The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
RAISED S55,550
IN SINGLE DAY
Barre's Intensive Drive for
Liberty Loan Was
Successful
TOTAL SUBSCRIBED
TO DATE is 1929, 900
1t Is Believed That the Min
imum Quota May
Be Reached

Bonds or blood with clear choice
between lending money to the govern
ment and permitting one unnecessary life
to be lost by our soldiers, was the issue
in Barres big Liberty loan campa ign
yesterday and with the intensive drive
yet to be finished at noon to-day. the
returns showed that the people of the
Granite city were not slow in reaching a
decision. AT noon the total subscriptions
aggregated $4,000, or little more
than 100000 short of Barre's quota.
The campaign for the necessary amount
is to continue with unabated vigor until
Saturday night when subscriptions cease
and the opportunity to place contri-
button on the side of democracy should
not be lost.
In the name of patriotism dozens of
workers sailed forth to canvass for sub
scriptions yesterday, and a meeting at
city hall last evening demonstrated quite
satisfactorily that Barre is not found
wanting when it comes TO a showdown.
In the six wards, each with its own
captain and willing band of solicitors,
the sum Of $4,000 was subscribed during
the day. Enthusiasm was rampant
when the returns were announced to the
tired workers assembled at night, Each
ward division had room of its own at
the city building in which TO report, but
the aggregate was announced to all the
and it goes without saying
that the hardest workers felt amply re-
paid for their patriotic endeavors of the
day. At the close of business in Barre s
four banks yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock, the sum of sl73,450 had been
subscribed in addition to the fruits of
he house toulouse canvass, thereby
'reating total of $4,000 for the dis
.rict of Barre.
1t should be borne in mind that in |
instances people in nearby |
owns have rallied nobly to the task of |
Hing the quota, and while modicum |
II credit is due to the subscribers right !
lere in the city, the folks just outside |
re doing their bit in a manner worthy |
# emulation elsewhere. With a sub |
cription of S2l 250 for the day, ward 9,
which was captained by Arthur T. Camp
ell, leads in the city, and with the
mallest roll of voters the record is the |
uoTe HuJdDie. III the sixth precinct, tuere
vas one subscription OF $4,000. In the
rst ward, where Homer G. Ladd was
he chairman, the days canvass netted
IA, $50. Ward 3, with G.. Herbert Pape
S chairman, was in third position with
Q 800, and fourth honor went to ward 2
18th 81 200, the captain being Henry A.
helps. The fifth ward with Joseph
alcagni as chairman, subscribed $1,000,
nd in the fourth ward, where the forces
ere in charge of Duncan Mcmillan, jr,
,e canvass netted 81 $50.
Boosters of the campaign in Barre
nd for that matter every subscriber is
booster reviewed with unconcealed
ltisfaction the results of the days do
gs More than two thirds of the sub
ription is in hand and it is believed
iat the end of the week will witness a
alization of the full quota.
Officers OF the various banks arc lend
z their efforts to enlarge the size of !
lrre's subscription. All of them did not ,
I'VE their statements complete this !
orning, but the Peoples National bank
that up 10 10 o'clock this :
renoon it had received subscriptions of :
0,050, the amount including part of the !
uits of the big drive by the canvassers +
sterday. \