The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-05-01
BY G. M. MORRISON,
of General Press Bureau, War Loan
Organization, Eighth District.

Organization, Eighth District.
Somehow the very first mention Of
Fifth Liberty Loan left the little
town of Jeffersonville cold.
And yet Jacksonville had been
patriotic enough in the flaming days
when the men OF America we're set
ting their faces toward the East and
moving by train and truckload to the
Atlantic ports. It's boys had gone,
some by enlistment, some by the
slower process of the draft. Its women
had worked their fingers sore in the
Red 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.
Jacksonville had been average pa
triotic.
Maybe IL was war weariEess. May
be 1t was just indifference, feeling
that as soon as the boys came home
everything would fall back into the
old comfortable ways Of the days be-
fore the Kalserlings went mad back
in 1914. and that q restful, even a
slumberous peace would again des-
oil hwtA
frame houses and the maple lined
streets that wandered on out into the
country and lost themselves in pleas
ant country highways through corn
fields. alfalfa meadows. clumps OF
woods and gently rolling hills.
But This time JeffersaT5gille was
sort of resentfui. The Sys were
coming back one and two at time.
Jacksonville wanted them all back
at once The oracles under the maple
trees. the loungers by the stove In
the cobbler's shop. the drugstore hang.
ers on. the pool room followers. they
WeTe III airing AncA NioWc.
Jacksonville was tired OF the war
1t was tired OF reading about II, tired
of hearing about it. The gentry who
backed up against the depot wall and
watched No. "a come in from the east
Every afternoon were busy criticising
the Government They were divided
about the League OF Nations, some
Eolding that it would be mighty fine
thing. others inclining to the belief
that wall Street must be mixed up
in it somehow" but on the Liberty
Loan there was little difference of
opinion.
The Hot-stove League.
1t was in Jake Jacksons harness
shop that most of the under-current
of old Jeffersonville's opinion was
formed. Around the glowing stove.
while old Jake stitched on a set OF
leather tugs. the talk swung and cir
cled. TITS this way" said Glenn Jones,
THE price is so Internal high on every
thing that ! buy. that | don't have a
dollar left. after pay my taxes. And
furthermore. I want to tell you fell
lows that this income tax this year
gets 'em all and believe me It bites
deep"
Amt il the TRUTH" said Harve
Clark. land l give II out that this old
Governmental have 10 worry along
without me buying any more bonds
Holy Cats. have you noticed what that
luxury tax is going to do to the prices
OF mems shoes and hats and shirts.
to say nothing of clothes? Why, a
manll have to go around in sack cloth
and ashes when that tax gets its
teeth in good"
Harve. it may be noted, was the
towns Beau Brummel, who wore a
shirt a full two months before any
one in Jacksonville know what the
thing was and whose neckties were
never more than 80 minutes behind
those of Broadway and Michigan aY-
enue. Between giving his fellow
townspeople daily treat in admiring
him Harve worked at managing q
produce house and cream station.
Il don't sse how I am going to hnd
any money for it," said Alex Karnes.
a big young farmer from up the turn
pike. Il would like to buy some
spring wheat seed and see il can't
pick up some OF that 1925 bushel
for wheat that the Governments guar.
anteed for this year ! think we could
grow It around here If the season hap
pened TO be just about right. Yes.
think will hold on to my dough and
see IL can't make me 0 little piece
pe money this eAlk.. TAr,I