$170,500,000 IS THE GOAL
Plan of War Department to Avoid
Waste of Energy and Duplication
v of Effort Enthusiastically Adopt
ed and Unity is Achieved.
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On November 11 the American peo
ple will start a one week's drive to
raise the largest amount of money
ever given outright by any people in
the history of the world.
The drive will be a new thing under
the sun. For the first time Protes
tants, Catholics and Jews, forgetting
ail their differences, will line up shoul
der to shoulder, welding their individ
ual organizations together in their
common devotion to the boys in the
cantonments and over there. This
amalgamation of the seven great agen
cies engaged in war work is one of the
fine developments which have been
brought about by the war and under
the wise guidance of President Wilson.
Th* seven organizations which to
gether will make this united appeal
are the Y. M. 0. A., Y. W. C. A., Na
tional Catholic War Council and K.
of C., the Jewish Welfare Board, the
War Camp Community Service, the
American Library Association and the
Salvation Army. Each of them will
need funds this Fall j_each_ had planned
[ a separate campaign for support.
: Now, acting on the suggestion of the
I President's letter of September 5, the
| seven campaigns will he rolled into
| one. The American people will be
[ spared the burden of seven separate
! appeals, and the ration will have an
opportunity to demonstrate splendidly
that men and women of all creeds at
home can work together, as men of
! all creeds over there are fighting and
; dying together.
Dr. John R. Mott, w’hom President
| Wilson has spoken of as one of the
ablest anc most useful men of his gen
eration, been selected Director
General of the drive. It is interesting
to note that Dr. Mott’s name was
placed in nomination by John G. Agar
of the National Catholic War Council
and seconded by Mortimer L. Schiff of
I the Jewish Welfare Board. The gen
eral committee having the campaign
in charge contains such well known
names as Raymond B. Fosdick, Chair
man of the Commission on Training
Camp Activities; George W. Perkins,
Chairman of the Finance Committee
of the" U. ST Steel Corporation ; James
F. Phelan of Hornblower and Weeks;
Honorable Myron T. Herrick, former
ambassador to France; Cleveland H.
Dodge, George Gordon Battle, Mrs.
Henry P. Davison and Frank A. Van
derlip, president of the National City
Bank.
T attaktt /vl f rr /»/\nnftr on/1 fK A
campaign will he In charge of the big
gest men of the community.
Together these seven organizations
represent a work that is staggering in
its proportions. They have more than
15,000 uniformed workers, standing
shoulder to shoulder with the boys ev
; ery step of the way from home to the
front line trenches. They operate more
than 3,600 buildings and ship 500 tons
of supplies to the boys in France ev
ery week. Fifteen miles of him set
sail for the other side each week un
der their direction, and the regular
weekly attendance of soldiers and sail
ors at their motion picture shows is
more than 2,500,000. The Bibles fur
nished to the boys since the war broke
out would, if piled one on another,
make a pile more than twenty miles
high.
“Morale,” said Napoleon, “is as oth
er factors in war as three to one.” By
which he meant that one man who is
kept contented and happy is better
than three men who are discouraged
and homesick. It is the business of
these seven great agencies to help
maintain morale. They are keeping
up the fine fighting edge of our boys,
and by their ministrations, helping to
put added power into our army and
navy and so hasten the hour of victory
, when they will bring our boys home
; again.
It is predicted by national leaders
j that this great victory drive will *g(
over the top” in a larger way than
campaign that has preceded it.
“WRITING HOME”
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When the soldier is off duty he may employ and amuse himself in mans
ways, but one of the first things he is sure to do is to write to home folks
Writing paper, envelopes, ink and pens are furnished free to the men by the
Army Y. M. C. A.
This is a picture of a “rush hour” of letter writing and magazine read
ing in a “Y” building in a large camp of the Southern Department.
WOMEN ENLIST IN
BATTALION OF LIFE
Sunshine Division of Home Service
Rivals Battalion of Death in
Real War Work.
Russia’s Battalion of Death made
Its women immortal by death-defying
action at the front. America’s Bat
j talion of Life bids fair to merit im
! mortality by its life and strength giv
ing action in the home trenches, con
I necting directly with the men who go
I over the top.
1 A new kind of women’s army has
i come into being. It is called'the “Stm
j shine Division.” It started under un
I usual circumstances. Margaret Wood
! row Wilson, the president’s daughter,
! known for her patriotic war service;
i her aide, Major Oakes, and a small
! group of friends, including Miss Mar
| jorie Brown of Atlanta, Ga., daughter
I of one of the leading men of the south,
| end a relative of the president, were
discussing women’s part in the war
and the importance of enlisting the
effort, talent, and activity of every
| woman in the country. The need of
I organization and direction of that time
and talent not already devoted to defi
nite war work was recognized, and
out of the discussion came plans for
conserving the patriotic effort of every
! patriotic woman, and more especially
the young women of the country. The
“army” to be recruited was designated
the “Sunshine Division.” Its scope of
service is limited only by the ability
of the enlisted women to serve, ahd
there is no woman ineligible for serv
ice except she who is already doing
her utmost to help win the war. Par
ticulars are available from Maj. A. P.
Oakes, now stationed at United War
Work headquarters, Dallas, Tex. ,
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GENERAL DIRECTORY
Circuit Judge ....J. M. Jackson
'Pros. Atty.P. R. Andrews
Chancery Judge E.D.Robertson
County Judge....A. L. Hutchins
County Clerk..Walter Jimerson
Circuit Clerk ....L. W. Winfree
Sheriff .Alex C. McGregor
Treasurer .Roy Mitchell
Supt. Schools .W. N. Wilkes
Assessor .Edgar Miller
State Senator .Sam N. Vann
Representative.Ross Mathis
Surveyor .Alex Beilis
McCrory Officials
Mayor.Grover G. McCrory
Marshal .John G. Pulley
Recorder .Walter B. Fakes
Treasurer .Geo. W. Barber
Aldermen: J. H. Crossett,
Fletcher Lewis, H. D. Swayze,
C. Hailey and E.T.Wherry.
i Council meets first Monday
night of each month in W. B.
Fakes’ office.
Just A Limited Quantity Of
WIRTHMOR WAISTS
Still to be had at $1.00
$1.00 still buys a Wirthmor Waist! Think of it.
Isn’t it really remarkable.
For many months past these Wirthmor Waists
would have represented splendid values of $1.50
In any other line they would have had to bring that
much.
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Needless to tell of the exorbitant advances in
cost of cotton fabrics; of the skyrocketing of labor
costs, in fact of the aviating of everything that enters
into their construction.
Two courses were open; to maintain standard
and advance their price, or to maintain and ma
terially lower the standard. Since WIRTHMOR rep
resents an unfailing standard there could be but one
choice. On December first the price must be in
creased to $1.50, and thereafter just as in the past
they will be true to their name WORTH MORE.
Wirthmor Waists come to us under a real thrift
plan that through the elimination of every possible
and avoidable expense in both making and selling
will always result in the best obtainable values and
an unequalled style service.The Wirthmor Plan is
open to just one good store in every city.
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PLANTERS MERCANTILE COMPANY.