The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-05
UNCLE SAM AWAITS
EvERYIHDIVIDUAL'e
ANSWER To CALL
ssE EXPECTS YOU TO LEND HIM
EVERY DOLLAR YOU CAN
POSSIBLY PRODUCE.
rocco DEAD CALL TO you
For Humanity, Eight, Justice and the
Common Good. Loan Must
Go oyer!

Tnce Sam has said: 81 want you to
Icon ne $4,000, geo 900 or your part
thereof. Fer this loan, to run four
years, will pay interest at the rate
q 81 pei cent. How much will you
taRe?"
What is your individual answer?
ne invitation has already been given,
TIE request has already been made.
Uncle Sam is relying upon you to
ala in putting his and your Victory
-1locrty Loan over the established
quota. It will mean that you must
loan him Just about every dollar that
you can spare.
He is asking you IL the name OF
10000 American dead who are sleep
ing the long sleep. IN France. In the
name OF rocco dead whose American
uniforms are tHe;r only shroud, what
ara you going tc give as your answer?
This loan IS being asked in the
name Of Humanity and Right and JUS
tee; in the name Of Liberty ana
Democracy, the things. for which
america went to war ard for which
these 10000 dead Eli graves under the
peoples Ct France.
This loan is being asked in behalf
OF that spirit of gratitude which drove
the nation wild with joy at the news
Of tho signing Of the ar1nistice last
tall That spirit should inspire every
legal American in the country TODAY.
it alone should be sufficient to cause
Americans to finish up the loan quota
between two days.
Back Of the loan is the knowledge
that it is being asked in behalf Of the
honor Ct the nation, u national pres
tga before the world, the good opinion
OF the peoples Of the earth. in behalf
OF keeping cur reputation good both
at home and abroad. There was a gem
Grafton when We posed as being in
different as to what other nations and
peoples might think about US, but we
Know better now. Never again will
America be reckless or careless about
her good name 6 the world.
Fer the Common Good.
The loan is being asked in the in
terests Of the common good. not onJv
for the nation, bnt for individuals ev-
eryWhCre. For what is to the good
Of the nation will be fer the good Of
the individual, no matter what sta
ton in life he nay hold. We all want
America 10 prosper. to go forward and
Backward. We know that as the
nation rrCspGcs the individual must
fare better, The Victory Liberty Loan
may make it easy for Us to start into
a better 7 more prosperous era than
any We have w known.
What VIII your answer be? What re-
ply VIII yo21 make, what reply are you
making right now?
The is only n answer to make.
There is only one reply that can be
made by all Of US, and for all of US.
whose Liberties and rights have been
saved to rs by the defeat and down.
fall Of Prussianisn. The thing that
has menaced us al fer forty years !!
has gone into oblivion. But We must
not forget who and what it was that !
sent it there.
Ine one answer that we can make
Is to buy Liberty Bonds of the Vic |
tory Issue with as free q heart as we
bought the bonds Of the Fourth Loan |
lorg months ago. !
We do not need to make any answer !
except TO buy Victory Notes, as many |
as We can. That is the most effective |
answer that we can make Inc the only |
n that 4 good American can give. |
There is little need in multiplying :,
words IN answering this question that
has been placed before US. 1t is a !
case Of actions speaking louder, much |
louder, than mere words.
TIE cliaE Of silver dollars. the rus
tie CT g~raenb2cEs, the scratching OF
pens ~si@ning checks, this ought to be
Ii an@wcr. Exchanged fer Victory |
Notes these pieces OF silver, these
greenbacl1s and these checks viii give |
the answer and make smooth the s. |
nancial way OF the government.