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' The Red Cross Now Offers You An Opportunity to GIVE Something For Humanity's Sake. Will You? I ^ Ol)e (Tfyesterfietd Advertiser ^ VOL. 37.?No. 10 CHESTERFIEL7dTs. C.t THURSDAY. ~M AY 2371918 ~5 " """ $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE*' THE PRESIDENT APPEALS (are sufferine the terrorR nnH Honri. t A ? FOR SUPPORT OF RED CROSS New York.?To a great throng here to-night, President Wilson li.unched his appeal to America for a hundred million dollars for the Red Cross. When the president arrived at the threatre following dinner at the ? home of Col. E. M. House with Secretary Tumulty and Mr. Carey 'Bk Grayson, he was greeted by wild applause. It was his first speech in New . Yorr since America entered the war. ~ The president said: "I have come here simply to say a few words to you as to what it all seems to me to mean, and it mean* ? great deal. "There are two duties with which we are face to fuce. The first duty is to win the war. And the second ?. duty, that goes hand in hand with it. is to win it greatly and worthily showing the real quality of our power not only, but the real quality of our purpose and of oar claim. Of course the first duty, the duty that we must keep in the foreground of our *- thought until it is accomplished, is to win the waj^. I have hoard gentle men recently Say that we must get 1 five million men ready. Why limit it to five million? 1 "I have asked the congress of the United States to npme no limit be j cause me congress intends, as I am sure we all intended, that every ship J ? tha^fsn carry men or supplies shall gip^sden upon every voyage with ; every man and every supply she car .; carry. And we are not to be divert- ' ed from the prim purpose of winninp ' ^toe w^r by any insincere approaches upon the subject of peace. I can say with a clear conscience that I have ' tested those intimations and have 1 found them insincere. I now recop- * nize them for what they are, an op- ' portunity to have a Tree hund, particularly in the East, to carry thi 1 purposes of conquest and exploitinp. "Every proposal with repard to accommodation 1ft the west involves a reservation with repard to the east. Now, so far as I am concerned, I intend to stand by Russia as well a: France. ^"The helpless and the friendles:are the very ones that need friend and succor, and if any man in Ger- ^ many thinks we arc poinp to sacrifice aybody for our own sake, I tell then" j now they are mistaken. For thi plory of this war, my fellow citizens, so far as we are concerned, is that it is perhaps for the first time in his tory an unselfish war. I could not ^ . be proud to fipht for a selfish purpose, but I cnn be proud to tipht for mnn- j kind. If they wish peace let then come forward throuph accredited re preventatives and lay their terms on the table. We have laid ours and they know what they are. But be hind all this prim purpose, m> ^ T friends, lies thi' opportunity to de ^ monstrate not onlv force, which wil - I be demonstrated to the utmost, bu ; the opportunity to demonstrate char ' ^ acter and it is that opportunity tha we have most conspicuously in th work of the Red Cross, not that om men in arms do not represent oui character, for they do, and it is i character which those who see and realize appreciate and admire; but their duty is the duty of force. Tht duty of the Red Cross is the duty oi , mercy and succor and friendship. "Have you formed a picture ii , your imagination of what war is doing for us and for the world? In ( my own mind, I am convinced tha not one hundred years of peace ^ could have knitted this nation to- | gether as this single* year of war ( has knitted it together, and, better even than that, if possible, it is knitting the world