The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-06-21
WHY I SHOULD RUY
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.
Written .,v Miss F1ossie 'SprayJ


The ore great and important res
son Why I Should Buy Thrift Stamp
is that or country rust win the war.
and to win the war it must nave the
support ot it's people. This is tha
biggest JOB America has ever faced, O.
is ever likely to face. It Is joD
so big that none of us has ever walked
around and measured it. We are just
beginning to understand what It
means to go to war in the modern
sense and what it means to prepare
America for war. l must stand o.
my government and help to push for
ward the splendid plans which it has
decided upon and which must be car
ried out before the victory is ours
No sacrifices Of blood. Of treasure, OF
comforts, have been too much for the
brave men ana women Of these co2n-
tries which for four years have borne
the blunt o. German hate, crime and
cruelty. Tirow that they will so OF
to the bitter end. They will make
every sacrifice that is possible 10;
them to make before they Will quit
Their sons have been killed by the
millions. Their homes are destroyed;
they are either bearing the cruelty Of
the Germans or have given their lives
for the just cause Of liberty,
Just as there are three things can
do with dollar. there are only three
things I can do either for or against
nv government. l can hoard my dol
lar, can spend it. CT I can invest 1t.
If I hoard my dollar it is drag OIL
my community, just as an idle man IS
a drag on community. But there
is something worse than Stacker.
which is a traitor or the one tnas
spends his or her money for unneces-
sary things Stacker is not doing
anything actively to defeat the ma
toms purpose. But dollar that !
spend needlessiy, a dollars that en-
ploys labor Or consumes material
which the government needs is an
ally of the enemy. When we buy
things that are unnecessary we are
post-poning the day that these shipi
which we are to help win the
war will be ready and manned;
that they will begin to take
any great number of our men to the
fields of France. And it is only when
they are ready for service that we
shah begin to hear from this struggle.
So it is necessary for me to be either
a Stacker, traitor or a patriotic CIT
izeu Tha time has come when
must decide which will do. The
time has come. when must either
:,ry Thrift Stamps and hold up n'7
government and democracy or I must
face the dav when I shall see my ia
ther and brothers killed in vain. and
my country entirely everrun and ruin
ed. The crisis has come and I must
buy Thrift Stamps, since l am nos
able to buy Liberty bonds, Or since
have not bought all the bonds that
I should.
should buy the stamps because
it is my part to help equip the army
and navy, al;; TO protect the lives
of our lads in khaki This means
must buy. buy and keep on buying
Thrift Stamps. Our government is
a democracy. and never before was
it SO clear that the responsibilities OF
citizenship come directly TO US anc
demand OF US sacrifice; demand OF Us
that We SO handle our personal affairs
that we 20 not GET in the way Of the
government, but q. the other hans
that we might help. # Il is I'D: ask
ing TOO much Of our soldiers to pledge
thei~ lives, i certainly is not asking
too nluci, Of me 70 r}edge to save.
Unless every man, woman and child
of this country responds to the de-
mands OF war cheerfully. generously
and proudly. the war must be pro-
longed and we will fail and democ-
racy must die. SO far, our losses
have been small indeed. But since
7 have been spared the horrors that
France and Belgium have withstood
for me, I should Willingly give Up
nv unnecessary 1uxuries. If / only
consider how much these countries
have borne for me I not only would
be willing 10 give 1p MZuries bit