Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-07-24
WINNING THE WAR.

If our soldier boys dclibcratcd as
'cng over doing their duty as some
O. our people at home hesitate over
doing thcirs, the victory would be
coubtiul.
1t is 4 sort Of financial c0wardice
SO hesitate 20 put your money in Uni
ted States government securities, and
70 deliberate over the wisdom and
patriotism Of tho investment is to
Hesitate in supporting our soldiers.
Hold Your Liberty Bonds
TO successfully finance the war it
/, necessary that owners OF Liberty
bonds hold their bonds if possible.
where for any good reason it is nee
"'sary for them to turn their bonds
1nto cash they should seek the advice
81 their bankers
Liberty Loan Bonds are very de-
3trahlc Investments, and crafty indi-
VldualS are using various means to
secure them from owners not famil-
>or with stock values and like mat
lcrs. One method is to offer to en-
change for Liberty Bonds stocks or
bonds Of doubtful organizations rep
Hoscntcd as returning a much higher
income than the bonds.
There are various other methods
used and likely to be used, some Of
the gold-brck variety and others less
crude and probably within the limits
OF the law. All offers for Liberty
bonds except for money and at mar
het value should be scrutinized care
fully. The bonds are the safest of
Investments and have non-taxable
and other valuable features.
To hold your Liberty Bonds, if
possible, is patriotic. To consult
your bankers before selling them is
Mise. x,,y>x,ss
Tho Souls of Corporations.
There Is an old axiom Of English
law that corporations have no souls.
'yhc manner in which thousands of
corporations have given their ser
wees and their means to the Liberty
Loan, to tho Red Cross. and to the
Y.M.C.A. and to other national et-
forts during this war seems to dis
prove the truth OF the saying.
The Congress Of the United States
seems to have adopted the view that
a corporation may have Il soul, since
ii has a thorizcd national banks to
contribute to the American National
0tcd Cross out OF any net profits
available under the law for the dec
hraiion OF dividends. Th" law lur-
thcr provides that funds so cCItrib-
ntcd shall he used by the Red Cross
in furnishing voluntary aid to tic
sick and wounded OF the combatan,
armies. the voluntary rclicf OF the
army and navy Of the United States.
and the RELIEF OF the suffering caused
ny the war to the people Of the lni-
The Railroad and the Farmer.
The United states railroad Admin
jStrat ION has established Il depart
mcnt TO be known as the AGRICULTURAL
be to look after the relations between
the railroads and the Department Of
Agriculture. It's purpose is to give
all 'pOssiblc assistance to the aGri-
cultural development Of the country.
The extension work Of the Depart
mcnt Of Agriculture and the stimu.
lation Of agriculture, especially in
relation to transportation, will be
assisted as much as possible by the
new section.
Individual RcSpOnSiblity.
This war is to be won not by one
man or ono thousand men or ono
million men, or one million people.
IT is to be won by tho united efforts
Of the individuals Of many nations.
Every American citizen has an in
divihual duty to perform, an indi-