The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1917-11-01

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Scotland
German Bank ..$2S,00O
Corn Belt Natl Bank -. $1,000
Bon Homme County GAnk 1900
$4,000
Springfield
First National Bank. -. .s25,S00
Bank Of Springfield ...,.. 24,400
$4,000
German Bank ...... .$16,500
Bank OF Avon 1880
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kingsburg-
Bank of Kingsburg. $500
Grand Total .$302,60O
Amount allotted to Bon
Homme County .$26O,O00
Dversubscribed ..... ....$ $500
AS the Government plans on is
jung bonds for the greater part of
me neutrality-suspicious. and as all sub
,criptions under $4,000 will be al
,otted in full, bond subscribers In
son Homme county are. assured of
getting the full amounts of their
subscriptions.
Sincere thanks r extended to all
he banks, newspapers, committees
Ind solicitors through whose efforts
he splendid result vas accomplish
I'd, and of purse likewise to those
patriotic citizens who furnished the
real stuff in the shape of their sub
scriptions. Throughout the county,
n every community, e and wo-
men, too. were found who were will
.ng and glad to render patriotic SER
Ice at the expense of their personal
comforts and personal interests. The
older boys from Bon Homme coun-
". who arc now serving the country
Jr preparing for such service In the
raining camps, will surely take on
additional spirit and courage when
hey find out how Loyalty the people
1t homo are backing them.
A few words about the slackers.
Although these specimens of ingrati7
.ude and disloyalty are not numer-
Jus, still some were found who
would not buy a Liberty Bond, al
,hough we'll able to buy. These can
70 divided into two classes: First.
those who did not buy because Of
,ttnginess when buying q bond
would have necessitated borrowing
the money temporarily, although
such persons were found to be SUBJ
stantial property owners. or did not
buy because they could get a higher
tate or interest on their money by
loaning 1t to some one else than Un-
lie Sam, or did not buy because Of
religious scruples. Second, those
who did not buy Liberty Bonds be-
;ause OF pro-German sentiment.
Those in the first class, while by
10 means excusable, are not OF the
dangerous or traitorous kind. The
rouble with them Is that they have
\ poor conception Of the duties of
citizenship in the serious crisis
which now c%onfronts the country.
md there is hope that they will come
20 a better realization Of their du-
ries as the war progresses. But
hose Of the second class are the
dangerous ones for whom we should
look out. They are citizens of this
country only in name and they
:hould not be classed as citizens but
aliens. BY their acts in d%iscour-
,ging and denouncing the war and
blocking its prosecution, they are
just as much service to
Germany as If they were fighting in
he German trenches. We do not
know just why the Government
wanted the blue cards on which
Lhese citizens" were reported, but
We presume the Government wants
TO know where they are SO as to put
he proper label on them and keep
is eye on them. 1t occurs to us that
hose blue cards should entitle such
,arties to a passport to Germany, SO
hey could go over there and receive
he iron cross from the Kaiser for
-ervices rendered to Germany.
We cannot pass unmentioned the
fact that In one of the banks within
the county we failed to find a single
Liberty Bond poster on display. We
10 not want to question this banks
motives. as they did sell bonds. and
We rather believe that the posters
we're not displayed for fear Of in
curing the displeasure and losing
the business Of their pro-German
customers. But right here we want
TO say that 1t is time for every n
to. show his colors. and whoever Is
the right kind of citizen cannot, at
the expense of his patriotism,
wheedle to a class OF customers who
are against the country and expect
to escape uncensured. II would
be a credit to lose the patrons
age of such customers who would
be thus offended, as the time is com
ing when they will be o~stracized
from the society of good citizens.
James A. Wagner,
Chairman Liberty Loan Commit
tee for Bon Homme County.