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VOLUME 36?NO. 14 CHESTERFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, June 21. 1917 $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Big Drive For Red <
t Started. Ever
PROCLAMATION
Inasmuch as our thoughts as a nation
are now turned in united pur-<
pose towards the performance to the
utmost of the services and duties
which we have assumed in the cause
of justice and licrty;
Inasmuch as but a small proportion
of our people can have the opK
portunity to serve upon the actual
field of battle, but all men, women
and children alike may serve and
Er-" serve effectively by making it possible
f to care properly for those who do *
Bs. serve under arms at home and c
abroad; I
And inasmuch as the American Red '
Cross is the official recognized agency c
for voluntary effort in behalf of the *
armed forces of the nation and for 8
the administration of relief; 11
Now, therefore, by virtue of my *
authority as President of the United f
States and President of the American 1
Red Cross, I, Woodrow Wilson, do 1
t hereby proclaim the week ending '
June 25, 1917, as Red Cross Week, c
during which the people of the United c
Slates will be called upon to give gen- s
Ierously and in a spirit of patriotic '
w sacrifice fof'the support and main- *
tenance of this work of national need, t
WOODROW WILSON. 1
1
APPEAL TO CAROLINIANS. j
To the People of South Carolina: t
f Every patriot, every humane man, c
in fact every citizen should subscribe \
liberally to the support of the Red a
Cross. All will be given an opportuni- t
ty of doing so during the coming t
week. Let South Carolina show the \
quality of her patriotism by liberal
giving in every county.
D. R. COKER, f
Chairman State Defense Council. ^
' 1
The first meeting of the South t
Carolina Red Cross war council was a
held Friday night in the supreme t
court room, Gov. Richard I. Manning, i
chairman, presided. Nearly every o
county in the State was represented, i
The council was in session from 8 1
o'clock until near midnight, and there t
was not a dull moment during the >
k meeting. It was thoroughly business ^
like and not lacking in enthusiasm, r
The main question for consideration
was the $100,000,000 campaign for <
the Red Cross which will be conduct- *
, ed all over the United States the week I
of June 18- 25. It was unanimously i
decided on motion that South Caro- I
lina should raise "Ht least" the $300,- 1
000 apportioned to this State as its r
share. r
Purpoi* Of Campaign. H
Gov. Manning called attention to r
fr- the purpose for which the money I
was needed. He said in part: "I de- c
sire to impress upon the minds of the *
people of South Carolina the fact that t
this is not a campaign for members s
of the Red Cross or any other or
ganization. It is an indefinitely big- 1
ger proposition. President Wilson, i
feeling that the Red Cross is an ex- n
tremely important part of the offen- a
sive and depensive strength of the C
United States in this war, has issued t
a proclamation calling upon the peo- h
pie of the United States as a whole, F
and without regard as to whether or t
not they are connected with the Red fi
Cross, to contribute $100,000,000 t
which is immediately needed as much o
as, and possibly more than, men and a
munitions. I feel confident that all k
South Caroliniuns will recognize in t
this call a moving appeal both to v
their highest patrotism and their love v
for humanity. Tl\is being true, o
1 have no hesitancy in asking every
mnn nn/4 C? A I. C 1!
*>??* UIIU nvillUII 111 OUUlll VyUHMIIIU |
cooperate with the leaders in the r
several counties with a view to se- $
curing in each county betwceen June
18 and 25 the amount of money ex- o
peeted from each county. a
"This money is needed for three v
purposes and strictly in the order f
named. First, it must be remembered t
that Gen. Wood says that the Red c
Cross is equal to 25 per cent, of the
offensive and defensive strength of I
the United States. In this the highest s
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE; (
MONEY TO LOAN.
