The Kentuckian., 1919-04-23
By c. M. MORRISON,
q oeaeral Press Bureau, War LOaa

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" ceneraI Press Bureau, War LOaa
Organization. Eighth District
Somehow the very FIRST mention o.
Ysnh Liberty Loan left the Little
town Of JeffersOnEiIle cold.
And yet Jenersonville had been
patriotic enough in the flaming days
when the men of America were set
ling their faces toward the East and
moving by train and truckload to the
Atlantic ports. Its boys had gone,
some by enlistment, some by the
slower process of the draft. Its women
had worked their fingers sore in the
lRed Cross rooms over the Town Hall.
The war drives had gone through with
a whoop. The Liberty Bond quotas,
those of the First, the Second, the
Third and the Fourth had been over,
subscribed at the last minute. Yes,
Unreasonable had been average pa
triotic.
! Maybe 1t was war WEAKNESS. May
IA IL was lust Indifference, feeling
That as aOOn as the boys came home
Everything would fall back into the
6Ia comfortable ways of the days bo-
Aore the RaIserlin1s went mad back
1914. end that q reStfal. even 81
6nduhSr6us peace would again dos-l
StaA' over ths oSd-timey brick and
ikaans houses and the maple-hnodl
lsEresGs that wandered on out into the
Ionuutry and lost themselves IN pleas
Isut country highways through corn
asads. aGfalfa meadows, clumps Sf
woods and gently rolling hills.
Bat this time Jenersouville vas
sort Of resentfuI. The boys were
coming back one and two at tiAne.
lJenersonVille wanted them all back
~ once. The oracles under the maple
trees, the Ioungers by the stove in
The cobbIer's shop, the drugstore hang
s-s on. the pool room followers. they
vorS al airing their views.
Jsnsrsonvitle was tired Of the war.
vos. tired of reading about II tired
oe hearing about u The gontry who
bGCkod up against the depot vail and
watched NO. II come in from the cas-:
every afternoon were busy crt|ctsins
Ithe Government. They were divided
lobOut the League of Nations, some
Aolding that It would bo mighty nne
lahinS. others inclining TO the belief
Ithat wall Street must be mixed uB
In II somehow" but on the Liberty
Loan there was little difference q
Opinion.
The Hot-StoVe League.
II was in Jake Jackson's harness
shop that most of the under-curren'
iof old Jefersonvilles opinion wa
formed. Around the glowing stove
while old Jake stitched on a set o
heather tugs, the talk swung and ciI
IcIed TITS this way" said Glenn Jones
tHthe price is so internal high on every
thing that l buy, that l don't have
dollar left, after pay my taxes. An
Furthermore, want to tell you fe
llrvs that this income tax this yea
gets 'em all and believe me it bite
deep"
"Ain't It the truth" said HarV
Clark. @and give it out that this ol
icovernmentH have to worry alor
without me buying any more bond
lHoIy Gsts. have you noticed what tn
luxury tax is going to do to tho PRO
.oe ueu's shoes and hats and Shir'
10 say nothing Of clOthssf Why
msru have to go around IN sack clio
"a ashes Whea that tax gets
tsssA IN eOOd-
Rsrvo. II may b nOted, was
SAo-u,s peas BEummel, who wore
,,,zs a Ran two months before 3
- IN JsHersonvilIs know what
maax was and whose nsskttss "
..vor more than 50 minutes behi
ss Of broadway and Michigan
uue. Between giving his fen
to~nspeople a daily treat IN admir-
him Harve worked at managins