CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR SALE
FOR SALS—'Young fresh milk
cow, Guernsey anl Jersey mixed.
See RAVEN CRAFT, Cherryville,
N. C., Route 1 lt-p
FOR SALE—Dry stove wood,
cut In short stove lengths. See
ERNEST STROUPE, Cherryville,
N. C. lt-p
FOR SALE—One steam Table.
D. B. BESS, Cherryville, N. C.
FOR SALE—Three young mar
es, Virginia Raised—2 and 4 yrs.
old. Will sell at a bargain, 3
miles East, Cherryville. N. C. on
150 Highway. W. G. MOSS. 2t-p
FOR SALE—Fresh Guernsey
Milk Cow. See H. Lee Heavner,
Rhyne-Houser No. 1 Mill, Cherry
▼ille, N. C. lt-p
FOR SALES—One Estate Hea
trola in excellent condition, good
as new, used one season. Price
*75.00. MRS. A. B. SWEATT,
W. Church St., Cherryville. lt-p
FOR SALE — Certified Red
Heart Strain 5 Wheat, and Cer
tified Fulgrain strain 3 Oats—
Direct from Coker. C. C. DELL
INGER. 2t-S21
Tp MY FRIENDS—I will be
around to see you with my Christ
mas Cards about the last of Sep
tember. Wait for the best cards.
REV. A. B. YORK. It
WANTED TO RENT—Two or
three rooms in town. Couple with
out children. Call CLYDE LUTZ.
Carolina Freight Carriers. lt-p
LOST—Screw taly bull dog in
Cheiryville. Answers to name of
Buster. Finder please notify Mrs.
G. T. Gantt, Route 2, Vale,
N. C. lt-pd
LQST—Brown and white Bea
gle—Answers name Jack. Finder
please return to Harold Wyanr.t,
or Voyde White, Cherryville,
N. C. lt-pd
MISCELLANEOUS
FOUND—Pair Gold Rim Glass
es last week. Owner may get
same by applying to E. C. Wood,
Rhyne-Housek- Mfg. Co. No. 2,
Cherryville, N. C. lt-p
“FIRST CLASS MA
CHINIST WANTED
90 cents to $1.15 per hour,
time and one half for over
time. 54 hour average week.
This shop is 80 percent on
defense work. Plant within
40 miles of Charlotte, N. C.
Call or write Eagle Publish
ing Co., Cherryville, N. C.,
for further information.
ed - For Bench or floor
92 1-2 cents to $1.00 per
hour, time and one-half for
overtime. 48 hours is aver
age week. Plant within 40
miles of Charlotte, N. C. For
further information call or
write Eagle Publishing Co.,
Cherryville, N. C.
WE BUY CHICKENS AND
EGGS—Pay highest market. We
sell feeds of all kinds. DALTON’S
FLOUR AND FEED MILLS
North of High School. tf
FREE! If Excess acid causes
you pains of Stomach Ulcers, In
digestion, Heartburn, Belching,
Bloating, Nausea, Gas Pains, get
free sample, Udga, at
ALLEN DRUG COMPANY
10-019
We now have electric power to
our Hamer Mill and can do your
Hamer. Your business will be ap
preciated.
DALTON FLOUR AND FEED
MILLS
PIANO TUNING AND REPAIR
ING INDORSED BY LEADING
MUSIC TEACHERS. WRITE
J. F. PECHE, BELMONT. N. C. tf
New Studio Couches
with Spring $79.50.
New Oil Stoves, 2, 3
and 5 burners “Re
CARPENTER BROS.
FOR SALE—Used Ranges
and Cook Stoves $10 up
Used Iron Beds $6.95 pj
Used Bed Springs $2.50 up
New Bed Springs $9.00
910.25 OPA Price
Used oil stoves $4.65
burners.
Child beds $18.50
Youth Beds $24.50
New ranges $65.00; re
qui res certificate.
If you have anything to
sell see us.
Cherryville, N. C.
Carpenter Bros.
D ATCWTC TRADE
I A I £ N I J MARKS
Prompt, expert service, send
sketch or model for free
opinion. Expert Washington
associates — DAVID P.
DELUNGER, Special At
torney, Cherryville, N. C. ,
LEGAL NOTICES
NORTH CAROLINA,
GASTON COUNTY.