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Money to loan on improved farm ;
land; five year loans; cheap rate of
interest; also real estate for sale, on (
< good terms. y
(
Chesterfield Loan & Insurance Co., i
W. J. Douglass, Mgr.
t I
THE BEST
Of Everything
^. TO EAT :
At Lowest Prices t
A. E Davis Market ;'
Will pay higkest niarkat price t
Jfor Y
Cross Funds
ybody Should Give
nedical officers of the army and navy
igree. The United States governnent
expects that the Red Cross shall
>erform a vital service in helping to
:are for the sick young men in the
samps here at home and to do the
n?jor?part also of caring for the
vcunded and sick young men back of
he battle lines in France. Patriotic
:itizens of South Carolina will not
itop to argue as to why this is true or
low this situation should best be met.
>Ve ax*e faced with the fact that our
lays will sicken and die with<$lit a fair
ihance unless the generous, humaife,
latriotic citizens of this country place
n the hands of the national wnr work
icuncil the means by which the Red
>oss may be able to supply doctors,
lurgeons, nurses, aids, attendants,
imbulance corps, supplies, medicines,
;tc., to fully meet the needs us they
irise. Not over 5 per cent, of our
icople at the outside will be called
jpon to makg the supreme sacrifice,
am confident that the large majority
>f us who remain at home will wel:omc
the opportunity to match the
iacrifice on the part of our sons and
>rolhers, who are to go to France, by
riving sacrificially as they never
rave before, both in service and in
noney. Unless it sinks into the
lenrts of the people of South Caroina
that they must join with the
>eople of other States to see that
housands of our boys have a fair
nance ior recovery from sickness and
vounds, these boys will not have such
i chance if we do not do our part in
his emergency. We need not fear
hat what we ask for will be granted
vithout hesitation.
Breaking Under Strain
"Second, We need not only to help
>ur allies with men and munitions.
rVe know that the hospital and ambuance
corps in France as well as on
he Eastern front have been under an
ibnormally terrific strain for the past
wo and a half years. In many cases
nen and women devoted to this work
f mercy and relief are breaking down
inder the strain. Every dictate of
lumanity and patriotism demands
hat we rush particularly to France
elief in the shape of men and women
vho nu;y replace the personel in the
nedical corps.
"Third. In the devastated portion
if France, where we are told there
ire more than 600,000 tubercular
'"rench soldiers; in Belgium, in typhus
idden Servia, in Poland and friendess
Armenia, men and women and
ittle children who have no other
neans under heaven by which they
nay obtain food, stand for hours in
my sort of weather every day for the
irivilege of securing a piece of dry
iread as large as your fist and a cup
>f soup, which must sustain life for
!4 hours. We can not assume all of
his relief work, but so far as posible
we can have a share in it. The
noney which we raise, however, will
>e used in the order named, first car- i
ng for our own boys. This is us 1
nuch a national service as enlistment
nd I cull upon the people of South 1
Carolina , and particularly the coun- ]
ies, to see to it that this State, which <
las so often led the nation in times ,
?ast, shall not fall short in this naional
emergency. I have every con- <
idence in the outcome, and I leave
he answer to the individual citizens
f South Carolina, men and women
like, with assurances of the fact that
ietwet*n the 18th and 25th of June
hey will grasp this opportunity, and
working under their county lenders
vill see to it that we measure up to
ur opportunity and our duty."
Chesterfield county's apportionnent,
named by Washington, is
15,000.00.
It is understood that Chcraw nn.l
ither sections are responding liberilly.
It is believed that when the
week's campaign ends Saturday, that
Chesterfield will not be far behind in
icr donations to this most deserving
if all causes.
Messrs. W. P. and C. C.
)ouglass are authorize! to take subcriptions
here.
:alomel dynamites
a SLUGGISH liver
Crashes Into Sour Bile, Making You
Sick and Lot# a Day's Work.
Calomel salivates! It's mercury.
Calomel acta like dynamite on a slugrish
liver. When calomel comes into
ontact with sour bile it crashes into
t, causing cramping and nausea.
