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HI [IE ME LOSS IS HEEDED It Will Settle Nation's War ^ Debts and Will Care for Sick and Wounded. \ Once in a while some one asks: ^What's the need of another Liberty Loan now that the war is over?" Revenue from taxes will not be sufficient to pay all the bills, so the people will be called upon to provide the money by subscribing to govern meat bonds. This money is going to pay off the army of producers at home ?the farmers, merchants, manufacturers and others. America had just begun to fight when the Hun decided it was time to quit. Allied leaders expected the war to last another year and the United 6tates government was turning out ships, arms, ammunition and food to overwhelm Germany in one big drive. Treasury officials have revealed that in 1919 America would have had a tank at the front for every seventyfive feet of line. We wouid have had ten tons of mustard gas ready for shipment for every ton Germany could produce. Thousands of batteries of guns would have been in actIon for every one America had in 1918. Everything else was being produced In proportion. This gig- preparation brought an early end co the war and saved thousands of lives. Victory Liberty Bonds will pay for this work which had been contracted for and was being delivered when the armistice was signed. There are other purposes for which .money is need. Part of our army of 2,000,000 men must be kept in Europe until the peace treaty is signed. These soldiers must be fed, clothed and otherwise maintained. Then they must be brought home. The sick and wounded must be cared for in hospitals. The army must be demobilized. There are thousands of maimed soldiers, heroes of the great war, who must be taught selfsupporting trades and given an opportunity to earn their living. % This reconstruction work at home must be carried on. The job must be finished. The American people who furnished the money to win the war must supply it also to bring the nation back to a peace basis. L, HOLD ON TO MR SI1ES SIMPS Secretary of Treasury Urges Citizens to Keep Government Securities Until They Shall Have Matured. Carter Glass, Secretary of the United States Treasury, has issued 'a warning to patriotic American citizens against unscrupulous persons who advertise that they are willing to purchase War Savings Stamps. Mr.'Glass does not wish to have the government securities sold at sums below their actual value. He points out that people who are actually in need of money may take their War Savings Stamps to a post office and receive cash. Mr. Glass urges holders to keep their stamps until maturity. He states that War Savings Stamps belong only to the individual who first purchased them and that people who . . offer to buy stamps at low premium are violating the letter of the law in Bo doing. Men and women selling stamps are not only losing money which rightfully belongs to them, but are aiding unscrupulous agents to reap profits. BE PREPARED. *If you think you are beaten, you are; ? If you think you are not, you don't; If you like to win, but you think you ' - can't; It's almost certain you won't." . I For Your Protection-Read I Wage Earners Are Being Robbed % Dishonest men are tempting x people to exchange their Lib- ? erty Bonds and invest their % hard-earned savings in "get- ? rich-quick" schemes that % promise big returns but are |> worthless. |> Hold Fast to Your Liberty x Bonds ? Dont' exchange them for any- X $ thing. Don't sell them unless a X absolutely necessary. Keep x J> them in a safe place or have ? % them registered (free) in x your name ? x i# in nmiht. Consult Nearest a iBank or Undersigned 1> Before selling or exchanging * your Liberty Bonds. 