The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-14
This State Contributed Sixty
Thousand Men and Ninety
five Million Dollars.
EXCEEDED ALL DEMANDS
Record of Exceeding Generous
Support in All Branches of
War Work During the Past
Two Years.

Out OF population Of 1,515,4OO,
according to the census of 1910.
South Carolina has furnished to the
army upwards of $4,000 men and to
the navy and marine corps. during
the period of the war, SOIL men.
The Palmetto states quota of fight
ing men, therefore was more than
$4,000 men--which figures does not
include those in the military or ma
val service TO April 6. 1917.
In the first draft South Cardinals
quota was 15,147 men. About one
third of the full quota enlisted-to
be exact, 5,040 men-and the re-
mainder, 10.0S1, were drafted into
the military service.
In the second draft South Caro-
lima furnished TO the nation 34.271
mer, in addition to which number
1880 enlisted voluntarily, making a
total Of 37.751.
These figures take account of on
ly those of whom there is complete
record In addition. many South
Carolina boys. residing temporarily
in other states, or away from their
homes, enlisted; and many others
living near the border lines of other
states, near to cities in other states,
crossed over and enlisted. OF course.
there is no record in South Caro-
lima. The total viii, therefore, be
upwards OF $4,000.
To all Of the four liberty loans the
people OF South Carolina responded
generously, subscribing to $1,000
600 OF the first loan. s17,921,75O of
the second loan, s19426.25O of the
third loan, and S37.117,95O of the
fourth loan, grand total Of $50
46595O, a sum sixteen times the
state debt. To the third loan there
were S7,905 subscrir ers in South
Carolina. and the states quota OF
sl4.625,000 was greatly oversuh-
scribed The percentage of the
states subscription. based upon the
quota, was 1928. IN the fourth
loan, the people of South Carolina
IS -
ASP 900 by nearly S5,00O,OOO or
114.4 per cent and thee were about
100000 subscribers.
AS an indication OF the work of the
women in the fourth 'oan the Wo-
mems committee reported $685.
75O subscribed through their efforts,
with 41.0S9 subscribers.
In addition, the people of South
Carolina have responded to the an
peal of the national government and
have bought unsparingly OF War
Savings Stamps. They have pledged
themselves to buy $13.745,249 worth
OF War Savings Stamps OF this
amount the negroes of the state have
pledged themselves TO buy more
than million and quarter. There
are 296 253 individual pledges. of
which 22O,lSS are white people. The
pledges made total $3.50 per capita.
which applies in proportion to the
races per capita to the white and
S14S per capita to the negroes.
Seventeen and eight-tenths per cent
OF the population Of the state are
pledged to buy War Savings Stamps.
but when the figures are anaIyzed II
is shown that 2S3 per cent OF the
white population is pledged as
against ST per cent of the negro
population
Red Cross Work
In both the Red Cross campaigns.
OF 1917 and 1918, the people Of
South Carolina oversubscribed their
quotas, giving a total of $1,59O,221
In the two campaigns, s31S,OOO in
1917 (when the quota for the state
was s300.O0O) and s1,272.221 in
1918. This year the quota was
100000. The people of South
Carolina gave. therefore more than
three times what they were asked.
But not in dollars alone can the
Red Cross work of the state be hg-
ured. In South Carolina there are
81 organized chapters of the Red
Cross. with total membership of
sOs647, covering every county in the
state The Red Cross workers or