If you feel bilious, headachy, conitipated
and all knocked out, just go
o your druggist and get a 50 cent
)ome 01 uooson l,iver Tone, which
s a harmless vegetable substitute for
iungerous calomel. Take a spoonful
ind if it doesn't start your liver and
itraighten you up better and quicker
ban nasty calomel and without makng
you sick, you just go back and
ret your money.
If you take calomel to-day yots'll
?e sick and nauseated to-morrow; beides,
it may salivate you, while if
rou take Dodson's Live Tone you will
rake up feeling great, full of ambi
Ion and ready for work or play. It's
tarmlees, pleasant and safe to give
A BIGGER Af
FAIR; MA]
"The war is not interrupting the
progress of Chesterfield county. The j
first premium list of a county fair \
for 1917 has been published by the
Chesterfield association. It is a I
neatly printed pamphlet of 42 pages I
and if one may judge from its con- !
it-ins n loicmms it uuuniy iair ot un- '
usual merit. Agencies have been at I
work in Chesterfield during the last I
three or four years that are bringing !
the county to the forefront in the
State and they set an excellent example
refusing to permit the excitement
of the times to interfere
with their public spirited exertions."
The above editorial paragraph from
The State speaks for itself. The j
Chesterfield County Fair is a perma-1
nent institution and the fifth annual
exhibition will be held November 7,
8, 'J, 10, 1917 despite the war. It
will be remembered that the county
Fair was held during the fall of 1914 '
when there were panicky conditions
everywhere?and the Fair was a sue-.
cess that year. With 25 cent cotton !
the success of the of 1917 County J
Fair is already assured. The promoters
are behind the movement and intend
to push it to a successful conclusion.
The County Fair premium list has I
been issneri frnm tlio "f 'CI? '
r ?. v... WIIV pi V.OO U1 J 11 U ,
Chesterfield Advertiser and already '
a couple thousand copies have been
mailed to those who arc interested. |
The fair management made special .
efforts this year to prepare and have !
the premium list printed at an early i
date so that the farmers of Chester- '
field County could know in advance j
what premiums would be offered at |
the County Fair this fall. A copy of
the premium list will be mailed to
anyone upon request?simply ask one
on a postal card addressed to the \
Secretary, County Fair, Chesterfield,
S. C.
In a previous article in this paper
attention was called to some of the |
special features of the premiums of- |
fered for the County Fair this fall,
like the $25.UO offered by Mr. E.
Walker Duvall for the farmer who j
raises one hundred bushels of corn '
on one acre of Chesterfield County,
soil; and the special prizes for Com- i
munity Fair exhibits, and displays by
individual farmers. The details of,
all these can be found by a persual of j
the premium list.
In addition to the special prizes j
premium list and cash prizes offered 1
other prizes that are worthy of sharp
competition. Almost every known
farm product has been named in the |
prdemium list and cash prizes offered ('
for the best exhibit of same. The i <
Poultry department is full of prizes '
and a good poultry exhibit will great- I
!y add to the Fair.
The field of Live Stock, Cattle and i
Swine is covered in detail, the list of J
ijn/ies uemp numerous and the fair j 1
Association, in order to pet animals t <
Folio.
Grc
j We are showi
! up-to-date lines of
J General M
i to be found anywbei
[ wait you are losin
J continue to advance
I merchandise.
1 We are daily add
I are fortunate enough in 1
| fresh clean goods at pri<
i found anywhere.
1 Some Rare
[ In Men 's Pants and Oi
j wear, Underwear, SI
. We are adding a g<
Meal and Meats to
' partment, and it wi
| it us before you bt
j M. L. F
I RUBY,
i "Get it at Rale
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-ID BETTER C
NY PREMIU1V
exhibited have made the liberal offer
to feed all live stock, cattle and swine
that are exhibited. This is an unprecedented
offer that has never been
made by any County Fair heretofore.
In the Corn and Boys Corn Club
department, which is under the supervision
of Major W. J. Tiller, the list
of prizes are the handsomest ever
offered by the Fair Association.
