Williston graphic., 1919-05-01

man lines. This was one Of the most
heroic feats performed during the
war by any American flier and the
American people should be proud to
know that this boy did his duty and
performed the task asked Of him. No
doubt had every person in the county
heard 1t. Furlow speak they woul!
not hesitate a minute in the buying
Of bonds. ........ a#
Final Talk BY C. Johnson
Following the talk given by 1t.
Furlow, Curtis M. johnson Of Rush
City, MINI. gave the final talk of the
evening. Mr.. johnson opened his talk
with humor and kept it up through
the hour and q half of his speech.
His talk was impressive and without
doubt was the best talk of its kind
ever delivered in Williams county.
In connecting his talk Mr.. johnson
said II didn't get into the war till
after it was over, but ! am mighty
glad to be in to help finish the job"
"On the Road to Happiness" was
the topic he talked on and it would
be a hard task for anyone who had
heard him speak to go out and travel
on any other road.
"Enthusiasm is little word in the
English language said Mr.. johnson
"and a very meaninless defination
is given of it in the dictionary.
What interests me in the word is
those two letters to be found in the
centre of the word, "u s." and especi-
ally the first one "u," the whole
meaning of the word depends on that
one thing or letter "u"(YOU) 1t
is time to stop blaming others.
Zone hundred and forty-two years
ago the citizens Of this country rang
the Liberty Bell for the United
States and now we are going to ring
it for the entire world, and when
Christopher Columbus discovered
America he played a mighty mean
trick on the kaiser, and l guess he
has found it out by this time. If the
doctors have the right to cut up the
word influenza and call it flu, l have
the right to cut up the word 'enthus-
iasm' and call it thu. Flu is what
puts you down and out, while thu is
what puts you up and going.
Other humorous definations were
given by Mr.. Johnson, of which the
following are a few
"An optimist is one who sees that
small light far ahead in the darkness
and pessimist is the son-of-a- gun
who sneaks out and turns out the
light"
"Advertising is the greatest thing
in the world, and it was through ad-
vertising that the war was won."
"There are two kinds of people
left in the world, heroes and zeros."
"The war was won by Tanks, Banks
and Yanks." ....
"Don't invite dead ones to COM
munity to live, but get the live ones"
Retired farmers don't come to town
to live, they come to de-
"We don't die to 60 to Heaven,
we live to get there, and the best way
to accomplish this is to love home,
country, job, town and serve Others
"America took a smile to Europe
that won't come off"
"The boys and girls that come after
US will get the benefit Of our happi-
ness"
Dance After Talks
At the conclusion of the speeches,
the tables and chairs were pushed to
one side and dance was given.
Most of the crowd stayed to the dance
and a very enjoyable time was en-
joyed by all. A number Of the young
ladies Of the city who waited on the
tables at the banquet stayed through
the evening and helped wonderfully
with the entertainment. ..-.g
Many of the Victory Loan workers
of the county were here to take part
in this meeting.