Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-04-17
APPEAL FOR BOND BUYERS.
Our Nation Calls for Every Ono to
Measure Up to Duty.

| opinions? IT tho Lord be God, fol-
low Him: but if Ba-al, then follow
him."
AS American liberty loving people,
we have come to the parting Of the
| ways. There are but two ways: we
must make choice, each for himself,
| Individually, and for the unborn mil
lions that may follow.
! About forty years ago, His Satanic
! Majesty carried the Emperor OF Ger
J many out into the wilderness and up
on the highest mountain top, and
! showed him, not only poor little Bel
! gium and France and England, but,
looking away across the Atlantic to
a land that was discovered over 400
years ago, and settled by peoples
! weary Of burdens and oppression,
and seeking land where they could
establish government where all
would be tree aad equal---waere the
humbleSt child could have a chance
to ho c'mal with his NOR. Fortunate
brother-said, Fall down and wor-
ship me, and all these shall be
yours and, imbued with the spirit
Of his Satanic Majesty, and in keep
! ing with his Majesty's counsel, the
Emperor Of Germany began to pre-
pare and to teach his subjects The
way. Satan Oeuueathed to the
Kaiser OF Germany tho spirit or
greed, Of oppression---the idea ti.at
might makes ri.,hl. For over forty
years his Satanic Majesty kept the
fire burning in the heart OF tho Kai-
ser. until 1911 it burst into flame,
and casting aside all agreements as
scraps Of paper, he turned loose his
dogs Of war upon the nations of Eu-
~ kfrE Il
and plumber of Belgium and France,
and with the blood Of innocent wo-
men and children, he invaded the
rights of all neutral nations upon the
high seas, numbering our women and
children: and to-day we can almost
hear the thunder Of his guns.
One year ago the President of the
United States. Woodrow Wilson, was
forced to say to Germany: 1--WE can
not and we will not stand for such
treatment any longer. We do not
want war; we want peace, but hon-
orable peace. We are Deace-loy-
ing people; we do not know the
ways Of war, but we will learn, The
proud sons Of America will meet you
IT need be. in battle; they will meas
ure their strength with your
strength; they will battle against you
for freedom and humanity until you
have been subdued. We will meet you
ten million strong. We know for
, what we are fighting, and in Whom
| we trust"
We are now fully at the parting OF
: the ways. Choose ye this day whom
; you will serve Ye must be for
us or against us; there is absolutely
, no neutral ground. You are with the
! United States in the great struggle,
or You are with the Kaiser; you
nave chance as never before to
| show your loyalty and patriotism.
Your government is asking you to
lend your money-some Of the money
YOU have made through the effects of
! the war on the prices OF cotton, corn,
hogs and cattle. You have made
| hundreds Of dollars more than YOU
had dared to expect last spring When
You planted your cotton you did not
expect over 5 cents; you received
from 20 to 30 cents; you are getting
S2 Tor your corn and 35 cents for
your bacon. Are You willing to loan
your government part OF this, that
we may vigorously prosecute the
war?
Remember, we stand at the part
Ing Of the ways. When the Apostle
Paul was being carried to Rome there
came great storm; the ship was
tossed from side to side upon the
waves; the sailors, who of all men
should have stood at their posts in
time of peril, began to lower the
boats as If to leave the old ship. But
the great man cried out, "Stop!" and
said, Except they abide in the ship,
they will all perish" win we leave
the good old ship now. or will we
stand at our post and help to steer
her straight and with power into the
very teeth of the wind?
This Is a time for action. II your
home was on fire, would you sit
quietly by while your neighbor ex-
tinguished the flames avl saved your
property, your wife and children?
Would you sit and watch the brave
firemen take your wife and children
from the burning building, and make
yourself believe that you should just
be neutral-sit down and let some
one else do the work? The boys i'm
khaki will unfiinchngly do their
part: and while they are the very
tlower OF the land. their part consists
in submitting themselves to the "bap-
tism OF fire." Thousands OF them
will be called upon to shed their last
drop Of blood, and many---very many
will find their last resting place on
foreign soil-far away from the
home they loved as we'll as you love
yours.
TO win this war our soldiers, and
those Of our allies, must be fed and
clothed: they must have guns and
muniticns. and any one who with
holds his help or fails to measure up
to his full duty has but a poor con-
hn