together. Look at | the picture. In the center of tht I scene, four nations engaged against ] the world and at every point of van I ta'gc showing that they are seeking I selfish aggrandizement, and against I i them '211 governments representing I >. the greater part of the population I of the world, drawn together into a I , r.ew sense of community of interest, I > a new sense of unity of life. The I j secretary of war told me an interest- I * ing i' ciilent the other day. He said I v. hen he was in Italy a member of I the '- ivernmont was explaining to I him f.ie many reasons why Italy felt I ( near ro the United States. He said I 'If you want to try an interesting ex-1 per.n eat, go up to any one of these I troop trains and ask in English how I many have been in America and seel what happens.' He tried the experj-1 mint. He went up to a troop train I aiid said, 'How many of you boys L htfve been in America?' and he said I it seemed to him as if half of them I sprang up. 'Me from San Francisco;! r..e from Now York; from all over.' I "There was part of the heart of I America in the Italian army. Peo-1 pie that had been knitted to us by! association, who knew us, who had j lived amongst us, who had workedI shoulder to shoulder with us, and I now, friends of America, were f -ht-1 ing for their native Italy. j "Friendship is the only cement 11 that will ever hold the world togeth-l er. And this intimate contact of the I . great Red* Cross with the peoples who - ' A *iliAi ? ? vations of this war is going to be one of the greatest instrumentalities of friendship that the world ever knew, and tlvc center of the heart of it all, if we sustain it properly, will be this 'and that we so deeply love. "My friends, a great day of dut> has come and duty finds a man's soul as no kind of work can ever find it. "May I say this? The duty tha' faces us all now is to serve one another, and no man can afford to make a fourtune out of this war. "There are men amongst us who have forgotten that, if they ever saw it. Some of you are old enough ?1 im old enough?to remember men who made fortunes out of. the Civil war, and you know how they were regarded by their fellow citizens. That was "a war to save one coun(Continued on second page.) "HF.R AW r.OFC nvco IN RED CROSS DRIVE Chcraw, May 19.?Cheraw had ita Red Cross drive at 6:30 Friday afternoon and went over the top as usual. The Rev. A. H. McArn and L. M. I Evan's were in charge. Prayer was | offered by the Rev. G. F. Kirby and national airs were sung at intervals. Private C. S. Mason, of Toronto, Canada, who saw 17 months in the trenches and was put out of busi- 1 ncss by German shrapnel, was the j speaker, and soon showed that he had | 10 love for the Hun. He gave from ; lis own experience vivid pictures of he good work done by the Red Cross behind the trenches, and urged the I teople to support the organization. [Ie told what the armies of the Chrisian nations were up against in deal- j ing with German methods of warfare, . but said that the boys who were ! narching under the Stars and Stri; es | vould clean them up. The interest | if his audience was soon warmed into (nthusiasni. This was soon evidenced n the "pep" shown when the drive or funds began and in.the short time t took to go over the top. Chcraw's juota was 4,000, but $4,329 was soured on the spot, ami 5,000 or more j vill be the sum by the time several rood ir.en and women are heard from. A pleasing incident occurred durng tie drive when Mr. Mason put j ip at auction a chain taken from u j ierman prisoner with the lattcr's j same, address and regimental num- j >er on it. This was bid in by W. M. J )uval and R. T. Caston for $100, j >ut was given back to Mr. Mason fo 1 >e acutioned off again at his next I speaking point. REPORT ON WAR SAVINGS Report of sales of War Savings and rhrift Stamps for Chesterfield Coun- I .y for week ending May 11th, 1918. 