The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965, June 22, 1944, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
PAGE TWO 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 THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, THURSDA Y, JUNE 22, 1944 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