The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-09-06
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During the fhrift Stamp eampAlSa
In Jasy, lf,is, pSosnlHest dtir~a wss
sent into . bsexwoods farming eom-
nsunity to arouse the people. and n
possible sell Thrift Stamps lie vas
not expected 10 have zach success,
With the sale Of stamps because the
people were very poor and ililssra,e,
The effort vas to 10 chiefly ssiaca,
ticnal.
Ths speaker found 4 dingy company
ee farmers and their wives waiting
for hlm To al old E~ld schcoihcuse.
He began his address with arsu.
ua~nts for the support Of the gevsra.
tn~nt reduced TO the simplest feyms.
No oae seemed to listen The msn
stared straight ahead as II shey had
something else on their sands. The
wofnsn tanned themselves and locked
out Of the Windows lie changed his
manner VI speech 10 ~ inpAss.oaec
appeal: no enc was moved He
paused p*rspsrins before making a lass
despaifing enort. But before he cosid
% oa a tall. gaunt farmer stoed up In
the back Ut the house and waved bis
hand beseechtngiy;
rAiss~s." ss7sa4A. "if yea SIRE toae
talking. give Us chance a, them
Thrift Stamps - We kia sign ny and
Gsi back, Ia ths .n~id.- .y Il.
He gave them the chance" They
bought nineteen hundred and nf;y
dollars worth Of stamps, although
there was not man among them who
owned property 10 the amount Of tao
thousand dollars
we own this land the fArmer satd.
addressing the prominent citizen grim
ly ~ be passed NJ the last pledge card,
I'VE own all this country. The govern.
ment a. Washington belongs TO W !.
we made II and /; Il ours. The army
In France ls ours, too: they are our
sona We sent sixty.two boys there
from this district. and l reckon ne
know II 10 our duty TO work for them
aud take care Of them while they are
basy whipping them Gsr~Ans"
This II tbs best. uanst serviceabls
and intelligent definition Of patriotism
! have heard since this war began
Victory u Any Cost
This Ia the most expensive war ever
known. st.ll beyond our Imagination
20 conceive of. The enormous dsstruc-
ton wrought by the sahmar tnes, the
terrific sums spent for war materials
things .svcaas fos the Incredible ell
, yssse. TIE .esas expisaastsn, IL THAI
civilization demands that II shall cost
everything. Never before has any NJ.
ton spen, 50 much 20 insure the health
Of i,s soldiers. never before have such
provisions been made 10 safeguard =
great army morally. More II being
spent to equip hospitals provide en-.
balances. nurses and doctors TO cars
for the wounded ,hah Whole campaigns
cost In former wara Never In the his
tory IT man has such prcvisioa been
made to insure widows end orphans
and soldiers from the after effects Of
wounds and poverty. Formerly when
q man entered the army to hsht fer his
ccuatry. his country tcoh his life, and
that was the end Of II II he vas killed.
New tho government para and pays
enormously. fer every rnaa Who nv~s
or dies In this struggle, All this II ~
because as a nation We have Developed
a sense Of justice and honor that re-
cards any ard every expense az sec
ondsry to the one tremendous oeslga-
ticn TO 10 c,t.senA
ttur sliies were compelled 70 ngh'
Germany 10 preserve their very exIs
tence. hg, we chose 10 fSh, her when ne
might have made shameful treaty
with her that would have insured 4
shameful peace. because we are not
craven srssp,nx nation. but 4 nation
butt; uroa ideals, aud Il costs mere TO
preserve an ideal than II ever costs to
preserve peace. because you cannot
buy them you must schlevs thera-
Nothing stands between the world
and this catastrophe hu, the American
PEOPLE. their hoE1, their energy. their
aaeslty and their wealth. Our troops
In france are only the sword ARIA 81
the nat.on. We. the pesss.e at aesEss.
are the body aud NE 81 that array
I. we fall q, ah. they ,aus; fall eE'
sireay.
We are about to make another loan
Of SIX hslnca dollars For war exeeasss
II IL no, q gift. 10, al Investment ~s
make In ths iives cf Araeriean soldiers
and an insurance we take out for the
sas sty Of s,x,f gsylatry