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THE OKOLONA MESSENGER.
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BACK UP YOUR BOY IN TRENCH.
ES BY LOANING UNCLE
SAM MON-Y.
HIT A DLOW FOB FREEDOM
Future of America Depend on Men
j . Who Till Soil Put Your Sav-
; Ings in the Safest
t - nace in mono, .
This is a patriotic appeal to farm
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not been brought home to you that it
,1s thelduty of those who remain at
home to support the government and
thereby back up the soldiers in the
trenches with every dollar you can
spare. Your duty does not end when
you increase production so the fight
ing men may be fed.
Unless every American citizen does
bis patriotic duty in purchasing Lib
erty Bonds Uncle .Sam cannot clothe,
feed, equip and maintain the army In
the field. One the of strongest argu'
ments advanced In defending the
fanner for not having bought Liberty
Bonds more heavily in the first two
Issues is that he was doing for his
, country more than his share in invest
ing money in the effort to Increa.se
production than could have been done
in lending the money to the goverp
nient. ,
The argument is good in so far as
It goes, but it does not go far enough.
The farmer is not the only producer
who is helping the nation by spieeding
up production. Every manufacturer
who contributes to the vast array of
supplies necessary for the comfort,
health and success of the men in the
trenches fighting the most cruel and
heartless foe civilization ever faced
might make the same claim. And if
It was allowed what would become of
the Liberty Loan? ,
7 Why have many farmers not yet
invested in Liberty Bonds so freely as
others? Because, owing to the com
parative isolation of farm life, they
have not caught the patriotic infec
tion which leads others, in city and
tojvn, to put their last cent into bonds
and to buy them on credit at the
banks and pay for them out of their
savings. Such persons must under
stand that Uncle Sam is calling for
help. The government appeals for a
loan from the farmer and all other
patriotic citizens.
Lives will be saved by every dollar
a farmer invests in a Liberty Bond.
The war will be shortened and dis
aster will be rendered impossible. No
class of American citizens has a more
glorious page in the history of Amer
ica than the man who tills the soil.
Once he is aroused to the dire need
of the country he will invest every
spare dollar in Liberty Bonds.
No class of citizens is more inter
ested in the outcome of the war than
are farmers. Farming cannot be car
ried on with the ocean closed to com
merce. The highways of the sea must
be' safe or the farmer cannot safeo
engage in growing his crops and rais
ing stock. There are enough retired
farmers enjoying from their lands an
nual incomes smaller than they would
receive if they would invest in Lib
erty Bonds.
Farmers, do you know that $10,000
invested in Liberty Bonds will pay
the owner a better return for his
money than if he invested it in farm
lands and rented the lands? Do you
know that the bondowner may bor
row more freely on them at the banks
than he can upon lands? Do you know
that no Investment can compare in
security and safety with government
bonds?
The cause of freedom needs every
cent that farmers can raise to send
the soldiers to France equipped, fed,
protected, to destroy Prussian mili
tarism, break the power of the saber
rattlers of Potsdam and bring peace
to the world. - , ,
When it comes to duty the farmer
must stand shoulder to shoulder with'
his fellows. The fate of the nation is
&t stake. The future "of civilization
hangs in the balance. Arouse, farmers
of America, and strike a mighty blow
for . liberty, for Justice; for freedom
and for peace. ' ;
AM ERICA WILL SETTLE
PRESENT WORLD'S WAR
V
Liberty Loan Bond In American
Hands la Mott Effective
Weapon.
Before the united States entered
war the conflict may hare been
for Europeans to settle, with the
are of the world depending, upon
I results. But since America de
Vd war it has become distinctly
Var.
no longer is England's war, or
ye's war, but America's war the
V all the nations associated to de
fer man autocracy, which seeks
mnate and enslave the world.
beBt way to support the war is
a Liberty Bond while the brave
at the front fighting for you
your home and for everything
I SM IS
SWEPTASIDEFOR
CATHOLICS, PROTESTANT8 AND
JEWS DESIGNATE APRIL 7 AS
LIBERTY LOAN SUNDAY.
SERMONS FROM ALL PULPITS
Patriotism, Loyalty and Duty to Sup
port Country in Present Crisis
to Be the Theme for r
All Pastors.
The churches of metropolitan St
Louis will observe the first Sunday in
April as Liberty Loan Sunday.'
There are about 400 parish churches
of every faith, Protestant, Roinau
Catholic and Jewish, but no sectarian
line will be drawn when it comes to
the work tor Uncle Sam in crushing
once and tor all the unfathomable in'
iquity of Pruseianism. .
