French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
WHO WILL WISH TO HANG HIMSELF?
Saddest Chapter of History Records Judases Who After
The War Went Out and Hanged Themselves.
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to benefit the enemy; or he worked
for personal aims first. which withheld
the support from the Government that
gave the advantage to the enemy.
If his crime be that of a Stacker 1t
may not mean that he resisted the
draft and refused to serve in some
branch of the army or navy, only, but
1t may mean that he refused to serve
at the smaller tasks at home to which
he was called. Perhaps 1t did not suit
his convenience to comply with Wa
measures,-to observe meatless and
Yheatless days, to consume less coal
to refrain from unnecessary expendi-
lures that he might have mouey to
loan the Government by buying lib
erty Bonds or War Savings Stamps,
or, perhaps, he was called on to give
OF his time and services. and sacrifice
personal pleasures and desires for q
time, none of which he has the record
Of doing.
And If it should be for the reason
that he was a profiteer,-made money
out of the war,-it is likely that 1t
can that he drove hard bargains
with the Government and took advan-
tage OF the country's ~exigencies, OF
that he competed with the Govern
lei in using for private gains the
labor and material needed for fight
ing the war, or that he refused to
lend hts money to the Government by
buying War Savings Stamps and Lib
erty Bonds for the reason he preferred
to use it in private investments which,
he said, would net him bigger divi-
dends.k -
Is it any wonder when q man reads
his credit sheet after the war Is over
and finds there no statement of any
personal service rendered, no gifts or
loans OF money, no instances OF in
convenience or sacrifices made for his
cOuntry's cause,-is it any wonder that
he will wish to 80 out and hang him
self? ,
AZ to credIt-Do We Deserve TT
II VI ave and thereby better our
financial position and at the same
time help our Government win the
war, are we deserving Of credit?
When Uncle Sam asks US to save to
help win the war he asks us to do
ourselves a great favsT; and yet, sim.
ply because the need is great and the
appeal urgent, and because the ma
ton pleads with US to do this simple
thing, We are prone to look upon 1t a.
. great favor to the country, and to
stick feathers In our hats and 20 strut
ting around because we granted II.
It's patriotic, all right. It helps the
country-not only now, but later: mo-
only for the war, but for he trial OF
national fiber that comes after the
War-but it helps us even more.
And 1t is so easy, so much more
helpful to ourselves than to the coun.
try, SO small a thing to do
with what our boys in arms are doing
that 1t really is a joke to pin roses on
ourselves for doing it.
Lest We Forget to Do Our Part.
Please God, our love Of life Is not
% priced as love Of right. In this
renaissance Of our country's valor. We
who will edge the wedge Of her aa.
saultp make calm acceptance OF ita
hazards. For as, the steel-sweot
trench. the ~stttfening cold-wearfness.
hardship, worse. For you. for whom
we 90, you millions safe at home
what for you? We shall need clothes
for our bodies and apo for opr
lands. We shall need terribly and
without failure supplies and equip
ment IN a stream that is constant and
n~eVer-ending. From you. who are our
and reliance, who are the
heir n hope of that humanity for
which we smite and strive, must come
these things"
lSigned) CITIZEN SOLDIER.
NO. zbs Unidentified Districtl Ne.
tional Army.