The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, May 22, 1918, Image 2
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the press and standard
Wednesday, May 22, 191&
11m Frets and Standard
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at Wal-
* Snbeerfptloa Rates:
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Buy War .SavinKS Stamp*.
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Thrift Sump* ar* (t fln«* thim;* to
haT«.
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If you caflnot «co aeromi
You ran come aero**
Aad irivr to the Red Cro**.
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Colleton county baa 35.000 popu
lation. 10.000 for the Red Cro**
I*, therefore.. 17 eenU eaeh.
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THR RKD CROSS l»RI\ K
That Colleton ^would *ub*rrtbe
her allotment for the Red , Cro**
waa a foreaobe 'ronrluaion. That
ah* will exceed It by a lance amount
ta wrident from the *uh*rrlption*
that are eominjc In. That Cblletoa
• eouaty Ih a'wake now to the nerlou*-
» neaa of the war situation, and to
the neeeMity for every . man,- wo-
^ man and rhild civinr of their time
and mean* to support, our brare
boy* on the other side. Is *ed6 more
and more rlearly erery day. These
brave fellows are rlvin* their all-
are must cive our all to meet their
(1ft. Life to them is precious—
worth more than our dollars are to
us. They are Rivina this for us—
are must r|v« our dollars for them.
Colleton county caS be counted
'upon to do her part.
Colleton county will double her
allotment for the Red Cross.
Ject of this meeting to-day..
What will we do? BruUI as Is
the propaganda of Prussian-
Isro. it Is not less cruel for us
to send our soldiers to fight for
us and fail >t<u provide them
food i.od clothing and muni
tion*. Every single individual
of our great State of Missouri
must make substantial sacri
fice to buy securities of the
Government to win this w^r.
The spirit of the American sol
dier reject* the democracy -of
.Galilee; He bCcamv' obedient
upto death. e,yen the death of
the cross. If our soldiers and
sailors are willing to die for us.
we should he 'willing to niake
the utmost sacrifi^ for tfiem.
"Th” spirit that ’ dominates
the soldier on the battle field of-'
Flanders was appropriately ex
pressed In the words ot the
late .Lieut. Col.. John McCrae,
who. when . mortally woijnded
wrote:.
In Flanders fields the popics blow
Between the crosses, row In row.
That marie our place; and in the skv
The larks, still bravely singing, fiy.
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw iiunset glow.
Loved ahd were loved; and now wu
lie
In Flanders fields.
f
Take up your quarrel with the fo-?.'
To you. from falling hands we throw
The torch. Be yours to hold it high’
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies
grow
In Flanders fields.
C0LLEI01COIM
BOTH
Tells Home Interesting Facts In
Connection With H , l* Camp Life
’ at Jacksonville. Fla.
Camp Joseph K. Johnston, Ja«;k
sonville, Fla.. May 16.
v gton is doing hm- part these daws
When we have the German arm*
band playing the Star Spangled
Banner.
We'll come back to you. .■
When those German soldiers say let
us go to your-country with you.
Then we'll come back to you.
And not until. n
It is sung by every boy and man
in camp. . i
I would like to pay my old horn- 1
county a visit this summer*and tak.*
in some of those picnics that I know ; I
they are going, to have. -I will he at'l
isio.. aar*- * P,Cn,C ' 1 *"***• but th, *> WoB ’ t
ranm Jo^-l" erv,n ' r chfcken - ham.-fake* and LI
. lemonade for dinner. It won't be 1
a picnic to see v/ho can ebt. drink
Sfneegtt
Tread A
*ti
Side*
jtoward training boys and men to -o and do the n ^porting. ' but It-
^[after ^iser Bill. She he a picnic to see wh; can do
int: in eWry lipe of duty that is lgi-l ||h¥ m5M ?rtr , h(!lir co „ ntrv Th>j
'ibS-* lr
Tbev
a pir-
, upon her shoulders. -e a „ that thev ar ^.havin
jia doing as Much fosiard training n | C |ip le over sea lighting for 1'nri.
! her boys and men for over-sea P«r- Sam ^ A bov * howwl a
poses we will soon have podsessMin thaf waR wr itt en to hjlll b> . a
iof the warring countries o*er the b j s in |r ra i, re \ | n b j M j e iter
sea. Now I don't mean to say that ' sa , d lhjlt be v . a s V-tting along fine,
we are going to conquer all warring i aee|llK jW doing Jlots and hearing *
countries. That s jiot what we are | ot|| fj e put nio ^ e emphasis to the
following paragraph: He said:
“Old boy if you want to have a
grand time with these French ladies
you will have
to learn to speak some
-“An answer was written, by
a distinguished cltiieh n# Ohio,
who asid:
going over for. are going- to
conquer our enemies and to help
our Allies.
