The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-04-12
SECRETARY McADOO TELLS THE PEOPLE
S7INTING is NECESSARY TO WIN WAR
In Address at Columbia Mr.. McAdoo Willing
ito Become Cay-Ea That Prussansm May Be
Crushed-Hs Advice Is Wear -Soled Shoes
and Half-Soed Breeches" and Save.

speaker in a brief but eloquent and
patriotic speech and word of
prayer was offered by the Rev. C. E.
Burts. ID. d., pastor of the First Bap-
tist church Of Columbia. In part
the speaker said:
Let me advert in my homely
fashion to some OF the things you
can do. The food supply of the
world is short today. Food of course
is fundamental. People must have
food in order to sustain their
strength and health, in order that
they may produce other things re-
quired by the war. and the chief
burden devolves upon America of
furnishing the food required not on
ly for our own people, but the SOL
diers and civilian population of our
allies as well. That is the reason,
fellow citizens. that it has become
necessary recently to economize with
wheat The wheat crop in the
United States was short and we have
had to substitute something else for
wheat bread, and you are eating
bread these days you never saw be-
fore. But what could be more in
spring and noble to the patriot who
can't fight than to eat anything over
here that will keep nody and soul to-
gether, thereby releasing those es-
sential supplies for the support of
our fighting men at the front and
the civil population behind them?
1t is pleasure to help any man who
wears blue jacket or a khaki-col-
ored uniform. 1t is not a secrifice to
stop eating wheat bread 1t is not
hard for us to do that. We should
nave begun sooner. All that the
American people need to know, as
have learned as / have been over the
country and have talked to them. ia.
what is the thing to do? What is the
intelligent thing to do that will en-
able us to help most? And when
the American people have learned
what to do, l have never seen any
people so responsive to the call of
country.
Wool Needed Badly.
Let us take the case of wool.
There is scarcity of wool in the
world. Every ounce OF wool that
YOU can save is direct contribu,
tion to the fighting men in the
trenches and direct contribution
to the civil population in Europe
whose health and strength must be
kept up in order that they may
make arms and supplies for those in
the field.
There is scarcity also OF leathe-
er in the world, and it is very diff
cult to get the necessary supply to
make the shoes required for the ar
mics in the field and for the civil
populations in Europe
so, therefore, my friends, when
you refrain from spending money
upon unnecessary clothing, unneces-
sary shoes and unnecessary food.
don't you see that you release sup
plies that will contribute immensely
TO the success OF the armies in the
field? Don't you see that it is vital
to the success of our arms that those
things shall be done? Unless you
save and economize in this way. YOU
can not at the same time save money
TO lend to the government. The gov
eminent must ask you TO lend il your
} money so that it may buy the wool
or the cloth made of the wool and
the shoes made OF the leather that
you do not take, and to pay the
wages of the men who make those
things. In saving, therefore, and
lending your money to your govern
! ment, you perform an immensely
patriotic service. an essentially pa
triotic service. and at the same time
you are benefiting yourselves be-
cause you are making yourselves
better off by adding to your wealth
the amount that you save.
SENATOR STONE HAS