French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-23
AN APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM.

This is "Red Cross Week." so
designated by the President of the
United States and the Governor of
North Carolina. It is a call to patrl-
otto endeavor in the real sense of the
term. The purchase of Liberty bonds
and War Saving certificates is good
business. Every dollar thus expend-
ed will be returned with interest.
About the only classes that have not
profited thus far, financially, on &C
count of subscribing to government
securities are: First the soldiers
and sailors who have UNSELF1SH-
LY subscribed and dedicated their
lives to the service of country; Sec
ond, the w~age-earners and those be-
| longing to the clerical forces who
must remain at tasks with no salary
raise to meet the e~ighty-fve to ninety
per cent increase in the cost of living,
and vet who UNSELFISHLY stint
themselves to buy a 50-dollar Liberty
bond, or a fve-dollar War Saving GER
tifcate. These men and women are
the real patriots of the day, for pa
! triotism means sacrifice that is felt;
sacrifice that hurts.
"The Red Cross and the Young
Mems Christian Association are very
necessary adjuncts of Uncle Sans
fighting machine. Theirs is the all
important work of relieving distress,
restoring the waste of val and as
sisting in maintaining the morale of
our own troops and the troops and
peoples of our allies" says President
Wilson. Both of these institutions
have demonstrated the supreme need
for their existence in hundreds of
thousands of instances since the war
began. The boys in the trenches, on
the battlefelds and in the training
camps bear testimony to the useful
mission of the Red Cross nurse and
the Christian benevolence of the Y.
M. c.. A. workers. The administra-
ton or relief, both at home and
abroad, has been worth the sacrifice
a thousand times over.
During the week beginning last
Monday the American people are ask
ed to raise $10O,00O,00O for the re-
lief measures proposed by the Red
Cross, both at home and abroad Not
a single dollar contributed to this
cause will come back to the giver in
"the coin of the realm" but "some
poor suffering, struggling soldier it
may rescue, it may save" The mis-
sion of the Red Cross is one of COM
passion. It's messengers of mercy ap-
proach the very jaws of death in
their wonderful work of giving aid
and succor to the suffering soldier.
Not only this, they administer to the
aged and homeless men, women and
children in Belgium, France and
Italy, who have been driven from
their fresides by heartless German
soldiers, and seek to nurse them
back to health and a measure of hap
,piness. The men in camp, in transit
and in the trenches have the care and
protection Of the American Red Cross
from the time they leave home until
they return, or meet a heroic death
on the field of conquest. The rapid
increase in number of our soldiers in
France renders the need for $780,
1t means that the facilities for the i'm
mediate relief and care of the Ameri-
can soldiers abroad must be increas-
ed. The fighting spirit of our sol
diers and those of our allies must be
maintained and the Red Cross must
be financially prepared to deal with
unexpected emergencies at all times:
North Carolina is called upon to
contribute six hundred thousand dol
lars this week to the 100, 100000
dollar fund needed by the Red Cross
to enable it to continue it's work of
saving human life and maintaining
the spirit of our fighting men. The
money you give will yield big returns
in allaying pain, restoring happiness
and r~e-creating usefulness for your
own boys and those who are fighting
with them in order that America may
continue to be a fit place in which
good people may live in happiness
and contentment. This Red Cross
drive presents a test of patriotism.
Henderson county is asked for only
$4,000. What will your answer be?
DELNO CORN KICKED BY MULE.