Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-23
RED CROSS ACTIVITY

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RED CROSS ACTIVITY
| All government contracts have been
made. on n five year basis. which
Imcans that unless something happens
that is not yet foresccn. this war is
going to be- a long one. We've got tt
win this war. however. To lose II Is
unthinkahle: but to win II we've got tc
pay the price. and the sooner We be-
gin paying to the limit OF our capaci'
ty the sooner We will win it.
So declared Royal Daniel. field sec
rctary OF the Southern division OF the
Red Cross TO about fifty members OF
th. Yorkyillc chapter last Saturda.
morning.
Mr.. Daniel was on missionar!
tour through this section. stimulating
and encouraging the splendid actiri'
ties of tn different chapters. The no.
tice of his coming was brief. \ mes
sage from Rock Hill on Friday even
| Ing said he would hr over on Satur-
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short for the assembling Of an au-
dirncc worth the while of such IN
earnest speaker: but good work was
done nevertheless. and the talk that
Mr.. Daniel made was worth while.
Mr.. Daniel has spent two years IN
Germany. and is thoroughly familiar
with the spirit and aims Of the Ger
man people. They plan the domina =
ton of the world and Of us. and
knowing as ! do what that means.
would gladly give my life and all
POSSESS to prevent their success. h'
declared.
This special message was the para
mount importance OF civilian service
| This, he said, Is as necessary TO sue
cess as Is military service. The pco'
pie back home hc said, must sustain
the boys at the front with all to!
have and all they are. We must dc
nothing else, think nothing else. TIE
crisis is so urgent that ii is criminal
to waste minute.
our boys are in France and oui
hearts arc with them; but still there
is something selfish about us. While
we are lamcnting about the absent
boy We continue to hold on to many
of the comforts and luXurics witt
which we are rroundcd-forgctful
of the fact that that boy may h1
bleeding to death for lack of band
age that We could have been making
Mr.. Daniel explained that this was
est friends he had. Hugh Caldwell
had died for lack Of an ambulance
pillow that might have easily been
furnished through n little foresight
from back home.
Illustrating the difference between
France and America. he said thai
comparcd with us the French arc ac-
iually starving. They have been on
of sugar for two years. and although
the regulations provide an allotmen
of n pound n month per capita, there
are many who are unable to get that
II is the same with many other ne
cessarics: but with II all the Frcncl
are cheerful beyond compare Nevc!
taSSe a people exhibited a more beau
tirul '1pirv. An ineidegf nlustratin
this spirit dealt with the true story @
In French soldier who. though wound
cd unto death, continued to cheer tn
Others until the last breath. when wit
!, II beautiful smile on his lips he dc
clarcd. 81 am so happy: good nigh
and good luck!"
Emphasizing the importance of IN
cantccn work. and the splendid scr
vice noble women arc doing In kGp
ing the boys i'm good heart. tn" speak
cr told of the circumstance of al
limrrican boy. who shot him 'clf o.
I'raring a malicious story of the deaf
his baby that hc had never seer
4 The wound was not necessarily fat'
lcXccpt to man who did not want 4
live. The Red Cross was quickly n
the bottom of the trouble, and with
in seven hours established by cabl
the cracl falsity OF the report. Th
i
seized with desire to live and di'
live. The speaker could tell OF man
instances of the same kind.
| Another tremendously importan
II service that can be performed by tn
Red Cross at homo Is In looking aftc
the mothers and sisters of boy
labroad. Among the mothers and sis
tcrs are some so circumstanccd rs no
Ito be able to clearly understand con
ditions There are some who canno
read, and who, because OF Ignorance
lmay easily lie driven to frenzy he
lcalsc OF fears that have no founda
tion i'm fact. \ word Of cheer or com
prchcnsivc information to these from
people who know may often drir
i away distress which would otherwis
find no relief.
u Tn" young men. Mr.. Daniel declar
cd. are trcading in the footsteps o
their Saviour, Offering their service
and their lives that others might live
All of them know that they may ncv
or come back. Nothing We can do i
more worth while than to show then
by word and decd that we are wOr
thy of the sacrifice they would maxi
for us. Happy is he who shall com
back with his duty done: but happ.
also will he he who shall rest in tn
blood drenchcd fields of France!
Mr.. Daniel had hut short time II
YOrkville, and left here for Chester.
| LOCAL LAcoNIcS
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