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VIENNIAN'S ADOPT ..
FRENCH ORPHANS
Although no special effort has been
made to eiilist the Interest of people
in this county in the work of caring
for the children in France where fath
ers have lost their Uvea fighting for
liberty for the allied countries, sever
al people have agreed to assume the
obligation of caring for one child for
a year. The cost is small, only $36.BO
and may be paid either all at once or
in 3 payments. The following are
those who have agreed to contribute
this amount which enables the little
orphans to exist for a year. ,
L. 1/. Woodward, one.
H. A. Mobley, one.
T. H., Gregory, one.
Miss Emily Woodward, one.
D. B. Thompson, two.
t Others desiring to add their naiges
to the list please notify Miss Emily'
Woodward.
WAR. FUND COMMITTEE
TELLS HOW IT WAS
SPENT.
No Part of It, Says John D. Ryan,
Went for Any Expenses of :
the Organization; !
By JOSEPH C. LINCOLN
Of the Vigilantes.
, Caleb Rogers was seated at the little
(desk behind the counter of bis “gen
eral store** at Rogers’ Comers. His
!check book was open before him; apd
be was tapping bis front teeth with
the end of a penholder and apparently
'considering deeply, Daniel Griggs,
who owns the big farm halt a mile up
the road, entered the store and stood
for a moment regarding its proprietor
with an amused smile.
, “Well, Caleb," he observed, "you
look and act more like a Rockefeller
every day you live. I presume likely
you're flggerln’ whether you'U Invest
this month's Income in more Standard
Re or use It to buy your Wife adother
diamond collar?" \
Hr. Rogers smiled also, but he was
Iserlous enough a moment later.
r "Dan,” he said, “1 tell you what I
was flggerln'. I was flggerln' whether
I hadn't better make the check I was
goln' to give tho Red Cross folks a
hundred Instead of fifty."
Griggs' wouth opened In astonish
ment
What About Jim Griggs;
“You give a hundred dollars to the
Red Cross, Caleb Rogers I" he demand
ed. “You! Are you crasjt You sar-
talnly ain't worth any more money
than I am, and I was calculatin' to give
about ten—not raore'n fifteen anyway.
Red Cross women with hot coffee and
sandwiches, a-makln* him comfortable,
doin' the Uttle kind things yon and his
mother are Just longin' to do this min
ute.
"When Christmas come who saw
that the bundles from home got to
him? Who gave him things—candy
and smokes and such—on Its own ac
count? The Red Cross, thafs who I
.And when he had the bad cold and
fever who supplied the nurse that did
more than anybody else to fight the
We have ia stock ready t6 deliver a big lot
John D. Ryan, vice chairman of the
War Council, recently discussed the
disbursements of the first $100,000,000
American Rea Cross fund and spoke
of the necessity for further funds.
He announced , that the week set apart
for the drive is May 20 to 27.
“We have collected $106,000,000.”
said Mr. Ryan. "We have allowed
refunds to chapters—as you know,
chapters are entitled to retain 25 per
cent, of the collections covered by the;
chapter. They have not in all esses’
availed themselves of the 25 per cent, j
but we have allowed $17,006,121 on,
this account. We have appropriated j
to date-$77,721,B18 and we have avail-]
able for appropriation on March lj
510,371,217, with the addition of $3,-j
500,000 we know to be perfectly good
when called upon.
"The appropriations have b.een
made to the different countries as fol-fc
lows: France, $30,936,103; Belgium,,
$2,086,131; Italy, $3,588,826; Russia,:
$1,243,845; Rumania, $2,076,368; Ser-:
via, $875,180; Great Britain, 31,885,-’’
750, including $1,000,000 thsit was ap-;!
proprlated by the War Council to the
British War Relief, and for other for
eign relief work, $3,576,300.