' Quite all that was necessary was
merely to suggest April 7 as Liberty
Loan Sunday to get the wonderful
response that Is coming daily Into
headquarters of the Liberty Loan Or
ganization. The loyalty of all the
churches is doubly assured in these
responses. . ' ,
The Church Federation of St. Louis
has a War Committee which is work
ing out a formal set of. suggestions
how best each of the 135 churches in
the federation 'may observe the Sun
day nearest to the first anniversary
of America's declaration of war wit's
Germany.
The Rev. John W. Maclvor, D. D.,
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church, is . chairman of this commit
tee. Associated with him are the
Very Rev. Carroll M. Davis, dean of
Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal),
and Mr. John B. Edwards, a lawyer
and a Baptist layman.
Archbishop John J. Glennon, Aho
presides over the spiritual destinies of
490,000 Roman Catholics' in the Arch
docese of St. Louis, is heart and soul
with the purposes of the United
States government, and has informed
the Central Committee of the Liberty
Loan Organization that he will : be
only too glad to do anything and
everything he can to aid his country
in raising the Third. Liberty Loan.
The metropolitan has 96 parishes in
the city limits, of St, . Louis and 145
other parishes in the rural territory
from which St Louis obtains its staff
of life in more senses than one. .
The Jewish community of St. Louis
is an Important one, comprising about
60,000 souls, according to a conserva
tive estimate. Both the orthodox and
the reformed wings of Judaism are in
tensely loyal to their country. Their
rabbis will do everything in their
power to enlist the active support of
their religious followers in the Third
Liberty Loan. ,
Each of the great religious sects
will, of. course, have their own pe
culiar method of approach to the
great task, but there is going to be a
most healthy and friendly rivalry
imaginable between them for the
honor of doing the most by their be
loved President. 11
The St. Louis plan is to utilize every
pulpit, every church bulletin, every
religious channel of communication,
every denominational organ, of what
ever name or circulation. In the com
mon labor of raising the necessaiy
funds to sustain our soldiers and sail
ors, wherever they are.
Doubtless this plan will be exten
sively followed, in all the church cen
ters of .influence throughout the
Eighth Federal Reserve District
i "ii'i. - - '
VIRILE MESSAGE FROM
BISHOP P. S. TUTTLE
Celebrated Episcopalian Makes Strong
Plea for. His Country.
A message by Bishop Daniel Syl
vester Tuttle of Missouri always com
mands national attention. He is pre
siding bishop of the Episcopal Church.
He has. been a bishop for more than 51
years and a clergyman for nearly 60
years.- He comes, of Revolutionary
stock and is president of the Missouri
Sons of the Revolution. ' ,
Though in his eighty-second year,
the venerable bishop is as vigorous
and as alert as be ever was, a veri
table watchman on the tower of. his
country. When he learned of the great
Liberty Loan drive ty begin April 6,
Bishop Tuttle wrote in an autograph
letter the following, virile message:'
"fellow Americans: All that ws are
In good will and strong nerve and all
that we have of spare means should
be at the service of our country, now
that she Is in a determined struggle
for her own safety and for Interna
tional rights and for freedom and jus.
tics and fair play for all t world. ' s
"It's a time when, under the colors,
and through Liberty Loans, and on the
firing line, we should, cry aloud with
Shakespeare's Wolsey: "
"'Let all the ends thou aim'st at be.
thy country's, thy God's and truth's.'"
' The picturesque ecclesiastic will In
every way possible lend his voice and
hand to see the Liberty Leah through.
A Liberty Bond buyer becomes a
real fighting soldier for Uncle Sam.
T
LIBERTY LQflH
ST1V-HE now
HOLD QPFDRTUNITY
Man Who Buys Liberty Bond Is
Ing His Bit"
Do-
, The time is fast approaching when
ail of us "stay-at-homes" will ag?!n
have an opportunity to serve our
country.
Just btcuse we are too old or too
young, or have dependents, does not
mean that we cannot bo soldiers and
help to win this great fight for de
mocracy and freedom.
The Third Liberty Loan, which will
start April 6, wifl be the greatest op
portunity for patriotic service that has
been offered those of us who still re
main in civil life.
The work to flout it will be great.
With the approach of what all the
world is oonvinced is the crisis in this
war, tho need of a great bhowing of
unity and strength on the part of
America has become so imperative
that probably the way in which this
.country meets this duty will consti
tute the deciding factor in the war.
The Third Libert., Loan is the me
dium through which better than in any
other way America's heart, mind and
physical strength can be thrown into
the weight of battle against Germany.
A huse Liberty Loan in this country
means discouragement to
Germany
any encouragement to our allies. It
means funds to equip, feed and train
our soldiers, it means support and
comfort for our men in the trenches.
