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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 mumming