The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-30
LONG DARK HOURS
TO BE D|SPELLED
/ BY VICTORY loan
EUROPEAN CONFLICT NOT FIN
lsHED UNTIL REcoNsTRUc- ;
TioN DAYS ARE PASSED.
AMERICA FACES BIG DUTY
Debt Created to Win War Becomes
National Debt Of Honor and Must
+. Be Paid in Full.

Did you ever walk your post" Just
before the dawn. when the minutes
are longest and a rife Is heaviestf
When that peculiar sense OF day-com-
Ing makes you curiousiy wakeful,
strangely fearful. wide-eyed in the
grip OF suspense?
When you worry about everything
and everybody? When common and
familiar objects take on strange
shapes? When a bush becomes
lurking enemyf When the dawn call
- q night bird is menacIng signal!
The war is over and the Dawn Is in
the sky. The nerves of the world are
on edge The nations are worn with
watching They are tense. suspicious.
alert, strained and nervous.
For four years nerves have been
tensed. There has been let down,
but the strain is still fearful. The
mothers of the worlc have dreaded
the coming of the messenger boy, or
the Red Cross worker. Death was
abroad daily-legions Of him. The
fathers of the world have been bowed
with work and with battle. The work
ers of the world have driven at high
speed.
Reaction has set in. There are
strikes and trouble. chaos in some
parts of the earth. madness in others,
unrest bubbling in all countries
i, har IN haf mould
pen if war were TO come again soon.
1t is war-sick generation that is
watching out the long, long hour at
the dawn
There was never a time when the
world needed steadiness. law and or
der, strong and uhwavering support
more than it does now. This support
America is giving in great measure.
1t is material, moral, military and
financial.
We hope the day is at hand when
our military support can be VITA
drawn. But the material support, tie
moral and financial support must con
tinue. That support must Negin with
the plain citizens of the United States.
1t has been given throughout the
struggle. Liberty bond billions have
been subscribed at the Governments
call. There was no cavilling and no
questioning while the fighting was up.
der way
There ought not to be any question
ing now. A Government does not cali
Tor gigantic popular loan unless the
money is needed The Victory Loan
would not have been authorized if the
Congress had found any other method
to finance the immediate after-the-wa,
period.
Your Government needed your aid
in the First, Second, Third and Fourth
Loans and you gave it, Are you 20
ing to quit nowf
1t is a matter Of dollars now where
a year ago 1t was a matter of dollars
and of human lives. In matter of
mere dollars we ought to do our part
mighty cheerfuily. There ought not
to be any tagging, any skulking, or
hesitation or evasion.
We have a debt to pay and few Of
us stay-at-homes have actually paid in
full. 1t must be carried through, we
must do our individual and personal
share.
For the long, long hours are here
and we must make them pass as
quickly as we can. When the Victory
Liberty Bonds are offered we must
buy yhat We b9pestly and consciei-
tiously can, that the long, long hours
may pass and that the world may
walk into the new Dawn, the dawn Of /
! lasting peace.