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The Adair County news., 1919-05-07
We Americans
Forget too Easily

Half a dozen years ago a man in
uniform, soldier or sailor, was a cur
iosity in the average American town.
Now we see so many that the uniform
has almost lost it's significance. 1t no
longer gives us thrill.
Then, too, the war is over.
And no people forget so quickly as
the Americans
But every one of those men you
meet in uniform, soldier or sailor, bu.
recently was offering his life for your
liberties, your security, your welfare.
He wasn't holding back, questioning,
doubling, hesitating about what he
was going to do when zero hour came
for him. Nor whether you were worth
it.
He was training to the minute for
that final command, He was steeling
himself to give his country and his
company the best that was in him. He
was determined to do his duty at what
ever cost. To give his life for you
if need be. Not every man you meet
IN khaki had the opportunity. But
it wasn't his fault. He did his best.
He was willing.
And some Of them you cannot help
knowing were in the thick of it all.
They bear the marks. Will carry them
to their graves. The honorable scars.
Every one Of them are back from
the war even though some of them
only got part way. For every one of
them had his heart in it; wanted to
get into it in truth And swore round
ly at the Hun when the armistice was
signed
But how far did you get, Mr.. Stay
at-home? How deeply into the finan-
cial trenches? How many of the purse
emptying entanglements of extrava.
CANT habits did you cut? How many
scars of sacrifice do you bear?
Have you come back from the wal
or didn't you get started?
Uncle Sam is giving you one more
chance to do your part; to prove your
loyalty as the men in khaki proved
theirs; to show your gratitude for vic
tory, your appreciation of peace.
He's asking you to help put the Vic
tory Loan royalty over the top.
It's a little late to become a regu
lar.
But you can be volunteer.
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07
HOW OUR DOLLARS
TIPPED THE SCALE
OF ARMED POWER
AMERICAN LIBERTY BONDS DID
THE TRICK AND THEIR DUTY
is NOT ENDED.
MUCH YET TO BE DONE
Obligation of Decent Americans Is to
Furnish More Dollars to
Finish the Job.

When the American dollars, mo-
bilized by means of the Liberty Bonds,
got into action they played big part
in winning the war.
On the firing line appeared 100000
Yanks In about as short time az ever
an army was put together.
These same bonds and dollars put
a great American merchant marine
ON the waters, and that merchant feet
is available now that peace has come.
These same bonds helped the allied
nations to draw on our funds to the
tune of $1,000, 100000 to carry on the
fight.
In brief, these bonds and dollars
tipped the balance of military power
SO effectively that the one thing fo-
the Germans to do was surrender. And
the job of these bonds and dollars is
by no means completed, the task is
unfinished. The duty of the dollar
has not yet been completed by long
way. Furthermore, the obligations Of
the decent American citizen to furnish
that dollar has not been removed. 1t
is still his duty, just as it was last
fall and last spring.
In Europe we must do our part OF
the work toward restoring law, order
and a real peace. Somehow or an
other we must help Russia back to
sanity or be forever menaced by a
giant mailman. a country of 10000
900 souls. The starving in Belgium
and north France must be fed, indus
try must be restored, help given. 1t
may be possible that the broken and
beaten German must be given some
sort of assistance. In all these things
appear some of the reasons for the
Victory Liberty Loan.
But most important it is that we
look for our own commercial inter
ests in the future. We must see that
at home and abroad, our own inter
ests are protected. That is the thing
that most nearly concerns all Of US
whether we be laborer or capitalist,
farmer OF professional man. Because
of these things the man who looks at
the Fifth LOAF in a spirit Of resistance
is foolish. The bonds have done much,
but there is still work for them to do
For our part it is a question of stand
ing by our duty in order that the
country may stand by its duty. Not
| until normal conditions have been re-
stored will it be possible for us to
feel that bond issues are foolishness. y
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07
INREcKAGE CAN I !
I. De CLEARED UP IN
JUST FEW MONTHS
IT is A BIG JOB AND THE CIVIL.
lAN'S DUTY is TO HELP
FINISH 1T.
WE MUST FINANCE PEACE.
diving Nothing and Drawing Fine In
terest on Best Investment
in World.