Camp Johnston is ; turning out
men every day for‘further duties. .
SJie is shipping some out -almost; This was his friei
every day. 1 can’t say how many, j ani , nn t p 0 j n
where they went or_whlch way they
went. We are not allowed to te!I
that. No one knows how quick he
ha* got to pack up and go. cither.
I am glad to say that all went off! a * good ladies as any cou
as happy as larks. I want to teU| a fford. I don't want s Fren
reply; “Old
France -to
have a good time with those French
ladies. If I was up for a good time
with ladies I would stay in » T . S. A.
We have as good looking Indies and
ry can
wo-
; 9 $ *
M
'•Jf 4 4
of a bunch that left. I won't *av'i nan f Cr nl y wife, I will take
when, hut I guess they are over jours when I *#t back. I am going
there by now., It wts a very Indus-j to help win the war so that I can
trloun and patriotic crowd. The- enjoy life with one of our V S A
wert- notified twelve thoura before ladies." / f ’ *
leaving. Several of the boys with) Don’t you think he is right* 1
their captain's aid found what they know tb e | ady folks will agree iritn
call a happy departure. They ac-,him. Some men will. too.
knowledged that they lllpcd this| a |i enjoy Getting‘mail from
On Flanders fields the cannon boom camp, but they were Indeed proud , home and friends Very much. AH
And fitful flashes light up the doom,
(While up above, like eagles, flv
The fierce destroyers of the sky;
With stains the earth wherein von
He .
Is redder than the poppy bloom
In Flanders fields. /
K(7 KIXX-KLAM RUM NO AGAIN
to
W* note from newspaper dla-
patches that organisations pattern-
after the old Ku Kins Klan of
truction days are beginning
!■( tip over the country- Par
is this true In the Went
where \hey are becoming gulte
lumerou*. They are riding again
ridding, to patriot ir Impulse./ They
have\^e«nlV(Kk thst they will handle
those #ho are t>ro-German. hut not
atrongly enough • pro-German for
the Governmhot Intake hold of
Thdx say: “DishtviHty shall not
hamper Vraerica's protH^utlon of a
victorious War. If the^courts end
legal machinery cannot StqipreM
dangerous pro-Germanism.
♦ Br e ©the- forces that ran and wll
Judging from newspaper repo
I" not any effort being mad*
to check these organisations;-.which
Hove not >et committed any overt
acts. They are doing a service to
their country not posoihle for the
open hand .pf the law under the
- espionage acts of CToggress.
A n/-wspapei report of the organi
sation* in t alifoln^i closes /with
this pa rag ra ph: * \ x
“And Just • ;.s the hrel «»f
hoofs hearing the ni>rfit riden^ >
,of old carried terror to thov .
* o had reason to fear the.
:!jn*k--d avenge^ today the
, purr of the Juggernaut. , bear
ing the modern clansmen
strikes a chill to t b p hcart.i of
the disloyalists."
Wc have suspected that the loval
IX'OPU* or ,th | country would not
lcp( alt by while acts of dislovaltv
*ere committed. Jerqrardlting th-
lives of the young men who have
Uven their all. without at least
r ?king * show against such overt
Vets as are committed by some peo-l
rle who arc not loyal. The Ku Klus|
was a mighty farter once
>uth—the modern Ko
l» riding again not in the Ronth only I
but in tie nation. Alabnmn bin Itf
North Carolina has ft. All the
Mate# out west have It. Strong
resolute, determined men who In* I
tend that their country shall not be|
hampered by traitors at home.
to get a Chance to go to the rest of . should see how anxious we are to |
Tncle Sam’s group across the sCa. K et. mail. When we call for our
They arranged the program as pat- 1 mail and there • isn't anv we "01
riotlc as possible. They sang ser-'away with a broken heart.' A letter
eral songs which vfer«J played bvjn-the army means something to a
the camp band. They marched to soldier. I havKfelt sorn for boys
(the depot in a mannerly order sing-,who were looking for mall from
friends and Would
t there,
service
The shrieking proached the depot all Joined in and ; be disappointed If It wasn’
" t .sang “The Sfar Spangled Banner. All who have friends, in
ing trench, the startled yeM.jThelr last song was "Where do we write-thetn^ Thev mav not have
of the battle hell > : uo From Here?''" ' ‘ i time to answer. Don’t get offended
til ** W<> H. | . |> ttr t would sing the above men because they quit or don’t answer,
# .. wr j| 1 tlonod sopg while the other* would but write ags'
hear, sing to their answer. “We Are Go- rikje the last
{ing different songs. When they ap-j home and thfir
Sleep on. ye^brave. *■ " ' — J
shell.
