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RED CROSS GIFTS , $400,000,000 War Council on Retirement An nounces Cash and Supplies Contributed. *~v, WORKERS WILL “CARRY ON.” - - •• >•/> Five Big Societies in World Wide Plan. H. P. Davison Heads International American Red Cross Commission. Dr. Livingston Farrand Permanent Leader of Peace Organization. Washington.— (Special.)—Henry P. Davison as chairman issues the follow ing statement on behalf of the War Council of the American Red Cross: “To the American People: “The War SoinncTl o? tTie American Red Cross appointed by President Wil son on May 10, 1917, to carry on the ■work of the American Red Cross dur ing the war, at their request and by vote of the Central Committee, ceased at midnight, February 28. “Immediately the armistice was signed the War Council instituted studies to determine when the strict ly war work of the organization would have been sufficiently matured to en able the direction of affairs to be re sumed by the permanent staff. Henry P. Davison, being in Paris when the armistice was signed, summoned a conference there of the heads of all the Red Cross Commissions in Europe to canvass the After con sidering all the factors it was con cluded to make the transition on March 1. The very fortunate choice of Dr. Livingston Farrand as the new chairman of the Central Committee, and thereby the permanent chief ex ecutive of the Red Cross, makes possi ble the consummation of this plan un der the most favorable conditions. Accounts Audited by War Department “Detailed reports to Congress and a complete audit of its accounts by the War Department will constitute the final record of Red Cross activity dur ing the war. Although it has been the rule to make public all expendi tures when authoriized and to give de tailed information relative to all work undertaken, the War Council in turn ing over its responsibilities to Dr. Far rand and his associates desire to give a brief resume of Red Cross war time activities to the American people, to whom the Red Cross belong, and whose generous contributions have made pos sible all that has been accomplished. “During the past nearly twenty-one pionths the American people have given in cash and supplies to the Lmeriean Red Cross more than $400,- 000,000. No value can be placed upon the contributions of service which have been given without stint and of tentimes at great sacrifice by millions of our people. “The effort of the American Red Cross in this war has constituted by far the largest voluntary gifts of money, of hand and heart, ever con tributed purely for the relief of hu man suffering. Through the Red Cross the heart and spirit of the whole American people have been mobilized to take care of our own, to relieve the misery incident to the war, and also to reveal to the world the supreme ideals of our national life. “Everyone who has had any part in this war effort of the Red Cross is en titled to congratulate himself. No thunks from anyone could be equal in value to the self satisfaction every one should feel for the part taken. Fully 8,000,000 American women have exerted themselves in Red Cross serv ice. Has Over 17,000,000 Adult Members, “When we entered the war the American Red Cross had about 500,000 members^, Today, as the result of the recent Christmas membership Roll Call, there are upwards of 17,000.000 full paid members outside of the mem bers of the junior Red Cross, number ing perhaps 9,000,000 school children additional. “The chief effort of the Red Crops during the war has been to care for our men in service and to aid our army and navy wherever the Red Cross may be called on to assist. As to this phase of the work Surgeon Gen eral Ireland of the U. 8. Army recent ly said: "The Red Cross has been an enterprise as vast as the war itself. From the beginning it has done those things which the Army Medical Corps wanted done, but could not do itself.’ “The Red Cross endeavor In France has naturally been upon an exception ally large scale where service has been rendered to the American Army and to the French Army and the French people as well, the latter par ticularly during the trying period when the Allied World was waiting for the American Army to arise in force and power. Hospital emergency service for our army in France has greatly diminished, but the Red Cross Is still being called upon for service upon a large scale In the great base hospitals, where thousands of Ameri can sick and wounded are still receiv ing attention. At these hospitals the Red Cross supplies huts and facilities for the amusement and recreation of the men as they become convalescent. Our Army of Occupation in Germany was followed with Medical units pre pared to render the same emergency aid and supply service which was the primary business of the Rod Cross .during hostilities. The Army Canteen ■Bervice along the lines of travel ha* actually increased since the armistice. “As for work among the French peo ple, now that hostilities have ceased, the French themselves naturally pre fer as far as possible to provide for their own. It has accordingly been de termined that the guiding principle of Red Cross policy in France henceforth shall be to have punctilious regard to its every hut to.direct its efforts primarily tft assisting French relief societies. The liberated and devastated regions of France have been divided by the government into small districts, each officially assigned to a designated French relief organi