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Is your brother or son under twen ty? Have you seen him toss in fever or gasp in pneumonia? Let us hope and pray that they will nnt. hp railed?hut do not let us blind ourselves to the possibility that they MaY be called. Remember, twen ty million men are fighting today, and twenty million men have been killed, shell-torn, mangled, blinded, wound ed and invalided before this All Eu rope is aflame, and we are just going in. WAKE UP to it. We are at WAR and you may pay with bitter years of nnwH/vtrr ..A?l ^nil r/\ AT\AT1 .rAlll* Aira? ?> vl LKJjJ UL yuu L<XLi l/U VJ^TIA J VU1 to it today. Let's Be SAFE Let us so conduct the arming and equipping of our first million men, the financing and the feeding of our Allies, that no more men need be sent?that YOUR man need not go. It has always been woman's part to bring comfort and alleviate suiter ing. Suffering, impaired health and the most extreme discomforts are inseparable from war. It has always been the woman's part?it has always been the blessed duty of womanhood ?to alleviate this. It is of most vital importance tnar our men, wnerner actively at the front or in training ^ckmps in this country, be equipped to the highest degree of efficiency. Wq want our boys to have steel trench helmets to protect them against shell that burst overhead. They have none todav. They, must have gas masks? / v O they must be protected against liquid fire which sears flesh from the bones in an instant. The difference of cost between two grades of socks?a slightly superior! quality of under clothing may ward off pneumouia, may repel consumption, may keep some boy'r life from being shattered. How Would YOU Feel? You can help save the lives of many boys. You can preserve them from extreme discomfort, from serious danger, and, as you will do in this emergency, just so the mothers, sis ters, sweethearts of the whole nation will do. As you want them to feel. and act, and do, to safeguard the lives of all the young men cf the na tion, so you must feel, and act, and Vnn mncf oyorf oil unnr efyflrnrfli for the nation needs your help, NOW. V The The Ex The N The Coir ;h YOUR He Your home is certain to be touched by the war in which we are engaged. It may seem remote and impersonal to you now, but you must not permit this ; imnression to so oersist as to brincr von bitter, life-long regrets which will cloud the rest of your days. It is true that in the first call for AM ^1% ?% M.AA O 1 JL ^ iiicii, uic a^cd arc tuiumcu iv iu ju inclusive. But we may find it necss sary to put three million men or more in the field. Don't you know that in our Civil War, men of sixty and boys \ of sixteen fought shoulder to shoulder before the war was done? Don't you know that Sixty and Sixteen are fight ing shoulder to shoulder today, some where in France? 7 Be very certain of one thing, this 11 - i l war will toucn your nome in some way, either through son, father, brother or someone very dear to you, before the war is done. Is your husband past fifty? How long could he stand sleeping in the mud of a first line trench?standing ankle deep in the water of it?through a week of rain? Newberry 1 n Savings :nange DanK or itional Bank of * lmercial Bank of N< * If your husband, youv father, your brother, son or sweatheart were at the front and wounded, or ill, or suf fering in any way, you would give all you possess, every penny, your every treasure, to help him?and in stantly?wouldn't you? Think then, how the women-folks of the millions who will go must feel today Do your part NOW for them, that all the nation may repay you in kind, if your very clearest is called to face WAR some where in France, before we have won a final victory. ?J i. now 10 neip It is vitally necessary that the Liberty Loan be fully subscribed im mediately in order to equip our boys RIGHT. The Government has offered for sale two billions of bonds in de nominations of $50, $100, $500 and upwards. Your plain duty is to buy as many of these bonds as you can. rPls /ITT AAVl Ia A v* a MAuX* j.nc.y uau uc uuugnt un me partial payment plan. Thi, first payment only nead be 2 per cent, $2 on a $ 100 bond. Anyone with any pocket money or an allowance of any kind can find no excuse for not buying at least one $50 bond. You can make the initial payment of $2 if you please, & pay the rest out of your savings. You can buy a bond through your husband's boss by paying $la week. You can go to your bank, to your husbands's bank, or any bank, or your husband's em plojrer, and they will receive you, not only cordially, but with all the respect and honor due to an American woman serving ner country. As Good as Gold And remember that this bond is the soundest investment in the world. It is a first mortgage on the United States ?a piece of the wealth of the wealth iest of nations. It pays you interest at 3i per cent. You are saving for yourself, the very money you save *.Ll lives wnn. Do something today to save the lives that you know you can aid in saving. Subscribe yourself to one or moie bonds, get your friends to sub scribe; give a liberty Loan Bridge, f-r a Liberty Loan Tea, or some form of entertainment which will raise funds to buy bonds with. It IS your Duty; it should be and must be vour Pride and Privilege. to do this work. sank iwberry vberry ew berry