Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-03
The Cost the Value

i the llb W.,ioh people uL 1u1
United States did this Liberty
/ and Freedom come?
How many Of the people Of
| this Nation whose Mothers,
Fathers, Sisters, Brothers, Sons
or Daughters gave, in part or
whole, any one of the above
prices for the Liberty and Free
dom all of US are privileged to
enjoy?
Inherited o. To besure we in
herited it, Fortunately there are
some, a very small per cent,
though, who have paid the price
and for that reason have a more
intimate knowledge of the cost,
and a greater appreciation of the
value.
AS rule, we can very easily
! learn the names of those who
have, directly and Indirectly, paid
the price of Liberty and Free
dom, by scanning the record of
the names Of those who have
and are paying the price re-
quired to preserve this Liberty
and Freedom.
Can it truthfully be said that
we have not the proper apprecia-
ton Of the value of the priv
leges that came to us through
the great sacrifices, Of even life
itself, of our maternal and pater-
nal grandparents. Have we for
gotten the price they paid, not
so much that they might enjoy,
but that we and ours might be
spared the prices and enjoy the
great privileges.
Are we ungrateful to them.
when the privilege they bought
at such an enormous cost and
which we have and enjoy by
reason of simply having inherited
it, If we are slow and Indifferent
in supporting efforts to preserve
these privileges for our children
and our childrens' chiIdrpn2
Will we support the efforts
now being made to forever
eliminate the menace to such
privileges as we own by reason
of our forefathers having bought
them with their lives? Most as.
suredly we will-to the last man,
the last ear of corn and last
pound of meat and then some.
We will do it now, too.
We are beginning to get a
glimpse Of the handwriting on
the wall. We have been, we
admit, somewhat Indifferent in
our support of the efforts, which
was due to the fact that we were
so busy at home that we lust did
not try to see whittier we were
drifting-We forgot that the peo-
pie of the United States are the
governmental the United States.
We will not longer say by our
actions-"Go On, Boys" it is to
be Come On, Boys" Our fore
fathers of Revolutionary fame
were a little slow in getting
started, but once they did start
they went all the way; when
the history is written of the man.
ner in which we, of today, sup
ported the army we sent to
France in protection of our
homes, our liberty and freedom,
it, too, will show that we were
slow in getting started but that
when we did start-the record
of our forefathers was equaIed.
We will convince one and all
of our appreciation of the value
of the inestimable privileges our
ancestors bought for us, even if
we did inherit them. We will
feed the boys in France the best
of food and plenty of tiff we
back here at home do work on
half-rations. We will clothe the
boys in France with the best and
warmest of clothing and plenty
Of it too, if we back here have to
wear patches and patches only.
We will supply the boys in
France with an abundance of the
best in arms, ammunition, aero
planes, motor trucks, hospital
and ambulance service-in fact
each and everything essential to
their comfort, safety, protection
and ability to stop the Huns.
We are going to loan our money
to our (selyes) government that
the boys in France may not suf-
fer for anything that money will
get; we are going to buy Liberty
Bonds, Thrift Stamps, give to
the Red Cross and Y, M. c. A.
We are going to do our Best
and see that tomorrow's best is
more than yesterdays. H. P.
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