4 Beware of the Mnn % Who tempts you to paVt with 4 your Liberty Bonds, they are ^ ) the safest and best invest- 4 ment in the world. % CARTER GLASS. | Secretary, United States Treas- <| V\y Department, J; Washington. D. C. % t t m PBOFiTS ML AID LOAN Rural Business Men Are Well Able to Take Up Their Share in the "Victorious" Fifth. More than ever before the American farmer finds himself in the position of comfort and prosperity which is his just due. Lean years are for him no longer. Last year the average of farm earnings broke all records. Six million farms in 1918 produced crops worth $12,2S0.000,000. This year it is estimated that a greater wheat acreage than ever will oe sown, i^aturaiiy, tne larmer is making the most of his opportunities, and with guaranteed wheat prices and high prices for everything he grows, the outlook for him is most encouraging. And Europe will furnish a market for his fat hogs and steers. It would be interesting,- if possible, to assemble comparative statements of the farmers' bank accounts now and five years ago, and the list ol mortgages that have been cancelled. And it would be more interesting perhaps to have a statement of the Liberty Bonds now in the hands of these tillers of the soil. Very soon the farmer will have further opportunity to prove that he is not without loyalty as well developed as any man's. For another loan is almost in sight, a loan that will draw upon us all. Because of his price guarantee ol $2.26 a bushel, Uncle Sam stands to lose from 50 to 75 cents upon every bushel of wheat harvested next season. Having given this guarantee tc the farmer, he will make it good. That is Uncle Sam's way. But what is Mr. Farmer going to cio ior uncie Sam in the Victory Liberty Loan? In every Liberty Loan to date the farmer, as a cla^s, has bought less bonds than men in other prosperous Masses. He has been able meantime to get more sugar and everything else upon which the government put a restriction, than others have. The big question now, when he stands to cash in at a 25 per cent premium qpon his wheat crop, is whal is he going to do next Liberty Loan drive? Some Liberty Loan officials are suggesting that the farmer should buy a $100 bond for each 100 bushels of wheat he sells to the government. He has made the profit and should have no hesitancy in taking a highgrade security in payment for the dif Terence between what the government gets and what he receives foi his wheat UNFILLED PLEDGES stii i urn n finnn UIILL. IIUUU uuuu Earnest Request is Made tc All Subscribers to Redeen Promptly Their War Savings Stamp Pledges. Pledges made to invest in War Sav ings Stamps have been automatically extended to 1919 by the government which has made official announce ment that persons who, for any rea son, did not complete their pledges by December 31, 1918, may and an expected to liquidate these pledges by investing in War Savings Stamps o: the new 1919 issue. The 1919 War Savings Stamps ar< blue in color and a trifle smaller thai those issued last year. They bear i likeness of Benjamin Franklin, th< apostle of thrift and economy. Th< 1919 War Savings Stamps which yielc their owners four per cent interest compounded quarterly, may be obtain ed from any posjoffice, bank, or othe: authorized agent Thrift Stamps and Thrift Card; used last year remain in use durinj 1Q1Q on*1 fiilort Th-ift C!arris that is Thrift Cards on which sixteen Thrif Stamps have been affixed, may be es changed for 1919 War Savings Stamp: upon the payment of the few addi tional cents which represent the dil ference between the price of ' Wa Savings Stamp and $4. the value o the sixteen Thrift Stamps. Purchasers of 1919 War Saving Stamps should bear in mind that 191 War Savings Stamps are to be affixei only to 1919 War Savings Certificates Although one may have a 191$ Wa Savings Certificate (the parchmen on which War Savings Stamps are ai fixed) which has unfilled space on il such 1918 certificate should not hav -"*A "T? OfoTvine nictod rv luiy war o-ivm f;s 011111(73 [JUO ?,v_ VI ^ it; nor should 1918 War Stamps b placed on the new 1919 War Saving Certificate. Keep the two years sei arate. j f MUST MEfT EVERY DEBT i < > < w " < y The war will not be over un- ? % til the United States Govern- ' f ment has honorably mat every ' 'f commitment made in order to ! x win the war. I C \RT*"Tt CUASS, X Sritetary cf tha Treasury. x^^^xJ^xjx^xrx2 - <-;-Oxr The Herald 1 . 1 largest snip ever receh have almos school roor Ink ( Pens n. ce Starrs Ledgers Journals Records i \ 1 1 / \ or most am ? your office get them h | carry a Ian i : c ?1# 1 rine J 3 i i 3 i We have the pretl ; all the differe : I are as rer I 25c S i' Carter's Fountain \ Red, and Vio \ Photolibi rt, e " nrr no r : M.L Ud r <? ) & >> * Mail Orders Filled Same Day Reci [ Book Store received ment of Office and ? red in Bamberg at o t anything needed in n. 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