The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 23, 1918, WEEKLY EDITION, Page 4, Image 4
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Tin* Red r -i (f.-ivo forward
iu fine sh:m". \Y<> lrivo r.ovor ,
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l'ltd ill" sliirlitost doi'lit 1 :it that tho.
county would vain* it- quota; everybody.
not altogether liouoloss, feels
the call to l">ln. It not nevessar'* |
to aryuo tin* question. but it is ncoo;- i
s<ry to ' * ?ho committees make
the round- "n to everv man and wo,
i
man in the community.
Monarch. Ottarav. Wallace and Huf- I
falo. if wo mistake not. liavo pone *
"over the ton." There ave but a few
more days in which to work. I'.ut di.r-j,
inp tliose few days we must nut the :
whole county over. T.et each one do!'
his host, and that will put us over in
fine shape. J.
Everybody has hcen nwaitimr the '
great (Jerman drive on the Western
1
front. Tf it fails to materialize per- (
haps the allied forces will take the i
initiative. It is somewhat comfort- !
inp to feel that when the Germans !
1
make a drive they fail to go throupli, ^
hut it would he a hit more comforting t
if some of the driving came from our '
own forces. Tt w'ould pive a new feel-|(
i c
inp of security. On every hand the;.
prediction is being made that the warlt
will continue five more years. Tf itj<
does, it will he the result of the allies i *
? .V 1 - it
1 pursuing tne tactics or allowing the
Germans to <lo all the attacking. If
we can, under the spur of necossitv,
pet a vast army on the field and do
this quickly, there should he no five
years to the war. Tf we move slowly,
po forward step by step, as it hecomes
necessary to save ourselves j
' om destruction, then will the war
he loner drawn out. for this will pive
Germany the opportunity to pather
strength from the states she has overrun.
A preat, stroner movement on
our part now will he worth very much '
more than it will at a later day. I
"Why do you not write something I
besides war?" is a ouestion that many j
ask the editors. "Why do you not j
preach about something besides war?"|
is a question many are askinp the,
preachers. Why asl< so foolish a ques- j
tion? When the whole world is a i
hlazinp ball of fire, when the very
mountains and hills are tremblinir under
the explosions that are rendinp
the air, when the whole heavens are j
ablaze with the flaminer torches of
warwhat can a man think of save
war what fan a man think of save |
w'nr? 7* (loo,- riot mattor where you',
start nor upon what question ? you
yourself crointr riorht hack to the '
I <
event issue- the war. Talk of human s
liberty?and in about two sentences i
von land into war. The very whv of <
f
the war is involved in the first sten '
in human liberty. Talk of humanity,
of mercy, of justice, of love of one' ji
fellows and you will tro hut one or,s
?\vo ctens and fmd vourself in t'e
f
ver" midst of the question of war., j
Talk of Cod and his providences, and,;;
lo! you are into the discussion of the t
war. Talk of the sacrifice of Jesus
(
Trist and von have hut a ston to
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jon?*ney to the men who are ?neri-M|
fieinir in tlie trenches. Talk of the t
i.
devil and his multitude f follower;
and you think of the Kaiser. Why, it
make not the s'lHlte difference i
where you start you w'"H wind tin in
the war. No use to try to do unv
liitwe nl .A T Iiooiil- \ lie in/.oo vwl it '
. . ,V.. . > ' ,
would ho ; foolish di<-ou-sion apart
. i *
from a ronsidfrat ton of th" hoai"P"j.
that war has upon it. So with coin- j
nvrce; so with agriculture; so with
;verything and all things. Talk of
he past, present, future?and it is the
mine thing. The truth is our big business
now is making war. And our
thought, our very souls are locked in
its mighty embrace. There is nothing
else to do but accept the cond*
L ot s as they are.
M Its. li V M lil.I N UUIM.IKS
TO CltlTICS
Union, May 22, 1918.
Mr. Kdilor:
In reply to my critics in this
ifternoon's paper, I wish to say that
la Inking the position I do with rear:!
to the Ked Cross using fundi
!.r cigarettes 1 am looking further
than to the temporary comfort of
jar soldiers.
Modern science has classed ciiraretlc
moking anions the drug ha'oits.
Among the ]>oisonous vapors which
l'ii..:r the system hy inhaling sn ol.e
is acrolein, and Thomas A. Kug-.n
says that is one f ihe m n.t w 11 I le
' enclose a f.'.v clippings t i 'p ; p|>
icied to til A letter to pn\e ih.it
position :> c ?rr *t. .Mv mgnmt nt
- hat if their elkects is in.i'i: <ns to
the soldiers physically ami moraoy,
they should not be used. (ieneial
iVrshing does not use tobacco and
iirges the men not to do o. if cigarettes
should be furnished the solders
just because they want them,
iie same principle would apply to al oholic
beverages. Doubtless many
if the soldiers would lit-o > imr ?.f
vhiskey or a crate of champagne sent
.hem. If a plinahtropy (?) were
started for the purpose, many would
ontribute, and say "Oh, let 'em have
their dram!" Many others would proLi'.st
that standards should be higher,
and would refuse to give for that purpose;
yet sending liquor would be just
as logical as to send cigarettes.