Mary Perkins,
Plaintiff,
-vs
Edgar Perkins,
Defendant.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
j NOTICE OF SUMMONS
The above named defendant will
! take notice that an action for di
vorce has been started in the Su
perior Court of Gaston County,
i N. C., and the defendant will be
required to appear before the
Clerk of said Court within the
time prescribed by law after the
j final publication of this notice in
l his office in Gastonia, N. C., and
answer or demur to the Complaint
of the plaintiff, or this plaintiff
will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in this Complaint.
This August 17, 1944.
PAUL E. MONROE,
Clerk of the Superior Court.
P. C. FRONEBERGER,
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
4t-S14
i NORTH CAROLINA,
GASTON COUNTY.
1 Bertha Sides,
Plaintiff,
-vs
I David P. Sides,
Defendant.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
The defendant, David P. Sides,
will take notice that an action
i entitled as above has been com
menced in the Superior Court of
! Gaston County for an absolute
divorce, and the said defendant
will further take notice that he is
hereby required to appear before
; the Clerk of the Superior Court of
Gaston County at the Court House
in Gastonia, N. C., within twenty
(20) days after the final publica
; lion of this notice, and answer or
; demur to the complaint in said ac
i tion, or plaintiff will apply to the
! Court for the relief demanded in
said complaint.
This the 22nd. day of August,
1944.
PAUL E. MONROE
ERNEST R. WARREN,
Attorney for Plaintiff. 4t-S14
Clerk of the Superior Court.
NORTH CAROLINA,
GASTON COUNTY.
Margaret Lee Cooper,
BNF, John Biddy,
Plaintiff,
M. H. Cooper,
Defendant.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE ( l.LRK
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
The defendant, M. 11. Cooper,
will take notice that an action en
titled as above has In en commenc
ed in the superiui . .>urt of Gas
ton County, North Carolina, for
the purpose of an absolute di
vorce on the grounds of adultery;
and the said defendant will fur
ther take notice that he is requir
ed to appear at the office of the
clerk of the superior court of Gas
ton County in Gastonia, N. C., on
or before twenty days after the
final publication of this notice and
answer or demur to the said com
plaint in said action or the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded.
This 22 day of. Aug., 1944.
PAUL E. MONROE
Clerk of Superior Court.
W. H. SANDERS,
Attorney for Plaintiff. 4t-S14
NORTH CAROLINA,
GASTON COUNTY.
Thelma Wilson Howard,
Plaintiff
-vs
Thomas J. Howard,
Defendant.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
The defendant. Thomas J. Ho
ward. will take notice that an
action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court
nf Gaston County, North Caroli
na. to obtain an absolute divorce
on the grounds of two years sep
aration : and the said defendant
will further take notice that he is
required to appear at the office
of the Clerk of the Superior
Court in said County in the
Courthouse in Gastonia, North
Carolina, within twenty days
from the final publication of
this notice and answer or demur
to the complaint in said action,
or the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
This 28 day of July, 1944.
EMMA CORNWELL,
Asst. Clerk Superior Court
BISMARCK CAPPS.
Att’y- for plaintiff. 4t-S21
NORTH CAROLINA,
GASTON COUNTY.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
Rozeniam Davis Bankhead,
Plaintiff
-vs
James Thomas Bankhead,
Defendant
The defendant, James Thomas
Bankhead above named will here
by take notice that the plaintiff
above designated has commenced
an action to secure an absolute
divorce, in the Superior Court of
Gaston County, North Carolina
as appears from the complaint fil
ed in the action, in said Clerk’s
Office in the Gaston County
Court House at Gastonia, N. C.
The defendant is further noti
fied that he is required to file
written answer or otherwise plead
t > said complaint, on or before
14th day of October, 1944 and
die same in the office of said
Clark of wld Superior Court on
or before sold day, or the plain
tiff wilt fnowe the court for relipi
as shown in tho complaint and ev
idence in the cause.
Herein fail not at your peril,
This the 24th day of August,
1944.
PAUL E. MONROE,
Clerk Superior Court
J. L. HAMME,
Att’y. for Plaintiff. 4t-S21
NORTH CAROLINA, ,
GASTON COUNTY.