$5.00 will be paid to the boy showing
the best improvement in his corn club <
work, with a second prize of $2.00;
a short course to Clemson college
will be awarded to the hoy making
the best exhibit of ten ears of corn,
with a written history of crop, together
with detailed cossts, etc.; a
second prize of $5.00 will be awarded. 1
Five dollars will be paid for the best 1
ten ears of corn exhibited solely on '
the merits < f the corn; n second prize j'
win !>? -pz.uu. ror me nest single j I
ear of corn there is a prize of Three 1
dollars, with second and third prizes 1
of two dollars and one dollar, respec- ]
tivcly. In the men's class there are
two $5.00 first prizes for the best ex- 1
hibits of white and yellow corn, with 1
second prizes of $2.00 in each class.
In order to encourage the pig club
work of the boys and girls the Fair
Association has offered for the best
sow and litters, number of pigs raised
etc. two prizes of $5.00 each, with
second prizes of $2.00 in each class.
For the best sow and litter, with number
of pigs raised from total number
farrowed, costs of feeding, cheapest
sort of production, greatest gain, best
record and history there is a special
prize of a short course to Clemson
College with all expenses paid; there
will be a second prize of five dollars.
In the Canning Club and Home Do
monstration departments an attractive
list of prizes has been offered.
The two best exhibits at the County
Fair together with record, history,
costs and profits, exhibit garden, etc..
will be awarded scholarships to short
courses at Winthrop College with
their expenses paid. Numerous other
prizes are offered to the canning
club girls. In the Home Demonstration
department there is a special
prize of $10.00 for the best exhibit
canned goods, with a second prize of
$5.00, together with various other
prizes. In the Household department,
v/nicn is open to anyone, there is a
prize of $f>.00 for the best general
display of canned Roods and numerous
other prizes for all exhibits of .
the culinary art, like pickles, preserves,
etc.
In the fanc^ work department (
there are no less than fifty separate (
prizes for fancy work of all kinds, i
The list covers tatting, embroidery, ]
crochet work of all kinds, monogram >
work and every item of feminine
handwork that is so dear to them. '
There is a separate department for
firls under sixteen.
A special feature of the County
Pair for this fall is Education Day 1
>n Friday, Nov. 9th. There will be 1
"" ~ i 1
it
v the
>wcf :
ng one of the most ) j
I 1
I
s i
erchandise
re. Every day you j
g money as prices ,
on most all lines of ;
ing to our lino and we 8
buying to oiler you good j
?es as low as are to be 1
i
; Bargains I
>eralls, Hosiery, Necklirts,
Hats and Caps <
i
nod line cf Flour, j
our Grocery De- I
II pay you to via- I
IALEY
S. C. |
yV, It paye." ,
OUNTY
IS OFFERED
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a magnificent parade with floats by 1
all the schools of the county, led by (
a brass band from the Court House to :
the Fair Grounds. There will be ! '
three separate $5.00 prizes, one for
the best school float in the parade; i ]
another for the largest percentage of ,!
enrollment from any one school in t
line and a third for the school mak- :
ing the best showing on foot. j f
All members of the Girls' Canning j
Clubs and Boys' Corn Clubs and boys 1
and girls members of the Pig or I'oul- i
try Clubs will be awarded free passes c
to the County Fair, provided they <
furnished, to Major Tiller and Miss \
Minis before the Fair opens. i
No Past-Out Tickets I
By a unanimous vote of the Board t
i?f Directors it was decided that the
heretofore evil custom of giving out
"pass out" tickets he discontinued.
This is not done at any other Fair and
has been responsible for great abuses
here, not to mention a loss in revenue
that is badly needed to pay the expenses
of the County Fair.
