The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-02-01
The legislature refused to repeal
the law creating State taxing board
by a vote oil 80 to "a.
We Must Sacrifice.

country to conserve evrything in
the way of food with which to
win this war. Not only must the
fighting energy Of our men, the
effectiveness of our war machine
and the skill of our air men be
directed to this end. but the food
force of the entire country must
be employed to sustain our SOL
diers and their associates battling
for the success of common
cause across the seas. We must
feed our allies and encourage
them with men, munitions and
military prowress on the battle
fields and in the trsnches.
We must employ every energy
to produce more food and then
conserve it by strict and intelli-
gent economy.
This article will not reach the
nation at large, for few of the
people will read it. 1t is intended
for the people of this vicinity.
many of whom are readers OF
this paper. These people inhabii
small part of this country, but
it is a part of this nation. They
live in one of the most pr0duc-
tive sections of the country. and
are distinctly an agricultural peo-
pie. being as patriotic as any pe0-
pie anywhere under the sun.
They need only to know what
service our country requires OF
them and they will 90 the limit
in service and sacrifice. The call
to them at this time is to give
their young men to battle while
those who are left behind must
bend their efforts to the produc-
ton of more food. The call is
not tn the men alone but also to
the women CT eyerv age and con-
dition. If need be, they must take
up The iabors of the fields along
with the men who are left with
part of the battle to fight. They
must grasp the plow handles.
WELD the hoe and help to drive
the farm machinery as the neces-
sity may demand of them. Their
ancestors failed not to share the
hardships of war. The women
of today have not lost any of that
patriotic spirit. nor will they shirk
any service however onerous,
which duty to their country may
demand of them. The German
empire has become arbitrary and
arrogant: 1t is mad with the con-
sciousness that it could wage war
nearly four years and not be
wiped off The map. The decep-
ton has made it proud and insO-
lent. Its attitude makes the con-
test a war of might that will con-
tinue until force brings the en-
pire to its knees. Might as well
as right is with the American and
allied armies. There can be no
question as to the outcome of an
issue where right and might are
associated on the one side and
oppression and wrong on the 9TH
er. The issue lies not in the GER
tainty of our success. but in the
time, the cost. the sacrifice and
the suffering it will take to &C.
c0mplish it. 1t may be much
and the time may be long-none
can measure correctly at this
time. 1t were sensible to COM
pute the time in years and the
cost in blood, dollars, sacrifice
and suffering.
The end, however, is sure
success will be with the allied
arms in one year. five years OF .
dozen years-that is1as it will be.
Our duty is to fight one, ten or
twenty years until it does come
and democracy shall be assured.
Every energy is to be employed.
every resource is to be used and
intelli9ently directed to produce
more f0od-fo0d to be econo-
mically conserved 90 . to apply
much Of il to the sustenance oil
our allies ACROSS the seas Thu
y the way 10 win the war. We
must economic IN wheat and
fn1as these are the scarce foods oil
- World the foods that are
mool pooenf il producing iorceI
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