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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-10
FINANCIAL OPINIONS

rrIra:" W;"' :" the t'inarc" 70.
'I""&. tMiiiS ~ %. say: IT, stock
mrrk.'. - n. anr-ert iatI"n ~ tl,, .:ll. =
SIS "f Ii" Liberty Loan and NJ III"
profits h"nI:; rnad' i'll steel a.rG other
u.|VHtr:H!$ wen Ti'irr government rnr-
irol "f prr."s.
T., Y. r%n"r: Look fur an import
an adrar"" IN tnilcru products. R"puh-
Ii" arf E';hl"li'.rI St""l. tlli$-rhnl!ncrs
.,ri '"'n:i'r;. strength in the rails.
I.".Hn IL I'rvan: continuance OK
rrufi; taEiHc h. long, n rnd!Strials "f
th' list Wl'E - k".'l.'T hiGun5i,i0n T."
'',nl'!n" purchases t. la" rails %""ins l."
!" Il l"ri":ll anticipation hi, iuliratiunS
Ut Ii n''w ';"rm1n offensive. "n t,,' vest
:rn ham" frrIlt should II" carefully
watched md lEnv have r"l,sid"!ahl" :"
Il" n: l"G:; temporarily wf'h determining:
the pri"" movement.
NEW YORK May !.--'rll" profit TAX
.nc which '''.''urrc'i %'st"-day WAS 70
markedly viii Hh.,rrhcd anI IN" Sigh:
r";'t!"r wii"h took plar" Ia Steel is
tut y natural ono after I'll" unchecked
ahran"' which il hns ha,! from ,r,';iui
tn Th'& NJ. Thrrc may i, som" furthr:
weekend r"ali:inE but sentiment re-.
mains hulli'f. also fur ihe ""rI-rs.
SrH"lt.rs. Etah. Anaconda and lnspirn-
il'i
sun SAYS: The activity IN rails came
~ fEnrneni when interest had wanCd
slightly in iniustrin|s md ~ '!"nI"r-
;.lra tim prevented ilI' list from selling
81 sharply a. would hay" ur'i"ubtcLl;
hnrr".rs.d for n sc:hncIi was due.
Nn;inual lily Bank says: The indus
trial situation is coming into NOR" sat
is fa"tnrT slap" rs war work assumes 4"
r-u;n.r nruTrr' ions and production for
ordinary consumption Shrinks CORES
,".ndingly TIL" country is h"inE organ
;7"i I" the IN" great purp"S. which, is
now supreme. Germany is ruthlcssly
ruttInr down small works nni conrcn-
traIiu: machinery and lauor where II
can IL. us-,d to the best advantage
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Won LUxBURG SAILS.

Bl'ENOS AIRES. May ".r-Fount
Won Lux0urg. former German minister
~ Argentina. accompanied r" the
German chars" d'affaireS III Monte
yidro. ard the lattcr's wife. sailed for
Europe to-day. Or. Perl. forn':r Ger
man minister 10 Peru. who waS hand
ed his passports. by the Peruvian 29v-
eminent last autumn, did not accom-
pany Count. Won Lu1burg. and will rS,
main in Argentina for the present, ow-
ing TO the illness of his sister.
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Red Cross WORKERS.

Tic following ladies will ha'" :htrS"
~ ;Er Rel t'russ room hcginnin" fr,ihy
Nav in.-NIra. Wilson Mitchell, Miss
Mar Troll: l'rid;.y evening. Mrs. WA!
punfnrd, Miss I.Uiu 'nnman: Tuesday.
MAY l4--Mr$. Will Eumgarn"r Mrs AS:'
Fnwc-;t: TUESDAY evening. Misses
Blanri,r Harrison and Bell" pWsIasS.
Thursday. Mrs. j. II. ui'kcrson. Mrs. NJ.
T.. wilson: Friday. Mrs. Mill N"wiin.
Miss lAlrilrn sutton: Friday. evening.
Mrs Annie .lInllingsw"rth. Mrs Lucy
Tallmar.
Surgi"ai dressing classes on Monday
afternoon. Wednesday, aft"rr""h ana cF-
tIInr.
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BOYS Leave.