'ostoffice Week Sale* Total Sales \ngelus $ 8.75 $ 110.75 Cheraw . 1150.75 5,511.25 Chesterfield 223.75 2,473.50 ' fefferson 27.00 1,371.25 dcRee 110.00 525.00 ifiddendorf 44.00 187.75 i 4t. Croghan 49.50 1,424.00 I 'agoland 63.00 2,699.75 ! Patrick 5.75 115.75 j Ruby 10.00 374.50' CARD FROM MR. STEVENSON . To the Democratic Voters of the Fifth j Congressional District: 1 respectfully ask to be renominnt- J id and re-elected to Congress from > his District and agree to abide the J esult of the Democratic Primary | Election. I will not be able to spend much ime in the District this summer, be- , i :nuse of the great amount of irrpor:ant legislation growing out of the var situation; but will attend meet- | ngs whenever possible. It is absoutely essential for Congressmen to >e at their post this time. W. F. STEVENSON. LAUNCHING WOODEN j SHIPS EVERY DAY ! { Washington, May 17.?Wooden j ;hips have been launched at the r?t?? . >f more than one'a day for the past J four weeks. The shipping board an- ! lounced today that seventeen wooden j raft, aRKfeRatinK GO,000 tons bur- j len, had been added to the American | nerchant marine in the first seven- ! ! .een days of this month. J j NOTICE j | The Cotton Seed Warehouse for n- ^ rly owned by Odom Bros. Co., shunted near the C. & L. H.R., will 1 e ,eld to the highest bidder for cush i >n the premises, at 12 o'clock noon vVednesday, May 20th, 1018, subject to order of court. Way 22d, 1918. FRANK PEGUES, , Receiver for Odom Bros. Co. . THE BEST |i' I OfEverything TO EAT I At Lowest Prices S A. F. Davis Market 1 Will pay highest market price far Hidaa. ' Pa.aiie..?> If ?01 I I I { . If you should S Wl/lo OAKKI ??/? r.ww./l.IK 4UICI loud, you would se ' If you should of an American so { would sa^e his lif i You are not t I not brought home J moke it your repre | Over there th | Man, and they are | The money yo I when the Beast is | clear eyed women | went across!" | What are you i This Si i CHES i i I i I You i I Fig Your Army an i racy." Your Red Cros Fights for youi and hospital. Fights for the i ings of tomorrow. Fights for the triates" thrown out Fights the whi lead and steel. Fights in ever> fering humanity in One hundred r No power of ta Each one a vol The noblest fi because the freest j What share is lied Cross Dollars? Every cent receive This Sp CI 1 I. The Ai The American Red Cross is th< argest and most efficient organise ion for the t slief of suffering the he World has srsr seen. It is there io help your soldiei volunteer workers, the higher execu lives being without exception met kccustomed to large affairs, who ar< n almost all cases giving their, ser ilr.a .... r-j It is supported entirely by its mem bership fees and by voluntary con tributions. It is today bringing relief to sufl ering humanity, both military an - - i Were Tti. Instead of see a French child?a tiny girl?s ly because she it too weak from li 11 your watch to buy her breakfas hear somewhere in the restless wi Idier, you would gladly sit by hin e. here, but here, where these sighl to you ! But the Red Cross is t: sentative! e Prussians are crucifying the inc making the world black for little u give to the Red Cross now will j, beaten down, to think "There ar , and strong men alive today, b< going; to do about it? nice Contributed to The Red Cross TERFIELD DRY GOODS COMP r Red Gi hting Doll; d Navy fights to make I he "Worl s fights to make it fit for Democrat * soldiers?yours and your allies? little children, to save them for the swarms of homeless, dazed refi from the war's black whirl-pool, te plague, tuberculosis, that takes s f war stricken country to uphold a its struggle for a free existence, nillion