The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-03-31
HAVE YOU DONE
YOUR BEST FOR
BOYS WHO FOUGHT
Job Not Finished And
We Have Gone Too
Far To Quit
VETORYLOANTO
BE QUICKLY RAISED
Are You 100 Per Cent
Loyal Citizen Of
America?

Have you got the idea that you've
done all you can afford to do for
your Uncle Sam and the boys who
did your fighting at the front?
Have you told yourself that you
have bought all the Liberty Bonds
you can carry?
That you have taken every single,
poss bic War Saving Stamp that you
can take care of?
And that you have given every pos
sible red cent to the war aid socie-
ties including the Red Cross?
So you are satisfied are you, now
that the war is over, that you have
done your part and that you will let
the rest of the country take care of
the balance of the war?
Do you stand up and stick your
thumbs in the arm-hole Of your vest
and talk whiningly about the way you
are being asked to subscribe?
And looking yourself in the eye can
you call yourself a red -blooded, 100
per cent American a loyal dyed-in-
the-wool sort of ali American?
Do you feel that vou are just as
much responsible fo', the victory as
the chap who wer, across and lost
an arm? Or a le,. OF an eye? Just
as much as the la who lost his hear
ing, or his life, CT all the Future
there was for him
A search party following a Nation
al Guard Division through the woods
west of the Meuse camp came upon
a German machine gun pit that had
been hit by an American shell. There
were five dead Huns in it. A few
yards away lay a lone American, who
had been closing in en- them. The
top of f.s head gone but he lay fac
ing the gun pit with his arms full
of nd-grenades. Now, have you
done everything possible? Have you
done YOUR part as we'll as that lonely
American who was boring straight in
when the Huns get him?
What OF Iou Fellows?
Have you done as much as the 9TH
er fellow who stayed at home and
who believed in the war, who did what
he could, who went into debt and is
now saving and skimping and sacrific-
ing to finish his bond payments?
You know whether you are gutter
or not You know whether you have
done all that you could. You know
whether you are in the mood to lay
down at the finish,-to quit like a
spur.
AS matter of plain fact there are
millions of Americans who never did
do all that was in their power in the
way of buying Liberty Bonds. They
had the quitting" strain in them
right along. they weren't "slack-
ers" They did lot. But they nev-
er put that last ounce of pull into
the collar.
The man who is able to buy bonds
is putting himself in the "quitter"
class when he fails to come through
on the Fifth Loan. We went into this
thing with our old Uncle Samuel. We
swore that we would see it through.
We all want the CHASTITY mess cleaned
up and done with. We want the lads
back home. going about their busi-
ness, working, PLAYING, making love,
marrying, making homes and build
ing up great country.
But we are not out of the woods
yet. We don't know when we will be.
HAVING atarted this, it must be fin
ished. We nave % gone s tae 1af 1a to quit
now and come home and forget about
it.
There is only one honorable thing
to do. We must stay abroad until our
Obligations have been fully and fairly
met. To do this there must be sup
port, full, hearty, and complete sup
port, financial and ether wise.
Furthermore, we have certain obli-
cations here at home. These are the
obligations that we have to every man
man who comes back with the scars
of battle upon him, to every man who
comes back with the Overseas chew
rons on his sleeves. Yes-and to ev-
cry man who performed his service on
this side Of the water.
Don't Try To Dodge.
These obligations are the obliga-
tions Of the United States Of Amer
lea and you and the millions like you
ARE the United States Of America.
Don't forget your obligations. DON'T
try to dodge tbsnn.
We heye ~ pur dead r T. AZ