Clarence Lane,
Plaintiff
Cathline Lane,
Defendant
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
The above named defendant
will take notice that an action
entitled as above has been com
menced by the plaintiff in the
Superior Court of Gaston County
for the purpose of obtaining an
absolute divorce from the defen
dent; And the defendent will fur
ther take notice that she is re
quired to appear before the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Gaston
County in Gastonia, N.*C., to file
answer or to demur to said com
plaint of the plaintiff within
twenty days after the final ap
pearance of this notice, and that
if she fails to answer or to de
mur to said complaint within the
specified above named time, the
said plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded
in the said complaint.
WITNESS: Paul Monroe, Clerk
Superior1 Court of Gaston Coun
ty, at his office in Gastonia, N. C.
This the 30 day of August,
1944.
PAUL E. MONROE,
Clerk Superior Court, Gas
ton County.
CLAUDE B. WOLTZ,
Att’y. for Plaintiff. 4t-S21
NORTH CAROLINA,
GASTON COUNTY.
Deanne Ballard Mitohell,
Plaintiff,
Robert H. Mitchell,
Defendant.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
The defendant, Robert H. Mit
chell, will take notice that an ac
tion entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court
of Gaston County, North Caroli
na, for absolute divorce; and the
defendant will further take notice
that he is required to appear at
tne Office of the Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Gaston County at
ihe Court House in Gastonia,
North Carolina, within the time
prescribed by law and answer or
demur to the complaint filed in
said action or the plaintiff will
apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in her complaint.
This 6th day of September,
1944.
EMMA CORNWELL, Assis
tant Clerk Superior Court.
CHERRY & HOLLOWELL,
Att’ys. for Plaintiff. 4t-S2S
NORTH CAROLINA,
GASTON COUNTY.
I. C. Falls,
Plaintiff
-T8
Mary Jane Falls,
Defendant.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
The defendant, Mary Jane Falls,
will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been com
menced in the superior court of
Gaston County, North Carolina,
to obtain an absolute divorce; and
the said defendant will further
take notice that she is required to
appear at the office of the clerk
of the superior court of Gaston
County at his office in Gastonia,
N. C., within twenty days after
the final publication of this notice,
and answer or demur to the com
plaint, or the plaintiff will apply
to the court for the relief de
manded.
This 5 day of Sept., 1944.
PAUL E. MONROE,
i Clerk of Superior Court.
•W. H. SANDERS, Att’y. 4t-S28
NORTH CAROLINA
GASTON COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Ralph Jackson, Plaintiff
vs.
{Leola Deck Jackson, Defendant.
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY
PUBLICATION
The defendant, Leola Deck
Jackson, will take notice that an
action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court
of Gaston county, North Carolina
to obtain an absolute divorce on
the grounds of two years separa
tion* and the said defendant will
further take notice that she is re
quired to appear at the office of
tre Clerk of the Superior Court
of said county in the court house
in Gastonia, North Carolina,
within twenty days from the final
publication of this notice and an
swer or demur to the complaint m
said action, or the plaintiff will
apply to the court for the relief
demanded in said complaint.
This 11th day of September,
1944.
PAUL E. MONROE,
Clerk of Superior Court
for Gaaton County, N. C.
J.A.Wilkins, Atty. 4T-05
LEAVES
OF
LAUREL
ELVIA
GRAHAM
MELTOM
New York, N. Y.—FERMENT
ED REFLECTIONS: I keep think
ing I ought to change the head
ing of my column. Somehow there
I aren’t so many laurel leaves or
j pats on the ‘Hack hanfded out;
these days.
eight years ago I had a column
called Back-Chat On The News.
I ought to hove kept it. At any
rate if Melton sounds more as
tringent than B. W. (before
war) it’s because sweetness and
light (for all writers) often get .
buried under an avalaunche 01
"blood, toil, tears and sweat"—
and disgust.
Just one of the little big things
that sours any thoughtful (ond
patriotic) 'person was the recent
Labor Day holiday "pleasure trav- ,
It didn’t matter that the gov
ernment, and the ODT, through
radio, press and every other
means begged—yes begged—peo
ple to stay home; not to travel.
Because (and they gave rea
sons, facts, figures and explana- ;
tions) our railroads and buses,
etc., are overtaxed (anl have been ;
for a long time now) and must
and should be used only for nec
essary military and business ;
transportation.
