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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
Themselves in FAVOR of Votes For Women

In my cpiuion, the strongest argu
ment for Woman Suffrage is tina
the fundamental principles of oul
government demand it. The follow
ing are three basic principles of oul
democracy:
!. Taxation without representa-
tion is unjust.
9. Governments derive their jus
powers from the consent of the Sov'
erned.
3. A government of the people, by
the people, for the people.
Each of these principles is violated
when we allow only our male popu-
lation the right of the franchise. An,
other argument in favor of Woman
Suffrage is the record Of efficient and
faithful work performed by women
in all church, social and charitable
organizations. This alone should be
a guarantee that Woman Suffrage
would elevate citizenship instead OF
depreciating it.
Then there is another angle than
that of individual right from which
to view the question of Woman Suf-
frage-the incalculable service to
the State of woman's point of view
in government. Woman's vote viii
increase the intelligence and elevate
the morals of the State, Also there
are many social and industrial prob
lens which women, because of their
vital interest therein, will handle
more effectively than men.
Finally, 1 think it encumbent upon
South Carolina to enfranchise her
women in order to have a just repre-
sentation in our national govern
ment The West is rapidly giving
ballots to both. Twelve States in the
western section Of our country al.
ready have full suffrage. while many
other States have partial suffrage.
1t behooves South Carolina. as well
as all of our Southern States, to get
in line with this great movement
! believe Universal Suffrage is
coming throughout the United States
and throughout the world. 1t is well
for all our women to study the. vital
issues OF the day and thereby fit
themselves to cast their ballots with
intelligence and discrimination.
LEROY SPRINGS,
Banker and Manufacturer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02

since women began to teach il our
public schools. We have more re,
fined, cleaner and better arranged
stores since women began to work in
them.
If we give the women the vote
they will see that illiteracy, blinc
tigers and gambling are wiped ou,
OF South Carolina. / think the
chance to do away with any of these
three evils should be sufficient for us
to give women the vote. IN addition
to doing away with all three, / be-
lieye that she will see that we have
better officers morally and probably
better business men to hold Office.
The best man can not now always
be elected to Office as men vote for
their friends or factions. We think
that women voters will in larg,
measure do away with this and that
the best man will stand a better
chance of being elected to Office and
that better men will run for Office
and that they will administer their
affairs better as they will know thai
they have the support of at least the
women voters when they keep the
law. And they will certainly hear
from them when they violate same.
h. r. ROBINSON.
Merchant.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02

of child, it is not fair to tie moth
er's hands while she is trying to pro-
tect her home and save her child.
'If there is such thing as JUS
tice, surely mother has true claim
to voice in shaping the environ
ment that may determine whether
her child will realize her hopes or
bring her gray hairs in sorrow to
the grave.
Because God has planted in ev-
cry human heart sense of justice
and because the mother argument
makes an irresistible appeal to this
universal sense, it will finally batter
down all opposition and open wo-
mans pathway to the polls"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
MISS RANKIN, OF MONTANA.
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.

When Miss Jeannette Rankin
seat IN the National House Of Representatives among
be a sight for and angels
Will be an act symbolic of the
Inc nation Will watch her the
take its first
II VIII be as significant when the first black
Or Luther uttered his protest II the Diet of
or the teacher called order the children
school in the United States = - - t
Or the French people said yoodby to king.
Or the last witch hang ID
Or the last hereto
Or the last imprisoned for deb
land the frstc
under the the first wireless message through space
The world do and when takes herr nloce
In the legislative body of the
said world start forward like automobile when the driver
throws in the clutch. ~ '
Carlyle called Dante he voice of centuries" Miss
Rankin will be the of forty ~
incident will be another mark of democracy coming
1t Will onehaf of the population emerging from homage
N fO'i-'0N
Will indicate that the day approaching and
the enid snail assume their ghtfu
public health and to human welfare, something besides
swords and pocketbooks. ~
In the sea of democracy shall upon an
island of disfranchsement. ~ Nf ~
And the saying of the shall take on
that of
heaven and earth do her homagehe as feeling her
care and the greatest as not exempted from
'Ooue inc A"ocltleu e"SPapers)
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
FROM \ MERCHANT.

In regard to equal suffrage for wo-
men, beg to say that l am heartily
in favor Of it because 1 believe it will
have the effect of bettering and pu-
rifying political conditions in the
States that have woman suffrage
conditions generally have been great
" improved. Respectfully,
l.. c. LAZENBY,
Merchant and Planter.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
Lancaster's Leading
Physicians Advise S. c. to
Give Ballot to Women

Why women should have suffrage: /:
Being socially equal 10 men
Being morally superior
Being mentally more sympathetic
are more interested in needed re-
forms.
Being materially Interested they
have right in the making of laws.
No taxation without representa-
tion. r. c. McMANUS.
One reason why / believe in Wo-
man Suffrage is:
If the South would keep pace with
the Western portion of our country
the franchise must be extended 20
our Southern women
J. d. FUNDERBURK.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
Prohibition Suffrage Plank.