Thr following boys Will irav" her"
Saturday morning for Fl. Thomas. n.y.:
Harry Christy. Richard Johnson. EIy""
l.aiSurr. 81. clairsvill": Henry 'Arr"tta.
Holloway: James Clark. Stswartsfil!r:
Walter Cement. Morrslnwn: I"S. kap"-
rs. r'n!rTnint: VIM. II. Murphy. Flush
ing: Jos rsnir Warnock: Forrest SUIT
ton, ,ii.ar,,": W'ilh"r ,;rimslc%. Latter
- and Joe L;;I rrt,. f.lrpuint. ar" SUB
s;itut"s.
'rnr iays will assemble M thr Re'l
Cross rooms ~ seven "'.'!Dck wh"r" ih=%'
Will Ne given sweaters. etc. FROM th"r'
~ v will ,Ear,.!i t" III" train. l"comran-
I'D hy lii" -. y. l.. veterans. Roy
Scouts. X. ui' l.. lrdSc and the citizens
49, IL. town AMI community.
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BIG FIRE LOSS.

DANTILLE. May 9.-The industriaE
plant Of the 'Danvillc State hospital, in'
which hosiery. underwear and other
articles were made for the inmates.
was destroyed by fire to-day. entailinS
q loss estimated at $4,000. Much
valuable machinery was ruined. The;
cause OF tia fre-Kas moi de1eIuA 4
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McMEGhEN
CElrp Ground.
I ROY Gu.

IL" G.i,i:.s' camp 'ii'ni"G association
has ravtul? r"trpici".I airnnr"ri"n:* 80"
the aunurl cam. In.'rl:: :.. whhh VII! IT,
held H.. f,r d4;S q; In" M"dnlsvii;"
camp Tr"ui.ds. beginning July - and
closing august 4. IN rX""iirit pro-
gram - beng prepared and its ruhli-
- ion will IL. u,ah,. Within I ;rw weeks.
District Evangelist H.. +. u. fcli"rS.
frrru-r!r InS'rr -" H." i."S' M"'n"r:j:'t
r.risrural church ~ his ety. VIII ht'''
..h:lrgt uC tn" musical program th:- IHi.
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SUGAR

NEW YORK. May 9.-The raw sugar
markci was without change. Cuoas cost
and freight remaining at the fixed Lowell
Of &.9s5. equal 10 6.oo6 for centEifu gal
In refined the demand Is not partic-
ularly active and business is of mod
crate proportion. with Some rehners
still behind on old orders, although with
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Rev. TellerG.

H.. T.. II. ti'ii-I". :"r mary years
rn.:t"- nf ihr tirSi N"'hriiS; f:rl-"":rii
church.. ;ii:. ,ii:. ~ lust ,'l"%"d :. 81 20
,,.e,>IUI r,Iivnl.H ~ 'inll"way. IT, SIXtN-
nm. ,"G.Vrr.,luu.. were irrt." Gur,uG tli''
!wn Ur"Is ~. r,'.:N.u ~" in prui:r"S%
Rev r'"llr'',' I,,.N! ,.lUuUaIS;I Viii Nr'', 4
Inc first Of IN" Week Il, I;ru""ton Mills.
". Va.
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Lick. Sunday morning. Aprh -, aged /,
So Death was due to poeuInonl2s tok4d
lowing paralysis. \
Ills wit, Sarah Braden Feffc1, 6e3l
many years agn. y largo family OF,
grown children survive him 1ntermen<;
a. ,hr LaZ,'ar cemetery.
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T.. l.. IlihtS attrrs.rj t"irra. r"nrt 1t
Wh"rlirS. !'.S:"ri"y.
Mr:. I~,u Wright IS visiting X. j."
J | his and tamil! # Fourth street.
luit.. 81 few y",inS t"'"rlr Tr"rn h'I"
-; "y"i tn, boat EXCURSION "a tbs Homer
Sln.ih- lISt rXrnINE.
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STOCKS AND BONDS.
ST. CLkIRSV|LLE.
Guild welfare Circle.