It doesn’t matter that thous- j
ands of our wounded are now ar
riving back here from the war- j
fronts, thus putting a further I
burden on transportation facili- ,
ties.
It doesn’t matter that the Ar
my has loosened up on furloughs
for men still -Jn this country and
that Joe and Jim should have
fust claim to that seat or sleeper, i
And frankly and inelegantly, they j
get gyped plenty by selfish civi
lian travel hogs.
Oh, no! None of this matters!
John Doe and Mary Roe wanta go
places and do things. So they j
pack their duds and go. In de
fense they say: “But you gotta
do something on a holiday." Or
“But I haven’t had a vacation
trip in o year." Or some such
bilge.
It’s just too bad they can'
parade that line of talk and reas
oning in front of our millions of
dog-tired, dirty, lousy or wound
el boys overseas. Maybe then
some flicker of their littleness and
selfishness and lack of coopera
tion would make them ashamed.
THE VENGEFUL FRENCH
PATRIOTS: We hear nothing but
praise for the French these days,
and certainly they deserve plen
ty. But while we are wallowing
in Vivas and admiration let this
one voice (at least) be raised in
condemnation of certain acts of
barbarism also.
1j our newspapers^we see many
pictures and paragraphs showing
how the now triumphant French
patriots treat women who are ac
cused of having been too friend
ly with the German invaders.
The women are stripped in pub
lic, shorn of their hair and par
aded in the streets for all to see
and ridicule.
Put these ugly actions down to
that something savage still in us
which hates ond seeks revenge;
personal, emotional revenge. But
don’t condone it or excuse it as
“right." It has nothing to do
with justice. It is rotten and un
civilized.
Furthermore, as an added in
dictment of the bestiality and
unfairness of these actions, why
—why this particular type of
punishment for the French wo
man, be she sympathizer or har
lot? The French men who have
been collaborators have been
shot as traitors, in some instan
ces, or taken into custody for
trial. They have not been par
aded naked through the streets.
If these French women have
sinned against their country or
their countryman—let them be
given a fair trial, and if „ound
guilty let them be properly sen
tenced and punished.
Any other less just and civiliz
ed behavior brands the French
patriot—and any of those of us
who applaud or approve- -exact
ly on the level of the Germans
who have so widely and wilfully
viola|ed all fiuman rights and
decencies.
WHY SOME AVIATORS
GO AIR-HAPPY
What happens to the minds of
fliers who go on stunt sprees, of
ten with fatal results, is explained
by br. Donald A. Laird, noted
psychologist. Read this illumin
ating article in the September
24 issue of
Forty years ago Einar Holboell,
a Danish postal clerk who loved
children, “sod” the public the idea
of using Christmas Seals on holi
day mail to raise funds to help
sick children. The 38th annual
Christmas seal Sale in this coun
ty to promote tuberculosis con
trol opens November 20.
In the United States last year
118,000 new cases of tuberculosis
were reported and 66,000 persons
died from tre disease.
A narrow perch in fiont of the
hen’s neat will Jgeep he* feet
cleaner. Reault,—-Jess stained and
dirty eggs.
Patenfnood
’MRS. CATHERINE CONRAD EDWARDS
| Associate Editor, Parent*' Magazine
GOOD GROOMING ESSENTIAL
Mothers are more and more
coming to realize that sons, as
well as daughters, need training
in basic good grooming and that
this training should go far beyond
the age old struggle over a clean
neck and ears, even to including
instruction in the proper use of
toilet preparations.
In the matter of facial hygiene
it is especially neglectful to allow
a boy to establish his own stand
ard of cle: nrness or to choose
thoughtlessly til" xoap and lotions
he uses. And when it conies time
r him to shave do not allow his
ouchy insistence that this is a
.ighly personal rite to prevent
your seeing that he has expert
advice as to methods of using the
razor and guidance in the selec
tion of soaps, creams and antisep
tics.
The advent of shaving so often
ushers in a crop of pimples that
some immediate connection other
than the adolescent speeding up
of glandular activity seems likely.
Careless shaving may cause tiny
abrasions in the skin through
which bacteria, always present on
the skin, find their way. Or too
much pressure on the razor may
force these organisms into the
hair follicles or sweat glands. Cer
tainly every precaution, few of
which a boy would think of him
self, should be taken to make
shaving as antiseptic as possible.
