The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-04-19
Loan Special
GiDen NelcOme Here.

unu speakers IN Dehalf OF the lhlrC
Liberty Loan, reached Lexington
lust a little later than its schedule
1time of arrival (2..55) last Saturday
Iafternoon (3:10, to be speciflc) and
twas greeteted by a crowd large
enough and enthusiastic enough to
satisfy the most exacting patriot.
The personnel of the Liberty Loan
Special was made up of the Rev.
IW, a. Garfield, President of a Col.
lege for Boys, at Danville, KY, Capt,
Jas G. Wheeler, Camp Zachary Tay-
|lor. near Louisville, KY, Lieut. Dom
aid M. Ross, 18th Winnipeg Grena-
dier guards. of Winnipeg, Canada, of
the Canadian Army; Corporal Cor
don Hardy, of Wisconsin, Private
Chester Devine, of Maine, the
Hon. Edward G. Dunn, of Mason,
City. Iowa. and Corporal E. E. Par
kcr, of Rock Island Arsenal.
DR.. Garfield, who had the party
in charge, was introduced by Prof
| O. E. Holmes, who made known the
object of the Special and extended
a hearty welcome to the patriotic
visitors. DR.. Garfield did not speak
at length but introduced the other
speaders. Corporal Hardy and
Private Devine, were among the
first American soldiers to 60 over
1.-THE Atlantic with Gen, Pershing,
both were in the first action in
which American troops were en-
gagged and both, unfortunately, were
wounded, which necessitated their
return home for recovery--and
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back to the trenches where they
had spent several months. Both
made excellent talks and touching
appeals to American citizens to
stand with their money behind the
boys who are doing the fighting and
Lieutenant Ross, the gallant Cana
dian, gave a vivid description of the
Battle of Vimy Ridge on the West
ern front. In the matter of speak
ing, the very best was held for the
last, when the Honorable Edward
6. Dunn, a distinguished Iowa law
yer, made a mastery appeal in be-
half of the Third Liberry Loon. Mr..
Dunn told WHY America is in the
war and especially WHY the Unit
ed States could not, in self respect
stay out of the war after the Ger
man Kaiser's government had de-
liberately murdered, in cold blood,
American women and little chill
dren and finally drew line in the
Atlantic Ocean and said to US En-
ter here at the peril Of your lives.
No better man could have been Sc
lected to appeal to the red blood of
this Southland and he said that
after being with the Liberty Loan
Special for three days, he was con-
fident that the South would do its
whole duty in taking the Third Lib
erty Loan and by that means fur
nish the money to back the brave
boys of America who are in the
trenches of France and Flanders
fighting against the unspeakable
Huns and to prevent repetition in
this country of the barbarous out
RACES the Germans have perpetrat-
ed in Belgium, France and Servia.
The crowd was SO large and so
widespread over the railroad yard
that not all could hear Mr.. Dunn,
with all of his carryingpower, but
those who did hear him were deep
ly moved by his eloquent appeal to
American manhood and his ex-
pressed confidence in that manhood
Mr.. Dunn is not only a prominent
lawyer in his state, but has been
CONSPICUOUS in its politics and is one
of the most active members Of that
order, the Knights of Columbus,
which was widely maligned before
its patriotic work in connection