Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, April 02, 1919, Image 3
JOT ASHAMEI
I Which Road Ar<
There are !*? ro*ds in life. C
ingress. The other lev dr. to succe
to show the weary traveler in whi
many people go along, their eyes <
seeing in dreamland. never notici
wrong highway. Do you know whi
' are the sign posts. The end of 01
end of the other will find you with
with War Savings Stamps and Lib
ewer 4% interest
Soendtnrin troaa.
"This is on me." y\
One more of the same.*
"'Lend me five." : * )
' Charge this." T?
Here, hoy."
"'Where do we go from here?"
"Let's have another round."
; l; "Yet: rah go'home any time."
* "Your money's no good."
! "I can't be bothered with
J small change."
> "The sky's the limit" 4
>' J "Fm paying for this."
> "Don't lie a piker."
c "It's ail in a lifetime."
I "More where this came from."
t "Easy come, easy go."
p "Eat, drink and be merry."
MPElElih
sife mns
between Twenty and Twenty"
*r? 3 Ti
xaye lYiiiiioii jDunu 3
T&ke Billion^ !n Short Pe>
riods.
Pessimists! who shake their heads
md join the chorus cf "I dunno" boys
U the prospect of floating a fifth Liberty
Loan in 'April are administered a
knock-out by figures which have re- '
sently been compiled by officials of j
the Treasury Department at Washington.
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The figures give an idea of just
how big an appetite for safe investment j
country has attained in its war- !
/ear. Some of the more striking of j
#the'figures referred to follow:
A bond market which had less than j
606,600 customers two years ago had j
at the close of 1918 between 20,000,- j
996 and 25.000,000 buyers. The army j
at buyers absorbed $11,156,565,859 ,
worth of bonds in Liberty Bonds alone i
fa MIS. j
la the two years of the war?count- j
tag the first and second Liberty j
Leans which were floated in 1917? j
these bond buyers digested a total of ;
$16,974,329,850 in Liberty bonds.
Hiis healthy condition of the bond j
market is explained, perhaps, by the i
fact that the entire indebtedness of
fha TlnftAd States today amounts to J
slightly less than 7 per cent of the '
astixnated national wealth. The nn- j
clonal debt amounts to only about j
$17# per capita.
Some of the national debts are: |
Great Britain, 44.3 percent cent, of
nafional wealth or $360 per capita;
Prance. 41.25 per cent of national
wealth or $296.90 per capita; Austria, j
* SI. 6 per cent of national wealth or |
$242.90 per capita ;and Germany. 38.7 |
per cent of national wealth or ?f>0r>.<*> !
per capita. ;
These figures on Germany are ex- j
elusive of the ninth war loan. a.rcu- j
rate returns of which never were had, i
and in the cases of both Austria and ;
Germany r.o account is taken of any f
indemnities which these fictions will:
have *.0 p:?y
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i You Jraveling? I
)ne leads to a juagmire of noth- x
ss. Both are lined with sign posts x
ich direction he is moving. But
on the skies, on the ground, or un- J>
ns that they are advancing on the ? |
ich road you are- traveling? Here $
le will find you emnty-handed. The % i
funds for a sunny opportunity?
erty Bonds working for you at T
Thrift Road. '2 j
"What is the price of this?" $
"One will do." , t
"The walk will do me good." y
"No, thank you." . H
' "I can't afford that." . $
> o
"Give nie your best price." &
"I'll carry this."
"T promised my wife." ' o
"I need the ihjuey."
"Let me p$y my shrre " *i
"l ean get without this." y ;
' "I'll get it as I need.it." j <> j
"Is it worth seeing?" ^ ;
"A p~rny is as good in :ny' <!> j
pocket." %!
"This is vrhat I've got ton for $ |
my money." X!
"I could, but there are more J>
necessary things to be taken &
- care of first." " |> |
SUV
FDR FOUR BONDS
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It is the Wealth of This Great
Country Somewhere Near
Hundred and Fifty Billions
of Dollars.
How many holders of "Libertvs"
realize fully the security that is back
of that property they own?
It is the wealth of the richest nation
of the earth.
Here's but a glance at what that
wealth comprises.
With t> per cent of the world's
population and 7 per cent of the
world's land America owns of the
world supplies:
70 per cent of the copper.
52 per cent of the coal.
20 per cent of the gold.
68 per cent of the oil.
40 per cent of the iron and steal.
S3 per cent of the silver.
60 per cent of the cotton.
25 per cent of the wheat.
60 per cent of the corn.
SO per cent of the meat supplies.
Other mineral and agricultural products
in proportion.