I note that Mrs. Clifford attacks
ny patriotism, and labels me a proClerman,
1 regret to make this in any
any personal, but when such a charge
is that has been made against me, I
annot do other than protest against
ts injustice; otherwise many may
think it is true, for what 1 have done
"or the Red Cross and the soldiers
ins been done quietly, and few know
>f it. Circumstances are such that I
annot work at Red Cross headquarers,
so my name never appears in
he list of workers there. My largest
:ontribution in former campaigns was
ifiven in the name of an organization,
ind not my own; another time I contributed
but my name was not pubished
in the list. It is contrary to
ny nature to have a flare of trump ts
when_J give or do anything of the
and, and' usually all I desire is to
aiow that my country is getting the
jenefit. Mrs. Clifford's "cudgel" was
ndeed a heavy one, and has goaded
lie to say this in defense of my pariotism;
I have given the last penny
[ individually owned for the help of
,he soldiers; have my critics given
nore? I have arisen before three
'clock in the morning to work for the
Red Cross; have they arisen earlier?
[ have worked until after one o'clock
it night for the soldiers; have they
vorked later? I have sewed for the
ited Cross when 1 was too ill to leave
he house; have they? 1 have sent
>raetically all the little jewelry I
ossess except my engagement ring
.o help war sufferers; have they done
nore? (These articles were returned
:o me, but I did not foresee that). I
lave made for my country sacrifices
rreater than these and I hope I can
nake more in the future.
Some of my kinsmen?Miles Stand;h,
George Washington, Chief Justice
Warshall, Thomas Jefferson and Robert
K. Lee and General Forrest?did
heir part towards making this county
what it is. and while tnv talents
ire puny inded compared with theirs,
believe r'ae seme spirit of patriotism
>urus in my heart. I am NOT pro
ierman!
Tn my former letter i .-aid jrive lib-1
rally to the lveii Cross, but only 011
ondition that none of the money be
.pint for playing cards and eijia'ctt.es.
The Red Cross committee
otild easily telejtraph headquarters
<>r assurance that our money will not
>e spent that way.
No matter what adverse comments
ire made on this letter, I shall not
vrite further. j
No one could question Mrs. Clif-(
brd's patriotism; she lias shown it;
n ii ?ny ways, and if all our country
,e:i .ye re as public spirited and pa-j
riotas she, America would be an
'renter nation than she is. South'
'aro'ina owes much to her for the
Ideational work she has so faithfully j
lone for years. And she has iriven to|
i?r country her only son Clod bjess
;er . ml other things are insi.'inicant
I
i< ! romp.- !*{ I with that!
Mary Stoole llamhlin.
At the open In;; of ' SpanLs!
\ mo r loan War. many yo'-nv rw 11 In
>iir r ilitin royimert--, ;or->o >osly un.
rirn-.l, who !i!u? . *;roi,? to
'iiiiitr maiden- as tlicv writ marchii>'
li.v, or. iieinar ex a . nod wore r >
retod for "tobaroo heart." The total
i
rejections for physical defects were m
reported as eighty per cent, and tobacco
heart was the most prominently
noted cause of rejection. It completely
unfits men for hard marching.
Japanese statesmen, then antieipat:*\T
war with Russia, read of these rejections,
and said, "If we are ever poj
:r.;r to fijrht Russia successfully we
I must chancre our universal hahit of
j smoking cigarettes from childhood."
; It was then the'custom for both hoys
i. ?< Japan to smoke cigarettes
I almost as soon as they were able to
j walk. The Japanese smoke more scientifically
than other people, throw|
iiv.' away each cigarette when half
onsumed because they know' the nicotine
crows more harmful as it comes
I IH M'i III, <11111 MIIUMI1); *11
tlu-ir thimble-si/.e pipes only two or
! three whiffs at a time.
11ut despite such precautions, .Japanese
statesmen know that tobacco in
i any form would diminish military efI
ticicncy.
Accordinjrly. the Hon. Sho Nemoto,
a Christian member"of parliament, introduced
a bill that no youth in Japan
'should use tobacco berofe 20 years of
1 oe?. which it their period of maiority,
nor after that if he was still
I in school or collepre.
When the Japanese, eiprht yeai*s afIter
that law was passed, made war on
i the hiyp-est nation in the world, they
sometimes marched two days without
Ifood. and then went on and defeated
their foes. Such men are not
I "sissies." ?
It was easier for these Japanese to
; he the cleanest army morally since y
I the days of Cromw'ell, with no im- 1
| moral women nmonjr the camp follow- n
cvs. bec.nso thcv hod been pie-lit. ft'
, years without tobacco, which is a di- Li
I roct stimulant to the baser passions.
Every one who uses it makes harder
for himself the battle for purity,
which every man who esteems his
own health and success aspires to win.
With all this machinery of promotion
in full swing at the time we entered
the world war, it w'as possible
in a week to start a campaign to make
smokers of all our soldiers, even
The president of the Grand Trunk
to pass the physical examination bej
cause they had previously used tobacco
little or not at all. Simultaneously
in newspapers all across the
land repartments were opened to
gather money from philanthropic persons
by appeals to "charity" and "patriotism"
to present cif&irettes and
other forms of tobacco to our soldiers.