After the war, peace. The old west
front is gone Hindenburg and his
armies are away beck across the
Rhine. Germany is beaten. The Zig
gest part of the task is done.
1t took money, unheard of sums of
money, to make war. It will take
money, great sums of money, to make
peace.
A world cannot fight desperately
for four years, with it's battle-ground IN
the very heart Of the old and most
densely populated parts of Europe and
expect to clean up the wreckage in a
few months. We all know that it took
the peace conference weeks to even
survey the situation, to look it over
and get something of an idea of what
II would require to start the world
going again.
The after-the-waF expenses of all ma
tons are great. The United States
can be no exception to this. For me
beaten nations badly weakened, dis
organized, ripped to shreds by internal
disorders, these expenses will be
crushing. Add to the necessity and
the expense Of a reorganization. the
ndemnities required, in one form OF
another, and generations will still be
paying the bill.
Even the victors, under no indem-
nifty necessities, are feeling the strain.
We will need to help with our money
and goods as we have helped with or
money, goods, and men for the past
year. These expenses must be met
In part from bond issue, the Victory
Bond issue. 1t cannot be met by the
ordinary or even extraordinary means
of taxation.
1t is here that the Liberty Bond
eRysr can hslp. This expense must
be borne In great part from the funds
OF the people. 1t was necessary to
call upon the people to finance the war
and it is just as necessary to finance
the peace.
The buyer of the Victory Liberty
Notes (short-term bonds) will be help.
ing to finance peace just as the bonds
That he bought months ago helped to
finance the war. At the same time be
is making an investment that is sec.
ond to none in financial history. He
is giving nothing. 1t is not Ditch that
a man has such a chance. He can
help in troublous time when every dol
lar is help; he can demonstrate his
Americanism just as sincerely as he
did during the war, and at the same
time he is making one of the best in
Yestments.
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07
LUTHERANS IN A RALLY
Entire Church Is Urged to Give Full
Support to the Victory
Loan,

Members of the National Lutheran
Council and every pastor of the Luth,
eran church in the United States is
urged to respond to the governments
call in the Victory Liberty Loan IN
a special message that has just been
sent out to the church by H. G. Stub,
president of the national council.
"The Victory Loan is at hand" he
states in the message. Our govern
msit has URGED tks people II tie e66n-
try to do their best IN order to reach
the geal, as in all former Liberty
Loan drives. According to communi-
cations from government officials, We
know that our Lutheran church has
done its share in raising every former
Liberty Loan, and our church win not
hold back when the call for the Vic.
tory Loan comes to it's members
LAS president of the National Luth-
eran Council, consisting of a large
majority of the Lutheran bodies, urge
all those who belong to the council
to do what they can. Every pastor
and every member of every synod and
congregation should take part. The
government would not have issued this
call if it were not necessary. But
the great reconstruction work and the
assistance needed by the people of
Europe require that we do as much
as we possibly can"
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07

IT is YOUR WAR. It is your vic.
tory. Lend your share to pay the
bulls. =
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07
!. ; !. ; !. + + ! + :. !. !. + 4 !.
HEROES BY HUNDREDS.

j. Back from the firing line, the Z
+ trenches, the hospitals, the Skin :
= mish line and the field camps is \
> coming an endless stream Of J
= khaki-clad Yanks, flushed with ::
= victory, bright-eyed with anticipa- :
: ton. i
= Every day sees another ship !
= load debark over east. Every day :
= they are. being rushed to the con- 4
= centration camps for their dis !
r charge. Every day the trains are J
= hurrying them homeward. !
j. Not all of them got into the I
+ thick of it. Not all of them are !
= wearing decorations. Not all of !
= them are bearing wound stripes, i
e thank God :;
= But in every section of the land !;
Z are heroes by hundreds. {
+ And it is up to us stay-at-homes :.
. to measure up to them. I
= They did their part Let's do ::
= ours. 1
= Americas part in the world ::
. war is fast becoming an old story. I
= But we can make it such story :,
= that the world will never forget. 4
= Up to this minute America has I
= never fallen down on anything I
= she undertook She has always 4
= made good. Finished all she
= started Poured into the mael I
= strom of war everything that was !
> asked, men, money, munitions,
. supplies; faltered nowhere nor at !
= nothing.
- A truly fine record.
. Let's make it good right down !
= to the last minute.
= Let's finish right, fellows. :
- Let's make the Victory Liberty :
= loan the final triumphant wonder !
- Of 1t all
y Do It? OF course we can
. Subscribe your limit
- a q = 4 q q 4 = . = = = y > =
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07
WHAT THE GOBS DID
YOU CAN DO