Today Europe owes us $10,000,000.000;
four years ago we owed her nearly
half that. .
Lastly our annual income, that oi
- - - - _ x _ J. -
-'ill the people ana mausiries. is wu?y
soa:ething like $70,000,000,000 annual
It and our national wealth close to
*350.000,000,000.
Don't sell your government, secnri
t;\>. Thej- will mean more to you byar:<lby.
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SftKSTK
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Secretary of Treasury Urges
I Citizens to Keep Govern- j
j merit Securities Until They j
Shall Have Matured.
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! Carter Glass. Secretary of the Unit- \
: ed States Treasury, has issued a warn- !
ling to patriotic American citizens ]
! against unscrupulous persons whu nd
i vertise that they are willing'to pur- !
j chase War Savings Stamps. Mr. Glass i
J does not wish to have the government j
j securities sold at sums below thei?^
. actual value.
; He points out that people who are
! actually in need of money may take j
i their War Savings Stamps to a post 1
I office and receive cash. Mr. Glass j
j urges holders to keep their stamps j
! until maturity.
He states that War Savings Stamps
1 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
j 30 doing. Men and women selling
stamps are not only losing money
which rightfully belongs to them, but
; are aiding unscrupulous agents to
| reap profits.
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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."
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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 J J
worthless. , o
a Hold Fast to Your Liberty J J
Y Bonds <
% Dont' exchange them for any- < J
f thing. Don't sell them unless
^ absolutely necessary. Keep $
j $ them in a sale place or nave <?
Z them registered (free) in x
T . your name. X
If in Doubt* Consult Nearest ^
J Bank or Undersigned <
jo Before selling or exchanging J J-i
x your Liberty Bonds. <>
< Beware o* the Man X
x Who tempts you to part with ?
o your Liberty Bonds, they arc Z
JI the safest and best invest- ?
J ment in the world. Z
. CARTER GLASS, , |,
? Secretary. Upited States Treas- ^
& ury Department, ' T
| Washington. D. C. X j
! iy ONE MORE
LOU IS SEEDED]
1 Tt Will fffl+tla Wo+irtii'c War '
iV VV 1 I i K/VVVJkV 41UV1VU fcj " wu.
Debts and Will Care fori
Sick and Wounded.
Once in a while some one asks: j
i "What's the need of another Liberty j
' Loan now that the war is over?"
Revenue from taxes will not be suf- J
; ficient to pay all the bills, so the I
people will be called upon to provide j
the money by subscribing to govern- j
meirt bonds. This money is going to j
pay off the army of produceir. at home |
?the farmers, merchants, manufac- i
turers and others.
America had just begun to fight j
when the Hun decided it was time to :
quit. Allied leaders expected the war;
to last another year and the United
1 States government was turning out |
ships, arms, ammunition and food to
overwhelm Germany in one big
drive. - i
Treasury officials have revealed:
that in 1910 America would have had ;
a tank at. the front for every seventyfive
feet of line. We would have had
ten tons of mustard gas ready for i
shipment for every ton Germany,
, could produce. Thousands of bakeries
of guns would have been in act- J
ion for every oue America had in 191S. I
Everything else was Jving produced '
! in proportion.
This gigantic preparation brought j
an early end to the war and saved 1
j thousands of live*. Victory Liberty j
Bonds will pay for this work which,
had been contracted for and was being
delivered when the armistice was i
signed.
There are other purposes for which
! money is need. Part of our army of !
2.000,00ft men must he kept in Europe i
until the peace treaty is signed. !
; These soldiers must be fed. clothed j
' and otherwise maintained. 'Then they
I must be brought home.
The sick and wounded must be car- j
ed for in hospitals. The array must ,
i be demobilized. There are thousands ,
i of maimed soldiers, heroes of the ;
: great war. who must be taught self- !
1 supporting trades and given an oppor- !
i rnnity to earn their living.
This reconstruction work at home j
: mast be earned 012. "'he job must be ?
; flnislieri. The American people who |
! furnished the money to win the war j
inns! sopp'v it also to brin<r the ?mtbva
back ' > a peace b;vsis.
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WILLED PLEDGES
STILL 1L0 GOOD
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Earnest Request is Made to
All Subscribers to Redeem
Promptly Their War Savings
Stamp Pledges.
Pledges made to invest in War Savings
Stamps have been automatically
extended to 1919 by the government.
^rtHcTi has made official announcement
that persons who, for any reason,
did not complete their pledges
by December 31, 191S, may and are
'expected to liquidate these pledges by
Investing in War Savings Stamps of
tlie new 1919 issue.
