The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-24
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

have you heard people say this? Alas,
 too frequently. knowing them. you con
 sider it mighty poor security.
 Now comes along Uncle Sam and says
 buy my liberty loan bonds. and you
 know they are good. for back of them
 is the wealth of America.
 Now, what Is a liberty bond? They
 are engraved certificates bearing the
 guarantee of the government and the
 people of the United States to repay in
 gold the full amount loaned. with { per
 cent interest every year. Liberty bonds
 arc as safe as the United States.
 How can you buy them? For each $50
 subscribed pay sl down; 80 on Novem-
 Der 15 1917; s20 on December 15, 1917; S2o
 on January Is. 1918.
 Where can you buy them? At any bank, trust company. investment banker, department store, or from any of the various committees who are now solicit
 ing under Chairman Adams. Both men
 and women are giving freely their time
 to selling them. No one gets any com
 mission. You get the bonds at par. Ev- cry dollar you invest goes to the govern
 ment.
 Why you should buy them: Because
 America Is fighting for democracy. Be-
 cause Uncle Sam needs money as well
 as men in the fight for freedom. Be- cause every bond you buy helps him to lquickly finance the war and therefore hasten It's end
 When shall you buy them? Do 1t to-
 day. Do 1t for America, and do it to
 help Birmingham meet it's apportion- ment. She did 1t grandly on the first tissue and help her to keep up her fine record.
 Can you sell liberty bonds? Yes, you
 can sell them at any time at any bank whether or not you have completed your
 payments They are the safest invest
 ment in the world today and the best
 collateral. Most banks will lend you 1 at least 90 per cent on liberty bonds, while many merchants will take them at
 face value in payment of goods or ac- l counts.
 ! I asked 8 friend of mine who is fin the insurance business if he would permit hls clients to pay their premiums with
 bonds? He said: Sure, and have some
 on my books that I will allow them
 s1o0 for the $50 ones but they are the
 ones whose words are not as good as
 Uncle Sam's promises to pay. dare say
 there are many others in business who
 would be glad to close up some of their accounts overdue with liberty bonds. l An American of note in a recent speech well said: "The most impressive
 patriotic feature I have ever seen Is a
 poster by a great French artist adver-
 tising the war bonds of his country. A wounded soldier just from the hos pital is shown watching men and women paying their savings to the government for these bonds, and the soldier says:
 They also do their part"
 1 Are you willing to do your part? A man may be a stacker with his money just as he can be with his body. If you can't go in person, let your money go for you. If men are willing to give their lives. those of us who stay at home ought to be willing to give our money. Here Is story fresh from France When the call came for the people to turn in their gold to keep the war going, an old woman out of bitter economy had saved a few hundred francs for her old age. but she put them on the al- tar of her country. She had grandchil- l dren at the front. When the official gave her government bond, she naiveiy said; T didn't know I was to receive anything for It." How like a womanl She gave what she had because she loved France
 It was such gift as she gave that the Man of Galilee noted. Like the woman in
 the Bible, ''she gave all she had" I have 1 heard of heroic giving but we also need hilarious giving, gifts that will make us rejoice. because they are sacrificial gifts. 'The Lord loveth a cheerful giver." America needs many such givers When you buy & liberty bond, rejoice that you have a chance to do your coun- try good. Rejoice that you can set for ward the cause of liberty and Justice throughout the world. and let the people of all nations see that America is not
 only the homo of the free and the brave, but that she is willing to fight that others may be free. Rejoice that your money can fight the enemies of liberty and jus tice and civilization, and put to rout the enemy of your country, who with malice aforethought sent American men, women1 and children to a watery grave. Did you know that the great-grandsons 1 of Lafayette, Americas friend, are on the fighting line, and that "Blackjack'' Per- shing, saluting at the tomb of the great
 Frenchman who we all revere, said in the simplest words: Lafayette, we Americans are herel How my heart
 burned within me as I read of the incl dent. said to myself. am too old to be there, but thank God gold Is never too old to serve in good cause and my money can take my place.
 A statesman in thrilling wordH says: The free peoples of the earth have built a dike across Belgium and northern France with the bodies of the young men of military age w. If that dike breaks America is not safe.'' It makes my blood tingie to know that soon our own boys from Birmingham will be mak- ing the dike stronger. and 1t makes me