The right of citizens of the United
states to vote should not be denied
or abridged by the United States o.
by any State on account of sex. We
declare in favor OF the enfranchise-
ment of women by amendment to
State and Federal constitutions. We
condemn the Republican and Demo,
cratic parties for their failure to sub
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
\ PICTURE THAT CONVERTED
BRYAN.

1t was not through any series of
tracts, nor any endless array of sta
tistics, nor the colliQuies OF a bevy
OF speakers that Mr.. William Jen-
nings Bryan, if we are to credit the
St. Louis Dispatch. was converted to
woman suffrage 1t was the work OF
the Teutonic painter, Bodenhausen.
That artists celebrated Madonna"
did what years of speaking, writing
and logic-bandying had failed to do.
II made Mr.. Bryan a suffragist. We
read:
Mr.. Bryan began to champion the
cause of woman suffrage after gazing
upon Bodenhausen' Madonna" He
turned against liquor when he saw
Hovenden's Breaking Home Ties"
a picture with strong appeal to the
heart; and the idea that world-peace
and universal brotherhood should be
the next step in rising civilization
struck him forcibly, he declared,
when he beheld the paintings, Apo
theosis of War and the familiar
Christ Before Plate"
"Bodenhausens Madonna i'm
pressed me more than any other
thing as the strongest argument for
woman suffrage" Mr.. Bryan eX-
planned, for it embodles the spirit
oil mother-love. When my wife car
ried my first child downstairs to me,
thirty-one years ago, in our Lincoln
home, l was so struck by the express
sion of love in her eyes, that l there
and then became convinced that wo>
man was deserving of any trust that
man might impose in her. Some
years later ! stood awestruck before
| Boderhausen's Madonna in a Kan
sas City art gallery, and i saw in il
the expression of mother-love. II
took me back home to the time when
Ruth was born, and | saw again the
divine expression OF mother-love that
wreathed the face OF my wife when
she carried Ruth down to me.
The mother argument is the
strongest argument in favor OF wo-
man suffrage" Mr.. Bryan continued.
~ love my children as much, / think
as father can; but am not i'm the
same class with my wife in this re-.
spect. / do not put any father in
the same class with the mother ia
| love for the child. If you woulo
know why the mothers love for a
child is the sweetest. tenderest, most
lasting thing in the world, you win
| find the explanation in the Bible
Where your treasures are. there viii
your heart be also.
The child is the treasure of the
mother. She invests her life in her
child. When the mother OF the
Gracci was asked, Where are your
jewels?' she pointed to her sons. The
mothers life trembles in the balance
at the child's birth and for years IL
| is the object of her constant care
| She expends upon it her nervous
force and energy; she endows it with
the wealth of her love. She dreams
OF what it Is to do and be, and II Il
mothers dreams only came true,
what a different world this world
would be!
THE most pathetic struggle this
world knows is not the struggle be
tween armed men upon the battle
fields; it is the struggle of a mother
to save her child when wicked men
set traps for it and lay snares for it,
land as long as the ballot is given to
those who conspire to rob the home
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
A HEATY ENDORSEMENT.

Why I think women entitled to
vote:
She has shown that she is as
strong mentally and as strong, II
not stronger, morally, than man. /
think that it is the strong moral man
and woman that should select our
officers and direct our government.
Every field that woman has en-
tered has been improved and refined
since woman entered it.
We have better taught children
mentally, morally and spiritually
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
Progressive Suffrage Plank.

Progressive Suffrage Plank.
We believe the women of the coun-
Try. who share with men the bur
dens of government in time of peace
and make equal sacrifice in time Of
war, should be given the full politi-
cal right of suffrage, both by Federal
ard State action.
Adopted at the Progressive Com
vcntion. Chicago, June. 1916.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02

AS a worker in the public schools,
where every boy and girl is put on
equal footing, l believe that every
man and woman should have equal
rights in law making.
Since the founding of America, the
American people have fought for
their rights. Are not we Americans
and lovers of justice and equal
rights? JUANITA NEELY.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
RESULTS OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE

Polling Places Have Been Made Decent
Helps Bring Equal Pay for Equal Work.
Eight Hour Laws for Women Have Been Extended
/ The Juvenile Court Laws Have Been Improved
Pensions Teachers Have Been Provided
Age of Consent Has Been Raised.
State Training Schools for Girls Have Been Provided.
Community Property Laws Have Been Amended more
o
The Guardianship Of Children Is Divided Between
I Father
Funds for Needy Mothers Provided
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
President Mrs. Leroy Springs; Nce-Presideat,
Mrs. r. R. Riddle; Secretary, Mrs. c. D.
Jones; Treasured, Mrs. w. S. Patterson
If You Are An Anti-Suffragist Mr.. Vote
You Are A Man Without A Party
THE SUFFRAGE PLANKS

NIT an equal suffrage amendment to
the national constitution. We remind
the four million women voters that
our party was the first to declare for
their political rights, which it did in
1872. We invite their cooperation
in electing the Prohibition party to
power.
Adopted at the Prohibition Con-
vention, st. Paul, Jly, 1916.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
FACTS WORTH KNOWING.