tn. t'hirh's W"I!nr" t'irc!: viii h"!h
= In..lir;: Friday evening at s"Hea
t.'rIum.K ~ IT," !s.,l rr,'S, rooms. I" talk
mv"r ,!lns of sewing :"r III" Fr"n"h ana
f,lS;an chilir.n. All 'ar" r"gu"St"H |"
attend.
TI" !atli.s VII" have been w"rtinE TN
the surgical dressings a. Ia" Rec! 'r"SS
room ht-" .hipl'ri ZOO Eauzc btn"'ts*H
and go muslin lrInuAg"S
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LIVE STOCKS
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CEliCA,ip. May 9.-li"gs--k Receipts.
2G.N"0; steady: bulk. Sl7.79m 1905: light.
$500 n 1915: mixed. $lI4nm lS.l3:
heavy. sI6.7u%'lS.05: rough. slG.I@ml7:
pigs. SHE'S $50.
raitlc-Rcrrir,s 10000: weak: ms
tive steers. slnfrI1.1o: s:o"kcrs AMI
feeders. SS.I5"i ESQ: COWS and h"ifcrs.
$G-SOdr 1910: calves. SSml+
Sh""p--- Errripts. 1000 weak: sheen.
Sl@.1j. :, 1850: lam.rS, 5i5.5n Gr 1860;
lambs. $3.50 IsGl "U.SU.
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considerable sugar contracted for by the
committee. the arrivals here are e1-
pectod TO be larger in the hear future
and OF sufficient volume to take care nf
the early preserving demand. Prices
are unchanged al 1.45c Tor limo granu-
lated
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.MAJ0RSVILLE
Barney.

Jonathan Barry. we'll known resi-
dent a.: Ry"rSnns Station. passed away
At n >anaturunl whrr" he was taking
treatment.
lutrrmru; Wednesday, nj the l.af-nr
graveyard. One daughter and several
sons survive.
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TOLEDO GRA".

TOLEDO. May Cash wheat. No. 1
rcd. $40.
Clnversecd. prime cash, SIS: October.
STATS.
Alsike. prime cash. sl5.25.
Timothy. prime cash. old. s3.'2; new.
5315; September, $3.50; October. i4.05.
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BOSTON COPPER STOCKS

WHEELING. ". Va May . IL
Furnished the lntclllgenccr by A. Z.
Ma trr e Co, members Of tho New York
Stock Exchange National Bank Build
ing, Wheeling w. Va. Louis +. Brand
ma
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PETROLEUM

OIL. CITY, May 9---A'rtdit balances.
81: runs. Ill,02S: average 1887; ship
rncntS, GT,nl7; average. 4s,2"s.
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BANK CLEARINCS

ClcurlnGS May .. .I91.l72.S": sam"
Jay last year. Sal4. 75i.i4: ri"arInS$ i"r
week. $3.;,l@.%7I.0S; sam" WccA last
year. S&.G97.1l4.lc.
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET

WHEELING. w. Va. May ., rs.
Furnished the lntelligcnccr by A e
Aasteu & Co.. members OF tia New YORK
Stock Exchange. National bank Build
Ing. Wheeling W. Va. Louis +. brand
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New York Cotton Market

WHEELING. ". Va. May 9. '1t.
Furnished IN" iniclligcac"r by A. Z
Masten & Co. members OF IN" New YORK
Stock Exchange. National Bank BuIld-
ing. Wheeling W. Va. LOUIS h. Brand.
manager.
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TerroL.

John Fcrrcl. IN aged and highly rr-
srsctcd citizen. died at his home at Rock
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PITTSBURGH STOCKS

wHEEI ING W. Va. May =. -.
Furnished the 1ntclligenccr by a. r
Mnsten & Co. members % III" Now Yurh
Stock Exchange. National Bnnk Build
ing. Wheeling w. VA. Louis r. Brand.
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Curb Mining Stocks.
Standard On Subsidiary Stock

WHEELING. ". Va. May 2, lS.
Furnished the irtelligenccr by A. z
Mastcu & "a. members OF the New fnra
Siu,. Exchange. National Eank Build
ing. Wheeling W. Va. Loul, F. Brand
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N. I. 1Ius... EXCHANGE

FURNISHED n: lnseIliseuGer by n e.
uas:,.n X e., mr:uoerS - the New 4ora
Stock EAchangc. National BANK So
iag. Wheeling w. Va. luis : %
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b Total sales 1.asa.7n shares.
Eonds 1921. onn.
tD-Regular quarterly dividend $50
per shara
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Neatly need Filed.
Probate Court.