za42£ rr ~ American Red Cross in France was initiated by a commission of eighteen men who landed on French shores June 13, 1917. Sjince then some 9,000 persons have been upon the rolls in France, of whom 7,000 were actively engaged when the armistice was signed. An indication of the pres ent scale of the work will be obtained from the fact that the services of 0,000 persons are still required. “Our American Expeditionary Force having largely evacuated England, the activities of the Red Cross Commis sion there are naturally upon a dimin ishing scale period. Active operations are still in progress in Archangel and "■ s' - • **• *VL - -it* -*jl. “The work in Italy has heen almost entirely on behalf of the civilian pop ulation of that country. In the critical hours of Italy’s struggle the American people, through their Red Cross, sent a practical message of sympathy and relief, for which the government and people of Italy have never ceased to express their gratitude. Supplies and Personnel to Near East. “The occasion for such concentra tion of effort in Italy, England, Bel gium and even in France having natur ally and normally diminished, it has been possible to divert supplies and personnel in large measure to the aid of those people in tiie Near East who have hitherto been inaccessible to out side assistance, but whose sufferings have been upon an appalling scale. The needs of these peoples nre so vast that government alone can meet them, but the American Red Cross is making an effort to relieve immediately the more acute d/stress*. “An extensive group of American workers has heen dispatched to carry vitally needed supplies, and to work this winter in the various Balkan coun tries. In order to co-ordinate their ac tivities, a Balkan commission has been established, with headquarters at Rome, Italy, from which point alone all the Balkan centers can be reached promptly. “A commission has just reached Po land with doctors and nurses, medical supplies, and food for sick children and invalids. An American Red Cross Commission has also been appointed to aid in relieving the suffering of Rus sian prisoners still confined in German prison camps. “An important commission is still working in Palestine. Through the war special co-operation has been given tq the Armenian and Syrian Re lief Commission, which was the only agency able to carry relief in the in terior of Turkish dominions. Red Cross Will Continue. “Red Cross effort is thus far flung. It will continue to be so. But the movement represented by this work has likewise assumed an intimate place in the daily life of our people at home. The army of workers which has been recruited and trained during the war must not be demobilized. All our ex perience in the war shows clearly that there is an unlimited field for service of the kind which can be performed with peculiar effectiveness by the Red Cross. What Its future tasks may be It is yet impossible to forecast. We know that so long as there is an Amer ican army in the field the Red Cross will have a special function to perform. “Nothing could be of greater impor tance to the American Red Cross than the plans just set in motion by the five great Red Cross societies of the world to develop a program of extended ac tivities in the interest of humanity. The conception involves not alone ef forts to relieve human suffering, but to prevent it; not alone a movement by the people of an individual nation, but an attempt to arouse all people to a sense of their responsibility for the welfare of their fellow’ beings through out the world. It is a program both ideal and practical. Ideal In that its supreme aim is nothing less than ver itable “Peace on earth good will to men,” and practical in that it seeks to take means and measures which are actually available and make them ef fective in meeting without delay the crisis which is daily recurrent in the lives of all peoples. “For accomplishing its mission in the years of peace which must lie ahead of us the Red Cross will require the ablest possible leadership, and must enjoy the continued support, sym pathy, and participation in its work of the whole American people. It is particularly fortunate that such a man as Dr. Livingston Farrand should have been selected as the permanent head of the organization. The unstinted fashion in which all our people gave of themselves throughout the war is the best assurance that our Red Cross will continue to receive that co-opera tion which will make its work a source of pride and inspiration to every Amer ican.” Mr. Davison, as chairman of the In ternational Commission of the Ameri can Red Cross, has undertaken to rep resent the American Reri Cross in the preparation of the program for extend ed Red Cross activities, and will spend the next several months in Europe in consultation with other Red Cross soci eties for that purpose. THE WAR COUNCIL OF THE AMER ICAN RED CROSS. Henry P. Davison, Chairman. For Weak Women In use for over 40 years! Thousands of voluntary letters from women, tell ing of the good Cardui has done them. This is the best proof of the value of Cardui. It proves that Cardui is a good medicine for women.