Thr? 1919 Wnr Smririp-c Shimns c\r& '
blue in color and a trifle smaller than j
those issued last year. They bear a
likeness of" Benjamin Franklin, the
apostie of thrift and economy. The
1919 War Savings Stamps which yield
their owners four per cent interest,
compounded quarterly, may be obtained
from any postoffice, bank, or other
authorized agent.'
'v>':
^Thrift Stamps and Thrift Cards
used last year remain in nse during
1919, and filled Thrift Cards, that is.
Thrift Cards on which sixteen Thrift
Stamps have beeh affixed, may be exchanged
for 1919 War Savings Stamps
upon the payment of the few addi->
tional cents which represent the difference
between the price of War
Sayings Stamp and $4. the value of
the sixteen Thrift Stamps.
Purchasers of 1919 War Savings
Stamps should bear in mind that 1919
Way Savings Stamps are to be affixed
aniy toUiy w ar savings ^eniucaLes. <
Araipugh one may have a 1918 War
i-f^vings Certificate (the parchment
on which War Savings Stamps are affixed)
which has unfilled space on it,
such 1918 certificate should not have
r1919 War Savings Stamps pasted on
it; nor should 191S War Stamps be
placed on the new 1919 War Savings
Certificate. Keep the two years separate.
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I MOST MEFT EVERY DEBT j
;f The war will not be over un- S j
til the United States Govern- 1
meat has honorably met every 3
' commitment made in order* to 2
win the war. J[
CAKTER GLASS, |
Secretary of the'Treasury. $
MLiM 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 ivrosnoritv which is
his just due. Lean years are for him
no longer. Last year tlie average of
farm earnings broke all records. Six
million farms, in 1918 produced crops
worth $12,280,000,000.
t'
This year it is estimated that a
greater wheat acreage than ever will
he sown. Naturally, the farmer 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, impossible,
to assemble comparative statements
of the farmers' bank accounts now
and five years ago. and the list of
mortgages that have been cancelled.
And it would he 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 of
$2.26 a bushel. Uncle Sam stands to
lose from r?0 to 75 cents upon every
bushel of wheat harvested next season.
Having given this guarantee to
the farmer, he will make it good.
That is Uncle Sam's way. But what
is Mi". Farmer going to do for Uncle
Sam in the Victory Liberty Loan?
In even' Liberty Loan to date the
farmer, as a class, has bought less
bonds than men in other prosperous
^lasses. FTe has been able meantime
to get more sugar and everything
rdse upon which the government put
i restriction, than others have.
The big question now. when he
stands to cash in at a 2"> per oent
premium upon his wlu-at crop, is what
is he going to do next Liberty Loan
1 rive ?
Some Lit*?rty Loon officials are
suggesting that the farmer should
iMiy a 1100 .horia tor f-a<-u m?u misneis
of wheat he sells to the srovennrtOpt.
*Ie has made the profit. and should
have no hesitancy in takirm a highrrade
security in payment for Mm* difference
Pel won what ?!;? trovernincnf
a<?'N ii?I what he r<-c.?iro> for
jis v ia.-a?.
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Make 19 IS Youre Success Year I
I Those who are fail of life energy and ambition have bodies and I
: brains working in harmony assisting to success: . I
| So that the road may be well paved see to it that your health is S
[perfect and the vision normal: The eyes play a mighty important 1
Dlntrfirtln*!" 1
x nj'oiwaita, Dux^euns anu mveniors can supply most any other
part of the body: but the eyes can not be replaced at any price.
It is "sight insurance" to have a reliable optometrist examine
the eyes. If any correction is needed have him prescribe the
necessary glasses. The cost is very slight when measured with
success. |
I K CLASSES* K THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALs I
KRYPTOKS pronounced Cnptocks have two visions in one pair
of glasses without a seam or hump.
Artificial Eyes Fitted $12 to $15
Office Hours: Daily, 8 to 6; Sundays by Appointment
O. L. WALTER OPTICAL CO.
j 1221 Main St., Columbia, S. C.
DIXIE DRAG SAW
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I skids. Weight 280 lbs. Makes 125 strokes per minute. Cuts
I logs 7" to 72" diameter. Easily started and moved. Runs as
; smoothly as a Liberty Moter.^The solution of the present and future
Fuel and Labor shortage. Economical of fuel and never
grows weary. May be taken to the woods for cutting logs, fuel,
etc. Equipped with friction clutch and when not required for
sawing, Dixie Engine may be used forfcdriving pumps, dynamo,
: churn, feed cutters, ^tc.
C. E. SHE ALT, Agent
? 1 Rt. No. 2 Gilbert, S. C.
I Mr. Purchaser: INVESTIGATE I
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