"For relief Work for prisoners we
have expended $343,804, and this
work Is only beginning. iHiese. appro- j
prlatlons have been made to care for]
the prisoners that wo feared might bet
taken. We also spent for equipment]
and expenses of Red Cross personnel]
sent abroad $113,800; for army base]
Jiospltals in the United States, $64,-9
000; for navy base hospitals In the]
United States, $32,000; for medical!!
and hospital work In the United]
States, $531,000; for sanitary service]
In camps In this country, $403,000; for.
camp service In the United States,
$6,451,150, and miscellaneous■ In the.
United 8tates, $1,118,748.: We have]
funds restricted as to use by the
donors amounting to $2£20,409, and
we have as a working capital for the
purchase of supplies for resale to
chapters or for shipment to France
of $15,000,000. We have working cash
advances for France and the United
States of $4,286,000. , ' , 1 1
“People say we use 60 cents to
spend a dollar. The expenses of the
Red Cross today are well Within the
amount of money provided by mem
bership fees. No part of the $105,000,-
000 that we got la spent for carrying
on the work." V
pneumonia off? The Red Cross, Dan;
nobody else- .
"And when he’s on the ship goln’
across, when he's marchln' through
France on Ms way to them trenches
we read so much about, when at last
he's In those trenches—who's lookin'
out for him every minute of the timet
Who's motherin' and fatherin' him,
same as you and your wife would give
all this wide wdrld to be able to do?
Why, the Red Cross, Just the Red Cross.
“And when he) goes over the top to
get his first real punch-at the Kaiser’s
gang of pirates, suppose he gets a bul
let through him aomewheres. It can
JuSt as likely be him or my Sam as
anybody else’* boy, remember that
He's lyin’ out there In No Man's Land,
and It'p night and cold and wet, and
he's In pain, awful pain, and”—
Mr. Griggs Interrupted.
“For mercy aakes, don't. Caleb I” he
pleaded. “I can’t bear to think of it"
"Then you ought to. 'Twill do you
good to think Just a little. For pretty
soon who comes crhwlln' along through
the hell fire to him and glves-'hlm wa
ter—and morphine. If he needs It—and
binds up Ills wounds and denies him
back jo the'place where the doctors
are? And whoso doctors are they that
'gives him the very best treatment
that's possible, and whose hospital
does he go to afterwards, and whose
doctors and nurses take such good'
care of him there? Puttin' It all to
gether, who makes Jim Griggs a well
man again and makes It possible for
his fathek and mother and slaters to
lay eyes'on him once more? Nobody
on this earth but the Red Cross. And
God bless It, I aayl
.What Is Your 8on Worth to You?
"And now you wonder why a man no
richer than I am la glvln' a hundred
dollars to a society that's doin' all that
and a million times more for my boy.
Look here, Dan Griggs. How much Is
your son worth to you? If you could
save Ills life by doin' It wouldn't you
sell the farm and the stock and your
house And the last shirt on your back?
Wouldn't yoU, give him the last cent
you had If he needed It to save himself
from torture and death? Well,\ the
Red Cross Is doin' everything hutnsns
can do to save him from those things,
and It's warmin' him nnd comfortin'
him and kcopln' him well' and happy
bealdes. Anil what It's doin’ for him
It's doin’ for every one of the soldiers
In tho fields or the trainin’ camps, the
hospitals—oven In the German pris
ons. And it needs money—and you
grudge glvln' It"
Mr. Griggs shook his head.
"No, I don't," he said, "I guess I
can spare a hundred, too—for the
boy’s sake." ,
Pints, quarts and half-gallon E.-Z. ’Seal Jars and Jelly Glasses,
drop in and leave your order. ', ’
71 the prices of food continue to in
crease there will be a skeleton in ev
ery family.
* Remember we carry a big stock of tiros and accessories for
the,Ford Car; Also Tires and Tubes and Bumpers ^or the larger
varieties. '" \ 1 ■
“If you want to. see one of the best
pictures yet shown, see the “Land
loper” at the DeSoto Wednesday.
.Get our prices on Water Coolers, Cream Freexirs, . Ico Tea
SoS. . Your patronage very highly appreciated.