dollars to "carry on." ixation, no interest to urge those di unteer, sent willingly and by the Y ind of all the billions of this war friven. i yours? What sacrifice to mobil d for the Red Cross War Fund goe, ace Contributed to The Red Cross HESTERFIELD DRUG COMPANY nerican Re ? civil, in every War torn allied counI . try. I It plane tomorrow to help in the work of restoration throughout the 1 I r world. It feed* and clothe* entire popula- j n tion* in time* of great calamity. I B It i* there to help your soldier ' ; boy in hi* time of need. With it* thousands of worker*, it* . I tremendous stores and smooth running transportation facilities, it is | . serving as America's advance guard? j p. and thus helping to win the war.' ? d Congress authorises it. ! ere |j Here ! Si . . i ltting by the road- j j ^ _ II lunger to crv very ' I . I irds the low moan ' 1 all night, if that 5 I. i I ts and sounds are j I here and you can I i1 arnate Liberty of J children! j five you the right. J e happy children, | 3cau.se mv money ' i i i i ' by? ( ANY S I j I i1 _ j * i i i ross i ii i . irs ; i (1 sale for Demo- * I ij ^y. i! in trench, canteen ! ' I I 1 nations' upbuild- j i Ugees and "repnx greater toll than 1 I ( I | wrecked and suf- | i I I hilars. | teart alone. 1 's vast budgets? . I ize those Fghting I # for War Relief. | bv? I s I I I ... d Cross President Wilson heads it. 1 he War Department audits its accounts. Your Army, your Navy and your Allies enthusiastically endorse it. Twenty-two million Americans have joined it. ICE CREAM SUPPER There will be an ice frcn.ii dinner at Ousleydale school house Saturday ni^hl, May 2.r>th 1918. Proceeds for the benefit of the Rod Cross. Everyone cordially invited. Break your Cold or LaGrippo with few doaaa of 866. ..... ~ ? i ALLIES GAIN GROUND j RE? AS GERMANS FALTER ' i Striking viciously at the enemy at T I various points along the western hat- seco I tie front; meeting each outburst of j. jj German artillery with a thunder of j cannon fire and maintaining the mas- a>s< icry of the air in every sector from w'" the North sea to the Swiss frontier,1 CI the armies of the entente allies are i $7 0 revealing the Teutonic armies from' juietly perfecting their preparations' | for coming battles. With the know-; l(i|, edge that the passing of each day wrings new American legions to help ri||N . rush the next German offensive the j,,.," allies are finding satisfaction in the c0u fo..? II...I ?U /< ...vi vniii tn uvrmans nave as yet been unable to launch a new blow cr<)S in the stru^l*" which Berlin had ex- ? pected to be the decisive one of the _oor war- , will For the most part the Germans ^ I have shown but little of their habi- prjn< tual fijrhtinjr spirit alonjr the line in j. France. They have been thrust back cr,)S in four sectors and the allies have j,()(|N succeeded in winning ground which will be of ureat importance in the fu- (ij(,n( ture. But the Germans have counterattacked in onlv one instance, and ,. . l.ros this movement was carrieil out so njjr}-, slowly and with such lack of dash rpj that it was easily broken up. The , . attack by the French near Lucre on the northern side of the Lys salient {,jvui and of the Australians before Ami- ^ ens, which have already been more ?i,,(] successful than at first understood. Near Lucre the French ha\e not onlv i read taken strongly fortified points, but f t,js they have made secure their lines on each side of Hill 11 which they j recovered recently. The Australians, too, have won ground which is of tactical importance alonp: tin- Amiens * 1 . ic 1 soctor" ? , , quin The French still seem to be the js n most active of the forces of the en- open tente nations. They have attain enpaired in raiding operations near Las- j^'iy sijry. on the flank of the German line 'fl as it stands since the advance toward tee Amiens. I On the American front there has ^jK, been the usual lively exchange of artillery fire but no infantry fijjht- the in^r occurred. The same is true of l'u'a the Italian theater. 