Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-12
LIBERTY BOND
CAMPAIGN
Under the Leadership Of R.
E. Cooper Starts
at 10 A. M.
2 HOURS WORK PLANNED
City Divided Into II Districts
Each Covered by a
Committee.
2 HOURS WORK PLANNED

insville.
By proclamation Of Mayor Stowe,
II business in the city will be suspen-
ed from ten O'Clock to twelve
.clock.
In these two hours there will be
made a whirlwind campaign over the
ntire city. Every citizen will be
.iven an opportunity to subscribe and
hus help finance the Government and
i'd in carrying the war to a success
ul close.
The work will be under the per-
;onal direction of Mr.. Emmett Coop
er and each district will be canyassed
by a committee. These committees
will be lead by Messrs. Bailey Rus
sell, H. A. Reach, E. H. Armstrong,
j. T. Wall, Rev. Geo. c. Abbitt, j. j.
Metcalfe, Hancock Higgins, F. X.
Yost, M. E. Bacon, w. S. Dawson,
A. H. Eckles, W. R. Wheeler, T. j.
McReynolds, James West, j. o.
Cook, Carl Reach and C. R. Clark.
Sunday was Liberty Loan in almost
every church in the country. Every
pastor urged his congregation to aid
in the canvass. At the 9th st. Chris
tian church, Rev. F. F. Walters
preached to the knights Of Pythias
Lodge and after the sermon spgges-
ted that every member of the lodge
contribute one dollar toward buying
a bond for the lodge. The suggestion
was adopted by the lodge. AT the
evening service when he preached on
'Tithing," Rev. Walters suggested
that his church buy bond and hun
dred dollars was pledged by the con-
greea:ion 10 buy a bond in the name
of the church.
Our county is far behind the other
counties of the State. Shall we be
branded by the Government as a
Stacker county? If so, a direct tax
shall be placed on every individual ir
the county to make up the Liberty
Loan deficit.
Let us ali wake up to the necessity
of the occasion and not be the dis
grace of not only Kentucky but of the
nation. II we do not do our share
we shall be fighting just that hard fol
the German Kaiser.
The plan of the Liberty Loan Bono
committee in its city campaign from
ten to twelve O'Clock today is a:
follows:
All the solicitors of the II division:
will assemble at Avalon at 9:30la. m
for final instructions.
Each captain must be present tc
see that he has enough workers tc
cover his district within two hour;
and that each worker has subscrip.
ton blanks.
AT 10 o'clock sharp, every factory
is requested to blow its whistle for
minutes. This shall be the signal for
the solicitors to begin work. AT Il
O'Clock all solicitors return to Avalon
to make report.
While each team has a given dis.
trict, they must sell bonds to every,
one they come in contact with wheth,
er the party lives in that district OF
not.
Bring back the name of each one
solicited that did not buy bond anC
statement Of their reason why they
did not buy.
Christian county must subscribe fol
her full quota of 100000.
Hopkinsville should buy 500, OO(
exclusive Of amount taken by the
banks. Every bank in the county
will advance you the money to pay
for any number of bonds you may
buy. You pay 10 per cent. cash
then on the 18th of each month 10 pei
cent, for 8 months, then the bond OF
bonds will be delivered to you.
What 500 Liberty Bond will pur
chase; Equip two soldiers. Buy 8.