The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-11-07
FUNDS TO MAINTAIN
OUR Boys WELFARE
in NEXT CAMPAIGN
MUST OVERSIZE.
SCRIBE s17o, 500 600 AT REQUEST
OF PRESIDENT WILSON.
7 WAR AGENCIES COMBINED
Suffering ALLIES and Millions Of Prls
oners Look to United States for
Comforts and Moral WeIl-seing.

From bonds for food, clothing, arms
and ammunition, the public now must
turn to donations for the physical,
mental and moral well-being of our
Soldiers and sailors and raise a sum
rot only sufficient to take care Of their
pressing needs but also to bring re.
lief to some of our suffering allies
and millions Of war prisoners.
Acting on the direct request from
President Wilson, all Of the auxiliaries
~ cur fighting forces, save the Red
Cross, have been united for one In.
tensivc campaign to raise a fund fol-
the welfare of the American heroes
who have left their homes and SO gal
antly and successfully are fighting
our battles in desolated France and
Belgium, that our land Of America
shall be forever free from an invasion
from the unspeakable Hun.
This campaign, which will begin
Nov. II and continue until Nov. IS,
vas deferred until the Fourth Liberty
Loan was finished. Because of the
repeated calls that would have been
made had not these war activities
heen combined into one central organ
ization, and to avoid duplication of
work and to make every cent apply
20 the purpose for which it is con-
tributed, President Wilson outlined
The plan adopted
There will be no other call on the
generosity of the people unless it be
an appeal from the Red Cross. the
only organization devoting itself to
war relief activities not embraced in
the approaching campaign.
The organizations which it is now
| the privilege Of the citizens of Mis-
souri, to contribute are: The Young
Mems Christian Association, the
| Young Women's Christian Associa-
| ton, the knights OF Columbus, the
Jewish Welfare Board, the War
Camp Community Service, the Saliva
ton Army and the American Library
| Association. Thus it will be seen
| .hat the loyal Protestant, Catholic
and Jew can join hands in a move
ment from which creed and denomi-
| lationalism have been entirely elimi-
1
| mated.
The fund that the nation will give
| is $40, 500 900. Missouri will give
| s5,000,000 Of this. This fund will be
divided cquitably among the seven
war activity organizations, under gov
eminent supervision, and every dollar
and every penny will be expended TO,
The relief Of Our Boys, thousands oil
whom are stricken and helpless "ovcl
there"
You will not hesitate to dig deep ir
your pocket, and give chcerfully
when you think that the Identical
money you contribute will be used tc
| alleviate the suffering Of your owI
boy who was wounded by Bocht
bullet and had lain in No Mans Land
where. unconscious, he was found by
one of the trained workers of the
Salvation Army, Knights of Columbus
Y. M. c. A. or other volunteer worker
and borne to the hospital where othel
Sclf-cffacing volunteer workers are
ministering to him day and night, tina
his life may be saved that he cal
come back safely to you when victor!
is finally won and right and justice
are again triumphant.
The purchase of bonds was bust
ness transaction. Now you have thu
privilege of giving, and the loyal an,
patriotic citizen will consider it
privilege. The boy on the sea, il
the air or in the trenches is facing
the foe not for the paltry $50 pc
month he receives, but because he i
a patriot. He is fighting your battles
is offering his body to be wounded ant
manned, is risking his life itself ever,
cay, that America shall ever be free
He is giving his all. Can there b
found a man in all Missouri so un
grateful and SO lacking in patriotism
that he will not give from his plent
that the bodily and spiritual welfar
Of the flower of American m9nhoo
shall have every care that a generou
public can bestow?
The answer is to be made by you
contribution.