^ There are no harmful or habit-forming drugs in Cardui. It is composed only of mild, medicinal ingredients, with no bad after-effects. TAKE Tie Woman’s Tonic You can rely on Cardui. Surely it will do for you what it has done for so many thousands of other women! It should help. “I was taken sick, seemed to be . . . writes Mrs. Mary E.Veste, of Madison Heights, Va. “I got down so weak, could hardly walk . . . just staggered around. ... I read of Cardui, and after taking one bot tle, or before taking quitft all, I felt much better. I took 3 or 4 bottles at that time, and was able to do my work. 1 take it in the spring when run down. 1 had no appetite, and ! commenced eating. It is the best tonic I ever saw.” Try Cardui. All Druggists I. 70 There is a “Y” club for them. Every thing except the (rambling that was stopped by the government at the be ginning of the war is at the disposal of the Americans. Golf and tennis and other athletic sports, bathing, boating and the companionship of the local population are the most popular at tractions. Eliminating Poison ivy. The cheapest and most effective method of eliminating poison ivy, ac cording to experts of the United States department of agriculture, is the sim ple one of rooting up the plants and de stroying them. If the poison ivy is in large fields it may be necessary to plow and cultivate the land. Ivy on large trees, stone walls and buildings can be killed by arsenate of soda, at the rate of two pounds to ten gallons of water. Two or three applications are sufficient. Some Shade in All Lives. Persons who foolishly conclude that life is all sunshine and roses will when they least expect it, he rudely awakened from this pleasant dream. Each one of us has a certain work to do, certain cares and responsibilities to contend with, and if we think that the Fates are going to spare us from anything that savors of trial or anxi ety a gigantic surprise is in store for us. Earning and Spending. Earning money keeps some men from their wiva*. Spending n aey drives some women farther away from their husbands. The proper way is for husband and wife to earn together and spend together. Substitute That Shines. “These Welsh rabbits,” said the man ivho was trying <ine for the first time, ‘ain’t had substitutes for the real tiling.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. Paper Clothing. Paper clothing has long been known, sometimes for its cusssedness, but re cently there was discovered a method of waterproofing cloth made from wood pulp which grently increases the life of the garment. Some paper cloth Is brittle, but there is one variety known to the Japanese which will withstand 37,500 foldings without breaking. Little Mary Was Angry. Mary was p'ajlng on the floor with aer’doil. She '•ouldn’t ge, the doll to sit in a certain position she desired and so she banged It on the floor with great impatience and yelled at the top of her voice. “I wish l belonged to a family that sweared.” Evolution. The processes of evolution have worked for myriads of years to devel op a form of living beauty, until the wanton destructiveness of rrian inter venes, and an auk, or a dodo, or a pas senger pigeon, Is forever erased from the roll of living things. It is a loss of which the mind cannot bear to think.—Exchange. Rule Without Exceptions. People differ in their opinion about Jokes, but here’s a rule that can be depended upon: A joke you tell your self is always a good oue.—Boston Jranscrlpt. _ , Australia’s Artesian Basin. The artesian basin of Australia measures 509.(00 square miles in ex tent, and is said to be the largest known in tiie world, comprising 870,- 900 square miles In Quomislnnd, 90,000 In South Australia, 83,000 in New South Wales and 20,000 in the northern ter ritory. i ■ Grandmother In Eighteen Days. A lady green bug becomes a grand mother in 18 days. One in imagine, then, notes a naturalist, the icultltud inous arm es of these insects that may develop in the course of a season. Their worst foe is a tiny black four winged fly that deposits an egg in each bug it c< us across, its larva consum ing the bug’s inside works and using its shell for a house. One for Each Window. The worst thing about the profuse ly windowed sleeping room, observes the Kansas City Star, is that you have to get up so many times before you finally locate the window which is do ing the rattling. Growing Cotton in Winter. Experiments have shown that, with the aid of irrigation, cotton can be grown in winter in the Sudan and ex perts believe that 2.500.000 ucres la one region can be Irrigated. Striving After Strength. We think that w£ shall win truth by striving after strength, instead of knowing that we shall gain strength just in the degree that we become true.—Phillips Brooks. True and False Freedom. There are two freedoms —the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where a man is free to do what he ought.—Charles Kings ley. Needs Grow. Most of us who haven’t any, <■*>*v in our pious way that all we wool . oey for is to be independent, but we notice, says the Ohio Stute Journal, that ns soon as anyone begins to got a few dol lars ahead he discovers that he needs lots more independence than *- he thought he did. NOW is the time to order Fertilizers i if you want them., s' ORDER ROYSTER’S TRADE MARK a REGISTERED. F. S. Royster Guano Cos. Norfolk, Va., Richmond, Va,., Tarboro, N. C., Charlotte, N.C., Washington, N. C., Columbia, S. C., Spartanburg, S. C\, Atlanta, Ga., Macon, Ga., Columbus Ga., Montgomery, Ala. Baltimore, Md., loledo, 0., I :o>a ifess?-' Vi-- #4 yl:/ . ; - >v w } \ . . • t v , /** .• c -- • _ * • ) ’'" c ■ • ‘v->: : ' gjl . „ **• , - ■/ it. . :v’ ' yt inf *• .’\£ -v ■ ■ h - ~ &#' 1 .',/ I Finest Svxley Tobacco MsKow-aged til? 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