During the war and even directly
after the signing of the armistice, few
Americans knew about or had even
heard of the great U. 8. Naval Avia-
ton Supply Base at Pauillae, France.
This station, from the time it was
built early in 1918, has carried on its
work with the utmost secrecy, not
only because the work was of such
an important character that especial
effort was made to keep all knowledge
Of activities from the enemy, but be-
cause it was the navy's job; and one
seldom hears about the achievements
of the navy.
For instance, the news of the
amount of money the men at Fsuillac
station subscribed to the Fourth Lib
erty Loan until now has been kept
modest secret. OF course, the sub
scribers undoubtedly realized at the
time they had established a record
which no other army or navy outfit
equaled. But they would not talk
On September %, 1918, when the
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign opened
there were 1888 men at Paulliac. Cap
tain F. T. Evans, U. s. M, the COM
manding officer, set the quota of the
station at $350,000, not believing for
one moment this amount would be
subscribed by his men. However,
they not only reached their quota, but
altogether they bought $51S,6OO of
bonds, which averages about 1852 per
man.
Comparatively speaking. the Paul
lac station had about as wen an OF.
gained Liberty Loan campaign as any
town in the United States. The cam
paign was organized and put through
entirely by the men. On the opening
day of the Liberty Loan original post
ers designed by the artists among the
aviators, sailors, mechanics, ETC., ap-
peared in every available bill-posting
spot. The Pauillac Pilot, the daily
newspaper of the station, came out
with a Liberty Loan edition, just as
many of the metropolitan newspapers
did. Aeroplanes circles over the sta
ton dropping Liberty Loan literature.
One of the Orders" dropped read:
From: Your Uncle Sam.
To: You, Sailor.
| Via: Airplane.
Subject: Fourth Liberty Loan.
| References: Paymaster.
~ You are hereby ordered to buy
a one-hundred-dollar or fifty-dollar
Liberty Bond and otherwise do your
damnedest to boost the Liberty Loan
drive on Pauillac station.
(2) Proceed to Bldg. No. and
there dig down and come across. The
yeoman will not refuse you.
90 Duty completed, proceed to
your barracks, thinking of apres la
guerre, the girl, etc., and say to your
self: "a wise man am L"
(Signed.) UNCLE SAM.
Buy Directly.
It cost the United States about three
million dollars to build one Of the
naval aviation supply stations in the
world, and 1t is the pride of the men
OF this station that with their Liberty
Bonds they helped pay one-sixth Of the
cost.
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07
UNCLE SAM.
Buy Directly.

It cost the United States about three
million dollars to build one Of the
naval aviation supply stations in the
world. and it is the pride Of the men
OF this station that with their Liberty
Bonds they helped pay one-sixth of the
cost.
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07
GERMAN SUBMARINE COMING

A group of big German submarines,
some of which have the doubtful hon.
or of having attacked American ship
ping, are on their way to America I'm.
der American officers and crews. Some
of them will be assigned to st. Louis
to assist in the Victory Loan drive.
The U-boat assigned to ST. Louis sepa-
rated from the others at the BefHdd las
and is now near New Orleans. The
trip from New Orleans to st. Louis
will take several days.
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07
SOME VICTORY .DON'TS'

Don't let wounded soldier hear You
say that you sacrificed" by selling
a Liberty Bond below par. He knows
what sacrifice is. He also knows that
Uncle Sam will pay PAL. on every prom.
ise when that promise natures.
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07

Don't let wounded soldier hear
you say that you sacrificed" by selling
q Liberty Bond below par. He knows
what sacrifice Is. He also knows that
Uncle Sam viii pay par on every prom
Use when that promise natures.
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07

MAKE THE FAMILY dollars safe
for the children through the purchase
Of Victory Loan Notes Just as the
soldier made the world safe for d.
mocracy through sacrifice.
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07

Thrift helped win the war. It win
enable us to enjoy to the fullest the
advantages OF victory and peace.
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07

