The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-08-29

wheat. and last spring nnde up hi.
nind to devote not less than one third
or the proceeds 10 the war. This one
family Is planning TO subscribe $1,000
for the fourth Liberty loan. and II
all goes well, will be able TO pay
down nearly half the amount.
A Horde OF Huns at Your Door.
You know what they would do 10
you and FOUR wornen-a fate far worse
than death. You know how Huns have
lald bare he countryside they have
conquered--no animal or plant nj.
lowed to survive. ever trees and vines
cut OFF close to the ground. Rural
homes demolished, barns burned.
You know how the Boches enslave
the turner's of Belgium, Poland. the
Ukraine. Words cannot depict the
horror OF Il.
To prevent the same thing happen.
Ing right here to you and your fam.
lily. 10 your own community. state
and nntlon-thnt Is what our boys are
fighting for "over there"
It ls n question Of right over might !
Shall liberty be destroyed by slavery?
This Is the question the war Is 10 nm.
swcr for you and me and for genera.
lions yet unborn,
This final struggle for the survival
Of the fttest among humans demands
every ounce Of our energy. every cent
Of u money. Noble men and WON.
Of are pntrioticaiy devotIng some o.
all Of their time, without money and
without price. TO help Uncle Sam win
II victory. Others are giving prOduc"
or money tn the good cause. Millions
Of our henlthicst young men, the very
seed of the nee, are sacrificing their
lives that you and ! and others nay
live In peace.
The very least that each OF ls n
do nov Is to lend our money 10 Uncle
Sam so that he will have the funds
with which to fight. The war Is cost
Ing billions. The only way the gov.
eminent can get the money Is to Dor
row II from the people or tax II ont
Of them. The more the pubic lends
TO tho government. the less taxes II
VIII nave 10 pay.
You can help In this crisis by sub
scrlblng to the fourth Liberty loan.
These government bonds are the safest
investment on earth. They are abso-
lutcly good. They yield good interest.
You can get your interest money twice
II year. II you have to use your prin.
cipal. you can sell your bond any min.
ute. or you can use II ms security M
the bank to borrow for temporary
wants. The latter Is the better way,
because II doesn't help the government
my for you to sell your bond or for
somebody else To buy your bond. Get
your bond direct from the government
then your money goes direct to the
government md will y used by II "a
pay the wages Of sol,V rrs and sailors
and I o furnish The ships and munitions
with which they shall win the vic.
tory.
Must DC Our Best.
II is up to each of us to DO o our
bit but our best. It's n question al
life or death. Simplify. e%conomlzc, GO
without things. so thnt the effort, time,
thought and money thus saved may he
transmitted into the things that shall
enable the American flag to fly over
Berlin-.a symbol Of the new civilian
ton which is to insure pence through
victory
In our rural homes, on n farms. In
the trenches, In other branches Of scrv'
Ice, In subscriptions to the Liberty
bonds and War stamps, our American
farmers have repeatedly gone over the
top. Their efforts, their patriotism,
their loyalty, have been universally
recognized. Now In this fourth Lib
crty loan ri rural folks will show
the same generous confidence In tho
eternal principles Of human liberty and
OF self government that were cham
pIoncd by those MiddlcseX farmers
"Thcir flags to April breeze unfurlcd
Who fired the shot heard round the
world"