The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-04-25
GEN. HANNAH GIVES
VICTORY LOAN DRIVE
ENTHUSIASTIC START
HEARD BY SPLENDID AUDIENCE
OF LINEN OF MAuRY" FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
CHALLENGES LOYALTY OF PEOPLE
Told the Hoys to go Ahead" Now
It Is the Duty of the People to
Make Good That Pledge by "Finish-
ing the job"

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Before a splendid audience of men
of Maury,' picked men for the grea
patriotic task ahead of them, Ger
Harvey II. Hannah, with his matches
4 oratory and inspiring portrayal OF. tn
oratory and inspiring portrayal off tn
American soldier across the sea ant
their government and people back o
them on this side of the water, opene.
the Victory Loan drive in this count.
Friday afternoon at the conference o
district chairmen and workers at thu
court house. Every district in thu
county was represented not only b.
the chairman of the central commit
tee but also by the workers who viii
solicit the subscriptions. Chairman
George E. McKennon presided at the
meeting and Gen. Hannah was intro
duced by Hon. c. P. Hatcher. Promi
nent in the audience was Capt. Leroy
Hammond, veteran of the war, who
has returned home and pitched into
civilian work with the same energy
that won fame for him on the battle
field.
Gen. Hannah dwelt in beautiful
words upon the heroism of the sol
diers and the task that they accom-
plished after it had been said that 1t
could not be done. He attributed their
success to the fact that they were
| freemen, the sons OF freemen and
counted life worthless If not life of
freedom They could not be stopped
any more than this government could
be stopped in its great war program
which wen the war ended had reached
the point at which this nation was
prepared to cary the fighting on for
ten years and take not only all of Eu-
rope but a part of the moon If neces-
sary to win.
The story of Corporal York, a con-
scientious objector from the noun
tains of East Tennessee, who finally
came through" and realized that
sometimes it is right to fight, then
went out and with small group OF
men silenced three machine gun nests,
captured 1875 Germans and with his
own rifle killed "a of the enemy, there
by winning the highest medal that
has been given any America soldier
and being ordered to sit for a paint
ing of his portrait to hang in the
halls of the war department, was told
by General Hannah in manner that
awakened the echoes of applause.
Gen. Hannah said that the money
that had been raised in the other
loans had not paid the stupendous
cost of the war. That more money is
needed to pay the debts incurred and
to bring the boys home. He said that
the people had shouted their praise to
the boys as they marched to war and
told them to go on" Now that the
boys have done their part it is the |
duty of the people to make good that |
pledge of loyalty and finish the job
Eighty per cent fof the American
soldiers were transported to France
in ships of other nations. Now these
nations have these ships engaged in
other duties such as taking their sol
l;ers home to the four corners of the
earth, and America must anh will
bring her soldiers home in her own
ships as quickly as possible. Only a
standing army sufficient to assure the
,ictory that has been won will be left
IN the Rhine.
Explaining the nature of the Victo-
y Loan, Gen. Hannah said that it will
,e the best investment ever offered
@ the public. The bonds will be paya-
DIE III lOuT years dHu Will pcui IA
,er cent interest, exempt from taxa
ion, except income and inheritance
axes, and 3A per cent exempt from
Ill taxes. He said that the people
Gould buy these bonds as an invest
nent, but above all they. should buy
hem as a fulfillment of their duty
% the soldiers who had bled and died
IN the battlefield that Liberty might
i've in the world.
This meeting was the initial event
# the Victory Loan in Maury county
md the enthusiasm manifested during
zen. Haanah's speech was great
nough to carry the drive forward with
uccess. Chairman McKennon ex-
Iressed himself as being elated over
he prospects for putting the drive
Iver in great style. He said that the
,eople are becoming aroused to a
itch equal to the highest enthusi-
sm of war days and that when the
igures are totalled Maury's quota
will be well "over the top"