St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-29
|DR. ]. N. JOHNSON
I PROVES ABSOLUTELY
TRUE TO REPUTATION
"1o5-Pound Champion" Demonstrates
He Has War Situation Thorough
Iy in Hand
HYPNoTIzED AUDIENCE BY HIS
MOST REMARKABLE STUNTS
Meeting Saturday signified Firing of
First Big Gun in Great Drive
for War Stamps Campaign
in ST. Landry
HYPNoTIzED AUDIENCE BY HIS
MOST REMARKABLE STUNTS

The meeting scheduled to be pulles
off on the court house square in thii
city last Saturday. with DR.. ]. Ii
Johnson as the star speaker, came of
according to program and was vel
attended both by town and country
people. DR.. Johnson, who has well
been named the "105-pound heavy
weight" was on hand as published
and he charmed and electrified his
audience by his eloquence and his
ability to illustrate his discourse
| with chalk pictures on a blackboard
Several hundred people gathered
around the band pavilion when the
meeting was called to order by Dis.
trict Judge B. H. Payy, who acted as
chairman.
The first speaker was Mr.. L. L.
| SQuires of Lake Charles, connected
with the publicity end of the War
! Stamps campaign Mr.. Squires ac-
quilted himself in first-cIass fashion,
saying in part:
War Savings Stamps teaches econ
omy and reaches the small .can as
well as the big The people here must
make up for what is ser % the sol
diers and If you don't reduce your
expenses you take away from the
fighting men. The government is
asking the people for loan and not
gift If you absolutely need the
money invested in stamps, before
1925, all you have to do is to go to
the nearest postoffice and serve mo-
tice to that effect and you will be re-
turned your money with three percent
added. The government is running
the safest bank in the United States.
They want to raise two billions OF
dollars through this campaign and
only a certain per cent will be drawn
out at any time, hence this will not
keep things from our soldiers.
He urged all to reduce their accus-
toned luxuries and get into the ne
cessity class at once. All the wool
and great deal of the cotton will
have to go to clothe the soldiers.
In regard to food. he urged his hear
ers to produce more and more and
make and lend more money to the gov
ernment. This, said the speaker, is
an educational and economic cam
naign. We have a mountain 70 over
come. 1t Is up to the strong man
to purchase stamps in order TO make
up for the little mans inability TO
buy the small securities. We can
not buy patriotism for that must be
voluntary. We must save crops and
labor and look on war-savings as
duty. We must know who a1e Amer
leans today and we have TO go to
work. We must not rob our soldiers
and we must not spend our money
uselessly and here he paid his re-
spects to those who spend too much
on clothes. "a virtuous patch will
have as much honor as Red Cross
button" Practice and teach econ
omy; raise garden and DO other
things which viii furtaef tue ma
tion'a interests and, e1osing, he .le8s
ed all to do their best II rnaka ihv
campaign in st. Landry a aiGcess.
DR.. ], NJ. Johnson followed Mr..
squires and was the second and last
speaker The lo5,pound heavyweight
who has gained fame If not fortune
BY his eAoquence and his thorough
mastery Of the subjet in hand, receiv-
ed cordial welcome from his au-
dience.
DR.. johnson paid a just tribute to
che tiller of the soil, and then urged
all to put their mind in the campaign,
He explained the Thrift Stamp and
showed the difference between .
stamp and a greenback. Both Were
promises Of the government to pay
but the stamp bore interest while ths
greenbaek did not. The stamp, HI
said, was the greatest form OF none.
in the world today.
! 1t is not what you know but wha
YOU put your heart in that counts
today and he urged all to aid TIL
4 deause. Don't waste, he admonished
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