Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-17
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b sLACkERIN
GRAPHIC DIARY
ia MAN WHO FAILED TO
ne DUTY. IN LIBERTY
Is Barred.
OTHERS MAY SUFFER
(hirker Experiences Torment
Finally srsaks Through
His Hard She'll.

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The following diary Of a
gker, written by G. N. Morr''
Remarkable human document.
little longer than the usual
! article, every reader who
II cent American will be In.
a. every line Of it,
\ BY c. M. Morrison.
H s, 1918. see there 10 to be
12I1 Liberty Loan raised in this
1t Ia the fourth one. ! think.
pay very much attention TO
Hers and l guess ! can get
this time without having to
be anything. made another
Mortgage loan today at Z per
11 Mn the Jason Smith farm. 1t
much of a loan. but you never
if III. The Smith boy is in the
hear. and maybe the interest
E11f1 2SSyEbe kept up. 1t is a good farm
4Sscould use 1t.
~. 26. was uptown today. All
Xix seems to be about this Lib.
n Loan and l am hoping that l a
lge to be away from home during
II of the campaign. understand
10 last until about Oct. s. or some.
like that, and II l can be away 1t
IfRysbe better. can't understand why
IN Of some property who has a
to accumulate some money
lid be asked to give 1t up to the
&krnment. Anyway, l don't believe
lar and l think 1t is foolish to have
&fisten to talk about the Germans
hing into this country and confis.
Ting property II We Americans
build be whipped. l am a pacifist.
7on't believe in war. especially In a
nv ~ where 1t is necessary for the peo'
~ who have money to buy bonds and
&bscribe to the Red Cross and buy
far Savings Stamps. 1t would not be
IS bad II l could buy the bonds away
BLOW par, at about 500 for a 800
J2ond.
81 MY wife keeps asking me how many
bonds ! am going to take. She seems
10 think that l don't know how to han
die money. l want at least Z per cent
for every dollar ! loan, no matter II 1t
Ia the government that wants to Dor
row. My dollars are my own. This
country did not give me n red cent.
] am going to do exactly as ! please
with what / have. and. anyway. ! have
some good loans lined up on some OF
the bottom farms around here and
they will SO through all right II can
persuade these farmers around not to
have anything to do with this Federal
Farm Loan Bank that Is interfering
with my loaning business.
The Bank Directors.
Sept. 81. There was q meeting OF
the directors Of the First National
Bank today andI was there. I thought
this was to be q regular directors
meeting. but the first thing ! knew
this Liberty Loan business came up.
managed to keep the meeting from
getting around to the point where eli
Of US would be required to sign up for
a certain amount Of bonds, but 1t was
hard work to do It.
The trouble is that the president o.
the bank knows Just about how much
ready money I can lay my hands OF
right now. ! wish l had taken 1t al
out Of the bank. had 1t changed into
gold and buried 1t somewhere on m,
place. As ! came through the .banl
after the meeting the president-hi:
uame Ia Watson and be is head Of thu
County Liberty Loan. Committee
stopped me and said. I'VE are count
ing on a good big subscription from
you this time. 1t seems that you were
missed in the other loans and >w'
want to put you down early In tn
game"
didn't say anything much and man
aged to get away. ! wonder II
wouldn't be q good plan for me to sub
scribe for one $50 bond. ! could wea
the Liberty Loan button then and nj
one could say a word. My wife IL stil
FOSTERING me about It., Everywhere
70 l hear something about this Libert.
Loan business. guess l won't b
able to leave town after all, and
don't believe It would do me any good
hs the Loan Committee seems to r.
member that l was out Of town durin
the other loan campaigns.
As / went down to get into my ca
to drive out to the place this afternoo'
j heard q half.grown boy say Stacker
Stacker, OLD. Man Stacker, where
0our Liberty Bond button?" wish
had q mortgage on his fathers place
AL day long ! have been dodging a IL
Of women who are trying to get bon
subscriptions. had to lock the doc
Of my office and sppear to be out
town. 1 know that ! failed to colles
some Interest payments because I ha
that door locked and the man with n
money went away. / finally had I
sneak down the back way. and whe
]. got to my car l found It almost ful
seemed like, of Liberty Bond foldel
and circulars. I am afraid tomorro
10 going to be = hard day. My wi!
Ald me that she was going to buy
bond herself. That will be all righ
She can pay for It, II she does. out {
her butter and egg money. and ! ga
take the bond and put It in my sal
: deposit vault and wear the button TN
.sha Will rat. That will beat taking 81