The admission price of the Chesterfield
County Fair is only twenty-live
cents; fifteen cents for children under
twelve years of age. Season
tickets that will admit one to the
Fair grounds any time during the
Fair, not transferable, will be sold
for one dollar; fifty cents for children
under twelve. All necessary
conveniences will be provided on the
Fair grounds and no passing in and
out, except by buying a new ticket,
will be allowed, unless one purchases
a season ticket.
The Premium List closes with a
short historical sketch of the County
Fair from its inception to this date.
The publication of the Premium
List has been made possible without
expense to the Fair Association by I
the kindness of the advertisers there- '
in. Attention is called to those ad- 1
vertisinR in the list and they should I
be credited with the public spirit 1
they have manifested. The list of ad- '
vertisers follows: Cheraw Insurance 1
& Trust Co., The Farmers' Bank,
The Bank of Ruby and Mt. CroRhan, :
The Jefferson Bank, The Bank of '
PaReland, The City Market, L. A. I
Campbell Hardware, Lucas Garage,
The Bank of Cheraw, Chesterfield 1
Live Stock Co., Chesterfield Hard- '
ware Co., Chesterfield Dry Goods Co., c
The Peoples' Bank, A. F. Davis Mar- 1
ket, Chesterfield Loan and Insurance v
Co., L. M. Evans Co., T. E. Wanna- *
maker & Sons, II. W. Pusser & Sons, *A.
W. Hursey <6 Co., Chesterfield c
Drug Co., Merchants' and Farmers' 1
Bank, Realty Loan and Insurance '
Co., Busy Bee Cafe, H. B. Allen (Co.,
Denny Bros., Miller & Miller, v
Crawford Jewelry Co., D. P. Dour- '
lass, The Bank of Chesterfield. ?
o
Man wants but little here below unlit
e.w.e I 11 ?
... ... OI'IIIV IIUICI ICIIUW gelling
more.
The fellow who is not willing to do his
bit ought not be permitted to do C
his bite. ?
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RED CROSS SOCIETY ,
ORGANIZED IN CHERAW <
.)
Cheraw, June IS.?At a mass meeting
held yesterday afternoon in the f
Cheraw town hall and attended by t
eitizens from Cheraw and surround- )
ing country, the first steps were taken s
towards organizing the Red Cross so- .1
eiety in Chesterfield county. Much o
enthusiasm was displayed. On the >1
stage were Rev. A. H. Mo Am, Rev
W. E. Hunt, J. M. Long, president of
the Board of Trade; Mayor J. A 1
Spruill and R. T. Caston of the Board '
of Trade's Red Cross committee, and J
the combined choirs of Cheraw.
The first call for a Red Cross organ- I
ization was made by the Board of J
Trade at its regul; r meet ng a low
aeeks ago, when a committee was ap- 11
pointed to take the matter in le.-ni <
After prayer by lie/. Mr. lii.r.t, Mr i
McArn, in very imu hu.?' ami clooueni '<
words, described the general work of I
the Red Cross society, and the sp( - '
cial work it is now doing on the bat
tlefields of Europe and Asia, as well
us in caring for the refugees in nil t
countries, and appealed to the audience
to enlist their services in Red c
Cross work on the ground that our
own boys were now going on the t
battlefield to suffer all the horrors of
war, and needed our care and the
best care that we can give them.
Blanks were passed around and in a ,
few minutes 88 subscriptions and sig- i
natures to a petition for the establishment
of a Red Cross chapter were
secured. A large number of signa
tures have been secured since, and
efforts will be made to organize chap- (
ters in Chesterfield and other towns
In the county, so that in a little while (
the organization will be well represented
in this section of the State. a
WANTED?OLD FALSE TEETH
Don't matter if broken, I pay $2 ^
Lo $15 per full sot, single and partial j,
plates in proportion. Send by parcel
post and receive check by return
mail. F. TERL, 403 N. Wolfe St., v
Baltimore, Md. t
Origin, Function Ai
The Red Cross;
The following article on the origin,
function and support of the Red Cross
has been written by Lieut. Col. A. N.
