The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-10-05
HELP TO BUY BOOKS
FOR THE BOYS IN CAMP

The people of Newberry County Will
he called on this week to contribute
money for the purchase of books 1of
our soldiers and sailors. This work
is being done under the direction OF
the Library war Council. The au-
thority of this campaign is that OF the
United States Government.
In a few weeks our new Army Will
be ouartered in thirty-two canton
ments and numerous training camps
Hundreds of thousands Of vigorous,
active earnest Americans have been
suddenly snatched from a life OF civil
liberty, and as suddenly plunged into
new life Of military restraint WITH
out many of the pleasures or diver
sions of their former surroundings.
j., Good libraries. constitute one OF
the few comforts of home which rela-
t;yes and friends can provide for the
men in the United States servics
This Library War Fund offers def
mite way by which. these libraries
can be provided. 1t is the only means
for making sure that each man not
onIy receives the one book which
could be purchased with the dollar
contributed by mother or wife, but
that he shalll secure another book
when he has read the first, and an
other when he has read the second
one, and so on throughout the entire
period of his service.
Our own scholarly veteran, Major
j. F. J. Caldwell, has recently said
in a communication to The Oberser
and Herald and News: "Rearidng
matter will be greatly needed by
our men during the months they
] must spend in training camps and in
their service beyond the ocean. Good
books will give occupation to their
minds during the many hours Of idle
ness, will afford them relief from
brooding about home and their separ-
alton from the employments and
pleasures OF their former ives, ana
will serve to improve their minds
and, in many cases, their morals. AS
an old soldier i can testify that in
the War Of Secession one of the most
wearisome features Of camp life to
those of US who could read was the
want Of something to read. There is
no truer saying than that an idle
brain is the devils workshop. A mind
otherwise unemployed is always in
! danger of being viciously employed.
And the better mind is likely, when
idle, to fall into pining for lost pleas
ures, into discomfort with the present
=, and dread of the future and to lapse,
! more or less, into nervousness or de-
spondency. Statistics show that IN
every country the largest proportion
of suicides is among soldiers not en-
gagged in actual fighting. Surely New
berry can raise few hundred do,-
lars for books to enable our brave de-
tenders to beguile their weary hours
of idleness, to improve their minds
and to be cheerful and better fitted
for their duties
tt citizens of the Town of New
Kerry will be called on this week by
the following committees:
Ward Mrs. Walter B. WaW ace,
Chairman; Mrs. Cannon G. Biz Ase,
| Mrs. J. .; Burns and Miss Carolyn
Cromer.
Ward 2-Mrs. Walter ~ Hunt.
Chairman; Mrs, s. J. Derrick, Mrs.
Everard Blackshear, Miss Mary
! Wright, Miss Mary Frances Pool,
Miss Margaret Burton, Miss Ruby
Goggans, and Miss Floride Lominack.
Ward 3-Mrs. Il W. Floyd, Chair
man; Mrs. John NJ. Kinard, Mrs. j.
! L, Keitt, and Mrs. c. A. Bowman.
Ward Mrs. W. W. Hornsby.
Chairman; and Miss Mamie Horns
by.
Ward 5. Mrs. H. vi . tsone, Chair
Ward 5-Mrs. H. ". Stone, Chair
/ Cromer, and Mr.. J. Y. Jones.
! DIR. C. T. Wyche of Prosperity Is
chairman of the Prosperity, Little
Mountain and Pemaria section of the
county with authority to appoint all
| necessary committees.