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< 11 I'M I ( 11 >,| <>IJ 111I I MI ?? + i: - * '? : " \ \ t' ' ? ; .-* > > *,*- .'>v.\ #r* *. ? -? <? *+ J I . * - - > > I I ? - f 4 * > ' * * * * ? . ? THON il Candidate fi ;; H i w.ro rjfsom ; *.li Il !! forcement of ;r body a square ? , - ? w ^ -. ? 4 ^ * .1 Served as F!r -w.iwv.T'I . * A 4>< :; for 11 years; j; Light and Wa j; the City of U: II been a mem ;; Furniture C I; last 15 years. i If electe< ii Sheriff, c - - y r :: : .-.r Your S :: fhi : GreatI * POTENTATE OUZTS OF ? SHRINE, OUTLINE ERECTING H a.tttii' Plans by which South Carolina ix(may build 'and maintain a hospital he for the treatment of crippled chil- ar riren, similar to those maintained in e> other states by Masonic organiza- nc lions, are outlined in the following to letter from D. A. G. Ousts, of ot] Greenwood, - potentate of Hejaz op Shrine Temple: ~ up "The Sunday daily newftp>apeni m have for the past two Sundays pub. th lished an interview with Forrest w Adair of what the Scottish Rite Ma- cr son's hospital for cripple children in ar Decatur has done %nd a letter from Hon. R. B. .Babfeington, of Gaston ia, N. 0., of what the hospital there was t(J accomplishing.""Both of these have ln donh sMd are now doin? a wonderful .^r woA'M correcting the deformities of, ?* mi sharpen children. P' one in Decatur has treated! nearly 1,600 in its several years of l>t miilitrtration. This without costing one-dMfor to the children's parents. "ttl :fhis .time 171 have been cared for from South Carolina and all ou benefited. Of this number 71 were o\ tr etm* the past year and when re I b< port fHSm this hospital was last re- wl ceived there were then in the hoe- th pitrfMS from this state with enough wl on waiting list from our state se a)ohe?to fill the hospital. In Mr. I i 1 statement there were 461 te pleAMhfc to be taken in front South wi CaiWWih and practically all of these I th coulfc*lte cured. This hospital wa^ w buifc-by Scottish Rite Maaons of ot No^ttr Georgia and they maintain'it w< antP%lfl not give it to the Shrine. I pi Thd*xHhhand from Georgia alone is so th grejrtf-^tkat no more out of the state th chiNHftif can be received and we have pc - no to hope for our crippled to cfa be ca*W for in this hospital. to "tffi "Adair, who ia th6 secretary! in of tW board of trustees of the Im- it pertrfP Council for the Shrineza m Crippled Children hoepital, states fu that if! $200,000 is raised and given ae to Vktt board it will accept it and th locatS?! build and maintain a hospi-l th tal Ht'MJiia state. The board of trus- ill toerf,*Mrinere Crippled Children, has ea r iiiin n.111 gut ?i??+?t i Wm T ifiin > * nBwwl^Oifir V|HHH^ |?* ^Hfl t j? )r Sheriff Un * 1 iO tf3 in .upholding ai the law, and gi > deal. ...... igineer in Raili I "Was mertiber Iter Works Con nion for six ye; ber of the 'ompany in U i Sheriff rf ALL the *' ' 1 1 ' 111 .-. tt.44 ? ^ r"1 upport VI y Apprec HEJAZ ^ 10 nv a ?i a ruin run j IOSPUAL IN STATE * fci a lop ted a plan of building and nil ? ispitals are built on the same design >-1 id are fire proof throughout and by w iper.cnce in the erection of tboae S >w being built that it takes $250,000 11 erect and equip each one of 50 to a i beds all tnat is necessary for its " teration to its lull capacity with ail si >-to-date operating rooms, X-itay P acnine and everything required of a: e best to be had in every way. 1 his ill give free treatment to all of our ippled children in South Caroiina *3 id will be supported perpetually by e Imperial Council. Tne cost per ar is estimated at $50,000 to $jU,- n >0. If one i-i located in our state in w re years the cost of it would bs S ought into South Carolina from w itside, and w.e would have the hos- n tal dointr orood for all *???o '' w w ? ? ?v*iaiW| UVUCIll*"! " g every one who had given to nelp *? lild it and hlessing those who need, h I its care. , ? Gift of $50 Bach. " "There are nearly o.uOu Shriners ?n ir state and a gift or donation of an 11 'erage of $50 each. will pay for a a >spital. There are doubtless gome p ho are not able financially to ma^ * is donation, but there are others 1 ho are able to donate this amount veral times and hardly feel it and am sure they could never find a betr cause to give it to, or one which p ill do more ahd lasting good. As ? is hospital will help all children " .? wuo.iiua ciuiijircn. or not, _ her good people who have pride in 1 elfare