Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-03
BONDS OF LIBERTY
BY DAN TUMPklNS

AS MIR. Mckee we'll said in the
last issue of The Journal. jackson
had a larger proportion of voluntary
enlistments than any county in
North Carolina. These boys are not |
participating in the Third Liberty |
Loan. But for the excellent reason
that they invested every dollar that |
they could spare from their pay in
the second loan. last fall. The aver
age monthly pay OF the boys in the
Camps is, would say. somewhere
in the neighborhOod Of $500. Prac-
tically every one of the Jackson
county boys. along with multiplied
thousands of others. bought from
| to S fifty dollar bonds. 1t is indeed
gratifying to the boys to read the
list in The Journal of the subscribers
to the Third Liberty Loan among
the folks back home. 1t is substan-
tial proof of the pledges made to
us when we left last summer that
you would back US to the last dollar.
But pleasing as is the success 50
far attained. it is not enough. We
should every one hang our heads in
shame it Jackson fails to 30 over
the top with the full quota. If it
were possible to bring home to
every man and woman in the coun-
ty the full significance of the war,
what it means to every one of us
and to our county. with sense Of
personal responsibility. the quota OF
the county would be over subscrib-
ed. and MIR. Mckee and the banks
would have to hire extra clerks to
take the subscriptions to the loan
| as they come pouring in.
1t is not a question Of whether
the loan will be fully subscribed
but whether have done my part
The fight on the Western front is
still in progress with growing in
tensity. and we must all admit that
it has been going too much in favor
of the Germans. 1t only means that
we have to take another notch il
Our belts. grit our teeth and renew
our efforts Every day the burder
! of the war will fall more heavil,
upon America, America, the lant
to which the world looks for tn,
a. salvation of civilization, of demo
! cracy. of Christianity itself.
The boys are hurryine eastward t,
the western front as fast as train!
l. and ships can carry them, and sooI
n we know not how soon, the boy
h who paraded the streets of Sylv
: . that day last July will be numbers
% among those somewhere in France
e Francs and England must hOl
y the Hun until until America Get
d into action, America must driv
him back across the Rhine and ri
~ - the world for all time of Autocrac
~ which would rule mankind with tn
N rule of might
lg The boys will turn the trick prt
he vided you will do your part. W
=, are asked 10 meet the Hun on tt
- - field of battle. You are to lend yol
~ money to the government with il
terest at 4 1-2 per cent. If you ia
US now, how can you Look al
member of the Army Of Liberty
the face when that army return
q from France triumphant in Il
Il greatest cause to which men ha,
~ ever had the opportunity of ded
", eating themselves?
aga Last fall one of the OF
he ganiZatiOns of the Oh
asst Hickory Division marc1
to ing in the Liberty P;
,e' ,n rade had a banner wit
est t Ii i inscription: "51
Men. 511 Bonds Sold. /
ing you expect us to fig
'''e lug the war and finance
, . tOO?" How about i
%, Where do you stand'
Of Prussia planned at one sweep
m wipe out the progress that m
dox kind has made toward freedom ail
,uaa the dawn of history and 10 ensl:
tesr the world. which would plunge
6ns manity back into the dark ages |
y followed the fail of Rome at
l.