The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-05-30
JASPER, INDIANA. FRIDAY, MAY 80, 1919,

Jacksonville and be knew every man
and woman in II and most OF the chn-
dren. And-he had gone into AZ
gonne Wood and the Meuse Elbow and
the barbed wire hell that the Germans
had made OF the old Hindenburg Line,
elbow to elbow with the homo town
boys from Jefersonvirle.
Chance. aided b. some design. sent
him 20 Jacksonville a the Liberty
Loan drive for the Fifth and the last
of the series was turning into the
home stretch. II was the business or
Sergeant Colvin. late OF Il S-th
Machine Gun Battalion, 20 find what
was ai.ing the old hometown folks.
lie believed in frontal attack. The
first man he saw was Gid Brown
banker and real estate man, the head
OF the somnolent loan organization He
waved aside all congratulations and
inquiries and plunged straight in
what is the matter with this loan
organization OF yours, siry and there
was a snap and click in every word.
"We-n," began the banker man.
"the town doesn't seem to DO very
much interested this time
You were interested last July,
weren't your" asked the Sergeant
Interested when II looked like the
Hun had the Allies DOWN."
"Yes, we did right well then"
Cant this town do anything unless
il is scared into it?" asked The sol
der. "You could see this bank In
the hands of a bunch Of Huns last
year and yo,r vaults being cleaned
out Do you forget that quick? Do
you have TO see bunch Of Germans
ON the horizon before your patriotism
begins to work? Now. let's get busy.
Don't you think you could round up a
bunch OF he workers this afternoon
and let's get startedy'
Sergeant Colvin headed for the
Post Office. The mail was in and the
crowd was dense In the little lobby.
He couldn't see a poster or a hand
bill. The loan might as well be under
way In Soochow. This town was dead
from the ankles up. he thought to him
self The postmaster was dim-eyed
and non -committal. he 'fggered II
about the League of Nations. some
holding that il would be mighty fine
thing. others inclining TO the belief
that wall Street must be mixed up
in & somehow" but on the Liberty
Loan there was little difference Of
opinion
The Hot-Stove League.
n was m Jake Jachson's harness
shop that most OF the under-curreni
of old Jeffersonyirle opinion was
formed Around the glowing stove.
while old Jake stitched on a set of
leather tugs. the talk swung and CIR
cled It's This way" said Glenn JDes.
'the price rs SO infenaI high on every
thing that buy. that ] DOM have q
dollar left. after pay my taxesI And
furthermore, want To tell you feb
lows that this income tan this year
gets 'em all and believe me IL bites
deep"
Amt n Ore TRUTH said Harve
Cark, -and give n out that this old
Gowernmentn have TO worry along
without me bsSing any more bonds.
Holy Cats. have you noticed what that
luxury tax is going 20 do 90 the prices
OF mems shoes and hats and shirts.
to say nothing az clothesH Why, q
manU have to go around in sack cloth
and ashes when that tax gets its
teetn IN So1n."
Harve. II may be Dted. was the
tswn's Beau Brummel. VINO wore .
shirt full two months before any
one in Jacksonville know what thu
thing, was and whose necktfes were
never more than 20 minutes behind
those Of Broadway and Michigan av-
enue. Between giving HIS follow
townspeople daily treat IN admiring
him Harve worked al managing a
produce house and cream station.
Il don't see how I am going 60 md
any money for IT," said Alex Ksrncs,
. big young farmer from up the turs-
pike I would ike u buy soma
sprins wheat seed and 80 II can't
pick up some d that S2fs . bushsJ
for wheat that the Governncnt's guar
anteed for this rear. ] think we could
grow II around'Aere II the season hap,