work could ftod no worthier e ace to make their money assist in e best work they could select. Th* ree requirements lor admission are S Msslbility of improvement to tho v ild, normal mentality and inability a pay. No religious question comes t* , no Masonic question comes in, as r is for the benefit of suffering hu- tl anity?helping to take care of our s! ture citizens who- cannot help them- v Ives. The most helpless thing in F e world is a little child ?bnt when to h is *is added the misfortune to- be o shapen or bodlesf, twisted by du>- d se that one is indeed helpless. ^ tl tfX" Ji tfjfli* * > * [?? -..' X V ? HiniiiunniMOMin* j .. ? m0 ;; t I Hi <; . :: 8 *?. . :: a .. i r - \ l! ;; s ? t - i ^ ;? a > STES I v c "Ml, County rid strict en- jj vijig every- jj . i . v v ',. ?. * 4 1 'oad service \\ on^Eld^tric ;; imission for f ars, and has j; dley-ifetes | nion'for the f . . JU c fl will be |i i i . jr I " * " " "? V I.. J people j ? - 1 v ? " ! ' 'I ^ftll Be II :: i iated ?; t ? ' > ! {? ! ! } ? t . > t "One will ask why should vre in * outh Carolina make 4 donation to y et a hospital and some other states ? o not. Hella Temple in Dallas, j. cxas, is building one itself and will t jpport it. She coul'l no twait. Tfiesre c re so manv nlaoes wnntincr ???.* ig hospitals that the Shrine has not ic money now to build them every- j here. ' There are about 660,000 g hriners and $2.00 per year each uses a little over a million dollars nd it required these first year's asBssment to build the first five. The ?cond year's million has been approbated to build others. When ten re in operation costing fifty to sixty lousand per year each for maintainnee one sees that it will take near-. l all the million to support those uilt and if the Shriners can build rom the yearly funds one or two , .ore ea9h year the building program ill soon be up on number?to atytfe? hrine income can support And then ill have to stop building, unless doationg of hospitals or money sufficnt to build is made. If we can .now et one by helping build it and then ave its maintenance assumed by the hrine we get in now. If we dp not 'e will pay the two dollars ami help lie other fellows who have the bospi* a Is. Then we are between tfeorgia nd North Carolina which, have a hos. ital each arA the Imperial, .Council 1 rill have one in Virginia and it will i atur.tlly think as United States and ianada covers so much territory hat they will have to scatter the ospitals. There are 486,000 - crip.. ' led children now, and if we h*4 ne in every state working tp> full j apacity it would take about 30 years ^ > work up the supply now on hand, ) say nothing of others coming on * very year. ^ No Strings^ "The amount to build and have the j hrine to take it over and operate it j ill have to be a gift or donation pure t nd simnlft without. ?nw atrliiai tiad 1 } it. The trustees have adopted .a ] ule that nothing shall be placed on 1 be hospital except the eonte? stone .] hall have the Shrine emblem end the t 'ords, "Shriners Crippled Children 1 lospital" and the Imperial Council l as confirmed this policy. A donation 1 f three hundred thousand van ten- I ered the board to build a hospital in < be state of Washington if the build- < 1 U' I I ag would uilj siis bhe door, "This loepital is built b^l?da contributed tnd the building memorial tq ttank.v ' iHiia offw'Nfil declined and eeolution adopted puttlnjng tbe above >olkjy. Donations of'sites for locaiona have b^en accepted and will be icceptcd If suitable "xtfren tbe board tarts toprect a hospital id any state, rhis plan will not cost the state of k>uth Carolina anything unless she vants to make a gift or' apjrroprate lomething on it as a part of the welare work it has been dotnjg and has tome of the fund? to take this direcion in doing good. The Scottish Kite dasons gave the money to build heirs and ate maintaining it. The Jhriners ofSouth Carolina and oth rs who are interested in doing good n relieving helpless r Offering human ty now have the chance of a lifetime o take part and "Secure the Crippled Children's Hospital without cost of iperating fri>m its completion until he end of time. If we. do not get in low by contributing the cost of one he time will sbpn lie at band when he income from tbe assessment will ill he vAnnlwe-t tn * ' v:-i ??? Wfiiruiv MiUIC Wllicn vili have been "built by the Shrine and >thers who giv? hoegttala. : "The North. , Carolina way