The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-24
MONTHLY REPORT OF
SECRETARY HOME
SERVICE SECTION

or their families have applied to the
Home Service Section for aid or in
formation. The service rendered has
included the writing Of II letters
giving information to 49 people, and
advice and comfort to, or helping
wit various problems Of II.
Besides the information service
have made two talks on the subject
of Home Service, and taken two
out-of-town trips in behalf of soldiers
or their families.
The office has been opened prompt
ly every day, except the day I was
out of town.
A telephone has been installed, a
desk, a filing cabinet and card in
dexes have been ordered for the Of
flee.
During the month, Miss Myrtle
McLeskey has given her services as
stenographer and typewriter. Mr.. D.
T. Smith has also helped with the
typewriting, and James Coleman has
drawn an excellent map of the coun-
ty.
Mrs. Frank Wilson of Watts, as
sisted the Secretary in getting up a
report for the War Department in
the matte of "a discharge for a SOL
dier.
The following have volunteered
their services for Home Section work
and as soon as the Office is a little
better organized they will be called
upon for an hour or more each week:
Miss Fannie Stark, Mrs. Thomas
Lyles Davis, Miss Nettie Russell, Mrs
T. A. Klugh, Miss Della Wilson, Mrs.
Householder, Mrs. E. A. Lucas, Miss
Victoria Howie, and Mrs. C. C. Gam
brell. Mrs. Williamson, Mrs. Nc
MILAN and Miss Bessie Lee Cheat
ham are willing to use their cars for
country trips when possible.
The County has not yet been or.
ganized, and so far only three dis
tricts have chairmen, they are: Mrs.
B. c.. Wilson, Calhoun Falls. Mrs.
Joe Link, Bethia; and Miss. Verna
Carlisle, Lowndesville.
Many interesting things have hap!
pened: There is the case of little
boy who was attracted to the Home
Service Office by German helmet
that is on exhibition. here and who
asked if the Red Cross would write
to ''Uncle Sam" and find out if he
could get a helmet as trophy.
The absolute faith of the little boy
prompted the Secretary to write to
Washington to see if. it was at all
possible to secure a helmet for the
boy. The boy also asked for a job
! saying that he had two jobs but they
did not pay him anything. One job
was to wash dishes, and the other
was to carry his aunt's dinner to he1
at the mill, so he offered to sweep w
the Red Cross rooms and cut dowr
the weeds in the back.
This boy is beneficiary of anything
the Red Gross has, as he has, as he
stated it, "a Uncle in France" II
is needless to say the job of sweep.
ing and chopping weeds was given
him, and we are sure he will eventu.
ally get German helmet from "Un-
Gle Sam" =
Another case is that of negro
soldier who came to the office and
said his wife was about to run away
with another man, and he wanted
to borrow $1,000 from the Red Cross
to follow her if necessary.
The man is not without friends,
and employers, but at just this par
ticular time he did not have a cent,
and he did not care to expose his
family troubles to any one but the
Red Cross. The man was loaned the
$1,000 and his note was taken for
the amount. He came in today to
tell me that his wife was at home and
they were very happy.
The most pathetic case of all, so
far, is that of the crippled soldier
who was in town recently. This was
new and peculiar sample of the
cruel effects of war, and one that ex-
cited great sympathy.
1t seems that the young man un-
der the influence of drles and sl;ob+-