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Id niATCMAPF nv ? m u-S-A? ^ DIED IN SERVICE I FRANCE mBBHBHP Aprfi 2R? 1918 mmgggKggr j? A f Avslianl fjysr ,' L At#*? Arawafcaa B>tt**xnr I** g?trfh mWillBlMrsin T?WWMft m 7 ' . ?V ? / While Head I : ' - . ||-; v :--- ' ; * EIEUTENANT ELY, it b ours reverently to acknowledge the service you have rendered. To your country and ours, you gave all LaJ J.~ _ !*?_ I 1 ! _rr J , jwu nau iu give, a 111c, yuuug anu uuoya.ni, orrerea when you had but just arrived at life's fullest understanding?and more than this no man can give. T*/.' > But in the giving, sir, you gave as well the out ' . -i, pour of your stout young heart?that all of us to f". whom you pass along the touch might offer prayer, ) and carry on in better understanding of that ennobled cause for which no sacrifice shall be in vain. ; v . 'I J r Some of us are far behind the fighting lines of France today. For circumstance has made two battle lines, and there must be therefore those gone to fight, and others kept behind to carry on at home.. But as you say, both lines bring chance for; > deeds well done, and great investments too. Jtr * , J *' Little did you know, Lieutenant Ely, when you BUY UNITED STATESC OF THE FOURTH Written by I R. Faf>ea? jjjjjoQj|n6 ' ^ SpQC* Contributed to Edisto River Lur EMBREE, SOUTH - ' ' ' 1 . . ' . ' ' ? . . V.- v\ _ \ . y % 1 *''^Wv?*vi . 5 Arc Bared. . u)B '*< '*. v vlf '-> - f"' M J ' / \ -75% '&, went to the post that day, that your last Utter to those proud parents you left back home contained a ^ message not alone for them, but, simple and sincere, for all your countrymen as well. It did, indeed, for you uncovered the heart of all || America when you wrote, "/ want to say in closing, if anything happens to me let's have no mourning > in spirit or in dress, for like a Liberty Bond, it is an f: investment, not , a loss, when a man dies for his j countryJ* 1 The Fourth Liberty Loan is now announced. j ; 1h Do you think, Lieutenant Ely, that we shall soon forget your admonition?or that we shall not proudly subscribe for all we possibly ean of your country's Liberty Bonds, which you so noblyglorifled? / j'; Indeed, we can do no less, for it seems to us that each subscription blank must bear your parting salutation?-"for like a Liberty Bond, it is an investment, not a loss, when a man dies for his country." * : -3 - '"1 m iOVERNMENT BONDS t*nr n t v . L O A M ! nber Company J CAROUNA J v^fl