The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22
OUR CaIINTRY,s CALL.

OUR Ge3lJNTRY > e>1aiAl..
The voice Of humanity and civil.
zation. as expressed through the
ideals and actions of the governmenf
of the United States, is calling IN
stentorian tones upon every man
woman and child in the country to
bear part in the great responsibility
resting upon this nation in the pend
ing crisis.
Human liberty and free govern
ment are facing the most nomentous
struggle in history, They are en-
Gagged in life-and-death grappie
with the forces of brutai.zed au-
tocracy, which seek worldwide do
minion and domination through
frightfulness,s barbarism ana ruin
less force.
Many Of us are too old, many too
Young and many incapacltaSed bs
sex or physical inirmity from gone
into the trenches or; rendering any
kind of active military serve
lover there across the sea; but no
one of as IS too old, too young or
too weak to go on the IlrlEg me
lover here and do q bit toward sup,
plying the gallant American troop
and their allies with the food, cloth-
ing, munitions and other requisites
to their health, comfort and AFFINITY
to fight.
The present duty demanded OF us
is to buy war savings stamps. ana 'hls
does not mean we are to give any
thing, but merely that we shall lena
as much money as we can possibly
spare to the United States govern
ment, TO be paid back to us ON Jan
nary /, 1928, with compound interest
ut the rate OF / per cent a year.
Every resident OF Ascension, with
out distinction or exception or what
soever kind. is expected to invest ,e m
these stamps to the utmost limit OF
his or her resources, to the emo thae
the parish may again respond TO the
nations cali and lhsrit4 g. place on the
roll of honor. 80
The basis af allotment is $50 for
each and every inhabitant, WINCH
makes tensions share S417,,'4o:
and to raise this large amount IN
parish with heavy percentage OF
negro population. with comparative
w few residents of considerable
wealth and having suffered setback
of its principal agricultural industry
tantamount to an approximate COZ
lapse, seems aa almost herculeah
task; but with q spirit of determlna-
ton extasst and everybody putting
shoulder TO the wheel. the undertake
ing NAV be successfully accomplish
ed. or :; GOOD showing made at any
rate. J.,
Donalasoasslfe. aeeredited with a
population Of 1899 by the census OF
1910, probably has several hundred
people less within its borders as a
matter of fact, and the same is
doubtless relatively true of the other
wards OF the parish with the possible
exception of the seventh and eighth.
Our apportionment is based on the
1910 figures, however, and it is up
to US to make 4 long pull, strong
pull and pull altogether to send
both town and parish over the. top IN
the war savings stamps drive as we
did in the Red Cross and Liberty
Bond campaigns or 10 come as close
to that result AZ il humanity possible.
Let lit be distinctly understood that
anyone who deliberately fails to do
his full part III this drive is as much
of Stacker AIS one who lodges the
selective draft ar deserts his post Of
duty at the front and If There be any
such in this my other community
their names Should .lae published an
60 a. that III aoe known sso.
their patricia ana tai al ffell oW-eiti-.
zens and tie governmen t be enabled
to keep closer tab upon the suspected
and undesirable elements of the
|country's population.