairs of the season was the miscellaneous shower given Wednesday afternoon I by Mrs. J. F, Folk at her home on Midway avenue, in honor of Miss Edith white, a popular bride-elect. Tho narlnrc wprp hpailtifll 11V rieCO rated, yellow and pink being the colors used. Handsome ferns, pink Dlooming begonias and marigold add*d an artistic effect to the scene, vhich was mellowed by the soft glow )f lights with yellow shades. In all ;he rooms mottoes on the walls cauioning silence greeted the eyes of 1 he guests as they were received by desdames Frank Folk and Miles Hack. The guests were ushered to the >unch bowl, presided over by Misses dyrtle Black and Adelaide Chandler, n silence, everything that was said jeing in whispers. When the bride-elect entered there vere some "ahs" and "ohs" aloud; or all those who made these expresions fines were imposed to be paid n wishes for the bride. Mrs. H. N. ^olk sang "Because I Love You*," and drs. Laurie Smoak sang "In the Garlen With Mary," substituting "Edth" for "Mary." After these lovely songs the bride-elect was seated in ^ I BAKE Christmas 1 EAR All Ingredien CITRON, CURRANTS, AND CRYSTAL Fresh?. FOLK & ]V PHONE 24. front of a bank of ferns. Here little Misses Elma Black and Elizabeth Herndon, in effective white dresses with yellow sashes and hair ribbons, came in with a huge basket covered in yellow, filled with beautiful gifts. eBofre the gifts were opened, the hostess presented the guest of honor with a "lovely" rolling pin, tied with a huge bow of yellow. In presenting this she gav^some sound advice and good wishes, expressing the hope that the pin would have to be used only in the making of pastries. Tiny roiling pins tied with yellow bows were also given the guests as souvenirs, j Miss White was blindfolded and asked to guess the contents of each package. Pink and white block cream with ! oncrol wac eprvpd Thic pnn p]n rf j U/i*5 V4 It 1AU wv- ? ~ V**w* | ed the beautifully arrranged party j and all enjoyed the gracious hospitality that was dispensed at this home. The Voice AVith a Smile. "Pardon me," broke in Central, "but 1 happened to overhear and understood your girl turned you down." "Yes," answered the youth who had just invested a nickel to get the bad news. "If you'll excuse me, I think I caq give you a number where you'll have better luck." IXMEMORIAM^ Airs'. Annie C. Hiers (Nee Folk), Born September 29, 1860; Died October 17, 19i0. She was the youngest daughter of Francis and Mehala Folk, of the Brunson Bridge section of old time honored Colleton district, and was one of the most modest and amiable of girls and was loved and admired by everybody. After the death of her father, about the time of the great war period, her mother was left with four sons, viz.:Jacob, Howard, George W., and Brookie; also three daughters, viz.: Cormelia, Sue and Annie. Brookie died when quite a youth, and Jacob has also passed away, leaving an excellent family. Howard and George survive, and both have most noble, families. Cormelia also surI vives with her prosperous and de voted husband, Mr. John varn. adoui the year 1872, Annie and Sue, and their loving mother, who had married the second time to Mr. Wil! liam Carter, all united with the St. (John's Baptist church, and were baptized by Rev. W. H. Dowling, who ; was then the pastor, and all were faithful and foremost members until their death. About the year 1881, Annie was happily married to Mr. Frank Hiers, a model young man, ideal farmer and Christian gentleman of the St. John's and Rivers Bridge community, and by this union there are six children, three sons, viz.: Ernest, Percy and Bradley, and three daughters, viz.: Louise, Edith and Salome, the eldest of whom is the excellent wife of Mr. Merrick Kinard, and all of these, with their loving father, mourn the earthly loss of their devoted mother. Her funeral services were conducted by both i the Lutheran pastor of her husband and her own Baptist pastor, and her interment was at the Lutheran! church, near Ehrhardt, in the presence of a large concourse of kindred and friends. I She had lived an exemplary and I beautiful life and her departure was! like a golden sunset, beyond which every -Christian knows that there is I a brighter world and happier days that never shall end. And, oh, how consoling and cheering to have the "blessed hope" that so many that once sat together around the family board of the old I parental home are i Together now around the throne, Beyond the deep, cold river, In sweeter joys than earth has known, Are praising the Blessed Saviour. I "Life's work well done, Life's race well run, Life's crown well won, I Now comes rest." The sleep of death brought sad "good/ night," And hid her from our mortal sight, I But night will pass and morning come, And "we'll meet again in the Heav- ! ly home. ; By her former pastor, old school I teacher and lifetime friend and bro- II ther in Christ,. W. H. DOWLING. I Hampton, S. C., Oct. 23, 1920. I THE I Fruit Cake 11 its on Hand B FIGS, DATES, NUTS I IZED FRUITS g Just In || * lcMILLAN I BAMBERG, S. C. I 1 ^ ^ I 1^1 ^ i ^ Where is thp livinor ; jHfil Take B Test i IBn What kin LE5y know?if iJJ strument, ^ you'll he; R While yo ing the p< I W. H. CH BAMBEE Asphalt Sti / ? IF YOU AREBUILDI KEEDSANEW COVE DERS. WE CAN MAK OF THE RED OR GREI J. W.S ORANGEBURG " ' Party invitations, juvenile station- j cry and children's cerrespondence i A? , cards on sale at The Herald Book .. A11 Person? ha o+ore adv the estate of Dbtore _ will file same dul The Herald Book Store can sell fied, with the ui you ledgers, cash books, etc., at prices j trator, and all cheaper than elsewhere. 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