Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-05-09

Nv from this fUldlers pa, ans We 49,
$3.50 out OF Uncle sans trea sury. sS3.
and we send II 10 the wife ~ tla' ~
der 10 help support her w;iic BE- y
away (Applause). And n Che has three
children. the government gives - q
month for each child, so thet The wife
would get $4S per month, tle so'di'r cure
tributing $3.50. And II he h9s = depend
ent mother. he can ray whether ne VIII
allOt some Of his pay 70 her. eud n he
should alOt 800 per month, WY. Pc gov
eminent viii match tl1t W III $50 more,
50 that the dependent r0Jther rru Joe pIo-
tected while the son Is ous GshHng 10"
his country. (Applaus'
I want you to re3d thi9 ir4irH' lc,-
Ter. 1t is from sa's.on. prarf .Talia.
She calls me "D.re1t r-Ge'f Nc
isn't It. She says: Dear Sir: WIN you
kindly excuse the liberty ] take IN writ
ing you, but / feel / must write and
thank you for the interest you have
pendents in introducing the insurance
bill. ! will state that I urged ny only
son, mere lad. to enlist in the navy in
| 1914. ] felt that this war was coming"
All. this was a splendid mother; she
had the prcsc4ence Of mind and patri-
otism # an UNQUALIFIED character. 4
felt that this war was coming ard l
wanted him TO he trained Only God
knows what II cos me 70 let him go. as
had lust buried my idoli2ed husband,
! and was just recovering from 4 spell Of
J typhoid fever. and the hos itel and med.-
/ cine bills rad nearly t26el a' ! lad, but
| ] knew nv cod would tal-n care NJ my
| little girls and myself r cave ny brave.
| handsome lov 70 Uncle Sam .Fr
| regret II tina : have .}f #| 90 r00 o
! fob fer the flag my fat'c~
| CADplausel. Altnouga / do not know ip5l
how much insurance ] viii get, or allow
| ance | know II will be hop. In one
letter my hos wrote Mother, | am not
afraid 10 go into battle II I have -
.+-.g i -
| gladly. But J cannot sleep at night.
| thinking what will become Of my sweet
| little sisters and you All the pathos
If that letter: but he went, lust tne
| same and is serving his country gala IT.
! y AZ this time. Later he wrote: To-
| day | am the happiest boy en- the At
| 'antc Ocean Che is out on one Of our
great shipsl, for the insurance bin has
| r""Se6 nd ] ana to take the rull amount.
Now I can face anything with a smile,
! for ! know my loved ones viii be cared
! Cor (Applause). Then the mother
! dds: God grant ne may return. May
| God and his angels forever bless you is
a mothers daily prayer"
Uncle Sans Beneficence.
Now isn't that splendid woman. a
| sens bic woman? He gets $4650 a month
in the navy. allots 500 a month to his
mother. and then pays $3.50 thousand
| for his $40 900 life msuranc in other
words, Uncle Sam gives him the oppor-
| tunity of nsurinE for the benefit of his
| mother and sisters TO the extent of &c.,
| 900 a year, at a total cost of $65 a year,
| as against $3.50 a year which a private
! insurance company would have charged
| him. (Applasse.) And Uncle Sam adds
| 500 month to that Widows allowance,
| and she gets that much money to help
support herself ard those two little
girs. one five years of age and the other
! fifteen. All. aren't you proud of your
country. my friends. when the great peo-
pie # America do things like that? Cap
plauset.
| Now. this money YOU lend to your gov
eminent and get back at par and interest
| g used in part TO take care Of the moth
ers and the widows and wives Of Ameri-
can boys who die to make your liberties
| safe (Applause).
| Ladies and gentlemen, we are facing
and passing through one Of the most
| critical periods Of this great war We
| have got to hold that western line, and
We are going to do it. (Applausel. We
! are going to if you people do your pa t..
| but you nave all got to DO your pHrt.
| Don't let it be said of any man Or WON
| an in America that they failed to do
| something in this great time. We must
| sec to it that every one does AZ much in
! his way or her way as we expect a sol
| der to do in his. When you get that
| spirit in America, ana when you support
| pur splendid and noble boys that way in
| the field, they will vindcatc your deal Is
and they will make liberty supreme in
| the world. and make the world again
| safe for democracy.