It means money for ships, and it
means an ample reservoir of financial
credit out of which all things required
by' the brotherhood of nations against
autocratic militarism can be obtained
to drive forward this year with their
maximum strength and bring the hor
rors of the world war to an early end.
The man who at home buys a Lib
erty Bond performs as efficient an act
of war as the man In khaki who pulls
a trigger in his trench in France. It
is all the more a home man's duty to
perform this act, sinpe he is not under
going tho discomfort and the. danger
that raises the soldier's service to the
heroism that should inspire us at home
with a full appreciation of the part ve
must play. '
LIBERTY BONDS BRING
CITIZENS REAL THRIFT
Millions Doing
Themselves
Patriotic Duty Find
Financial Gainers.
Before the government began to is
sue the Liberty Bonds there were less
than 500,000 bondholders in the Unit
ed States, Now there are more thun
12,000,000) Soon there will be many
more millions to learn' how simple it ' Uncle Sam- is not asking you to do
is to put $50, $100, $500 or $1,000 Into nate one cent, but he is pleading that
a safe bond that will bring 4, or f you lend hiin your money to help
per cent as regularly as the year rolls make the world safe for democracy,
around, besides returning the full He offers you a Liberty Bond with a
amount invested at date of maturity.
Wit 1 1 l
Aucie is uu iir& ua iu mi; umer uuu
of investment, and no taxes to pay.
An investor that holds a mortgage
on a house must boitrer about insur
ance, repairs, and i.,ust personally col
lect interest and p .incipal. On a Lib
erty Bond it is o...j nwjysary to tear
off a little coupon twice a year,-which
will be cashed by any bank or trust
company.
Moreover, if money is invested in a
mortgage on a house, whatever hap
pens, the mortgage stands for one,
two, three years, or whatever period
was originally fixed. If money Is put
into a Liberty Bond the principal can
be recovered any day in the year.
Therefore, when a farmer, a me
chanic, a doctor, a lawyer or any oth
er citizen buys a Liberty Bond he not
only Is putting money, into the one safe
investment in the world but he be
comes a patriot Just as surely as the
soldier who shoulders a gun. But he
risks nothing, while the man in khaki
Offers his life a living sacrifice upon
the altar of freedom.
The future of the nation depends
upon Liberty Bond buyers!'
LIBERTY LOAN feSSAY PRIZE
Wife of Missouri's Governor Gives 150
Liberty Bond for Best Production.
Mrs. Frederick D. Gardner, wife of.
Missouri's Governor, will give a $60
Liberty Bond to the boy or girl, under
18 years of age, writing the best essay
on the Third Liberty Loan.
-This competition is open to .the
School pupils of public, private and
parochial schools, except the publie
achnola nf fU Tjinia
All. essays should be plainly written I
on only one side of the paper, giving
the pupil's name, age, school, town or
township and grade, with the' name of
the teacher. All essays should be
mailed to Mrs. Theodore Benoiet,
chairman Missouri Woman's Lib
erty Loan Organization, 1693 Railway
Exchange Building, St. Louis. .
A committee composed of bankets
and editors will read the essays and
ward Mrs. Gardner's prise.
In addition to this, Mrs. Benolst Is
endeavoring to have a bond offered as
a prize by some public-spirited citizen
ln each town and townshto ln Mis
souri to the boy or girl writing the
best essay. The conditions of the
contests to be decided by the local
Llbertv Loan nmTn1ttB nnrl thai
teachers of the respective schools.
Stop -criticizing the government. C :
your bit to help, win the war. Buy s
Liberty Bond.
ii
IS BEST WEAPON
UNCLE 8AM FIGHTING TO WIN
WAR FOR WORLD'S LIBERTY
AND FREEDOM.
FARMERS OWE DUTY TO U. S.
Liberty Loan Bonds Are Safest Invest
ment and Are a Guarantee for
Continued Prosperity for
the Entire Country.
Every dollar invested in a Liberty
Bond is a blow at the greatest inter
national criminal in history. Every
dollar that goes to purchase a Liberty
Bond Is a protest against the greedy,
unscrupulous, . soulless power bent
upon enslaving the world. .One hun
dred dollars invested in Liberty
Bonds brings victory nearer to Amer
ica and the Allies and saves the lives
of American soldiers battling for
I home and country.
Farmers especially should realize
that Uncle Sam Is fighting not only to
win the war for the Allies but for
America. No American citizen should
imagine that the United States is. in
this war for the Allies alone. A vic
tory for Germany would mean slavery
for Americans as well as the remain
der of the world.