In Eleven States Women Have Full
Suffrage; i'm IIlinOiS-Presidcn
Partial County and state, Num-
cipaI Suffrage.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02

Most women have business affairs
and should be able to help make laws
by which these affairs are to be gov
erned ETA SKIPPER.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
Democratic Suffrage Plank.

UemOCr0tW SuiIraHc TINnk.
We recommend the extension G.
the franchise to the women of the
country by the States upon the same
terms as to men.
Adopted at the Democratic Conven'
vention, ST. Paul, July, 1916.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02

Socialist Suffrage Plank.
Unrestricted and equal suffrage
for men and women.
Adopted at the Socialist Conven-
ton, ndianapolis, Nav, 1912.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
Republican Suffrage Plank.

The Republican party, reaffirming
its faith in government of the peo-
pie. by the people, for the people,
favors the extension of the suffrage
to women as a measure of justice to
one-half the adult people of this
country, but recognizes the right of
each State to settle the question for
itself.
Adopted at the Republican Con-
Ivention, Chicago, June, 1916.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
Pay your subscription.


Colfax, La, Dec. II, 1917
Notice is hereby given that the tax
rolls of Town of Coifax are now on file
with me for the collection OF taxes for
the year 1917, which are now due and
collectible. Taxes on movable proper
ty became delinquent on the first day
Of October. and taxes on real estate
will become delinquent on the first day
of January, 1918. AL property owners
are notified to come forward and pay
their taxes and thereby save penalties
and costs.
S. w. JOHNSTON,
Tax Collector Town of Coifax, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
$40 Reward Cor Stray Cattle.

Strayed or stolen from my place at
Shmmerfield. one red spotted mulev
heifer, marked crop in left ear and
swallow fork and under bit in right ear;
one red spotted horned heifer, same
marks; one old brown white face Jer-
sey COW, short horns curving close to-
gether in front, don remember marks.
Will pay so for information as to their
whereabouts or for any one penning
them and notifying me.
j. II. SMITH,
d22-tf Phone 64Fl3, Colfax. La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

We were pleased to receive a
call on Thursday from Mr.. w. L.
Johnson, who motored over from
Pollock to look after his taxes.
He was accompanied by his son
Ben H. Johnson. who is home on
a furlough. He went to Camp
Pike in the fall, and has since
been transferred to Camp Jack
son, S. c., to which he will re-
turn Monday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Prof. H. B. Hines and wife
and daughter of Rayne. La. ar
rived in Colfax on Christmas day
en- route to Shreveport. where he
is moving in order to go into the
life insurance business. Prof.
Hines taught the Colfax high
school twenty years ago. and has
many warm friends hereabouts.
He will go on to Shreveport in
order 10 look out for home,
while his wife formerly Miss
Susie McKnight) and her daught-
er ..lii remain a few days longer
to visit relatives and old time
friends.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Join the Red Cross and give a
dollar to help our soldiers and
provide necessary care for the
sick and wounded allies.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Do YOU get up at night? Sanol is
surely the best for all kidney and blad-
der troubles. Sanol gives relief in "a
hours from all backache and bladder
troubles. Sanol is a guaranteed rem
edy. 35c and $l.00 a bottle at b e
drug store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

The Colfax high school was
dismissed for the holidays Friday
afternoon, Dec. q, and about all
Of the faculty went to their re-
Spectiye homes TO spend Christ
mas. They expect to return in
time to resume their duties when
school opens on Monday, Dec. 81,
exceyg Mss Bertha Harrison,
who. resigned to get married,
and Miss Byrnice Patton, who
willremain at home in order to
be with her mother, who is alone
since her son entered the army.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mr.. ]. c. Killingsworth has
closed out his meat market in
Colfax, and on Thursday moved
his family to Kateland station,
where he will be employed as
overseer on the Randolph planta-
ton.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mr.. jeff D. Stallings, of Tioga,
and two of his daughters Misses
Annabel and Mamie, arrived last
Sunday morning and were Christ
mas guests of the family of Mr..
w. B. Stallings, their son and
brother
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

