The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-18
Buying Liberty Bonds Aids Our
War, Our Army, Our Boys.
HOW W0RKMEN DO THEIR BIT
Investment Brings Good Returns, in
Addition to Giving Financial AS.
sistancc Every Loyal Citizen
Owes His Government
(By EVA DEAN of the vigiIantes)

Tory. There was nothing prophetic III
the hum Of the machines; 1t was quite
the everyday hum. The workmcn
talked loudly to be heard; they always
talked while they worked; they liked
the sound OF their own voices. ct mat
tered not much what they snid-thc
same Joke will do day after day in II
factory; an old one IS almost rs good
as now one to break the mental
munoiuny. When ones hnbitunl uctlv-
fly Is with ones fingers one isn't very
critical Of mental efforts.
Still, were YOU 10 ask them, any OF
the men would have said they pre-
ferrcd an argument to all other kinds
Of brain exercise. Argument Is what
they would have called any Of the YER
bal vollcyS they fired back and forth
mt one another from their incNpcrt
mental batteries, while their expert
fingers moved crnsrlcSSly at their
tasks. Ana nowadays there Is always
enough to argue nbout-thc war IN"
only troublc-though no one really
seemed to mind that-wnS that there
was no one around to uphold the gov
crlnrnt in these controversies.
or the hundred men cmploycd-fOr
II was II small fnrtory--thcrc was but
one with an Amcricun-born parent.
though IL considerable number were
themselves born In America. The one
hundred were nll here by choice, how
ever, and hardly one ever really cX-
pectcd to live anywhere else. But they
talked as though they might and one
could imagine they expected the Unit
cd States to Immediately offer them
Inducements to stay when 1t heard Of
their intended leaving.
They Discuss Liberty Bonds.
Charles, in the lightcst corncr--a
few years ago he would have hccn
Knrl-was always talking about the
price of food: "i take Il Liberty bond?
Indeed I'll not If the government had
kept prices down. and protected the
working man. and kept the rich man
from making war profits, why, |
might. There is going To be trouble
In this country some day and the gov
crnmcnt deserves all that is coming TO
them. The government ought to do
everything 1t can to keep the good will
OF the people. Why-bccr-" Charles
can never talk long without mention
ing beer
Jo-whosc early training was In Il
protcctorntc-wnS Il born nnnncicr.
He had actually been talking about n
bond on the dollnr-n-wcck plan, but no
one In the wOrkroolMS seemed to think
1t a good investment. 1t would be bet
for ~ nr,y wi, ,iol-r l-n
for higher price. SO 10 had simply
talked for the past two weeks he Ind
not decided One might get Az per
cent. or even $ per cent later! 1t
would he better to wait.
"rhe government don't feed the boys
In camp" shouted the porter.
"Of course IT don't" yelled the thin
man hy the window. 1--WE don't know
what goes on there. No wonder lots
Of them commit suicidc!'
"Wel-Td like to buy bond" broke
In Old Bailey, courngcously. Old Bal
ley was born among the Pennsylvania
Dutch. but, with sixteen dollars n
week and family l don't see how
I can"
Nor do l." said the tall young man
OF whom the men said. His mother
was born here"
All Are Buying Bonds.
The machines hummed on, the voices
rising and falling In opposition, when
suddenly the eager face Of Jo-the
news Ea,hcrcr-was thrust through the
door: "Thcrc's an Italian banker in
the second room talking to the wops
about Liberty bonds" he Informed.
The voices ceased. Everybody wished
he could hear.
"llc's still talking! Az the wops
are In there" spread the news TO every
corner of the building: and then close
upon that: "Thry're buyin. thcm.
every one Of the wops are buving
them"
In shorter time than II could have
taken Il man to walk through The build
Ing, every one in 1t knew that the
wopS--thc lnwcst-paid men of them
buying liberty bonds.
Presently all the vorkmrn who could
understand English were assembled
In one room. They looked about en-
riouSly at one another; never before
hhd th"N seen themselves on masSc. II
was strang" assembly, with It's dirty
aprons It's rough, lined faces and quiet
tongues. 1t must have seemed such
10 me salesman; his mouth set per
ceptibly as he looked about ut his au-
dience.
The Italian orator had gcsticulated
grandly; ana there had been much OF
ltalia italia" But this man, after
his first look at the faces before him.
decided not to talk patriotism. So no
simply stated that our government wos
lt war. Very clearly he explained
what that meant financially; he me-.
TINT living 1unc LII, i