The Robesonian., 1918-02-28
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA.
Stacker as the man who shirks the
draft.
Germany Can and Will Be Beaten.

1t will not take 40 years to whip
Germany, the speaker declared Thev
can and will be beaten. It will take
till it hurts.
Speaking of those who claim Amer
lea as their home and are in svmna-
thy with Germany, Capt. Fallon said
they should 60 back to that cursed
country, as they are not wanted here.
In Closing Capt. Fallon declared that
the Allies are not going to stop until
the flags of Great Britain, France and
America are flying over Berlin.
HumOr Of the Wounded.
Although his story is one Of horror,
Capt. Fallon mixes humor with it and
ne, IS a most interesting speaker.
lie said that il you sympathize with
q man who has had his foot shot off ;,
for instance, he is apt to tell you that
ne was glad to get rid of that foot,
anyway, oi.c:SS Germs CT that feet g,
ways bothered him.
Coolies and Trench Rats.
Telling of life in the trenches. he
spoke Of the "cooties" with which the
shirts of the soldiers become alive.
He told of soldier whose life was
saved by a "cootie." Bitten in the
right side, the soldier reached his
hand under his shirt and bent over
to get the pest, when a shell carried
his helmet away. If he had been
standing upright, if he had not bent
over to attend to the "cootie," his
head would have been shot off. Pull
ing the "cootie" out the soldier held
him in his hand and addressed him
thus: "You saved my lift. I can't give
you the Victoria Cross, but I'll give
you square meal"-and he put the
'cootie" back under his shirt
You do not know what rodent is
until you make the acquaintance OF
trench rats, according to Captain Fal-
lon. They are with the soldiers con-
tinually, whether they are sleeping
or waking. You will be walked from
sleep by the effort of rats to lunch of
of some choice part of your body; q
rat will yank food out Of your mouth
as you eat. If you catch the eye Of
one of these rodents, Capt. Fallon said
you can almost see him wink at yor
and can imagine him saying, "You,
world must be in hell of fix fol
you fellows to come down here ano
live with u.s."
! No doubt the largest crowd thai
ever gathered in the court hous.
heard Capt. Fallon. Standing room
i was at a premium and many were
turned away who could not find stand
ing-room in hearing distance Of tht
speaker. Practically EVERY section
/ of the county was represe ated ant
many from outside the county wer'
I here.
i The speaker was introduced by Mr.
i Woodberry Lennon, town attorne.
and secretary of the Robson count.
/ War-Savings committee.
Save Money and Lend to the Govern
ment.
| Mr.. Gilbert T. Stephenson of Win
ston-Salem, who is giving the year t
the campaign for the sale Of Wa
! Savings and Thrift stamps in tn
State, was present and made a stron
appeal to the people to buy sta. r:
Mr.. Stephenson declared that tn. va
is only going to be won WREN The NOR
than 1O0,00O,0O0 people in the Unite
States get behind the 100000 Amer
2 lean soldiers who are going to tn
: front. The speaker said that the onl
l way nine-tenths Of the American pee
pie can help win the war is by say
0 ing money and lending it to the .io'
f ernment. He said that if the war las1
j ten years and it is necessary to ser
: 100000 American soldiers to II
t front there will still be 100000 .O(
d people left who must serve oy say'n
O and lending their savings to the Go
O ernment. He declared that the OF
great lesson the American peop]
need to learn is to be savers. He sa
e that the people of the South are tt
IS poorest English speaking people {
i earth. not because they do not max
h but because they do not save.
a $7,565 Pledged.
it After Mr.. Stephenson had finish
:" his address pledge cards were distri
l. uted among the audience and the pc
lie re were asked to pledge the amour
is they were willing to invest in W
le Savings and Thrift stamps durl1
e. this year. After the cards had be
IS collected it was announced that !
I'd pledges amounted to $7,565. A ca
is collection Of 1922 was taken
ee wounded comrades of Capt. Fallo1
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