The Lamar register., 1917-10-24
PATRIOTIC WEEK IN PRowERS
COUNTY
People of County Inaugurate Big
Campaign TO Sell Bond Allotment

tnat IIOWerS county was expected 10
take at least S150,O0O of the new Lib
erty Loan bonds the busines men of
the county Immediately began work
on a campaign to see that the require
ments of the government were met by
the county as they have at all times
since the war began.
Floyd NJ. Wilson, manager of the
d. A. NJ. & P. Co. of Hartman, called
a number of business men together at
the Elks club room in Lamar on Fri
day evening. About forty were pres
ent and indulged in a regular SOL
diers lunch served in army style and
finishing up with smokes from pipes.
The arrangements were in charge of
Mr.. Wilson assisted by H. j. John
son and all present pronounced it one
of the most successwul and pleasing
occasions in the history of the town.
Plans were mapped out for the work
of this week and arrangements for
speakers at the various meetings
throughout the county. At the close
Chairman Wilson asked all who were
willing to subscribe to the bond issue
to stand and every member was i'm
mediately on his feet and large
number of blank applications were
filled out before the meeting adjourn
ed
All the church services on Sunday
were visited by business men and
part of the time given over to talks
on the bond issue. The first of the
public meetings was held on Monday
evening at the high school auditorium
and was largely attended. The high
school orchestra and vocal organiza-
tion under the direction of Miss Allen
rendered a program of patriotic mu-
sic and songs that was highly ap-
preciated by the audience. d. b.
Novels, president of the County War
Council, called the meeting to order
and Hon. C. C. Goodale was elected
chairman. The chairman called upon
Rev. Smith of the Methodist church
to open the meeting with prayer. The
speakers of the evening in addition to
the chairman were d. b. Novels, Mrs.
W. S. Partridge of Holly, Ms. l. L.
Maxwell, A. S. Bushey, f. r. Jones
and Rev. Mcdonald of Wiley and Sen
ator A N Parrish. All the speakers
made splendid talks in the interest Of
the Liberty loan and the other work
of the government program, but Rev.
Mcdonald speaking as a subject of
Great Britain, who is trying to be-
come an American citizen, probably
aroused greater enthusiasm than any
other speaker, bringing it especially
home to the crowd what the coun-
tries that have been fighting for over
three years have endured and are
still willing to endure more rather
than be satisfied with less than the
complete victory which is necessary to
the safety of the world. 1t was dem
onstrated that with equal rights the
ladies are perfectly willing and able
to take equal responsibilities and
fully do their share on public occas-
ions as well as they always have in
other matters, for two of the very
DeSL auuTtsStS VI Nile tN'iiAhb al Nii
respects were those of Mrs. Partridge
of Holly and Mrs. Maxwell of Lamar.
The former covered the work Of food
conservation very ably and the latter
equally reused the audience to the
necessity of the county to take its
full quota of the bonds. After the
meeting the following soliciting COM
mittees were appointed to work in the
Lamar territory under the general di-
rection of the county chairman, Hon
A. N. Parrish.
West Side Men-H. ]. johnson, d.
L. Silver, R. L. Christy, w. A. Mac
pherson, Ray Gilbert, A. L. Beavers.
West Side Women-Mrs. A. N. Par
rish, Mrs. L. Writ Markham, Mrs. L.
f. Butler, Mrs. Paul Denning, Mrs.
]. A. Downing, Mrs. Louella Strain.
East Side Men-W. B. Gordon, Al
lyn Cole, Frank Sayler, Ray McGrath,
w. P. James, C. B. Ray.
East Side Women-Mrs. Geo. B.
Merrill, Mrs. C. R. Strain, Mrs. ]. NJ.
Williams, Mrs. A. E. Downer, Miss
Madge Creaghe.
On Tuesday evening the campaign