Stark, medical corps, U. S. A., chief
surgeon of the Southeastern Department:
On June 24, 1859, Monsieur Jean ,
Henri Dunnnt, a citizen of Geneva,
....was a cnance witness of
,he battle of Solferino. To his horror |
rnd astonishment, he helped thou- |
lands of wounded men lying, without
my effort at attention, all over the
lard fought field of battle, and that '
apparently neither victor nor vanjuished
had any intent or means to
are for the enormous number of 1
you ruled resulting from an engage- 1
nent of sueh intensity. The scenes
le witnessed were so vividly portary d
in a memorable book entitled "Un
Souvenir de Soferino," that the en- !
;ire world was agitated, with the result
that societies were formed in all
ivilized countries for the education
>f nurses and the collection of supdies
to be used for future wars. The 1
writings ami lectures of .Monsieur ^
Dunant were used as a propaganda 1
jy the Society of Public Utilities of '
Ueneva to such excellent purpose that '
>n October 18, 1864, the first Red '
^ross convention was held in Geneva.
All civilized countries, and many 1
mrtially civilized, subscribed to the
lumane tenets incorporated in the ar- *
.icles of the convention, which beimr
signed by the representatives of all
he powers present, were reposed in
he archives of the Swiss Republic,
tn honor of the originator, Monsieur
Dunant, and the country of which he
ivas a citizen, the emblem of a red
:ross upon a white livid was adopted,
this being a reversal of the federal
colors of Switzerland. This emblem
borne upon the person in the form of
i bas.sard, or upon material and
transportation of every nature, in
tended for the use of the sick and
wounded, has always been sacredly
leld by even savage foes until the
resent world war, when the forces
if the Central Powers have strangely
disregarded the solemn principles
ind their oaths, in breaking every j
irticle to which their representatives
lad subscribed in the name of the Imperial
Governments.
While Turkey is an ally of the Cental
Powers, her troops on the other
land have not broken faith in this
onnection, for when her icpresentaives
signed the articles of the conention,
it was agreed, that as the
ted Cross was a svmlinl of P.liria
ianity the Mohammedan powers
ould not use it as an emblem, but
hat if the Red Cresent were recogli'/.ed
and honored as was the Red
Jross, the tenets of the convention
^oukl be strictly adhered to. To this
lay the Turk has not failed to carry
ut to the best of his ability the'
ath to which he subscribed, leaving
lie Teutonic allies shamefully alone
i the most debased form of cruelty
lie world has known.
By an Act of Congress of April 1
4, 1912 the American National Red *
Toss became the medium of com- '
lunication between the people of the
Jnited States and their forces, and
nder this law, no matter how pa- '
riotic or generous individuals and '
ocieties may be, their services and 1
flferings can only be accepted
h rough the central committee of the *
ted Cross. The Government of the (
Jnited States has attempted to sup- 1
ily its military and naval forces with f
uflicient medical personnel and sup- '
ilies to care for the ordinary number
f casualities in war without seeking '
utside aid. but in this war, whose *
asualties exceed those of all the 5
k-ars of history, no government can '
irovide adequately for its forces I
without tin- assistance of the whole i
eople. I
The care of the sick and wounded '
Iocs riot consist merely in providing I
Iressinjjs for wounds, lij^lit litera- '
ure and luxuries, hut an enormous
lass of material that is astonishing
a its variety. Ambulance columns, 5
ield hospitals, base hospitals, hospi- '
al trains and ships, supply columns, 1
nformation bureau sections, must be '
ormed for duty in connection with 1
he forces both oversea and at home,
,nd while these Red Cros instituions
are not intended for services in
he zone of the advance, they must
over tin- enormous space between the
irintf lines and the bases, and to do |
his a jjreat amount of personnel,
CHERAW ROUTE 2
Mr. A Hie Caulder, one of the miliary
boys belonging to Co. I, visited .
lis parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Oauller,
1st Sunday.
