The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-04-23
is YOUR HOME TOWN
in THE UNITED STATES?
Read this Story Of Jacksonville and
Be Sure About It

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ing and giving? The townsfolk were
careful to lay a lot of emphasis on
the giving"
In the meanwhile the $40 per 100
hogs and the 1926 bushel wheat was
moving to market right along with
the high-priced beeves and the eggs
de luxe and all the other high-priced
foodstuffs that we're coming from the
country in which most Of Jefferson
vile was vitality interested. There was
more money being spent than ever
before in the history of the town
Nearly everybody had a car ordered
and the income tax paid with some
weeping and wailing and crashing of
teeth and much inward bleeding"
was being forgotten. The dealers were
busy selling new pumps, new plows,
tractor now and then and many,
many motor cars. The piano and or
gan man, who also sold talking ma
chimes, was congratulating himself on
a record business. The milliners and
dry goods people were not complain
ing. thank you.
Loan Talk Avoided.
In the meanwhile the ships were
bringing thousands of young Ameri-
cans home. And Central Europe was
beginning to rumble and emit vol
canic lightnings. Jacksonville was
not looking much further than its
immediate horizon-than the coun-
tiers and the ledgers and the farms
and the fields, the getting and buying
and selling. Jacksonville, as has
been noted, was trying it's best to for
get all about the war.
The Loan started. All over the ma
ticn devoted men and women bent to
the task of raising the money so ur-
gently needed for the financing of the
United States of America in its year
afterst the war. The Liberty Loan post
ers and literature sent to Jefferson
vile were left in the express office,
The town slept placidly on. 1t seemed
to have been forgotten by the county
organization. No one disturbed it.
Nevertheless Jacksonville could
not entirely forget the Victory Loan.
The newspapers were talking about
it. 1t was in full swing all over the
country with the usual agonizing un-
certainties as to what district was
going to first clear the ropes with its
quota subscribed. Jacksonville stirred
family in its sleep and few of the
dyed-in-wool Americans placed their
subscriptions and began to remon-
strate.
However, 1t was tacitly understood |
in Jacksonville that the loan was
not subject of general conversation.
The weather was never more talked |
about anywhere than it was in that
little town for few days. Then the
workers, those who had bestirred
themselves in the otle r loans, began
to feel uneasy and conscience-strick-
en-. Men began to mention the loan,
sort of tentatively.
Then Jacksonville went through
curious phase. 1t began to
Try and persuade itself that the loan
ought to fail and that 1t would fail.
Teach these Smart Alexis down 10
sumthin'," muttered more
han one Jacksonville citizen to him
self.
Beginning to sting EN-.
kilograms and long distance calls
began to sting few of the citizens
,ut they managed to forget about
hem In day or so. The Loan was
moving along day by day but Jeffer-
'onville's quota was hanging fire. Ben
)chs was chuckling to himself and
cautiously imparting his views to a
ew OF his intimates. The humbling
Il Germany was bitter dose for him.
lie would keep still when he had to.
nut he was more than pleased to see
hat Jacksonville was not bothering
tself about the fool loan" II pleased
he Hunnish soul of him to feel that
he Yankee pigs" were Indifferent to
heir loan. He could not forget that
lis brother and cousins had worn the
elmets of the Kaiser's guard with
Colt Nit Uns" on their belt buckles
nd he had gloated with them. in
over the spoil and the