Mary g Eak'r to !. I. MrkelN'F
AMI IN l:.llair,. Consideration S2."9H.
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LOCAL STOCKS

WiIEF:t.IN,;. W. Va. May = rs.
Daily quotation list of T." Wheeling
Stock Exchange complied for lntcli!-
HenSer.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-07
Bread for Falnishing
If America Does Net Use Food
Economically Millions Will
Starve in Europe.

Columbia, Dec. 5.-N-ita the can
collation.. effective December /, of the
sugar Tationing plan, thus permitting
the return to normal conditions so
far as sugar is concerned, and the use
Of war bread entirely eliminated as
we'll as many other food restrictions
withdrawn in recent weeks, the food
administration has turned attention
TO new progranl-"food conserVa-
ticn for world relief"
Il vii! not be definitely known IN
Ill Herbert Hoover returns from Eu-
rope exactIv what amount Of food will
have to be sent overseas to provide
for the millions OF people in liberated
lands where famine threatens, bUZ il
is known that amount will be enor-
nous. greatly exceeding the estimate
previously made: ard that the larger
amount 1rust be spared from Amer
ica's present stocks since the iar-
veets have been made. ard other
harvests can be made in Europe prob
ably as quickly as they can be made
in this country. It IS the immediate
future which must be provided for
the months intervening before the
liberated peoples OF several nations
car coax food out Of the soil.
The present week IS, therefore, Ge-
voted by the food administration to q
OF education to prepare for
whatever program Mr. Hoover asks.
It will be program Of intensive FOOD
saving, CT continued conservation;
for what foo<! is sent TO help feed
Europe must first be saved. In MANY
sections of the State public meeting:
are being ned this week to bring the
,eed nf continued food conservation
square1y before the people and the
churches, schools, women's clubs and
sccre. societies are cooperating.
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OF army airp!anes have oireae.y EetHi
turned over TO the rostotiice depart
nent More will soon be ready for
the carrying of mail.
The establishment Of so new mai
lines is planned by the Dostofiicc. and
speed in getting the lines under wa2'
is being urged by the Aero Club OF
America. Several hundred army avi-
ators have been notified that thcs.
raust resign within few days or
identify themselves with the regular
army. Most of thesr would natural
" prefer civil service OF some KING.
but are reluctant to leave the army i
no other work is ready for them.
The public has been inconvenience
ed so much during the last year b.,
Sow and faulty mail service that the
news is exceptionally welcome just
now. Rest oring the mail TO such
efficiency as il could boast Of before
the war formed about the highest
point of the suffering citizens hopes.
TIC have it improved to the degree
promised by the air mail enthusiasts
sounds too good to be trae.
Hangers must be. built. repair
shops installed, and various items O.:
attended to. Needless
to say, each city chosen as station
will hasten the necessary work.
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Influenza Deaths
More Than Three Hundred
Thousand Civilians Dead in
Epidemic siHce SEP
tember il.

Washington, Dec >..-Ectween go
600 and 100000 deaths from Unfit
enza and pneumonia have occurred
among the civilian population Of
the Gni,ed States since September Is,
according to estimates today of the
public health service. These ca,cu-
lions were based on reports from
ties and States keeping accurate rec
ords and public health officials be-
licve they are conservative.
The epidemic persists. but deaths
are much less numerous. according to
reports reaching here A recru-
descence of the disease is occurring: il
many communities throughout the
country, but this is believed to be
sporadic and not to indicate a gener-
al renewal Of severe epidemic condi-
tions.
Insurance companies have been
hard hit by the e.idemic, government
reports indicate, although there are
10 figures available here to show TO-
tai losses sustained by these corlpa-
MES The government incurred la
bilities Of more than 100000 in
connection with life insurance carried
by soldiers in army camps not ipciid-
ing those in Europe. About 200
deaths occurred in the camps in the
ords Show.
United Sttaes, war department rec
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THE PRESTIGE OF, BRIT AN.