The quaking trettch. t
The fury
Shall wake
Sleep p«-aeefully. for all is well. itlnnnd sopg while the other* would but write again. They will appre-
iim'.'u vL an,, ” K I^^b aloft we bear. 'sing to their answer. “We Are Go- the last as same as the first.
With burning heart on oaths w» Arior Kaiser Rill.” , i 1 have lot* of friends that I would
_ B, * ear ..... I I almost forgot to mention the Hke very much to write, but the
to keep the faith, to fight it 1 most important part. One of the one baa to- write is, used in
through, • of the,Company cut President | wr *Hng home.
To crush the foe or sleep with you AVjltmn'* hicture from a magazine 1 A soldier always appreciates a
in F.anders fields. (which he had put in a frame. They letter from any one. so be sure and
had printed on a large banner this w rite your friends in the army,
quotation: “The President and his .-Our Y. If. C. A.’s are still doing
follower* are going to get Kaiser. * >v vrythinB that is in their power to
PIH." I think that was the hap- i* lTe *bC boys amusement. An army,
piest crowd I have seen *fn*e‘ last at • camp without a Y. M.
summer.* All bid thefii farewell vrould be like-a home without
w<*h a cheer and heswwlahes. X ,* mother.
The night .following the camp I Dc»r readers, I will have to bring
pastor explained what they meantmessage to « close. I will
*“■ having President Wilson's plc- ,Bri ‘J t ? • orne more news of Camp
. Johnsto -- - -
JManKMtd
Ifras
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Will Pay Your
•War Taxes
Our customers tell us that
the saving in tire up-keep
that Diamonds effect will
more than pay the war taxes
on their car.
There's a “tip” for you.
Your Size in Stock
We have Oil Stoves in 2, 3 and 4
. _ • Burners.,
USE OUR HARUWARE; IT STANDS HARD WEAR.
Koger Hardware Company
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WALTERB0R0,
SOUTH CAROLINA
PROSTRITION
by Lydia
fli V(
tCbfnpound—'
Letter Proves It
West Philadelphia. Pa.-“During the
thirtjr ytoers I have been married, I have
been in bad health
and bad several at
tacks of nervous
prostration until it
seemed a* if the T| ba( w „
organs in my whole
body were worn
I was finally
N out I was finally
persuadeii to try
r: Til Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vogotabic Com
pound and it mode
a well woman of
me. 1 can new do
all my housework
by „„ ^ .
tn-e in front arcompanied by .his if I am here long enough,
followers. .X jHhen I get to France I will lei
I can't explain as we!Pa* our^pas- 1 Z'u'Z k , n ° W how u M ^y-
tor did. hut I will give s few of his | <h K * ^
points.'He said that that was th*-( Xl GILBERT W. SMITH,
most patriotic and happy crowd that
HI .
ever-left Camp Johnston, and thitf
REFORK IT IS TtK» LATE
'President Wilson's fpllowers would
Conquor some dav. That is not all
* ** -■-— —* followers
of President Wilson’s
and ''ftd^iqe all ailing women to try
Lydia N E./Fir.kham'a Vegetable Com
pound khd iNrill guanutc-e they will
fTCet brnpnt from it’’—Mrs.
derive rr
KkAN'K VlTicr.RAC
WcrP Philadelphia.
u-
hcaUncloxv ah-i othcY\*yr.ip
functional ilernnrcmciH, It wgs n
grateful S|\ir:t for hgt’Ui vc^'orwi w-hKh
led her to writo this letter &04l«gt othc.
women may i-encf.t from her exp<ricnco jKJ*’
and find healU- us she ha? done/\ X 1 '. ’
For Buggcetions in regard tovour con-
JiUon write Lydia E. Fmkhwn “Medithie
Co.. I.ynn. Maas. The result of their
Id yes*? erpcrier.ee is at your a.-rv ico.
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l-Oi: OPERATION
Mi. and MisX/C. J. Cio^hy, .»f
Hudson V id ill, passed thrrti|gli Wul-
terboro Monday t-n ivoite to Char-
lesion where. Mi*. CroshKwtll ent *i
Baker *anitariiini for surglfwl trea*
n:ent.° rheir many 'mends v. ill wi- U
.or her ’a speedy recovery.
"ON FI.ANDEKH FIELDS'*
Tha Pillowing |a mten from a
speech -ccently delivered by JW.
Joseph J Russell, of Missouri, in
Which hc # quoted F.ime verses writ-
ten ofi'.ihe fieidf. of Flanders The
sentlmeai of the speech and the
verses *» so that »t- pis* it on
to the readers of The pr$ M an<1
Standard:
"Soon we will tuve a billion
men on the battle front They
will b-? thoiiNands of miles from
home. They will he hriples*
-nnd de'enmles* without we pro
vide them with ammunition
end supplies That is the ob-
-Tsi
50c end $1 tkt bettk
HAscoca uovto tuLFava
cowraar
only n thousandth ^>art, of
them. He went on to say wW» Pres
ident Wilson’s followers ere ami
wt-o are not. The following are h'.v
followers. The men in servle<*^
tbpre that pre too otil to be in ser
vice that are doine all thev «\%n by
encouraging tho buying of Kibertv
bouds end most of all those old
; rev he:>«te>r men tbat afe. giving
fheir son* to the call of his dountr”.
