Evening journal., 1918-10-03
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. NO. 1902.
THE PRICE THEY PAY.

IBERTY is no cheap thing. It costs dearly. and is
l. worth all its price. Without liberty life is mere
existence civilization crumbles, humanity is blinded and
Injustice is rife Human beings love liberty. Some OF
them die for liberty. Some Of them fight for liberty.
some OF them endure untold hardships for liberty Some
Of them now are in the trenches In France Macedonia
Palestine and Italy for liberty. More are going.
Many Of them paid the highest price asked Of man
life.
Some Of them fell into the clutches OF the enemy Of
liberty. the Hun and they paid price almost unbe-
evably hard
The Germans took Private Hickman prisoner Of war.
When ne fell in their hands he weighed ti6 pounds.
Today five months later he weighs 9s That is how the
Huns starved their prisoner Of Tho Huns ampu-
tated one Of Hero Hlckmans legs without giving him
an anaesthetlc The only food they gave him was a
daily ration of bowl OF thin turnp and two slices
Of black bread.
Hickman paid for lbertyl
Private Swami has just been returned from German
prison camp While prisoner he operated with
out an anaesthetc and with nothing to case the pain
When the pain caused him to finch and cry out Ger
man nurse slapped him the face he Jay on the
operating table,
swami paid for liberty
Private Hawley was wounded in both legs before the
Huns took him. Gross neglect Of his wounds in the
prison camp rendered both legs absolutely useless.
Both could have been saved II the Huns had given him
but slight attention both shriyeed up TO the
size Of a childs arm.
Hswey paid for liberty
Now good people, we who stay at home and do not
risk the dangers Of the trenches "Over There
within the range of German never called upon TO
go the top and thrust bodies against the gleam
ing steel OF the German bayonet. going TO let
soldiers like Hickman and Swami and Hawley do all the
paying for lberty-ours well as thers2
Our government asks to help pay 1t takes money
to send the Hlckmans, Swanns Hawleys 10 fight the
Huns. It takes money TO clohe feed and arm them It
takes money TO bring them back from. German prison
camps and nurse them back to health
1t takes money to fight for liberty
You are asked to furnish this money.
You may do your share by subscribing for Liberty
Bonds now-ss much you have saved up and save
within the next six months by the closest personal
economy.
You are not asked to give your life nor your money
merely lending the latter that the torch Of
liberty may light your footsteps all the rest of your life
The money will be returned TO you with interest.
Here in Delaware Henry p Scott and his associates
are appealing to Delawareans to subscribe for those
bonds which represent the largest and Of the most
righteous war loans in human history
Those Liberty Loan workers. all volunteers. de-
serving Of your support Make their task easy as
possible for them.
End the war by supplying to the fighters from Della
ware and the other States and possessions the
money and the other things needed to end the Hun and
us hendsh desire to rule the world by brute force
The war tide has turned The Hun horde is being
fooeu Dack on the western and southern fronts Bul-
sSiS mas surrendered uncondtonally Turkey is being
ua'n % 70 iraz1e in Palestine and Macedonia a new
o'u "'r 'front.' Is being set in Russia and Germany's
sea power almost has been DESTROYED
Delawares allotment OF money a no ao.,,..s go.
the sale Of the bonds is needed TO holm on,s, ~, 80.
influenza or no influenza, it should be torthoof - |
quickly as possible in every district in our sta,e