Dipping the razor anh blade into
boiling hot water both before and
after shaving is one method of
discouraging bacterial growth..
Since the skin cannot stand suffi
cient heat to sterilize it, an after
shaving lotion with an antiseptic
base should be csed. And don’t be
too sure your son wouldn’t like it
nicely perfumed!
But preparation of the boy’s
skin for the rigors of shaving
should begin in boyhoid, A good
cream soap applied with sponge
or complexion brrsh does a lore
thorough job than a few swift
dabs with a washcloth. The use
of a slightly astringent lotion
shorld begin early, too. Anything
which gives the blood a special
reason for rushing to the surface
be it cold air, ice, exercise or an
astringent lotion, helps keep the
blood vessels if the skin from ac
quiring sluggish halfits.
Boys have long been vocal on
what they don’t like about a
girl’s grooming — chipped nail
!•■ tixh, too mucr lipstick, hair that
>; is a shampoo are a few of the
items that come in for scathing
t marks.. Girls, however, have
been more timid about criticising
similar makeshifts on the part of
■ ‘\ s, such as slapdash hair combs
ml tumbling socks. But there are
few masculine illusions they
have lately set about to destroy.
One of trese is the notion that
boys don’t need underarm deodor
ants.
Most mothers nowadays are
careful to instruct their sons as
well as their daughters in under
arm hygiene. But with boys you
can’t stop with instruction—you
will have to see that the deodor
ants occupy a prominent place in
bathroom shelves. Boys aren’t in
clined to buy personal cosmetics
for themselves — they won’t go
much beyond hair preparations If
left to do their own shopping.
Of bourse bathing daily or of
j tener is the first requisite for pre
i venting underarm or any other
body odor. But because perspira
tion lwVi so little opportunity to
evaporte in the armpit, a deodor
ant, anti-perspirunt, or possibly
both are required to keep the
i perspiration from fermenting nnd
| giving off an acrid odor. One
thing to stress, especially with
i boys, is that once the need for a
deodorant arises, using one is a
year-round as well as a life-time
sweaters in winter creates an ev
en greater obstacle to body fresh
ness than the mere open perspir
ing bronght on by summer tem
peratures.
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“Lo»t” Eight onth* in Arctic
This is the story of the “for
gotten convoy” revealed this
week by the War Shipping Ad
ministration. In January, 194J,
sir tJ. S. merchant ships left New
York harbor on the tough Mur
mansk run to deliver supplies to
Northern Russia. Battered by
air attack, the convoy arrived on
March 2. After the cargo was un
loaded the crew settled down to
in a small Russian factory town
to await formation of a return
convoy. They waited for eight
months—six months in the con
stant daylight of summer in the
Arctic Circle. Seeking entertain
ment, the men found an interpre
ter and got him to arrange dates
with Russian girls for the two
dances held there each week.
Later, some of the seamen, hav
ing learned a smattering if Rus
sian, hitch-hiked around the coun
try, some as fur as 200 miles
from port. In September the re
tern convoy was made up, and
the forgotten convoy” sailed in
to the Ne,v York harbor approxi
mately one year from the day it
had left.
Lumber For Farmer*
From trees cut from their own
farms the farmer may receive up
to 5,000 feet of lumber annually
without certification, WPB says.
The farmer may receive an un
limited amount of lumber from
his own trees if he takes them
to a sawmill that cuts less than
100,000 board feet annually and
therefore is not subject to re
striction.
Round-Up
A prospective spread in the
shortage of smaller size truck
tires will affect principally small
trucks such as farm trucks and
those used in delivering milk,
bakefy products and laundry,
the ODT says France has been
the most important source of man
power, raw materials and indus
trial products among all the oc
cupied countries, the F E A re
ports American troops in Aus
tralia have taught the Australians
to like sweet corn, and the 1945
Australian crop will yield 55 mil
lion cans, the D of C reports
Housewives can help the national
food situation and their own
family meals by using more on
ions in late September and early
October when storage space will
be scarce, WFA says While
longer, in normal times of food
plenty route economists recom
mend' eating them within the year
the Department of Agriculture
says.
