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Consolidated Aug. 2,1861. suivl i E?. s ?.. SATuK?ay. JUNE 16. 1917. Vol.XLIV. No. 36. RED CROSS PROGRESS MERE. WHAT THE SUMTER CHAPTER HAS DONE AND WHAT IT WILL TRY TO DO IN THE FUTURE. Starting With Seventy Members The Local Association Has Made Rapid Strides find Expects Soon to Reach Goal of ?,000 Members Set by Com? mittee. -h (Bj Mrs. Nina Solomons.) When the realization came upon us that the United States was actually at war with Germany and the call to national service went forth to our men and women from the president, Suin? ter began at once to agitate the sub? ject of forming a Red Cross Chapter. On April 20th a few men and women met at the office of Dr. E. R. Wilson and discussed this matter and Voided to form themselves into an organiza? tion committee and to take the nec? essary step? to secure authority to or? ganise a Sumter Red Cross chapter. At this meeting I was elected tem? porary chairman, and Dr. E. R. Wil? son secretary. Application for a char? ter blank was sent to headquarters with the request that the adjoining counties of Lee and Clarendon be included in our charter. This hlan!< was filled out by the following: Dr. 8. C. Baker, member Medical Pre? paredness Committee; Judge Thomas E. Richardson, Mrs. J. R. Sumter, com -nandant for W. S. L. of Sumter; Dr. Walter Cheyne, past secretary for South Carolina Medical Association; Mrs. A. C. Phelps for D. A. R.; Dr. B. R. Wilson, Secretary State Medical Preparedness Committee;- Mis* Ar midii Moses for U. D. C., A. C.Phelps, President Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Nina. Solomons, president Civic League and Mrs. C. L. Stulls, chair? man Woman'}} National Service Unit No. I. About ten days later authority wag granted this committee to go ahead and form a permanent organization and a public meeting was called for May 10th at the Girls' High School auditor tum for organization purposes. Dr. S* C. Baker outlined the wo?*1 and seventy members of the Sumter Red Cross chapter were enrolled. The following officers were elected: Chairman, Neill O'Donnell; vice chairman, Mr?. Nina Solomons; secre? tary, Miss Mary Wilson; treasurer, Mrs. It. L. Edmunds; executive com? mittee, Dr. S. C. Baker, A. C. Phelps, Dr. E. R. Wilson, L. D. Jennings. | Dr. Walter Cheyne, Mrs. J. R. Sumter, Mrs. E. H. Moses, Mrs. H G. Osteen, Mrs. C. L. Stubbs, \'is< | Armida Moses and Mrs. Nina Sclo- ' mons. Subsequent to that date the execu? tive board has found it necessary t( meet once a week to promote th< business of the chapter, standing committees have been appointed OK membership, finance, supplies, pub- j licity, cooperation, transportation, in? struction and education, besides nu n special committees, which have taken [ care of special work. The chaptei \ has bad one rally known as Red Cross or patriotic day, during the morn ng of which flags and banners were sold ' and members solicited. In the after? noon there was a parade and in the evening a mass meeting at the Acfvd emy of Music. The membership committee has ! been very active and has held several i meetings in the county and plans \ have been made for holding mary J more. Sumter is working for 6,00< i members and expects to get them! Instructors in lirst aid, elementr.r: , hygiene, and home care of the sick j dietetics and surgical dressings have [ been appointed by the educational committee and the delay in beginning work has beer due largely to the fact that all instructors must be duly qualified and approved by national directors and all classes of Instruc? tion must conform to the regulations prescribed by the national Red Cross. In fact, much dissatisfaction has been expressed that the work, as a whole, has proceeded so slowly. But we must remember that the work of this organization is directed by the govern- | ment, under orders similar to th< sc laid down for the military forces and the work must be done accordingly. The National Red Cross has set t ie week of June 18th to 25th as Nation-] al Red Crosn week and Sumter will < I PROCLAMATION OF ] RED CROSS WEEK. j| TT Jt Inasmuch as our thoughts as a nation are now turned in J| j united purpose towards the performance to the utmost of the jj I services and duties which we have assumed in the cause of J j justice and liberty. ! j j Inasmuch as but a small proportion of our people can have J t the opportu lity to serve upon the actual field of battle, but J It i all men, women and children alike may serve and serve cffec- ! I lively by making it possible to care properly for those who J t do seive under arms at home and abroad. ! t And inasmuch as the American Red Cross is the official ! t recognized ageney for voluntary effort in behalf of the arm- ! t ed forces of the nation and for the administration of relief. ! Now therefore, by virtue of my authority as President of ! t the United States and President of the American Red Cross, ! J I, Woodrow Wilson, do hereby proclaim the week ending ! ? June 25, 1917, as Red Cross Week during which the people J t of the United States will be called upon to give generously j J and in a spirit of patriotic sacrifice for the support and ! ? maintenance of this work of national need. ] t WOODROW WILSON t Washington, D. C, May $5, 1017. | ?