The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-09-17
1T Is WORK Oh FIGHT
AND IT SHOULD BE.

bursts of eloquence away back yonder
somewhere. "Gve me liberty or give
death" And it seems to US that we
read that either Patrick or some other
great man of the great past sald
something like this: 'The time for
action has arrived and the reverse
is also true, that the time for talk has
passed.
We have had lots Of talk about 10y
atty and patriotism and slackers anu
standing behind the government and
our president and our boys over there
and all that sort of thing. AS we see
it. this is the time for action. The
time to do things and not talk all day
long. A certain amount Of talk, it is
true il necessary that the people may,
be, informed.
Mr.. wood from the government was
in SNeMherry the other day and made
"a taIk Of two hours at the court house
TO a crowded house and told the folks
that ali men between the draft ages
must either go to work in some pro-
ductive employment or be sent to the
front line trenches, and that the gov
ernment had some 800 or mere men
in this State as detectives to take
note of those who were not ooeylng
the command to work or fight, anu
that there were a couple, of these men
in the audience he was addressing
That places IN stores and offices that
could be 6lled by women and tnaE
were now filed by men who are sub
ject to the draft, that these men muse
get out and go to- work in some pro-
duetive employment or they would be
sent at once to the battle front. Anc
the city has passed an ordinance to
the same effect, and it is now neces-
sary for every one between the ages
of ls and so to have pass that ne
is employed or he Will be suD5sct u
arrest and put in the army. -
That Is all we'll 1t should not be
necessary to have to pass laws to get
men and women to do things in this
crisis Of the eountry's history, but It
seems that it is, and the thing to dc
now. is to enforce the regulations or
the laws and; not simply pass them
and talk about them. The man or the
woman who IS not willing to lend a
helping hand in this crisis OF the
country, to labor in whatever sphere
he may be placed, and to do what ne
can. scarcely deserves to be ciassed
as a gbod citizen.
Mr.. wood said that labor was to be
stabilized and the man who did pay
more ssa wat was reasonable
and t arice in order to induce labor
from ~o-.s orr else was to be taken
IN ans $500 sse war, and that now
tho -a-re -~-t'a 't> mandatory Tor the
1abo~ =, ren+a where it was, and
sho- -,ow .Uch wasted energy re-
sui fyom lans'n~ from one place
to a. ~othe~. This i time when all
.enerey is te be conserved, and that
i vas me importart just now to
ern- erve rsel power than anything
e,-c. because the other things de-
n nc so f:7-S rnoa re prop di-
r@et;,a ara - Is Sc man power Of
TIE country. All non.essential bust.
resses -~c.sa aa.c to close until the
ed Ct Ma wa~.
The trustees OF every school dis
trict in the cor~t- are taking census
Of the labor in the districts and re-
ports would be made.
Another matter to which he called
attention was that good many per-
sons were getting too big an allot-
ment from the government, and oth-
ers were not getting enough, ana III
any event if the persons receiving al
lotrnents were able to do work the
allotment would not excuse them
from the work. and if they refused
TO work the allotment would be taken
away. And in this matter it is prob
able that the government will provide
for compensation committee in each
county to whom all allotments would
be sent. sand if it was not all needed
the BALANCE would be kept for the
soldier Until his return from the war.
AS the farmer he urged the use
of machinery wherever it could be
used to rnaiya ~ for the loss of man
power on the farm. And instead of
buying automobiles to purchase trae-
tio1, engines and sulky plows and Thus
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