PROSPERITY FOR PosTERITY.
THIS is THE MESSAGE OF THE
LIBERTY VICTORY LOAN.
The Adair County news., 1919-05-07

Which IL hetter--a Tax Receipt OF 3
o. 8. Promise u Pay Principal and
.lAterestf
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-31
Many well-known local people are daily
calling at the headquarters of Plant Juice

lat Norton's Drug Store, corner of Fourth
avenue and Twentieth street, and testify
ing what this great remedy has done for
them
Take for instance the statement made
recently by Mr.. G. W. Hill. popular
mechanic in the employ of the Southern
Railroad company and who has lived in
Ensley Ca suburb of birmingham for
the past IA years, residing at No. 170S
Twenty sixth avenue. He says:
For the past 80 years l have been
troubled with my stomach; my food fer
mented and caused gas to form and I was
in constant pain; had headaches, dizzy
spells and was always constipated my
tongue was coated and l always bad a
bad taste in my mouth; had palpitation
of the heart, shortness of breath, and
got so weak that at times I thought I
was going to die. I could never sleep
at night and got awfully discouraged as
thought would never get we'll again. |
had heard of Plant Juice and thought as
a last resort I would try it. I can now
truthfuly say that I am able to sleep
fine, have a good appetite for my meals
and have no more aches or pains. Plant
Juice has made me well man and am
| glad to recommend it to others
Plant Juice is sold in Birmingham al
Norton's Drug Store. corner Of Fourth
avenue and Twentieth street.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-31
PRICE OF COFFEE
NOT UNREASONABLE