'n'Up A report from Athens states that aue, Turkish troops in Asia Minor liav.. mutinied anil that a force sent <>t quell them has deserted. Japan and ffiina have come to an ,nitt understanding relative to the carry Fi in;; out of joint military operation:in Liberia. It was announced son .. " little ago that these operations woul i JCdtli be directed only to insuring the se 15: eurity >f eaeli couiiby's inteiests i ' nr's Manchuria, Mongolia and the Far ^ Fast. Davi ENOUGH SHIPS TO C.t CARRY MILLIONS \!<1' (i ra t New Brunswick, N. J., May21.? j, ^ Before another summer the United p? Slates will have built enough ship- Fe . not "only to carry a million troops to ' .) France, but millions to France, am ,),|,,'r i . >uph destroyers to see them there M in safety," Secretary Daniels deelar- McM ed in ;>n address todav. "if neces *l i ' i .'asl< rary to net the met to licit (?er ni".ny Congress will make the draft i)i Iii its eighteen to sixty," lie said. Meri The Secretary of the Navy in id ^^ his address at commencement cxer y, , cist* of Kuitrers College, which con- mm ferret! upon him the honorary de- D irree of doctor of laws, and whose , ' sons cheered him vigorously when he ( . to? 1 '.viiat the .'Mni.tmo men in the left) i vy a; doinj' lit the war. rum "Ali. ; 'Try day, in my oflicial | ' e pjicit; . i a n called upon to jflve a |?.r r.i. i e t i a ship," saitl .Mr. Daniels. i i "Aid v - ...v i<> mem <>ir f * ;?,rl "1 have knowledge of a destroyer > v it e!i nvoyetl I 1'/ ships safely and i . tr.versed I0P.000 miles in six months. Admiral Sims, v. h> n lie ' came upon this particular destroyer ,p in a has'.tor, expected to find tin- boys . t red of their duty, hut fou.ul them M ff' .-.i and ashii.e no questions except, 'q,,. 'Ad.airat, where do we jro next?'" ( 'lUrnin;.' i?> (lie draft Mr. Daniels '.'.'ait iii : "The President of the United . * - , .inn Ma'e ilie fore-lost statesman of the jkl) . ni'hi :;:ic' the Congress, have called 1! i '? M - colors fr >io twenty-one 1 5*1 nr. > .? ;y-i>ne r. of atfe. Y outlet J (.. pi coHciro from eighteen to j >?tj, hou>il stay in college un ! Mo ;i! ey reach the latter a>je. All ' ' he ivaiiiintr they receive, mental I h". ^ i and military, tits them for a larjrei I < I service. ! <ue i " i he d:.v ntav come when, if nee i 'h'i ' 11 ovary, Congress may change the ajre I ^ limit because men from twenty-one | c,lU j o imriy-one cannot win the war. I I "hen we will call on the men from j / fhu n to sixty to win the war. The I tan I i< t .Irive of the Prussians a month | 'o v. is n.ado because the German >rs i ''mpeior well knows that when Ame- ",r l -ion gets enough ships to carry over 1 ! '.or fraces the end has come." fo; TOWN LICENSE i Vis Town licenses are now due. Busi-i ' I 'ess people failing to pay license by j June 1st will be subject to proseeu | PU( Ition for doing business with out li- giv 1 cense. tim \ T. E. MULI.OY, Clerk. rh j L. H. TROTTI, Mayor. .1. > CROSS RALLIES AT MT. CROGHAN AND COURTHOUSE he trrcat Red Cross drive for ihe nd $100,000,000 War fund is in swine this week. It is a safe rtion that Chesterfield county jro well over the top. hesterlield County's allotment is oo.oo. Four thousand of this is irtioned to the Cheraw Chapter $:>,o0u to the Chesterfield Chapli.v..... -.1- i-- ? i' ?... .. aiit-uuy iiem a line r, when she went away over the Every worker in the Cheraw on Mills pledged to tfive ont' s wajros out of 1 to the Red is. t the Courthouse Saturday afteri at 4 o'clock a Red Cross rally be held, at which time the Rev. I. McArn, of Cheraw, will bp the cipal speaker. Mr. McArn is a speaker and an excellent Red is worker. It will be worth any-'s time to come and hear him others who will address the auce. r. McArn will address a Red s meeting in Mt. Croghan Friday t at K : '?