Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-01
SECOND LIBERTY
LOAN BOND SALE
GREAT EFFIRT TO OBTAIN SS,-
OOO.OOO,OOO IN SUBSCRlPTIONS-
HUGE CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. line
second Liberty bond campaign opened
today. For four weeks the entire ma
tion will be recruiting ground for
money with which to carry on the
war.
To obtain $3,OOO,OO0,O0 DIN subscrip-
tions, the minimum set by treasury Of
ficials for the issue, gigantic ma
chine of many part stands ready FIFTY
per cent. greater than the first Liberay
loan, the present offering is the larg-
est the American people have ever
been called upon to aborb, and to
make certain that it i'll be more than
fully subscribed, officials for months
past have been perfecting an elaborate
sales and publicity mechanism, which
was set in motion this morning.
Five billion dollars and ten million
subscribers-th is the goal for which
officials hope The services OF virtual
ly every industry of the nation have
been enlisted to bring about this rel
suit. Hundreds of thousands OF indi-
yiduals, firms and corporations VIII
unite in giving all or a part of their
time to the work.
Secretary McAdoo opened the cam
paign formally with a speech in Cteve-
land, Ohio, the first of may he VIII
deliver in a ns-continental tour.
More than $4,000 banks will cooper
ate in floating the huge issue. These
working under the guidance of the
twelve federal reserve banks, regional
headquarters for the loan, VIII be the
treasurys first lieutenants. The en-
tire press of the country-daily news
papers, weekly and monthly maga-
zines, trade papers, foreign language
publications and farm papers-will con-
tribute largely to the uccess of the
work
0udH1DSAo Ol 1JONA NN
Trade. manufacturers associations and
kindred organizations have pledged
their active and unstinted efforts. Pa
triotic societies by the score, children,
church and school organizations, labor
unions and fraternal societies.
Boy scouts, veterans of the last cam
paign are planning heavier drive for
the second. Women organizations from
coast to coast have been marshaled un-
der the leaderhip of central women's
loan committee headed by Mrs. William
c. McAdoo.
The stage and the screen will do
their part. Leading theatrical and
moving picture stars have been filem
for a special number which will be
displayed in virtually every moving
picture house in the country, while in
theatres speakers will utilize daily the
time between acts to campaign for
the loan.
A central speakers bureau will send
speakers throughout the country to
tell the people what Liberty bonds are
for. Local committee will supply
thousands of speakers for their re-
speetive localities.
campaign for the sale Of bonds
that will reach every officer and en-
listed man in the army and every
officer enlisted man and civilian en-
ploye of the army will be a feature of
the sale.
During the first hour Of the Liberty
loan campaign in Ne wYork city, elev-
en- million dollars in subscriptions
were announced by two banks. The
union Pacific and the Souther Pacific
each two five million.
In New York expert bond statesmen
are handling the sale of the bonds.
In Cleveland where Secretary Nc
Adco made the opening speech of a
tTans-continental campaign, the whis-
ties blew for forty-five minutes Iris
Speaker, star ballplayer, purchased the
first bond, giving Mr.. McAdoo a check
for $1,000.