Licking Valley courier., 1918-05-23
GUMPTION, ~H~
Which is plain Common Sense in United States
language without Educational Furbelows.
BY L. II. THOVERMALE.

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some brave boy back from the
trenches holds up before you the
armless sleeve and says: Il
gave that arm that you might
stay at home in peace and tran
guilty with your family and pur-
sue your mOney-making schemes.
Out there in France, under the
little wooden crosses, lie other
Morgan county boys who have
given even more for you," you
will pray, in your shame, for the
mountains and rocks to fall on
you. Maybe the boys arm could
have been saved if the Red Cross
hospital had been better equip
ed, and perhaps some of the boys
under the little wooden crosses
might be alive but for the lack
of surgical dressings, and maybe
the few dollars that you didn't
give would have supplied these
things. Think of these things
now and act now so that your
conscience will not lash you.
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Because of some necessary re-
strictions by the Food Admins
tration, in regard to grinding
wheat, some farmers in Morgan
county are complaining and say
that they will not SOW wheat for
another crop. The farmer who
is so unpatriotic as to carry out
such a threat has not recognized
his duty to his country at all and
is deliberately Stacker. The
object of the rule limiting the
grinding to thirty days supply is
to force the farmers surplus in
to the market, the rule limiting
the family consumption to six
pounds per month for each indi-
vidual is to secure a wider dis
tribution of the flour.
If the farmers of Morgan will
still increase their acreage of
wheat this year in proportion to
the increase of the last three
years, the 1919 crop will supply
the needs of the county. Then,
under proper control, the farmer
can sell his wheat to the mill in
full assurance that he can buy
flour When he needs It. Instead
of needing the German sugges-
tion that they SOW no wheat, the
farmers ought to plan for a crop
of wheat big enough to supply
Morgan county's needs. That
is the patriotic thing to do. By
so doing it will save for the SOL
diers just the amount we produce.
Let US face the truth about the
war, and face it unfinchingly.
There Is no hope of the war end
ing this year or next. 1t is pos.
sible that it may continue for a
great many years. Certain it is
that it is going to require every
effort that we can put forth to
win. And it is equally true that
the more we cooperate and the
more we sacrifice the sooner we
will win. Again | say, the win
ming of the war depends on you
and on me. Not on Morgan
county, nor on Kentucky, but up.
on the individuals in Morgan
county and in Kentucky. The
merchant should feel that his
business is being run to win the
war instead of for the building
up profits, the manufacturer
should create for war, the farm
es should plant and reap to wir
the war, everybody should work
and sacrifice to win the war.
And all this should be done will
ing and gladly. Can you con
celve OF a nobler thing than max
ing sacrifices for your country
Is not that feeling of soul tina
follows every righteous act O.
sacrifice worsh more to you thar
the.thing sacrificed?
No man can be a Christian VIII,
is not a patriot; no man can be
patriot who puts self above hi
country.
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The American people have onl,
one business-that business i
WAR TO VICTORY.
Greear, KY, May 5, 1918.
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