Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09
STRONG APPEAL FOR HARMONY AT
 HOME BY COLLIER
We'll Known Cotton Man Shows Why Men Must
 Stand Together.

A strong appeal for harmony among the people of Pine Bluff is made by T. J. Collier of the cotton firm of T. J. Golfer .& son, in a letter to The Graphic expressing appreciation of an editorial appearing in yesterdays Issue. MT. Collier enumerates req sons why the good people of this city must not permit any discord to be introduced in the happy relations that always have existed among men and women of all walks of life His let tor follows:
 Editor of the Daily Graphic, Pine
 Bluff, Ark.
 Dear sir:-As native of Jeffer- son county, and as patriotic citizen of our nation, l want, from the bot tom of my heart, to thank you for the article contained in The Graphic of Thursday, appearing in your editorial column, upon the subject of unity. :,
 In the face of all the rumors that are in every paper about strikes and turmoil in every part of the country, and in the face of the events that arc happening so rapidly in Europe, and especially in the face of the appalling news that today comes to us from As front, and the only way we can pre- seIt united front cffectually is to have q united heart. As neighbOrs, as free man again the commcne foe or au$pcracy, we must look with dis fNypr upon anyone who tries at this time to stir up any strike or strife, or U create any division whatsoever among us, or that will in any way b3esth hate and dissension.
 we must pledge ourselves to bear ono another's burdens, share one an otter's sorrows and. If we have any hAte to spare. to pour 1t in righteous W14th upon our united and powerful enemy. But for Liberty's sake, for our nations sake. for our caildren's ea1e, for the whole worlds sake. let < uss sGreate no division among ourselves. Lat our churches be more united. Let our neighhorhoods be drawn nearer to each other. Let all class distinc- tipHs be swept away. Let Liberty be our watchword. Let Unity be our str6ngth. and Victory our goal.
 "Very truly yours. x s TT. J. COLLIER"
 No Time for Bickerings.
 Pine Bluff. Nov. 8, 1917. Editor of The Graphic, Pine Bluff.
 near sir: Conditions confronting tn world, such as now never stared mn Tn the face befOre-and especial l1sta this true of our own glorious u,AA. A., the only land that boasts .t land of the free and the home of
 'jlTsry homs whether 1t be the uolace Of wealth, or the humble novel Fl poverty. stand an even chance to nerish in the maw of war-or survive in the glitter of freedom-the call to duty knocks at every door r-and there n not q red hlooded American who doea not hear it, and respond.
 HThis is no time for bickerings and argumentthis Is no time to wait for oir neighbor to take action, or place opr GIT to the ground before we de ] termine what is popular.
 There is but one issue before us nov and that issue Is war!
 This is the time to do something economfze and fight fight and econ ohaixe to the end that we wln thls war. aiaY other issue or undertaking is but . eide issue. heartily endorsed by the tyrant kaiser.
 Every man or woman should know llis or her duty and do It without pc ing told.
 seThis thing is too serious to be busy trYinx to organize new fandangos with lavish hand and much loud talk iRg: a, mon Bloom for~ mayor under condi tions staring us irx the face with the gauntiness of death. and it i5 a bless ing for the whole country that the public funds of the city cannot be spent for libraries and other things eakily to be dispensed with for the present, without his official signature.
 rYes-these things are good and usefll-but not nova houseful of pretty books would not help an Amer ican soldier in the erencles-nol
 
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