Wake up, freemen of America, and
help your government to destroy the
ruthless power that has plunged more
than half of the world into the blood
iest, most horrible war In history.
Farmers now obtain high prices for
their products, but if the Kaiser wins
the war there will be no 12 wheat or
corn, and hog and cattle raising will
become unprofitable, because the mar
kets of the world will be closed to
America.
Uncle Sam has been good to the
farmers. They have lived in peace
and their homes have been secure and
the Federal Loan Bureau has provided
cheap money with which they cotuu
pursue the arts of peace.
' Farmers in the last few years have
been- so well paid for their produce
that they now are "on their feet," or
more nearly so than ever before.
. Any economy they can practice now
wil,! give them additional money with
which to lend financial aid to the gov
ernment in Us great battle for right
and lf dealing.
high rate of interest. A Liberty Bond
' Ik. f . J . . U ... A
is the safest investment in the world.
When a farmer buys a Liberty Bond
he not only helps to finance the war,
but he becomes a lifesaver for Amer
ican boys fighting the most heartless,
cruel, relentless foe that civilization
ever has been called upon to face.
Last year the great cry Was con
servation. This year it is thrift The
nation last year was urged to con
serve the natural resources and the
products of the farms and fields and
factories. Greater crops were plead
ed for, and canning clubs and city
gardens were urged.
This year the country is being
taught the lesson of spending its
money wisely. '. The government is
showing the farmer as well as every
other citizen the importance of put
ting every dollar where it will do the
most good.
The fact that the farmer Is being
told thi3 year to be thrifty does not
mean he is not to plant every acre
available and till his crops carefully
and harvest them when they are
ready for the reaper.
But 'it means he Is to invest wisely
the money he gets for the splendid
crops he has demonstrated he is able
to raise.
Conservation and thrift go hand in
hand. The farmer, as a rule, can find
something for which to spend almost
every dollar he receives. There al
ways la something to buy. Machinery
is needed, notes must be met, fer
tilizer purchased, harness, clothing,
oil and groceries paid for.
With the high prices he will receive
for his products he will have money
left after he has met his expenses.
The patriotic citizen will invest this
surplus in Liberty . Bonds, the safest
investment In the world, and one that
X br,n in J return b"t
h',I!1 tor1mke America a safe
ple "T ln ,year"
uuimr luaueu io me govern-
ment serves to shorten the war and
bring peace to the world.
Farmers' Work Cut Out
Uncle Sam has never called upon
the American farmer in vain. The
Third Liberty Loan will start April 6.
This spring and summer the suppoit
of the war is np to the farmers. Ws
must lick Germany. Unless we do our
place Jn the world is lost We are giv
ing our sons, we are giving our food
supplies, and now let's not fail to back
up 4he treasury with our dollars. Buy
6 I..r;rry Yfnd and help to keep the
K
e the United States.
the Tuaeanla. Buy a L Ib
id help build warships to
srlcan fdiere upon the
Ml
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UNITED STATES
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
MISSISSIPPI DIVISION
By HARPER LriPER,
Public Information Director.
PRICES
Considerable complaint is
these days with reference to
paid for everything purchased.
of the time
mads
prices
Most
we do
not consider it a
hardship on others
when we are. the
merchant and the
other fellow the pur
chaser. All the necessities
connected with Mv
Ing have been going up since the war
began. The wholesale dealer has to
pay more wages and salary than he
even dreamed of a few years ago The
same thing is true of the retailer. On
the other hand, the question is brought
up, "Why. doesn't the Government take
a hand and put a stop to the rising
prices?" Would you care to have the
Government interfere with your right
to receive more for your commodities
or labor than you did one or two years
ago? !
If a person stops to consider prices
and Investigate a little he will find
that they have risen on a much lower
scale than is the rule in otker wars.
Have you thought when you paid 9
or 10 cents for sugar, with the country
going through an actual sugar famine,
that it would have gone much higher
had not the Government, through the
United States Food Administration,
taken measures to stabilize the mar
ket? Have you stopped to wonder why
the wholesale pr'ca or flour is lass
than $11 a barrel, when it went as
high as '$15 last summer, and threat
ened to keep mounting? Have you re
membered that the farmer is getting
more money out of $10 or $11 flour to
day than he got out of $14 or $15 flour
six months ago?
No, you haven't thought of . those
things. You Just know that prices art
high, and you wonder why "somebody
doesn't do something about it.v If
you stopped to think, maybe your tone
would change from complaint to won
der. Prices are high, but the wonder
is that they are not far higher, when
you come to think of It. .
