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LEND TO
By RUPERT HUGHES
Invest in Victory!
Buying War Bonds now is
really borrowing security. It is
Lending to the Loan. You can
combine the patriot with the
promoter. Your gift is thrift. ]
The world is on fire; and I
your home and your life and
your business would all go up
in smoke if it weren’t for Uncle
Sam, the Fireman. Making this |
so-called “loan’’ is as if you I
handed your loose change to
the fireman who fights the
blazes to save your home, and
climbs a ladder to save your
life; and as if you added: i
“I expect this money back,
my good man, with interest. j
Also, I may call on you at any !
time to pay it all.”
In ancient times and in
tyrannies, when rulers went to
war they simply seized what¬
ever they could find without
mercy or promise of return.
Where the citizens have had
rights, they have been 1
some j
implored to pay war taxes and
make war loans for their own j
sakes and the nation’s.
In our own war our people
have been besought to lend
enough to enable their govern¬
ment to save them. *
Back in 1690, the colony of
Massachusetts found itself with¬
out funds to pay off the sol¬
diers who had taken part in the
expedition against Quebec. The
taxes were in arrears. There
were no banks and no borrow-
able money. So the colony
printed paper money and call¬
ed it ‘‘bills of credit to equal
value with money.” This was
four year's before the Bank of
Engand was established for the
same purpose. And it was the
beginning of paper money with
nil its sad history in all our
early wars. In our Revolution,
Washington said it took a wa¬
gon load of money to buy a
wagonload of vegetables.
The first Revolutionary Loan
was rather fantastic. In 1775,
following the outbreak of Lex¬
ington, there was so little powd¬
er that when the new Com-
mander-in-Chief, George Wash¬
ington, learned of the dearth,
he almost fainted. So the Con¬
tinental Congress, with only
imaginary authority, desperate¬
ly issued paper notes which
were not formally legalized till
over a year later—if then.
In financing our Revolution
our women did what they could
mainly by sacrifice and man¬
agement. But in 1780, the ladies
of Philadelphia'raised the then
enormous sum of $7,500 in cash
to buy clothes for our half-
naked soldiers.
Later, when the thirteen
states decided to become a Re¬
public under a Constitution, the
new government assumed all
the old debts both domestic and
foreign. This gave us our first
good credit.
Before the War of 1812 fin¬
ally broke, it had been long
forseen and our great Treasurer,
Gallatin, tried to provide for it
in advance. But the public made
a poor response and the bad
showing on the home front was
disgracefully repeated in our
military showing.
When the Mexican War
loomed, an effort was made to
borrow 150 million dollars at
7.3 per cent. This had to be
followed by imposing an in¬
come tax of 3 per cent on all
earning over $800 a year. In¬
come taxes had been used in
colonial times 300 years ago;
but it took a constitutional a-
mendment to put them in prac¬
tice with us.
Our Civil War brought on a
most uncivil war in our finan¬
ces and sent our national debt
over the two billion mark.
The dismal spectacle of see¬
ing the government panhandling
and begging for war funds was
turned at last into the patriotic
festival it ought to be.
The Liberty Bond drives of
World War I, not only brought
in billions for the government,
but served as a savings bank
for the people.
And so it has been with the
War Loans of this war. They
have enabled us to keep our
Allies alive and our armed
forces busy all around the
globe while building up bank
deposits for the people.
We should not begrudge the
billions we have laid out in
lend-lease and in loans of ev¬
ery sort to foreign countries;
for our Revolutionary War
would have failed if we had
not been able to borrow heavi¬
ly on frail security from France
and Holland. Without their
generous aid we might still be
a colony of England, as now we
might have become a colony
of Germany had it not been
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LOAN
for the vast treasure and the
countless lives laid down by our
Allies.
It is hard to imagine our¬
selves conquered and enslaved;
yet we have seen other proud
nations trampled under. We
have been saved by our stored-
up wealth. It has enabled our
heroes to fight. It enables our
nation to guarantee not only
the return of money let to it
but its repayment with inter¬
est at any time it is needed.
It is easy for you to figure
out how much you should lend
to the Fifth War Loan. If it
should fail, the war would stop
on the eve of glorious triumph,
Our enemies would take a new
lease on life. Our armed forces
abroad would be unable to fight,
or even to come home.
Our liberties would crumble.
With them would go your free¬
dom, your earnings, your capi¬
tal. Your loss would be 100 per
cent of your present assets;
with heavy indemnities on
your future. Your children
Head River News
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Jones
and family attended a singing
at Macedonia, Ala., Sunday.
Miss Ollie Johnson is visiting
in Chattanooga for awhile.
Mrs. R. L. Ross has returned
home after a visit in North
Carolina, with her husband.
our community was saddened
by the death of Taylor Flarity,
who was killed in action May
19, in Italy. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Cleve Flarity.