The largest taxpayer, in Grant
parish is the Grant Land & Tim
Der Mfg. Co., of Selma, and on
Christmas Eve Sheriff L. O. Gin
ton received their check for $29,
720.57 in settlement of their tax
es for this year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Miss Lima Goodwin, of New
Orleans, arrived last Sunday on a
visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. G. Goodwin. She returned
to the city Christmas night.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Messrs. Brinker Williams and
Bennett Roberts. students at the
La. State University, came up
from Baton Rouge last Sunday
to spend Christmas with the
home folks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Dr.. r. T. Lucas and Mr.. Ear
Jones, from Tulane University,
New Orleans, arrived last Sat-
urday morning, the first named
IS the guest OF the latter for the
HOLIDAYS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mr.. Percy Frye and Miss Cleo
Williams, of Shreveport. came
down Thursday and were guests
of Mrs. E. H. Blackweed. to at
tend the dance at the pavilion
Thursday night.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mr.. C. H. Compton, of Dallas,
Texas, formerly Colfax citizen,
arrived Christmas Eve, and will
spend about a week visiting rela-
tives and old friends.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
How to Prevent Group.

!. In a child that is subject to attaks of
Group. the first indication of the disease
is hoarseness. Give Chambe rlain' S
Cough Remedy as soon as the Child be-
comes hoarse and the attack may be
warded off and all danger and anxiety
avoided. ADV
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mrs. w. w. Cook, of Monroe.
arrived last Sunday night and is
the guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs ]. A. Hyde.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

The holiday dance at the town
pavilion Thursday night was
largely attended. a number of
visitors were present from a dis
lance and all expressed them
selves as having a most enjoyable
time.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mrs. Dora Strickland is spend
ing the holidays in Ell Dorado,
Ark, with her daughter, Mrs.
E. L. Massey.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mr.. Robt. Bennett, principal of
a Bienville' parish public school,
has been spending the Yuletide
season with his parents, Rev.
and Mrs. ]. O. Bennett.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mr.. Philo M. Goodwin and his
bride, formerly Miss LillianSmith,
arrived in Colfax last Saturday
and spent the holidays here visit
ing relatives and friends. They
left Friday morning, he to return
to Camp Beauregard at the ex-
piration of his ten-day furlough,
and his wife to return to her
home at Hammond, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mrs. r. E. Mcknight, who has
been detained in Shreveport
about three weeks on account of
one of her children having the
measles while there on a visit,
returned home last Saturday
night.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Messrs. A. M. and C.. A. Le-
Sage with their families came up
from Alexandria and spent
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. J..
V. LeSage.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Miss Leita Afford, teacher in
M ,ntgomery high school. came
home for Christmas and its cheer
with the home folks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mrs. E. H. Blackwood. Mrs.
w. A. Jones, Miss Leila Swafford,
Mr.. Earl Jones and DR.. R. T.
Lucas, attended the Brown-Har-
rison wedding in Montgomery
Sunday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Master J. H. Williams is home
from the Natchitoches State Nor
NAL for the holiday season.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

BoRN.-TA Mrs. Raphael Bloch, in
Alexandria. La, at p. m. on Monday,
Dec. "a. 1917, nine-pound son. His
name will be Samuel Wheaton Bloch.
Town Talk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Miss Anna Belle Williams left
Christmas Eve night for Baton
Rouge to visit her folks for the
holidays.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

If you have Chills or Malaria get a
Csc bottle of Sanol Chill Tonic nothing
better for chills and malaria. Get it
at the Drug Store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Prof. j. R. DeMoss, principal
of the Shreveport Junior High
School. is spending the holiday
season in Colfax with his family.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Don't forget, that war savings GER
tificate bought now for $4.12 become!
a FIVE dollar bill on January l, 1923.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Do you know Sanol Chill Toni C
knocks the Chills and all Malaria Few
ers. Get it at the Drug Store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mrs. w. A. Jones and son Earl
Jones left Wednesday for a visit
to relatives at Arcadia.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Remember, sixteen limit stamps
plus twelve cents during December
and January will buy one five dollar
war saving cert Grata
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mrs. T. H. McNeely has been
in Natchitoches this week spend
ing Christmas with relatives and
friends.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

See Douglas Fairbanks in "Doubie
Trouble Apollo, Monday. Dec. 81.
Admission 10 -ad 25c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

All hunters and trespassers are hereby
notified not to hunt or otherwise trespass
upon. my property under penalty Of the
law.
d29-5t MRS. T. K. SMITH.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Pay your poll tax on or before
Dec. 81.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Give your dollar to the Red
Cross and help win the war.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

Mrs. Opal Duncan will leave
next Mo - visa 0 her
parents al Bells, Texas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29
Happy New Year

With deep appreciation Of the many fav-
ors you've heaped upon us, we are happy.to
send best wishes for all of 1918. May it
hold many joys and much prosperity for you
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-12-29

war saving