The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-20
HELP THE RED CROSS.

Abbevile has never been slow to answer the call of the country
whether in times of peace or "a A call comes o IS to-day which
appeals to all of Is. President Wilson has asked the people of this
country to contribute hundred millions of dollars to the American
Red Cross. Abbevile is asked to contribute her part which hs bee
placed al five thousand dollars.
l have been asked by those in authority to undertake the work in
Abbevile County. have undertaken it. BY your cooperation We Will
give the amount asked and lore.
We had all as we'll learn that the day of service is here. The " a
will not be fought m the batueGelds of France and Belgium alone
Our boys re going there to do the actual fighting. but n hghtfns
will be all along the line. The a in the field who is raising food has
his service to perform. The lei o n the great railway systems have
theirs. All of Is have ours. And the first call to duty which comes t
US is to join the great Army of Mercy, and to contribute or dollars
to help humanity
Soon the news will be coming that th. ne has fallen, and another
ha. been wounded. The soldiers even in our " country in the next
few months will fall sick and must be cared for. The United States
h.. turned all this work over to the Red Cross. Hundreds o men m
women r giving their lives to this work.. From Ill oVer tn
doctor. and nurses, young mn and young women ar joining tho
force. of humanity. Some have already gone to France and Others
r. on the way. -
But something more is needed for our boys than doctors and nurses.
These doctor. and nurses, and they r going without pay must %
fed and clothed, and provided with means of caring fol b boyo.
Drug. and band.ses and medical supplies must be bought IN I'M eounre
try, hospital. u. be erected in France, and equipped am6u"nfe'
must be provided and a thousand and things mus DC oone 90 h'P
those who ar to fall in the limo Of battle. ~, .:. "r Il.
Then for the wounded and for those who are given a l'tAS inn fr
recreation, a place of est and amusement must be provided. There
ar mother. all owe the country who are sending theboys from their
homes. to fight in the great fight. Not n of them but will want to
be near the boy when he is sick and wounded They cannot b 9 there,
but the nurses and doctors of the Red Cross will be there a far !.
possible 70 tdAC SCh PioSSe -
cover. Without them the boys would die of mere homesHkne''. -!
And then there is stricken France. Sixteen hundred Villages In te
country which came to help u. win freedom have BEEN destroyed
bv the Germans. A. they have fallen back the whole country has
been de.olated and robbed of everything which would give The peo-
pe a chance to live. Even the fruit trees have been cut down..
lei arr away at the front, fighting the battles of their country and
of our.. The women and children are left behind without clothing
and without means. of support. The Red Gross will 60 to them' and
undertake to open the door of hope, to help mem u 'es'Ao" INC"
homes, and to begin life again.
And then there ar the great number. of French soldiers who have
L.., ,t+.ksd bv the great white plague. What will we d o theSe
h-.v. umn who have contracted the dread disease in the trenche'!
The Hospital facilities. of France n already overtaHed and only te
people of Christian America a help them TO "e "'e""' ~"
W. help them n let them die?
and Ito m e to give them aid in their day of trouble. The American
Red Cross is their only hope md the people o I'M oh'eo '"e' "N'
not leave them without hope.
,n;r;to Of the people o: the United States must be subdued ana it must
rive to our country It home the services which the boys will give in
france. We cannot afford to e the boys going way to TIT oa"ie'
field. without sending before them every mea of caring for them a 5
thew 6gbt u fight, and our country's fight. The day for making is
not here. You W. all that you have and all that you will ever have to
fish indeed if you SCI the boys 60 away without contributing largely
cbeerfulv and frequently, as God has given you the means to do to
help them, and to .av them. 1t is the only way to aid the wal quickly
The men who will ask you for help r soldiers If their country. 1t
i. not their call, it is not my call, it is not any mans call. II is the
patriotic in you, t. come over and help. Between and next Mon
r. asked.