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Show A STATE OF PREPAREDNESS. 2 HIS is no time to talk peace," J " -red Representative Thos. Heflin, t abama. "Rather it is the time to . i on preparing. Germany has dragged us into this war against our will, and now that we are in it we have to go through with it. Wo can win this war in a year beyond doubt, but wo have got to keep' going. fl The United States Ib in pretty good II Shape now, and there is no reason why fl v;e should talk peace. fl 'There was an old fellow down in fl north Alabama and out in the moun- fl tans; he kept his jug in the hole of a jfl log. Ho would go down at sundown fl to take a swig of mountain dew fl mountain dew that had never been fl humiliated by a revenuo officer nor in- fl suited by a green stamp. Ho drank fl that liquid concoction that came fresh fl from the heart of the corn, and he fl glowed. One evening while he was fl lotting the good liquor trickle down fl his throat he felt something touch his fl foot. He looked down and saw a big fl rattlesnake coiled ready to strike. fl "The old fellow took another swig fl of the corn, and in defiance he swept fl that snake with his eyes. fl " 'Strike, uern you, strike, you will fl never find me better prepared.' fl "That's the way I feel about the fl present situation." Washington Post. fl |