In the Allied victory over the Cen
tral Powers there is glory enough
for al. It is no time TO draw on
invidious distinctions between the
relative efforts made by the va:ioIs
combatants and the honor they have
won. Our allies vito themselves bore
The heat and burden Of the day give
Us unCru0ging credit despite cur COM
ing in at the eleventh. hour, because
we wrought so worthily, though brief
" We may agree that where g!
have done so nobiy, there are no ae-
grces of credit or praise.
But the pres tige and power wslic-2
any particular combatant gains .ton
the war is another matter. In :his
particular, Great Britain seems 10
come out ahead.
She has demonstrated her sea
power more effectively than ever,
with that power greatly
and without nava: RI
val except the United states-fri"nd-
", and still far behind.
She has proved herself again. afse,:
a long interval, great military powe:.
She took Frances place two years ago
as the foremost defender against Ger
many, and did the heaviest fighting
OF. these last victorious> months. beat
ing the Prussians at their own game
She conquered Turkey unaided. Al
most alone, she drove the Germans
out Of Africa.
British prestige is tremendously IL
creased fact recognized more
clearly elsewhere than in Americ-..
and fact that will haze its effect a:
the peace table.
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NO LONEi.l GRAVES IN FRANCE

There is little cemetery just out
side of Paris where among the sol
der graves, are those Of many Amer
lean boys who died of their wounds
IN French hospitals.
It should be no small comfort to
the mourning hearts in American
homes to know that everyone OF
these graves has been accepted" by
some French family, who tend the
spot with the same loving care they
etve the resting places OF their own
.>eloved dead.
Sorrow becomes doubly hard to
bear when the bereaved are deprived
Of the privilege OF performing all the
tender tasks which arc the dic:aees
CT their hearts. 1t is very eauriful
that these kindly French people take
this method Of showing their g!ati-
tude and love.
This gentle practice is not con-
fined to the country near Paris. bui
obtains generally throughout France.
wherever our boys lie sleeping, and
4 is one more bond Of the many now
French and Ame lean hearts
together.
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WIRELESS.
pears.

It was Napoleon who wished he
could see what was happening on the
other side Of a hill, and if the Little
Corporal was operating in these days
he would soar merrily up in an air
plane and see his wish come true.
When he found that not only coulc
he do this, but also without wire or
bell he could let his generals down
on the ground know what he saw, he
would be delirious with the possibili-
ties.
The automobile is thing to macve!
at, the airplane even more so. but tbs
greatest Of these is wireless.
The airplane scars over the resios:
of operation of the undersea c:,,iitt
and spies it beneath the water. THIS
would be Of little avail could no sig
nal be given to the destroyer; ;icre
wireless plays its part, and many Il u
boat lies at the bottom Of the sea be-
cause Marconi had big idea.
In the transmission of messiecs
across space impossible to wire, in the
direction of plane raids. and in en-
abiing planes to report without land
ing. in the saving of lives impcriled i.
sea, this witchcraft of the air HIS
! proved itself inyaluable.
Later, brought down to the ham
! drum Of city life. it may free us Of Tho
uns;ghtly poles now distisuring oui
landscape far and wide, and the in
terminable stretches of overl: ca<
wires with their menace to safei:.
And how about using the wirelc;
phone for catching speeding autcis:
and the daring devils on motcTcEcle
who have so long defied the effort
If the police? Just send an airplaa'
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UNUSED FIGHTING POWER.