Hog Brittle* Flown Over “Hump”
Most dangerous air route in
the world, by general admission,
is the flight from India to China
over the Himalayan mountains.
This run, known as flying “The
Hump" is used for hauling vital
war cargoes to China. On the
equally dangerous return flight,
Chinese hog bristles make up part
of the cargoes, the Foreign Eco
nomic Administration reports.
American pegs are killed too
young to have time to grow the
| long, strong bristles characteris
i tic of Chinese pigs—in reality
boars. Thaaa hog brl»tlM\xrom
China are very important in tha
making of paint brushes for the
Navy and U. S. Maritime Com
mission, as well as for brushes
used in wool combing machines.
A fully feathered nen has a
bout 8,500 feathers. Her body
temperature is 107 degrees. Keep
her cool in summer.
RALEIGII, Sept. 12. — Th^
Brewing Industry Foundation!^
North Carolina Committee toda^H
requested all wholesale and retail
beer establishments to follow the
same V-day clo.dng schedule ad
opted by other retail and whol
sale businesses in their communi
State Director Edgar H. Bain
of Goldsboro, in a special bulletin
to 2,800 wholesale and retail beer
dealers in North Carolina urged
them to join their local civic and
business groups in observing V
day celebrations.
“Business and civic groups in
most communities of North Caro
lina have agreed upon a schedule
of closing for V-day,” Director
Bain said. Wholesale and retail
beer establishments are urged to
follow the same schedule.
“Governor Broughton has ask
ed all business to join in solemn
and appropriate ceremonies mark
ing the end of the war in Europe.
Our industry should cooperate to
the fullest extent.”
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The Farmer and
War Bonds
by Mr. A. S. Goss
Master of the National Grange
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WE FREQUENTLY hear farm
ers rr.ise the question as to
whether or not they should buy
War Bonds as long as they are in
debt. The answer to this question
should depend in large measure
upon the nature of the debt and
whether or not it is current. If part
of it is ppst due, and the borrower
expects to experience difficulty in
meeting past due payments, he
probably should bring his debt into
current position before investing
in Bonds. If, however, his pay
ments are current, there seems to
be no reason why farmers should
not buy as many Bonds as they
are able. Most individual invest
ors in government Bonds are car
rying debt in one form or an
other, at rates higher than the
Bonds will yield. This is as it
should be if the purchaser is in an
earning position which permits the
accumulation of some surplus, for
we all owe it to our government
to do our utmost in the financing
of the war, even though the trans
action may result in our paying
some extra interest on outstand
ing debts.
When a farmer owes money, he
Is always concerned as to whether
his crops will sell at prices which
will enable him to repay his debt.
When prices are high it is good
business and conservative finance
to reduce the debt as rapidly as
possible because when prices are
low, it takes more crops and more
efforts to make the payments.
We should not forget, how
ever, that a government Bond
will pay off an equal amount
of dollars of debt, no matter
whether prices are high or
whether prices are low. It Is,
therefore, a sound and con
servative practice to buy gov
ernment Bonds and lay them
aside to make payments on
existing debts when they fall
due. In fact, quite aside from
the patriotic appeal, it is good
business to buy Bonds rather
than make pre-payments ou
debt, because the time may
come when the ready cash is
needed and the money tied up
in pre-payments cannot be re
turned. If this money is in
vested in Bonds, It can be con
verted into cash to meet any
needs which may arise.
If everyone followed the policy
of buying no War Bonds until their
debts were paid, few Bonds would
be sold to the public. We have an
obligation to help finance this war
which is vastly more important
than the Income we may receive
on the investment of money in
War Bonds.
Farmers are finding it Impossi
ble to maintain their machinery
and buildings in a satisfactory
state of repair. They arc finding
that they cannot replace worn-out
equipment except at excessively
high cost.
It would teem to be sound
and conservative business
practice to lay aside money
to make the repairs and re
place worn-out equipment
when material and machines
are again available. No safer
place can be found to lay aslda
money for such purposes than
in government Bonds.
Every time we buy a Bond we,
are not oijy assisting in financing
the war, but we are also doing our
bit to prevent that most dreaded
economic disaster called inflation.
If each one of us would invest na
much as we could in government
Bonds, the danger of inflation
would be greatly reduced. •
V. S. Trtanry Dtfartm*ml