The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-06-21
WHY I SHOULD BUY
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.

WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.
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written by Thomas Herbert Watsonl
All over the country real patriots
are buying war savings stamps, yes
there are many who still ask the
question, why should | buy war
savings stamps. Instead of asking
this question they should be saying
I should buy and l will buy wa:
savings stamps because it is my
duty. My duty to whom? First, to ny
country. Although my country has
asked me to buy Liberty bonds AND
| have bought, although it has asked
me to give my brother or son and
have given, still in the same cause
if asks me to buy War Savings
Stamrs and I should buy them. w
country is in a time Of great peril
and in time when everything counts
no matter how small, and if it sees
fit tc ask NE to buy war savings
STAMPS. then I. as a loyal citizen,
mist buv them. 1t is a good saying
that chain is as good as its weak
est ink and since our government
has made war savings stamps link
in IFS war chain, then I should do
nv best to make this link as strong
as possible. Then too, Should thlnk
Of the call to buy war avings stamps.
# nv country called me to fight anc
| was able to do so, would l refuse
No. fer what wotad l be then? 4
Stacker, the most abhorred person III
, America t-d2y. Yet in the true sense
Of the word. I am just as much
Stacker if I refuse to buy war saw
ings. stamps as I am if / refuse to
fight
Again there is my duty to our
+rooos should be worse than
murderer if | should not do my par
to back up the men, my fellow cltlzena
, who have offered their lives to pro-
tect their country and me. This war
! will depend largely on the equipment
of the two armies 1t would be mere
i5utchery to send our brave soldiers
out to fight without the necessary
eouirment. This equipment take7
great sums of money, and it is up to
the citizens Of the Uunfted States to
supply this money, and |, as a citizen
must do nv share Equipment takes
not only money, but also materlai.
If | keep wasting materials Wnlcn
, are needed for the equipment OF ou:
army it will soon be impossible to
equip them. Therefore | should CD
without every unnecessary thing ana
with the money saved buy war sa?-
ings stamps. In this way | would ba
serving a double purpose. For when
.. T hought war savings stamps, it would
mean not only money given but also
material saved. Another great factor
in this war is the spirit of the SOL
diers. And we learn from those VINO
have had experience at the front tna-
nothing renews the spirit of the SOL
diers in the trenches so much as tc
hear that we are backing them up tC
the last dollar and to the last man.
War savings stamps present gooo
7 chance for everybody to show Where
he stands. And in order that the re-
mort of the purchase of war savings
stamps my cheer our boys l mus
do my bit by buying war savings
stamps. Still another duty is my
duty to my state Already our state
has been numbered among those whc
have failed to respond heartily t0
the cali to buy war savings stamps.
If hold my state at all dear. | should
help to lift her up and restore he:
to her place of honor.
Aside from these duties, there are
parsonal gains. numerous and great.
which call me to buy war savings
stamps. If wish to be successful
I must save, for according to James
T. Hill. "The test of success is the
ability to save" War savings stamps
present an easy method for saving.
for no matter what amount of money