( o'clock, ic Chesterfield Chapter has dividts allotment as follows: Cheseld, $1,000; Ruby, $.'150 ;Mt. Croi, $500; Pujreland $750; Jeffer$750; (luess, $50; Anjrelus, I. le town of Chesterfield has aly subscribed about $700.00 and ; sure to do more than her bit. NOTICE OF ENROLLMENT nder the rules of the Democrat 'rimary a re-enrollment is re[ d fur each election year and this laudatory. The books will be for the various clubs on on day. the 4th day of June and will on Tuesdav, the .'10th day of , I'd IX. ie Democratic executive commitrespectfully ur^Cs every Demote enroll and under the rules ie party unless your name is on club roll of your precinct you ot vote and you must enroll in club nearest your residence calLed by the nearest practical e and the applicant must appear erson and write his full name, occupation and post olfice ads on the club roll, but if the apnit cannot write lie may make his and this must be witnessed by secretary of the enrollment cameo. dlowinj; is a list of the voting i'S and the commitle ami place nrollment: ?urt House: F. M. Cannon, T. W. ns ami .J. A. Kniyhl. (nil's Mill: .1. . Brock, M. F. :ci, ('. ! '. Short. Place, Schoolc. io\v Hill: ('. S. Cnson, .J. Carroll s and 11. F. Cricks. Place, C.ti Store. ant' Mill: \V. T. Rivers, B. F. ride and Wade Turnajrc. Place, it's Mill. thei: .1. R. Burn, P. E. Traeey . . Matheson. Place, Burn's store, e Dee: 11. K. l.mton, William son, 1>. (i. Mcintosh. Place, 1>. lelntosh's oliice. ttrick: .1 W. Winhurn, W. .1. a, I). F. Buie. Place, Posiolliee. 'ddendorf: W. 11. Johnson, E. 1\ [anus, I). M. Rowe Place, Depot, clleo: ti. T. Morton, M. C. L.an r, T. M. Beat lie. Place, Pure 1 Store. loin's .'dill: J. W. Rasc??', .1. W. rinian, D. A Smith. Place: D. ntith's residence rutcius: J ('. .lowers, W. 1'. . K, John i.e.*. Place: l.ee Mer:ie ( o. Store. usiey.laie: J. W. Ouslcy, F. J. ison and S. A. Teal. Place, School e iiarrh: C. Morton, O. B. Fururs, 1! H. Funderhurk. Place, : rhurk's Store. netson: P. B. Dowry. W. N. Fee, liurdncr. Place, The Jefferson an.-: (1. W. Ilinson, T. J. Rogers . (lick: Place, li ck's store. i'd y; (?. p.. Jones, W. J. Funderand T. D. Funderhurk. Place, Jones' residence . i ni: (\ (i. Morgan, II. ,1 and S. A. Sellers. Place, ;s Sellers Stare mzo: T. 1> Watts, (i. F. Kvans, Ouii'n Place, 11 Z. Outen's lent* . t. Cra^han: II RatllV. P. M. I-, ell, .1. ('. Rivers. Place, pus.e. i ;>sx La,ids: S ,1. Kincher, .1. P. Iswort i:, V. P> Wnddcll. Plac , 1 Wail lull's residence, at Paml: .1. \V. Ruthven, Thames ii'er. (I. Wilkes. Place: .1. W. liver,'s residence, u'ay: i. P. Haley. -P Sydney ih i.ad 'I. I >. Mc<'re?(?ht. Place, . :fard: IT P.. Sellers, P. A. GulAlanrc. Place, K. .1. e' es deuce . :?^s' Mill: !. 1 P U};1 idswanh, W. A. McNair. Place, A. MeNair's residence . '< muuoy, 11. I* IVan<l I) I.. Tillman. I'lncc, Tov n 1- . is very importanl lhat each club a secretary and a member ??f the nty Kxtcutive Committee, he last person n tmed on the enmi; committee far each of the ve clubs will please act us secre.et the word iro out to all the votfor there -s absolutely no reason anyone in this county beint? deveil of his vote, provided he is 21 us of one, or shall become so b"e the next treneral election, nrd , teen in the State two years ard r-sided in the county for six nlhs and in the voting? precinct 60 s prior to the first primary to be .i on 27th of August. 'I he Kxeive Committee will be glad t i e any further information at any , M J. HOUGH, airman County Executive Comm. Clifton Rivers, Seeretary.