Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-13
GUMPTION, ~@HH~
Which is plain Common Sense, in United States
: language without Educational Furbelows.
BY L. T. HOVERMALE.

for the slackers to redeem them
selves before the war is over.
do not think the time opportune
for the publication of the list.
The Council of Defense should
have compiled a list of our citi-
zens, showing their financial con-
dition. and a summary OF what
each should reasonably do toward
winning the war. Then, as the
occasion demanded, those in
charge of the work at hand could
confer with the individual and
compare their ideas with his and
reach a reasonable conclusion.
Then, after having been given
repeated opportunities to do his
duty, if he should fail, his name
should go on the Stacker list.
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Many have not grasped the
idea of duty and sacrifice yet.
heard a man say a few day ago:
II have done my part, | bought
two bonds and gave five dollars
to the Red Cross" He had done
this without the remotest touch
of sacrifice; with money that he
could easily spare from his busi-
ness and was hugging the delu-
sion that he had done all that he
was expected to do. And there
are hundreds like him. Great
God! Will we never learn our
duty? Will we not realize that
the winning this war stands out
as the ONE duty we owe and
that our individual affairs are of
secondary Importance? Can we
look at the picture of the debris
Of what was yesterday the busi-
ness section of Ypres and then
paralyze the arm of our army in
order to increase our business?
There Is no legitimate business In
America today except War! Any
business that hinders the success
of the American army in France
must go! The army must be fed,
the Red Cross and the Y. M. C.
A. must be maintained, the gov
ernment must have money to win
the war. Who tsen dares say
that he can't spare\ the money
from his business and in the
same breath claims toNbe a patri'
otic citizen? Until a man reach
es that conceptinn of his duty ir
this crisis that causes him to will
lingly sacrifice his own interests
for his country he is not in the
real patriot class.
| know Of some who have the
true vision and ore following it
The laborer whoif denying him
the much needed suit of clothe!
that he may contribute to thu
Red Cross; the laborer who ha'
eschewed the movies and othel
amusements that cost money il
order to buy Thrift Stamps; tn,
business man who takes none.
that is sorely need on in his bus
mess to buy bonds, and the far
mer who borrows money to LOAF
to the government at a lowe
interest rate than he pays. All o
these are sacrifices, but they ar
only a beginning of what must b
done.
There is no room in the socis
or business world for the Stacker
The man who thinks of self frs
now and withholds his financif
support-to the extreme limit
will have hard shedding hence
forth. The people are watchin
and they have a pretty good ide
of what each one should do, an
a few trifling contributions wi
not camoufage a lack of tn
spirit of sacrifice.
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, Now is a splendid time for til
slackers who failed to buy Libe
, ty Bonds to redeem themselve
Purchases of War Saving StamI
, in quantities that mean SOM
thing will go a long way towal
e putting the Stacker in good stan,
o ing with the good people.
Wrong Line of. Talk.
t Among the guests at a rece