The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-08-29
INCIDENTALS
R. M.

1--WE OF the Liberty Loan Commit
tee, with headquarters at the FEEDER
al Reserve Bank in Kansas City, was
in the city Thursday night. He has
been in Southwestern Oklahoma,
looking over conditions and gathering
data in regard to making quotas for
the next Liberty Loan campaign.
He reports the country pretty dry.
He held district meetings at Pratt
and Dodge City, Friday and Satur-
day. We may expect to hear what
our quota is to be in a short time.
You have seen him. Physically fit,
yet mentally reluctant; admits that
he is patriotic and declares loudly
his faithfulness to his country which
he traverses with no fear of bombs
and shrieking shells; talks conserva-
ton, but denies himself not thing
available; doesn't like the wheat sub
stitutes; he insists that he must
have more sugar than the allowance
believes the Food Administration is
an institution of aggravation; talks
much, does little; threatens to buy
government securities to the limit,
but doesn't; says he would enlist,
but never mentioned it until the gov
eminent ruled that there would be no
enlistments pending the coming
draft; wears Red Cross button that
cost him not more than five, and per-
haps a dollar on every occasion, ex-
pecting it to admit him in the society
that gives with a bounteous hand !;
that gives wit ha bounteaus hand /;
protests against sugar, -four and
coal regulations with a painful wall
that's one of the characters in
this wartime drama.
And here is the other, which is
told by the "Stars and Stripes" in
France:
"He was smiling, but pale, when
they wheeled him ina black haired
youth of 20-and he was still smil-
ing when they tenderly transferred
him to a cot after the doctors had
counted seven machine gun bullet
wounds, one in the ankle, three in
the side and three in his chest.
When Y. M. c. A. man brought the
writing paper through the ward he
took piece and asked for pencil.
An attendant found him dead half
an hour later with the beginning of
a letter in his hand:
"Dear Mother: We made an attack
on the Germans today and drove
them five miles. l am in hospital
tonight. was slightly wounded in
the leg"
The Logan Republican tells this
on a colored fellow of that town:
One of the colored soldier boys got
off a good one at the depot the other
day when a crowd was there to bid
them good-by. "What are you doin'
here; are you-all's goin' to Camp
Funston with u.s." asked the colored
soldier. "No, guess not" answered
the home boy, 81 am not in the call"
"Oh, l see, you are in class B, amt
your" "Class B; what class is that?"
"Why, Class B" said the Stewart,
"means that you will B here when we
go, and will B here when we come
back"
There is a call for carpenters and
common laborers at Nashville, Ten
nessee. Laborers receive 35 cents
per hour, time and half overtime.
Carpenters 60 cents per hour and
time and a half for overtime. Call
at Chamber of Commerce, the re-
cruiting station for labor.
T. T. +
The farmers generally have the
right idea about the labor business
in that they are organizing a COM
munity labor combination and it is
working very nicely. Trading work
is another way to relieve the help
situation.
About the time we usually have a
fair, the Fourth Liberty Loan will
come this year, and therefore the
fair will not be held. Must prepare
to meet the demand for the coming
Liberty Loan.
Several Of the streets of the city
will have to be closed if the weeds
are not removed. Many places the
weeds are pushing the citizens off
the sidewalks and there is but little
room in the streets for the autos,
wagons, dogs and the people to pass