of >uilding their, hpefcital wu accom)lished by the builder, Mr. R. B, Bab>ington, raising inVarious way by jifts $52,000 and a Site , of B8 acre s ind the state, legislature first appromated $20,000 at the commencing of he building and the next year $20,100 more and the hospital was built vith.this and other donations of maerial furnished and equipment dornted. The last session of the North Carolina legislature $37,000 was apiropriated for the support and operations of the hospital and the hos>ital receives considerable in support From the farming cultivation of vegeables and supplies from its dairy ierd, poultry and public donations. Some few children are in the hospial from South Carolina and eight or en have been treated, but this being i state supported hospital the out-ot" late children were .charged most of .he cost required for their care, ilow One Can Be Built in Our State. "In addition to tiie plans mentioned above for the.^fehriners to builct >r donate the funds to build it, wish o say there are to round numbers 10,000 Masons in th$ state and an average donation- of less than ten dol ars each will build one of 60 beda, quip and furnish it. The site will >ot cost anything fqr when funds suficient are in vea^hpHS to build there vill be plenty of", offers of free sites Made for locations .fnd "money beside* n order to hiivej ftear some of our irogressive toynqi.^ Already a sit-.' >f as much land" as will be necessary 'or jt, fr^>m 80 to lflO acres, has been ir^mised. The Iija^rial Council will icogpt tlic moneyrijcate, build, equip, 'urntol^and opea^^ the hospital if ;he Shriners or AWRjfrs do not wish to issume the cost %fjKl|intenance. The aspiration haying this will mBfeJ^*0th-~z0ftl and :atl8e,ua as ShrfrieqB and Masons to ro fqirtfrand andijo^n^jtbr things for mfoiahity and Wherf w$ do raise the nohey no dodbt it wiirifford as much [oy to run it hi the Scottish Rite Matons of Georgia received from their .plfehdid hospital. '(?"wer do not wish *> give it to the Shrinirwe Can give it o the state of South Carolina and let ;he maintenance be taxed for by our itate. South Carolina how cares for he deaf, dumb nnd?blind, the feeble ninded, the insane and criminals and vhy not support the crippled children tospital and convert a liability into in asset and create a tax paying jroducing citizen and the chances of he deformed child becoming a charge m the public will be eliminated. Eastern Stat Funds. "When the Grand. Chapter of the Eastern Star was constituted in this itato provision was'made for a cerain per cent of its dues to be placed n a aharitv fund. At' its seernirf nn lual session the errand Chapter in a nodest way undertook to assist the Aasons to build ? Masonic home vhich at that time the Masons conemplated doing. The Grand Chaper by donations and otherwise re. eived from its loeal chapter funds vhich were given to the Masonic tome amounting to $600 to $1,000. fhe Masons concluded not to build a leqte the Eaten Stars Grand Chapter has QontinffH to' raise funds ind now has in cairnand in pledges ibout fifteen thousand dollars, contiderable more cas|T than pledges in ha above amount.. And other contributions to the $25,000 could be raisd, pledges and tl? funds ready for ise before the Buildings could be invtMi. If the Kllltem fifnr air) u/n j isked or sought no doubt it^ would fladly join hands Vfld help in this pood causa* la the j^ospital Worth the Cost? There are in roppd numbers, it is uaid, 3,000 cripplad children in our itate. Say that tlnre are only 1500, tad half of these only could be cured. \re they not wo rife, the cost? Suppose ope of these hSjj>pened to be your shihl, would not not think the $260,>00 was as nothing^ko the joy it would five you and the gXUht things it would io for the child Mli$ng it an inspiration. This is written f^a a modest citizen of the state, ^hoping that Some rood might be aomnplished, while 1 im a member of aR Masonic bodies M>th York aftd Sodttfeh Rite, and belong to many frMttpities doing bclevolent work, an<$? am Potentate ci flpjaz Temple andjfStac and apprecifha Vmnnr VitJltv Q+ill mlioi 1 WW "WW* WV..I ww t.? w J Tave written hasWen written as , friend to dtlsens jgno feel compelled to raise his TQice thjcaase he has seen the condition an<9gia<i the heart so ieeplytonched thogSailence no longai (an be kept in pHy ? ?.j=?eagatt i i. ?& -atr--*?? " ? 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