"The Allies are all in the same boat,
a long way from shore and on limited!
rations" and Uncle Sam Is running
the relief ship.
Woman's Missionary Society of
! the Methodist Church
Mrs. A. S. Miller threw open
the doors of her beautiful home
to the members of the Mission
ary Society on Monday afternoon
from, throe to five.
lightful time and a very inter
esting meeting was reported.
The president, , Mrs. Frank
Owen, in her charming manner
brought before us the study of
Christian Stewardship. Scrip
ture lessons were read by differ
ent ladies present, reports made
by officers and committee work
ers, after which our, pastor, Rev.
J. B. JRandolph, gave us a short
but inspiring talk which en
couraged each and all to go on
with the great one-to-win-one
campaign work. He also ex
pressed his thanks for co-operation
of all in the meeting just
closed. Very interesting papers
were then' read by Mesdames
Porter Davis, J. E. Capps and
E. I. Keller. .
We were glad to have so many
present and especially glad to
give Mrs. G. S. Keller, Mrs.
Ames and Mrs. Cora Gates a
hearty welcome as new members
of our society.
The hostess, assisted by Mrs.
T. P. Davis and Miss Mary Seal
Miller, served the guests with
a refreshing ice. '
A unanimous vote of thanks
was given the hostess for such a
pleasant afternoon and such
real hospitality.
The Society will meet Monday
afternoon, April 8th, at 3:00
o'clock. Come and bring your
friends. t Reporter.
Why They Succeed.
Perhaps you think that a lot of suc
cessful men won success because they
had nerve, whereas their success
probably la due mors to good, hard
work while yon were standing on the
street corner arguing politics or re
ligion. Atchison Globe.
Letter from a Navy Boy
U. S. S. Wyoming,
February 24, 1718.
Dear Folks,
I am still on board the Wyom
ing but expect to be back on the
New York in a week or so. The
weather is rather windy but not
quite so cold and it never gets as
cold here as it does in the cen
tral aud northern States of
America. We all hope the Ger
mans will commence their offen
sive early on the western front,
because we feel sure that the
allies will win and the sooner it
starts the sooner we get back
Lhome.
London seems to get her raids
regularly but the allies including
the Italians are making reprisal
raids on towns in Germany.
They seem to think over here
that the non-combatents will re-.
ceive acout as mu:n nrst nne
battling a3 the men in the
trenches, owing to the aerial
fights! Both sides claim that
raids by air will be made into
enemy territory on a hvge scale
penetrating far inland over,
towns back of the trenches.
Scotland is a very nice country
but none of them can compare
with the United States. I have
been in some homes that still
use the old spinning wheel and
build their houses of slate-like
stone, j us t as they get it Irom
mountainside. . "Pete", as it is
called, is burned by the people
istead of coal and wood. The
houses are covered with sod and
grass. The war did not cause
this as the people have always
lived that way in this one par
ticular section : of Scotland. I
have seen some nice towns and
cities over here. Also had hikes
out into the country districts. I
made one trip' out to see the
country folks. not korig ago ;and
bought eggs and cabbage for
some of the officers. Eggs sell
for 66 cents to 84 cents per
dozen and cabbage at 6 cents and
8 cents. The country folks are
glad to sell them and our, officers
are glad to eat them, so are the
enlisted men,
While food may be scarce over
here it is known that it is more
so in uermany. l aon i inmic
the Kaiser will want to rule the
universe after the allies get
through with him this spring
..and he will be glad to wear a hat
instead of a crown. I hope to
get a plug in his direction myself
so would all the others over here.
George Washington's birthday
has passed again and we did not
. celebrate, but the paymaster
gave us j a little better dinner
than usual, which was highly
appreciated a3 ;well as devoured
by all the crew. ' Sunday is quite
a treat for msi as we use it as a
rest day and'; all our ships hold
services so that anyone, wishing
may attend church in the morn
ing and evening.
Prayer meetings and bible
classes are' also held during the
week just as , if we were on the
outside or at home. You know
we, call this the inside and public
life or cfviliari life the outside.
In counting the stories or floors
to a house you usuallystart from
the bottom' and count up but
quite different here. You would
start from the top and go down
as you know only one is visible
from the outside, but as you go
down you would be surprised at
the number there is below the
water line. Double the number
of the crew aboard this ship and
you would have a town or rather
a population greater or as great
as the town of Okolona. Eat,
sleep, wash clothes and work' all
in
tne same nome. mere is
quite a large family aboard this
"battle wagon" as some of the .
boys call them.
I am still in good health as
usual and have the same job.
Hope all of you are the same and
enjoying life. Loye to all.
. Your son,
John Louis Hopkins.