Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-05-09


II TO the limit. Just as we are telling our
men In the trenches I'm Europe: Hold
that trench to the limit II you give your
life while doing it." (Applause)
Now. ] don't mean to say that OBJ
feet to the sale Of a government bond
in "A case Of necessity. ] know there are
times when you have misfortune In the
family. You may buy a bond and think
you intend to keep II. then sickness or
death NAV overtake the family or obliga-
tons may mature and Is necessary 70
realize on something. aEd you haven't
anything else you car realize on but a
government bond, whv, Of course, in
such cases. If you have gone the limit
in holding IT. and you can't hol3 II be-
cause imperative necessity forces you TO
sell it. nobody objects to That.
Must Not Waste.
You must hold your Government bond
because the Government wants you 70
save and u sacrifice and 10 economic IN
order that you may d. 50. Il is only by
savings and economy and sacrifices that
we can win this war. now I want to eX-
plain why il IS necessary. FoOG ~ ore
Of the scarcest things IN the world today.
We are eating strange bread these days.
which has constituents ana names ]
never heard of before. To help our SOL
diers in the fled now we must eat this
strange bread because we want TO save
wheat. and save wheat because Il is the
most concentrated form of food that ad-
mts of shipment in our vessels and yes
sells are scarce. Therefore, we must do
without wheat until our armies can be
fed and the civilian populations ever
there can be kept strong in turn so that
they may manufacture the things the
soldiers must have.
Now If you are going to economic in
food. don't waste things that is the
pont-and the less you waste the more
YOU save, and the more you save the
better eff YOU are, because you have
added that much to your wealth and you
H..
Government. II you have bought bonds,
and. above all, you are helping the cOun-
try in it's hour of peril. (Agplause).
Now. wool is scarce in the world. We
reed wool for the soldiers in the trenches.
They need socks. sweaters, undercloth
ing, blankets-God knows how much
those Door fellows do need when you
think of the suffering they endure IN all
kinds Of weather, day in and day out,
standing upon those frontiers of civiliza-
ton. bleeding and dying for you. ZAP
plause.) Is it asking any man or woman
in this great audience to make too greal
a sacrifice if you wear clothing until It
is threadbare these days? Is ii asking
you to do too much. to dispense with the
things that merely satisfy the vanity,
acknowledgements, these Gays wnen those
things are needed by our glorious sons?
WHY. no one Should wear no one should
buy, clothing made Of wool today, if they
can possibly avoid it, Why, the more
wool YOU leave free to be made up into
the more you enable us t. carry on this
fight.
NV friends. there is also a scarcity IF
leather in the world. Hides are scarce:
we are scra ping the race of the earth
today in order to make the shoe which
the bows need in the trenches. Why,
do YOU know what it means standing Ia
a trench out on that western fr0NG--and
IA trench isn't a parlor; trenches are
deep in mud running in water. and, in
cold weather. are filled with snow and
ice-Cut on the frontiers, the outposts or
freedom. with the strained eye and the
tense nerves of some grand American
son. probably of some noble Jackson
Mississippi, mother or father, CaDplausc1.
or locking out over No Mans Land look
ing out over No Mans Land watching for
the first sight OF a hostile approach Of
the barbarians. standing there perhaps
with insufficient clothing. and, above all,
perhaps. without the necessary shoes
Why. If you take leather here and put
into shoes YOU don't need, you may de-
prive that splendid son of an American
mother of the necessary shoes to keep his
feet warm. l tell you, my friends We
must take care of our lea ther supply in
order that not only may our soldiers
never get cold feet. but that the civilian
population never get cold feet too. Gap
Dlause).
Time to Wear Patches.
Why, If 1 were a man in an office. ]
would wear half-soled brooches and half
soled shoes these days. Uaughter). I
recommend that they are badges Of
and YOU release pair of breeches for an
American soldier. or pair of shoes to
keen his health and strength, isn't thar
reward enough? (Applause).
II | were a girl and a man came t.
see me with new suit of clothes on,
I would put him out of the house
Gaughter). And if he proposed 10 me.
would make him cross his legs and
ii l., Il. -.
would reject him. Gaushterl. Now.
ladies and gentlemen there is a touch
Ct humor in that. and yet l am speak
ing to you i'll all seriousness. / don't
pXaggerate the conditions conformity. the
world TODAY. and that is the reason it is
, so necessary for every man, woman and
child to avoid waste, to economiZe ana
save to the limit in order that We may
keep our armies going; and while doing
that. don't you see you are lettering
your own condition all the time? The
money you save you can lend to Your
Government on matchess security. and
be COMPENSATED for the use Of the money
1T the rate of 4 Ia per cent Do you
risk anything? Do you take any chance?
Think what the American boy does when
he goes out, Does he ask that his life
he protected, as you are your money!
Does he ask that he be guaranteed any
particular consideration? Not bit of it.
We don't have to go out soliciting him;
he goes out with the love of liberty in
his soul. with that fervent and matchless
patriotism that makes him glad to give
his life for his country. (Applause).
What sacrifice is it that you make, az
compared to his. when you exercise the
privilege of lending your money to the
Government. Why. that American boy
is doing something which makes any
thing you do behind the lines fade into
Utter and absolute insgnificance. ZAP
plause).
A Noble Sacrifice.
had a letter the other day from a
woman. a splendid American woman, ana
want to read it TO you.
We passed a great insurance law, with
the sanction of your great commander
in-chief. l had the privilege to propose
this great law for the insurance q the
lives of our soldiers and sailors, and for
making allowances to the dependent
wives and children of those splendid men
when they have gone to the front. Ot
all the things that have been done in
this great war the thing that the great
American nation may feel most proud of.
aside from the fight it is making for the
ideals of America. is this splendid piece
OF human and noble legislation, the like
of which was never passeG by any otner
nation in the world. (Applause)
Our soldiers couldn't get life insurance
with the life insurance companies. They
told me that they would charge SIS per
thousand, or $3.50 year, for a $4,000