THE RED CROSS WAR FUND
The splendid results that are com
mg ifcm the cmr.pt’gn that is being
waged throughout the county this
week for' Dooly’s apportionment of
the second Red Cross War Fund go
to show further that the people of
this county are now united in the pur
pose to respond magnanimously to
every call that is mace tc them for
•arry.ng forward the war program
Tho response Jo the_ Th!.’ 1 Liberty
Loan is the strongest support of this
statpm nt and now this liberal answer
t'i the call which it made for the re
lief of suffering humanity is further
testlf. • ny to the noble generosity
that ovsts in the 'i.'-rts of the ma
jority of only fo'V
With few exceptions the contribu
tions have been made cheerfully and
willingly and in a number of cases
without solicitation. The committee
men are doing excellent work giving
tinstintedly of their time. Dooly will
Oversubscribe her quota and consid
ering the spirit of her people it would
be surprising if sHb does less.
uDOul leir—AiOL more n uiieeu uujnuj.
The Red Cross is a mighty fine thing.
I know that well enough. But If you'll
tell me why folks no richer than you
' and me should give"—
Caleb's foot, which had been resting
over one corner of the desk, came to
the floor with a hang. He straighten
ed, leaned forward and shook hla fore
finger earnestly at hla visitor.
“Tell you?" he repeated. “Yea, Dan
Griggs, I will tell you. I'll tell'you be
cause you've got a boy, same as I have,
up here at-the big camp, nnd It won't
he many weeks, or even days, afore
they’re both over on t’other aide of tqe
big pond flghtln' the most cussed,
.cruel, unscrupulous gang pf thieves
and murderers that ever rigged np in
uniforms and killed woihen and babies
for fun. Oh, of course you know aU
that, you’ll say. You know your son
hsa enlisted and Is doin' to war, to
battle, to ran hla chance along with
the rest of bein' killed or wounded or
, taken prisoner. You know it, yea, In a
general way you do. Such things, tho
Woundin' and all that, happen to other
boys every day, but It's amazin' how
slow fellers like you and me are to re-
’ allze that they’re Juatiaz likely to hap
pen to that one boy. we set so much
store by. It's what I’ve Just been try-
ln’ to realize, Dan. I've been antin'
hero thlnkln' It out.
"Take my own boy—or take youiy,
to fetch It right homo—take your Jim.
Jim left here and he went off to camp
to be trained. And It was colder than
the northeast corner of an Ice chest np
In that camp,.and he no sooner landed
thar than he realized he hadn't got the
heavy sweater he'd ought to have.
HI* mother would have knit It, but
'twould have taken time, *nd he'd have
pretty nigh froae waitin'. So the Bed
Qroas gave It to him, along with
wrlsters and a comfort kit. On the
way up to camp wherever that troop
pain he was on stopped there was
A FINE LOT OF GEORGIA HAMP
SHIRE PIGS
A. B. A A. RY. CHANGES SCHED
ULE
Effective Sunday, May 26th, A. B.
& A. Ry. schedule will be as follows;
I East Bound; Leave Vienna 4:17
A. M. ; 1:26 P. M.
West Bound: Reave Vienna 11:05
A. M.; 12:10 A. M.
I
W. W. CROXTON, G. P. A.
,Our blood lines are Cherokee Lad,
Walkover by Gen. Tipton, Dudie, Pat
Maloy, and Silko. We believe that we
can satisfy our customers in the best
possible manner, 10 weeks old,
weigh 62 pbunds. 6-16—4t
H. H. GRAHAM; Unadilla, Ga. ,
***★★*★★★*★,★****★***
* / teant to toy to you that tip *
* other organization since the *
* world began hat ever done each *
* great conttructtve work with the *
* efficiency, iltpalch and under- it
it tlanding, often under advene *
* circvmtiancct, that hoe teen it
* done ty the American Bed OraIt it
* In France.—General Berthing. *
I am In the market for Scrap Iron, Sacks
Metal and Rubber Goods. Bring it to my
store, I will pay you the highest market
prices—SPOT CASH. Don’t make mistake
in plaice, bring it to
Demonstrations
FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
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