The Robesonian., 1917-10-22
CHOOSE YE THIS DAY WHOM YE
WILL SERVE.

From the text above one might we'll
preach sermon upon the duty of ev-
cry American citizen who is able to
do so to buy a Liberty bond of the
second Liberty bond issue of 1917.
He who is able to buy a Liberty bend
and fails to do so, by that omission is
giving aid and comfort to those who
are making war not only upon the
United States but upon all decency
and honor and faith in the world, to
those who are seeking to prove that
the only thing fit to survive in this
world is brute. force. Those who
are able to buy Liberty bonds and fail
to do so are worse slackers than those
who run away from military duty;
for those who run from military duty
at least have the excuse of fear of
death or bodily harm, while they who
refuse to invest their money to help
win the war are refusing to lend their
dollars to fight while they remain at
home in safety and prosperity.
"A special appeal is being made to
farmers to buy bonds of this issue.
In letter to the members of the[
State Board of Agriculture calling
for their active aid among the farm
'>ers of the State for the sale Of Lib
erty loan bonds, Governor Beckett
says the farmers are greatly helped
through wartime high prices of farm
products and they can afford, from
q selfish standpoint, to subscribe lib
orally to the bonds, to say nothing
of the great patriotic necessity of CIV
ing the government support in the
greatest crisis in the worlds history.
The Governor says he is confident
that the farmers of the State are no
less patriotic than the general run of
business men who subscribed so large
ly to the first Liberty bond ISSUE
There is no doubt about the patri-
otism of the farmers. The trouble is
to get the masses of the people to
realize that it is their patriotic duty
to purchase these bonds. They are
not accustomed to making such an
investment and a majority of them
seem to think that tits for the banks
and big corporations and for the bus
mess men. But it is necessary to
wake up to the fact that the duty of
upon every person who is able to Sc
cure $50 or 500 than it does upon
those who are able to invest thousands
of dollars.
Is it possible to conceive of any
fairer appeal than, the government
makes to each Of us? 1t asks each of
US to lend it whatever amount we can
spare, and in return it will give a
interest, and free from taxation, un-
less the interest ON the amount YOU
promisory note bearing four per cent
=, r. ITO the thousands. It is
e sG1e5o llg cSC.lient in the world
Any bank viii accept such bond as
collateral for a loan up to the amount
of the bond, and there is always
market for government bonds in cass
you want TO sell before The bonds fal
due. BY lending your money to tn,
government at Il profit, you are con
tributing to help end the war and al
its horrors.
Ii you choose to buy Liberty bon,
you choose to help bring peace to tn
world, to save lives-maybe the live
OF your own sons or your neighbor
by lending money to help end tn
war soon, to help put an end to tn
horrible butchery that is going on i
Europe, to the ruthless murderin
of helpless old men, women and CHI
dren. If you are able to buy a Libe1
ty bond and choose rot to 10 it, yo
chouse by this neglect of duty to hel
prolong the war, to sacrifice the live
of your sons and your neighbors' SOM
to give aid and comfort to those VIII
If they should win this war, woul
make you help to pay a staggerin
sum that would bring you no retur
save the right to crawl about an al
ject slave to the most ruthless ar
sinister power that ever threatene
the peace and safety of liberty-lo'