The beloved Red Cross organization
joined in the appeal for tobacco be_
sent to the soldiers, and when Tl
Presbyterian Preachers' Meeting of
the National Capital and others sent a
protest against Red Cross funds being
spent in that way, urging that no
sanction should be given to the use
of this harrdful narcotic by having it
"thrust upon the soldier by the government
as a part of the ration (in
the Galivan bill) or presented as a
charity," the mana'rement of the Red
Cross did not deny the use of their
funds in that fashion, hut justified it
as for the comfort of the soldier.
It would ho easy to show from numerous
testimonies of distinguished
j physicians that the giving of eig|
arettes to soldiers in hospitals is the
| worst of all the many misuses of tobacco.
And there is just now more
of this cigarette smoking in hospitals
than ever before. Professor Irving
Fisher, of Yale University, in a fine
booklet entitled "Is the Tobacco Habit I]
Injurious?" quotes Dr. Huber as say- I
ing: "The use of tobacco has been ft
observed to induce a diminution of the I
therapeutic effects of medicines and ft
to retard the healing of wounds." I
The presiden tof the Grand Trunk I
railway, who went down with the Ti- fl
tanic, said to the writer, "We have I
I gotten rid of the smokers. They lose |
I their nerve in a sudden accident."? B
(Taken from article l?y Wilbur F. I
Crafts, Ph.D., April, PUK.) ^
AMERICA! THEY ARE U
CALLING YOU I
England is crying, Fair France is dyinjr!
2=
Their daughter, they look to you?
Your sons at Picardy,
Fijrhtinpr for Democracy,
Pray that your best you will do.
On the fields of battle, each with out- son
stretched hand ran
They are calling to this land? por
tioi
Oh America! P>rave America! TA
Can't your eyes from afar see the s^?
foe? land
Can't, you sop our men across the sea, I 1
(living out their lives for humanity? fro
con
Oh America! Brave America! .
Let your couraire yuide us through. m?
Come, lead the Allies to victory! Tar
Oh America! They are calling you!
I.udie Jordan.
Copvri ihted, May 11)18. ?
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Kaiser Bill an ! Bully IlindcnburtfJefl
say Oermany will have all sorts of and
prosperity in the next few decades;" the
but what's the next decade to a dead the
German? ? Dallas Times-IIcrald. 1 1
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One Chevrolet To
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Two Chevrolet B<
in first class c
One Maxwell Tou
like new
One Model 75 Ow
merly owned
well cared for
One Hup Roadstei
Allan Nichols
One Chevrolet 4
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One Ford Phoenix
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car at a bargain
over at once.
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lanatrer ('. E. Storm of the Ed'- ^or
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lia Theatre, Union, S. C., has ar- .
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iged with the National Film Cor- 'j
ation of America for a presenta- ^wc
i of the master photoplay. tie
RZAN OF THE APES, to be in j
wn at the Edisonia on Thursday 'got
I Friday May :50th and :51st. | j
"his prreat film wonder is direct' t,ior
m its New York showing of three
secutive months and in securing I wor
urinff the attraction for Union, the (
vintf picture fans are promised a (jor
e treat Ipjj,;
'arzan of the Apes was made in'^ro
jungles of Africa during a period <j
eleven months. There are 1000 nn<j
pie in the cost including such stars eve
Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, Thos. ^
rerson, Colin Kenny, ('has. French
I a host of other, each selected for
ir individual characterization of Tnk
numerous parts. cmi
*he story is hy Edgar Rice llur/
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after day about
in our Clothing
, the varied and
x/ rich pnlnrc iLlio
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It's much casie
to let you jucjg<
A rics. When you
i-,Wf\ the originality c
- the nicety of lii
parent.
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Our Summer
is all in readine
y if you will come
the opportunity
favorable.
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: 2-ton Truck
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ester and Lancaster C
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Leal lions, timers, bears, monkeys,
illas, and apes galore, frolic
und, snarling, spittinjr. scratching
kiting.
here are five hundred African and
? hundred Arabians in a night batThe
burning of the native huts
tself is a sight not soon to be forten.
lover before has there been a moi
picture such as this attempted,
is educational, thrilling, amazing,
lderful.
arznn of the Apes has been ensed
by the schools and colleges. A
antic education for the kiddies or
wn up.
lie cxhil>itio?i dates arc Thursday j
Friday, May HOth and .'{1st, and:
ryone should ice this picture of].
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e I.AXATIVK BKOMO Quinine. It stop* ?1>e
Kli and Ilt niinclic and wotts oH the Cold.
Kuists refund money if it (nils to cure.
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hoice of )
ilar People"
ifficult to tell you day
the various good points
?it's hard to visualize \
serviceable fabrics, the
.splendid tailoring.
t to show you the Suit?,
i the worth of the fab
slip on one of the coats
>f the style features and
lish will at once be aplinc
of ALCO Clothes
iss. We'll he very glad
in to look it over, while
t for choosing is most
nd Mohair Suits for the
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clothing Co. 1
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, looks ;
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1918
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