FOR SALE—Home Comfort
Range and Buffett; also, Garden
Spray.—Jenkin’s Store, near
Rising Fawn, Ga.
would have no. future at all.
So your losses would be—say
1,000 per cent. Any part of
that will be getting off cheap.
The Fifth War Loan is not
really a loan to the govern¬
ment. it is a loan to yourself.
It is your chance to go forth to
the battle field and “fight by
his side.” It is a golden oppor¬
tunity Make to it Invest your business in Victory. to at¬ j
tend to this business without
delay!
ANSWER IT WITH WAR BONDS!
TT 7 HILE your boy Is away fighting, he’s
VV not only growing up into a man who
will be glad to take his place beside you on
the farm when he gets back. He's getting
used to first class equipment—learning how
to handle guns and machinery and jeeps. He
isn’t going to be pleased with run-down farm
buildings and worn-out equipment. He’s go¬
ing to know what’s what—and it’s going to
be up to you to see that the farm comes up
to scratch.
Right now, War Bonds are helping to pro¬
vide our boys with that fine fighting equip¬
ment, and thereby hastening the day of Vic¬
tory. But afterward, you get $4 back for
every $3 you put in, if the Bonds are held to
maturity. And you can use it for all the
things you’ll be needing. Put it into new
buildings and fences, new stock and maybe a
For America’s future, for your future, for your children’s future—keep on buying WAR BONDS
Letiaffl KEEP BACKING THE ATTACK!
This is an official U. S. Treasury, advertisement- fire fared under auspices of Treasury, Department and War Advertisina Council
THIS ADVERTISEMENT SPONSORED IN INTEREST OF THE FIFTH WAR LOAN DRIVE BV
Trenton Drug Sundries
TRENTON GEORGIA
Notice of City Election
An election will be held Sat¬
urday, June 24th, for the pu-
pose of electing a Mayor to fill
the unexpired term of W. A.
Scruggs, who has resigned; also,
a City Councilman to fill the
vacancy made by Milton Case,
who is in the armed forces,
E. A. ELLIS,
Mayor Pro-Tern, City of Trenton.
Drink
Nesbitt
ORANGE
★
B-l Beverage Co.
2311 East Main St.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Reunion
Be Held Next Sunday
The Durham-Ascalon reunion
be held next Sunday at the
High School near
An appropriate program has
arranged by The program
and a great time is
to be had by all those
Dinner will be spread
the noon hour
Everyone is cordially invited
attend.
Willys
VP builds the
Jee l ■ rugged 4
* Light Truck
</ Passenger Car
tf Light Tractor
✓ Power Plant
Pays to Advertise!
home with modern comforts—and that
super-duper tractor!
On farms and ranches all over the country,
far-sighted owners and tenants are keeping
careful track of places where money will
have to be spent when the war is over.
Against these future expenses they are salting
away their dollars in War Bonds. It’s the
safest, easiest kind of postwar planning. The'
safest, because Uncle Sam stands behind
them. The easiest, because you can get large
or small denomination Bonds to suit your
needs, at your bank, post office or Production
Credit Association. Between trips to town
you can order through your rural mail car¬
rier, or write direct for them yourself.
But, however you buy, keep right on
buying them!
Martha Cullbert West
Martha Culbert West, infant
daughter of Mr. and Thur¬
man West, passed a j Une
16th at the residence near Hig¬
don, Ala. She is survived by her
parents. Funeral services at 2
P. M., June 17th in Brown Gao
Baptist Church, Rev. Sam Bates
officiating. Interment in Brown
Gap cemetery. McRryar Funerai
Home in charge.
Service Complete
In Every Detail
We honor Mutual Savings,
Family Reserve, Emergency
Aid Burial Policies and ALL
insurance policies in Geor¬
gia.
Ambulance Day or Night.
McBRYAR
Funeral Home
PHONE 65
Fort Payne, Ala.
YOU NEVER GET LESS THAN YOU LEND I And 7
than When you
can get more you invest. held 10
years, Series E War Bonds yield 2.9% interest
compounded for semi'annually. You get back $4
every $3.
Ofcourse.no one should cash a Bond unless he
has to; but if an emergency comes along, Uncle
Sam will redeem them in cash—at full purchase
price—any time after you ve held them 60 days.
Don’t hold back a single dollar unnecessarily
from the purchase of War Bonds. YOUR HELP
IS NEEDED TO WIN THIS WAR.
FACTS ABOUT WAR BONDS (Series E)
Tm LEND Unde Sin: Uyea Maturity you get hack:
$18.75 $25.00
37.50 50.00
75.00 100.00
375.00 500.00
750.00 1000.00
Tee can buy War Bends from year bank, postmaster, rural
moil carrier or Production Credit Association. Don’t woit.
Do it by mail if you can’t get to townl