We were appallingly unprepafet
for war when we entered the wa, a.
everybody knows. But few Ancer!-
cans know how thoroughly We !:el-1
prepared when. the war stopped.
When Germany asked for an ar-
mistice, the American navy had just
finished mine planting program of
incompatible magnitude, shorine
an area of hundreds Of thousands G!
square miles, almost continuously
from Scandinavia to Spain, with
mines placed so thicllly that no L.
boat could get through except BY
lucky chance. That was once item.
Hundreds of our Submarine Chaa
ers'' were just going into commission.
On the day the arrnistice was s!gn
ed, an America- pipe line, built &C
pipe petroleum across Scotland, was
formally opened. That line was la;S
to supply the allied armies in Franc!
and Belgium with all the Oil the
needed, saving tank ships from tfr
long voyage around the British Isles
and the menace Of the submarines. Il
would have meant, if the need haG
persisted, a victory Of allied oil over
German coal as war fuel.
FAt that time the American army
had just begun to get its big guns into
action.
1t had just begun to realize its great
air program, and would soon have
darkened the air over Germany with
vast squads of bombing planes.
By spring we would have had ma
chine guns in action by the hundred;
thousand.
By next summer our 100000:
fighting men would have been A.
600, 900.
Our "brigde for the Atlantic" had
already become reality, with a ship
sailing for France every few min
utes.
This list of big resources, made
ready but hardly brought into actual
use, might be continued almost indefi-
nitely.
The Germans knew when they were
licked in battle. They knew still bet
ter when they were licked on paper
IN the menacing statistics Of American
preparation That is why the war
stopped when it did.
That is usually the way. When a
nation or man, by big effort.
makes ready to overcome a trelecn-
dous obstacle, the obstacle disap-
noarS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-07
CAMPAIGN FoI; HEALTH.
Sumter County Should Make cur
County HealthfIi Place.

Editor Daily Item.
We have given thousands Of dollars
to the Red Cross TO look after tbs
health Of our soldier boys, and 10 car
~ relief to the stricken peoples OF
many lands, Sumter county has con
tribured more than oDs hundre.i
thousand in cash to this worthy
cause.
Some OF the thoughtful citizens OF
;!ls county now purpose 70 spend come
money to make our county more
:,aNthfui-to make it a better place
10 live in. when our soldier boys come
sack.
Are we going to fall down on this
job? Will we respond to every cali
for help for peoples we will neveE
see. and not provide for those of our
own household? The Bible says He
that provideth not for those OF MS
own household hath denied the 1a!th
and is worse than an intidcl. Saa:l
it be said of US that we are OF that
classo
l am writing especially to the Ian !
owners and business men OF Sunltes
county. To small farmers as We'll as
70 the owners of big plantations.
What makes your lands valuable
Not natural fertility. not heavy app;l-
cation of fertilizers, not scientific
farming, not good roads nor churches
nor schools, nor even markets.
All of these have their bearing OF
the vaiue OF %oac land, but the fur-
danenta!, basic source Of ali Wa2ifh
is healthy men and women-r:ef
and women Of sound minds ;int
sound bodies 10 till the soil. 10 a"plE
the fertilizers, TO properly cultivate
and harvest the crop They VIII
build your roads and churches ana
schools They, healthy men and wo-
men, will make your land blossom
| like the rose, they will find marka's
dantransport the products OF then
toll to the markets. Without them
without healthy men, women and
children. the richest soil on earth
is not worth having. This uo@ht
to be so plain to every one th;sS
warfarins man. though II" ''e
! a fool. will not err therein.
Therefore. this campaign icr :.
County Health Survey. and fo; r::'tssi
nurses and rural sanitation caTof:!' y
| planned, and continuous. not luit :
squirt and then forgotten, should ap-
peal to the selfish interests OF "v"'S
land owner in the county. w h%f'.f
llr lives on his farm or !i:cS ~ ,h;'
city-or cver il other cite" q
,,tat,.:, ( -, lld anoea' 10 rvcrS
'>u:ince: IN i: S:,ln,lei w!a"tho: l. :
is art'-e:y engaged III business 2'' i
living CT rs s;o.s,.-. bonds. ,'lo!:t a.
or other securities dependent ai.'l&
the prosperity Of the county for sue
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cess-and every business but that ci
tie "loan shark is dependent upoi,
the general prosperity OF he count.
Therefore, it is 40 charity that We
ask You 10 give 70 when the Councli
OF Defense calls upon YOU for three
thousand and three hundred dollar
to start this work.
1t is the best business venture that
Sumter county has ever started, 49,:
the responses should be so general
and so in proportion to the means OF
each one that this ought to be OYER
subscribed like all the way work oi'
the past two years.
Health is the greatest asset OF any
people, sickness the greatest liability.
Can more be said? Need more be said :?
z. w. DabbS.