_ _i not be found wanting in the part she is called upon to play in meeting the urgent call of the government that she help make this branch of the service a "big brother'* to the mili? tary force. To help accomplish thi* a mass meeting will be held in Trinity Church on Monday evening, June 18th at 8.30 p. m. A splendid pro? gram that will interest everyone has been prepared and every man, wo? man and child in the county who can possibly do so should attend the meet? ing and do their share. Reports of work already done and the planning of new endeavors, good music and interesting speeches will compose a part of the progTam. The committee on Red Cross head quartcrs announces that the Dixie Electric Co. has generously donated the front part of their store, in the ! Reid block, for headquarters and that j this will be open to the public every day, beginning Monday, the 18th. j Some one will be in charge to give | information and distribute literature and as soon as the necessary arrange Dient! can be made this store will be j a working center, supplies will be' stored there and work carried on un? der the proper instruction. Realizing RED CROSS NOTES. If each individual American now contributes his "bit," there can be no failure. Battlefield relief will present a field of increasing opportunity in which the Red Cross organization is es? pecially adapted to serve?Woodrow Wilson. \ Hundreds of American doctors and nurses are already at the front. A force of 12,000 American engineers will soon be rebuilding the railroads of France. "The close cooperation betwees the American National Red Cross and the military branch of the government has already suggested new avenue^ of helpfulness in the immediate busi? ness of our organization for war"? Woodrow Wilson. , We should do something and do it immediately to hearten afflicted Russia. On the Russian line of 1,000 miles there are only 6,000 ambulnnces, while on the French front of 400 miles there are 64, 000 ambulances fully equipped. Gallant Canada from 8,000,000 population raised an army of 4 50, 000 men. Eighty thousand are dead or injured, and Canada has raised in value $16,000,000 for the Red Cross to relieve her sick and wounded. Her Red Cross, thus vi? talized by the sacrifice of those at home, has been able to save thou? sands from death or misery. the amount of work which will con? front us and which will increase in scope and importance as the months of the war roll around, we must build upon a secure four iti i and plan to work among the most efficient lines, not to overlap our endeavors, not to allow our enthusiasm to car? ry us further than our authority war? rants, realizing that there will be sufficient work for all to do at the proper time, in the proper way. SERVICE FOR ILL NICHE IN KED CROSS ORGANIZA? TION FOR EVERY TRUE AMERICAN TO FILL. H- " * More Workers and Supplies are Need? ed Since Old Red Cross Treaty is Nothing But Scrap of Paper?Girls' High School Equipped to Train Those Who arc Anxious to (Help The Country. (By Dr. Walter Chcyne.) The American Red Cross is founded on the treaty of Geneva, made in 1863. This treaty provides for the exchange of wounded prisoners, for their proper treatment, hy their own or enemy surgeons, while they are prisoners. It recognizes the surgical staff as non-combatants, by their not carrying arms, and respects the Red Cross flap as immune to attack. It also provided respect for the flag of truce in the field, for the exchange of prisoners. , f Today we know of course, this Is a scrap of paper, the vilest inhumanities heing practiced by the Germane, and the death rate of the medical and surgical corps even exceeds that of the aviation corps. Russia, Japan, France, England, Switzerland. Spain arid Italy, all had members of the Red Cross Society at the beginning of the war, in their individual kingdoms of over a million each. The United States had but 260, ! 000 members of the National Red I Cross Society. An immediate demand i for a vast increase of membership was at once created for the American i National Red Cross is the only volun ' tary society now authorised by the povernment to render aid to its land and naval forces in :ime of war; any other society desiring to render as? sistance ran do so only through the American National Red Cross So? ciety. The Red Cross is ooliged to furnish the army and navy with. (1) Per? sonnel. (2) Supplies, (3) Transporta? tion. The personnel required consists of surgeons, physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, nurses' aids. (Concluded on page 4.) _I Some Service Thoughts. ? ? ? ? SERVICE is probably the biggest little word m the Englis language. In war or peace, in business or social life, SERVICE always brings the greatest return for the enthusiasm and money put be? hind it. *? . Now is the time for SERVICE, and its everybody's time and everybody's enthusiasm and funds are needed. / If its going to give real SERVICE the Red Cross needs your support, your neighbor's aid. a?d your neighbor's neighbor's help. This war must and will be won. but it cannot be won quick? ly or finally unless the Red Cross workers are adequately equip? ped and on the job every minute. Sumter has been doing her bit right along, but now must do a bit more than her bit. if you want to put. it that way. Therefore, let's all pul) together NOW and put Sumter in the limelight as the greatest city of SERVICE for its size in the country. SERVICE is always on the job at Hcaron's. When the Red Cr? ss is serving the boys at the front, wc will serve the folks at home. ?'Phone 36, Get it Quick," is Hcaron's Service slogan, that never sleeps. HEARON'S PHARMACY. Cool Tropical Suits. 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