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
Will you kindly give me space in your
valuable paper to refute some of the
misleading statements made in a recent
newspaper article on the boarding of cof-
fee, and $1-a-pound coffee, which was
sent out under New York date line and
given wide publicity
The article was evidently written by
person who had not studied the situa-
ton thoroughly or was trying to create
prejudice in the minds of the coffee
drinking public of this country against
the coffee roasters.
The article itself includes some we'll
known facts in the coffee situation, but
presents them in connection with infer
ences and suggestions. which are far
from facts, so that the coffee industry of
this country is placed in. a false light.
l know that the roasters and dealers
of this country deeply deplore the adj
vance in green coffee, and the consequent
advance in the roasted product, for l am
charitable enough to believe that they
would rather see good coffee go to the
consumer at 40 cents per pound than at So
cents. Besides it has worked a severe
hardship on every rooster in the country,
inasmuch as it requires two and one
half times the capital to carry normal
stock of green coffee, with the additional.
insurance charges and interest on money
invested, and has forced him to sell his
product at a much smaller per cent of
profit, because, in most instances, the
advance in roasted coffee has not kept
pace with the advance in green coffee;
the statement of the writer of this article
referred to above to the contrary not
withstanding, for he speaks of decline
of or cents per pound in the price
of green coffee since July, but fails to
state that the decline only applied to the
lowest grade coffees that come to this
country. that fine drinking coffees are
as high today as they have ever been,
and that the roasters followed the decline
on cheap green coffee with pl opor-
tionate decline on the roasted article.
He speaks slightingly of the frost in
1918. when, in fact, it was the most disc
astrous ever had in that country, and
killed millions of trees, some of the finest
Fazendas being completely ruined, own
ers Having had to cut their trees to the
ground and begin new tree from the
stump of the old, which will take some
four or five years before the tree will be
in bearing again. This damaging frost,
coupled with a world shortage OF eotfee,
this country included, for there is no
boarding here. has enabled the Brazilian
coffee grower to boost his prices to UNI
dreamed of levels. He may be profiteer-
| ing he doubtless is in measure, but
with all that good coffee is still relative
" cheap when compared with other ar
| ticles of food II. r. PATTERSON,
/ President Patterson Coffee Co.
| Birmingham, october 80, 1919.
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of tho strike up north, had created
considerable interest among Nthe
miners.
Another point emphasized is that the
Alabama miners will not be fed" by
their brothers of the central COMPETE
tive field while they are on strike
that is, they will not get the benefit
of strike funds provided by the na-
tional organization. but must depend
on their local funds.
News that the meeting was to be
held in Jasper yesterday was com
municated to headquarters in Birming-
ham by a committee the day before, 1t
was said in Jasper, and an organizer
had been sent out to attend. There
was considerable discussion of the sub
iect among little groups of miners
about the streets of Jasper before the
meeting opened.
The text of the resolution adopted
by the meeting, which was held in the
circuit court room at the courthouse,
is as follows
from the various local unions of the
United Mine Workers of America, In
Walker county, have been misled in t
tending this meeting here today; ana,
"Wbereas. we find that it has not
been called by any authority OF our
organization; and
"Whereas. we are convinced mat the
| object of the meeting is to divide our
ranks in the organization in Alabama,
| .sTherefore, be it resolved that we
condemn the party or parties re-
sponsible for calling it, believing that
| they have not the interest of the Ala
bama miners at heart: and.
Further be it resolved, that we at
firm our faith in the United Mine
| workers of America, the officers Of
vN;- 30 and tha4 international
officials; and,
"Further that we adjourn this meet
ing and give a ccpy Of these resoiu-
tons to the press
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take would be in violation of the con-
stitution of the international mine
workers organization.
George Hargrove. organizer for the
United Mine Workers from the head
quarters at Birmingham, declared that
the session had been called without au
thority, and in order to take up any
such proposal as that advanced by
Blackwell it would be necessary to ask
for a district convention at which 1t
could be discussed. However, he de-
clared, the Alabama miners believe
they have received fair treatment from
the United Mine Workers.
MAY GO TO JAIL
They are making some terribly
strong threats from Washington" said
Organizer Hargrove. ITS possible some
of your officials will go to jail; but, as
Mr. Lee of the railroad brotherhoods
said the other day the government
can't make railroad men run trains
unless they want to; and neither can
the miners be forced to work unless
they want to. This is free country,
and we've got the right to work or
not to work, as we see fit. AS far as
.lawlessness is concerned, and the pro-
lection of mine property, who is more
interested in guarding property than
the miners2 When this strike is set
erty in good condition for them to
return to work l venture to say that
80 or 100 per cent of the union miners
of Alabama would volunteer themselves
to guard the property of the operators
1--WE are not Bolsheviks. We don't
believe in the Russian soviet form of
government. But we have the economic
strength, and we are proud of it, TO
force the operators to give us Justice
T am satisfied that on Friday night
100000 miners will lay down their tools
What the government win do 1 don't
know They may send soldiers to
guard the mines and prevent lawless-
ness, and nothing will please the
striking miners more than that,
"The trouble with the coal miners, Is
that they have always been on their
knees when they were asking for any
thing But this time We're on our
hind legs, and were looking the opera
tors square in the face
Hargrove defended the patriotism of
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bers, the profits of their sales are
divided among the members. In this
way, the Alabama Brokerage and FIN
ance System can sell you goods cheaper
than you could buy them wholesale.
Because you are drawing the profit on
your sales, instead of some big concern
making the profits
D. M. Gordon, who thought out and
patented the idea of the Profit Sharing
System, has spent his life in selling
life insurance. He halls from Mobile
Ala. Last year when the hue and cry
for a cheaper way to live grew out of
the conditions due to the great war, Mr.
He wanted to do something to help the
people. He wanted to find some way
wherein everybody could contribute to
the same cause and share profits saved
in reducing the cost of living.
He started to work. and after amass-
ing literature enough to run a furnace,
he boiled it down to a real honest work
ing system. By his method he hopes to
teach people to save, until saving be-
comes a habit. He begun with foun-
dation of honesty, then he says energy
comes next, and saving and investing
make the policy complete.
The rent of the store, the hire Of the
clerks, the insurance and delivery OF the
goods, even the telephones are paid by
the membership teeS, ana nlOHtHly uueS'
All of the profits go to you. 1t is your
store, presented to you by the generosity
of Mr.. Gordon's idea
The field for the Gordon's Home Profit
Sharing Circle System is a wide one
1t takes in everything. There is moth
ing that cannot be run by such sys-
tenn, stated Mr.. Gordon. And from the
reception that this first grocery store
got on its opening day, it looks as If the
idea will snread ranidlY Men have come
here for the opening day from all parts
of the United States, to see it in opera
ton with an idea of opening stores in
otber cities