Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-09-13
MUNCY THRILLS
LARGE CROWD
Delivers Strong Speech to Large
Audience in Behalf of War
Stamp Sales in Tazewell.
Three Lines of Defense
Army, Navy, People.

of the War Savings Stamps drive
Mr.: A. S. Higginbothnm, the law.
yer, introduced MIR. IIuncy in calm
clear, strong speech, sensible and
earnest as he always is.
MIR. Muncy is we'll known here as
a fluent and interesting speaker, and
his address on :his occasion fully
sustained his reputation.
Some things-many things he said
should be stored up and remembered
and needed.
There are three lines of defence,
he said, the navy and army and
folks at home, the lire behind the
lines: Our boys who ego down to the
along side tie Transports conveying
tile troops to France. The ravies pro-
tect our coasts and our commerce
from the p:raticsl invaders. How
faithfully and successfully this has
been done, is history.
The army, in its varioua capacities,
meets and repcls the enemy on land.
These boys bar their breasts to Ger
man bullets, wcl.cr in mud in the
trenches, and in blood on the plains,
that you and me ard the world, may
be safe. The army behind the lines
is the army of support. To this army
is given the task of making if poss-
ible for the other two armies to live
and fight. The wonder of this war
and of all ages, is the wholehearted
manner in which the people at home
have responded 10 the calls of war
needs. Failure here would mean un-
told disaster on the battle fronts
MIR. Muncy urged subscriptions to
Thrift Stamps for two reasons and
tt,te - H.
other objective, The small denomi-
nations of the Thrift Stamp appealed
TO the children and the man of small
means as well rs to the man of large
means. The young man or child who
buys Thrift Stamps is benefited far
more than the amount TO be returned
at maturity. He learns lessons OF
thrift and economy. The owner of a
government bond has feeling and
sense of pride and strength the other
man knows nothing of. This is the
subjective view point.
The other is objective. The army
needs and must have money.
Not only self interest should
prompt the buying of Thift Stamps,
but patriotism, and devotion to home
and country, should prompt and COM
pei every m:n to subscribe. Money
is filth and dirtcompared 20 blood and
life which the men in the army are
giving freely. If they can give their
lives surely we can give our money.
And, moreover, we are not asked,
said the speaker, to give, but to loan,
the money to be returned at COM
pound interest.
The people of this county said
the speaker, ere getting higher
wages, higher prices than ever before,
because of the great war, and if
these men whoare growing rich on
account of the war refuse to subscribe
to help win the war, then the money
is blood money, made and piled up
from the life blood of the boys who
have given their lives.
AT the conclusion subscriptions
were called for, and quite a large
amount was secured.
The War Stamp Drive in Tazewell
County was started last Saturday
and from reports reaching headquar-
tiers there is eery reason to believe
that Tazewell will easily subscribe
the amount asked for.
The different committees have gone
to work with vim and will not let
up until the amount is raised.
Mr.. E. L. Greever, chairman of the
$1,000 club, has addressed strong
letter to a selected list of men who
are able to subscribe for thousand
dollars in war stamps. Mr.. Wertf
has done likewise to those who are
able to buy $500 in stamps, and Mr.
j. P. Royal has called on those citi.
zens in the county who can take $25(
in stamps to do so at once.
In addition to these gentlemen com
mittees have been appointed to make
n personal canvass of the entire coun
ty, and every man and woman able Il
subscribe will be given the opportu
nifty and urged to help. If they re
fuse-well, they will be attended tt
later.
One Of the canvassers in this tow
in the war stamp drive had the name
of w. l.. Painter on his list, and il
due time approached MIR. Painter an:
advised him that the apportionmen
committee had sized him up and as
sessed him $3.50 as his part in TaEe
wells $550,000. Mr.. Painter locke,
puzzled and the canvasser began t.
think that the committee had put tn
assessment too high. But read on
thousand two hundred dollars in Wa
Stamps, and have pledged myself t,
buy $1,000 more before the first o
January-a thousand for myself,
thousand for my wife, and thous
and for each of the children. That
how bad want to win the war;" sal
Mr.. Painter. The canvasser of cours
saw at once that Mr.. Painter is 10
per cent. American, and altho h,
might have invested his money wher
it would have brought greater rate
of interest, he put good share of
in the greatest investment with tn
best security in the world. When tn
boys in France read these lines the
will see who's helping to bring ther
back safely to their beloved home!