Oh. I have left out the lady folk-*.
They jne not left out. They are g|v-
imye helping band si.mc as the men.
Sfi N. 41st Street, [ / r W| H !( lsn i-ientfon what he said in
■>i-d 'o the > |e' , i-'s. Tho-e tha* a-«-
"orkir* in ffccl Cross work; those
'’•lit, yuinr as nurses and mo-t
"f ul? iV"-*- that r.r<* uring ecohnim
-l«i y*lni w -n their ’ sons to th« If
.(u.njtry's call
-X’.-v i —i|| uirnrion those th'-t
;r<- Wil- m's opnn*«-rs, those tl.a'la-.
their r*. f\ t.- a' old in- fo-
s ,■ "Ap- ft-e f-' ' v - * - (» ; »-f» o T t h...
; i.-nerNgye th<>r-e ’hat an- |\ing i-i
iher. ->f\— at « to keen o»it of s*'v-
The^-fatiier. mot her, sons and
iHm- *ja-!ahtvv who f.re Iving fr>;
“vh« rK tbo-'.- Ci>0\a* e u.d". the - -I'-e
-mpuu'Kuf feed u> l .>|, i a npf 1 t
“d irvost s f^r ,tI’-- si-NJiVr^ Ti-'-.e a--
hi- rip;vi rV - nil fit'Ior. «-■
V>. a: e haN^'g \ er-.' ?X 'V' .it!). r
•hetc dry-.- ItV aw u!he-
!i fine tf.- X’. wrt ni
night. MVc h'ax'C hadNo- ife a -atvv
'•pell fo* the last vfew rays. v ,M
though it .was needed very'xqtich op
account of dust. With all v>wha i
and - hot weather we are moving'>n-t
the same, t would like to nicntio^t
what I; have been doing for the
past two weeks. That K. P. is slid
with me. They say that it follows
one to France and right on through.
Some *»>' they' are going to leave
II here on land when they take a
boat for over sea. 1 expect I wi’l
ofref my friend K. P. in France
some day soon. I was put in the
motorcycle department at fitft. I
am glad to say that I went thrOuc*-
school and riding with a first grade
honor. I was well pleased with the
motorcycle if they did have .one at
times and fontinue their course |
was transferred to my destination
at the present time. I can’t sa-
what I am doing or will he doing i*i
the future. Mr ity|k at Camp John
ston Vs limited for* the present. I
want to lea\e here with a hunch
lust as patriotic and happv as th-»
hunch, which I told shout. Snm>-
hoys of the camp composed a song
which I would like to mention. They
•elected a very desirable name for
•L’ ‘ Th *’n we’ll Cone Hack to
You." ! haven’t time to write the
you have a gray-haired mother
In the old'home far away,
Sit down and write the letter
You put off dav by day.
Don’t wait until her' tired steps
Reach heaven's royal gate.
Just show her that you think of hei
Before it is too late.
If you’ve a tender message
Or a loving word to say.
Don't wait till you Jorget it.
But whisper it today.
Who knows what bitter memories
May haunt you if you wait?
So make the loved one happy
Heroic it is too late.
OUttiBabU
isms
:i9
We. live but in the-pVesenf,
- The future-is unknown,
tomorrow is a mystery.
To-day is all our own;
T b*- chance that future lends
Vay vanish while we wait.
So give life'-; richest treasures
Before it is too late.
The' tender work unspoken.
The letter ne\er sent. ’
The long, forgotten message.
The wealth of love unspent.
For these some hearts arc breaking'.
For these some loved ones wait,
.‘•’how them that you care for them
Before it Is too. late. -
Singer All Over The
World
tel
i
ag. 1 will only give the efioru*:
When we make Kaiser Gill accept
Wilson as hi* superior.
Then we’ll come back to you.
The purchase of over two million
Singer family sewing madhlne* ev
cry year is the tribute paid bv v«.
men of the world to this mechanical
perfection. It is the beM. ^tiich'.u-
that monqy caa boy timl lusts a lit-.-
time.
We fix terms to suit, purchaser,
and allow Jo per cent, discount fo*
cash.
Call. ’phonx> or write to
SINGER HEWING MACHINE
EMPORIUM
M. PANIOTTIE
y' » --tt
Manager.
n *lilroad Avenue.
f F!aac CiX. Walter boro, S. C-
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