Mr. M. I). Quick's infant is better
it this writing.
Mrs. Lela Caulder visited her Riser,
Mrs. Ida (Jraham Sundav.
Mr. Edmund Whitaker visited Mr.
)lin Ciraham Sunday evening.
The Rev. Paul T. Wood preached
line sermon at Mt. Olivet Sunday
-torning.
Mr. Arthur Caulder and wife were
he guests of Mr. R. D. Rainwater
ast Sunday evening.
With the men going away to the
var the fishing will have to be left
o the unskilled hands of the women.
ad Support Of
Its Appeal To You
transportation and supplies arc necessary.
In its function of clearing
the field hospitals at the front of
their wounded, the Red Cross ambulance
units are in constant danger
from the overshots, upon which no
one can" reckon either as to direction
or time, and it is a matter of common
knowledge that some of the
bravest deeds of this war have been
done by the volunteer ambulance
corps, composed of Americans who
have given their services gratis and
dedicated their livs to the services of
the Allies.
To meet the expenss of the necessary
personnel and material
the government in adequately preparing
its medical departments for service
overseas, the President hus called
upon the people of this country to
subscribe $100,000,000. The names
>f the ones appointed to the Council
>f Defense for the collection of money
in each locality is positive evidence
hat the money subscribed will be applied
in the best interest of all, without
question. Many men who stand
high in the business councils of this
country have closed their offices and
houses to take charge of the financial
conduct of the Red Cross during the
.var, without compensation or thought
of self.
Recent registration for the draft,
,o take place upon September 4, shows
.hat many hundreds of thousands of
men, in the flower of youth, will be
drawn into the dreadful maelstrom
of war within a year, and you who
read this may have one or more dear
to you who will be among those whose
lives and health may be sacrificed for
their country upon a foreign shore.
Therefore an appeal is made to you
to realize that in your expected contribution
you my be giving that
which in the end may spare a dear
one's life or limb, and that it be
hooves every one to contribute with
a generosity that has heretofore been
unknown, as after all it is but a form
of insurnee against the health or life
of one who is dear. It is as much the
luty of every one able to subscribe
to the Red Cross fund as it is to
meet their taxes, for while one exempts
the individual form the penalty
of the law, the other may exempt one
from a broken heart.
It is singular that many in this
country fail to realize that we have .
entered upon the worst war that
history has known, and simply because
they see no evidence of its existence.
Before the end of this year
tangible evidence will be presented to
iheir own eyes when the first ships return
from Europe bringing the
wounded of the first to carry the
American standard against the world
enemy. When this spectacle
irouses interest it will be too lato
10 make the contribution for which
you are now asked, and if among
those wounded you find a dear one
lack of the medical necessities to save
them, then will you realize to the full
that the horror of war has been visijd
upon you and your lack of generosity
has reaped its own reward,
there is no rirm of investment in the
United States that can produce a
nigher interest, nor that can produce
in interest in such terms of health
ind happiness.
Not only do the articles of the Red
7ross make it obligatory for the medi al
establishments of an army to give
he ssame care to the wounded and
sick of the enemy as to their own, but
he dictates of hnmonit,. ,1 ? 1 !l
..MiiiMUivjr uciUUllU It.
rhis drain upon the resources of the
Red Cross is to he met only through
he largess of the people, and as large
>ums in the past have been cheer'ully
contributed for the relief of the
lelgians and others. It is unconscionible
to think that the American peo>le,
whose generosity has never been
luestioned, will supinely permit the
jeople of other nations to excel them
n this crisis.
Personal interest demands you read
his article carefully and take its lesson
to heart, lest the horrors of war
ae visited upon you in a manner that
.vill make you the victim of selfreproach
for the remainder of your
lays.
Let the schoolmarms teach the
young idea how to shoot and Unc'e
Sam will teach the young finger how
to pull the trigger.
What America needs is loss puppy
patriotism and more potatoes.
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