The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-08-25
"Dime to a Dollar"

How much money have The people OF the
State that is named after raised for my silver
service fund.-" demanded the big bsttleship Lou
isiana as she lay at No,folk, OF puffy little tug
boat towing big leviathian out to sea by. the
seat Of its trousers. "How's it coming on-does
IL look like frost?
Not on your lighting top" screeched the little
tug indignantly. Don't you read the papers7
Don't you know its coming slow but its coming
sure. Better put on Jour party clothes: get up
steam and hike out for New Orleans. Everybody
in Louisiana viii be there 60 take a look at you
and see the silver service they've bought you for
birthday present. And they want Teddy to
come there. too. and take you out to Panama
with him-the shortest route TO the Isthmus
Cheer up
That's the point. Cheer up. The above con-
versation overheard by our special correspond
emit tells the tale Of what is TO be. The details
are simple. There isn't man. woman or child
In all the broad rich land of Louisiana who ID not
directly and deeply Interested In It, Its nothing
more or less than that the people Of the state In
dividually have been called upon to subscribe
| anything from "Dime to a Dollar for the pur-
chase Of this silver service to be presented to the
| newest, the biggest the most powerful and most
| beautiful war vessel Of all the United states
Navy. Sometime In October this great lighting
machine Is scheduled to skirt the Atlantic Coast.
! cross the Gulf Of Mexico. breast the broad Mis-
sissippi and east anchor on New Orleans, ready
TO receive the gift OF the people Of the state from
which she 10 named. Some ese.ooo Is needed to
present to her the best that can be bought.
Much OF this has been subscribed. Many Of the
parish police iuries have given siooeach. In New
Orleans big sum has been raised. More ID need
ed The masses Of the people OF the state have
never had ths.way paved for them to make In
dividusl subscriptions. Now the movement has
| taken dsnnite form. Every city. town and ham.
| let throughout the state has had subscriptions
opened through its newspapers. The newspapers
| have offered their columns to contributions and
are showing how the people may contribute any
thing from "dime to dollar to help carry out
the purposes of this patriotic movement. Il
every citizen In Louisiana contributed only ons
dime the fund would be oversrbscribed By $los.
0o0 But every one win not Hence 1t bshoovss
those who believe In the patriotic movement &C
come forward with their dimes. their quarter
their halves and their dollars and feel the satis
faction Of having had an individual hand In CIV
Ing the great battleship Louisiana Of ths
most magnificent presents ever siver BY sny
state to any ship of the United States Navy.
The funds SO collected win be forwarded te
Mayor Martin Behrman. Of New Orleans. chair
man of the Silver Service Committee Of the New
Orleans Progressive Union or President Alber'
Godchaux Of that union which has taken the lsa<
in the Silver Service movement. The prids ant
honor and hospitabls appreciation Of her srsa
namesake IL at stake hence this direct appeal I
made to hercitifens individually 70 come for
ward with "DIMR OR DOLLAR" or an,
amount between and get Into the band wagon
before the music stops playing. The names o
all subscribers viii BE- publiahed in thess column
and 1t is the confident hops Of this paper tina
this community will vie with AL Others in gath
ering handsome contribution to the silve
Service fund for the bsttleship Louisiana. Com
on with anything from .'dime TO dollsr''