Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-12
GOVERNOR TO AID
BONDS CAMPAIGN
BY PROCLAMATION
Dorsey Will Urge People of
Georgia to Do Their Bit in
Second Liberty Loan to
Prosecute War

Governor Dorsey announced at a meet
ing of the Georgia Council OF Defense
AT the capital Thursday morning that
he will in a few days issue proclaim
alton 20 the people of Georgia urging
them to come to the aid of the govern
ment through subscription for Liberty
Loan bonds.
The announcement followed the APP
pearsnce at the meeting of ST Elmo
Mssesngale. Henry w. Davis and Rob-
ert r. Maddox and a speech made by
Mr.. Maddox urging the defines council to
get behind the loan and make its sue
cess in the SIKH federal reserve dis
trict a part of their campaign.
Further progress of the drive TO sell
between SSO.OO0OOO and S135.OOO,0OO
worth of bonds in this district was in
dicated at noon Thursday I'm the an
1ouncement that all Atlanta banks will
be represented at a meeting Of the clear
ing house association at o'clock to
discuss the loan. Chairman Masesngale
said that the committee expects to be
able TO announce tomorrow that the
Atlanta banks have subscribed heavily. |
That people in Atlanta and the dis
trict are taking a deep interest in the
loan is shown in the various messages
received at local headquarters in the
Hurt building Thursday.
The First Baptist cnur . or Atlanta,
at a meeting of its executive committee,
has voted to pay off an $4,000 mortgage
on the church with Liberty bonds. The
idea waws presented by Charles J. Ha-
den, former president of the Georgia
chamber of commerce, and proved &C
.ceptable to the holders of the mortgage.
Mr.. Haden has now been made the head
of a committee 10 solicit merchants and
other business people to accept bonds i'm
Len H., fau~ ant If
Cordele. Ga, should be ranked with
those at the top when the list of patriot
ic towns is made up. That city, IL was
announced Thursday, has devoted the
whole of its sinking fund, intended to
retire city bonds. to the purchase OF Lib
erty bonds. Sixteen thousand dollars
was the amount in the sinking fund,
and citizens OF the town. il Is stated,
will tomorrow subscribe for an equal
amount.
Athens. Ca. has announced subscrip-
tions amounting to $4,000. one sale
amounting to $4,000. The little town
OF Brewton. Aha has subscribed for
$4,000 worth OF bonds.
Camp Gordon subscriptions now to-
tails over s16O.0ec.
DR.. ARSON TO SPEAK.
Arrangements for speakers TO ad-
dress meetings throughout the district
Mr.. Massengale. who also has charge
Of this phase of the publicity work, an
nOunced that DR.. Stockton Arson,
brother-in-law of President Wilson, will
speak at Savannah on October -.
Nine men volunteered on Tuesday !
morning for speaking service when
needed. Among them was William
Schley Howard. congressman from the
Fifth district. He will make his first
he naKalh fair
grounds next Monday
c. p. Phillips. southern manager for
the Ohio Match company, made speech
at Canton. Ga, Thursday and will speak
at Alpharetta on Saturday.
others who are ready to make
speeches anywhere in the district when
ever they are needed are: Charles B.
shelton. Cam Dorsey, Carroll Latimer.
Walter Andrews. c. Murphey Gambler, 9.
b. Hohenstein and Elliot Cheatham.
BIRMINGHAM STATUS.
Birmingham has not put its whole
force behind the big Liberty loan drive
until this week, which is State Fair
week there, and which has also been
made Liberty Loan week.
W. c. Adams. chairman of the Liberty
loan committee at Birmingham. wired
Mr.. Massengale:
Our state fair is being held here this
week and the energies Of large por-
ton of our civic workers are being |
directed toward making complete sue |
cess of that. so we have decided it wise
to take this week for publicity of our
bond-sellng campaign. Our aim is to
arouse through publicity, public inter-
est TO the fullest degree and then start
our solicitors out the first of next week |
to actually solicit subscriptions.
I'm other words. we are cultivating |
- the seeds this week |
and expect to begin next week the reap |
ing of the harvest. The outlook is very
encouraging. There is every indication |
that our campaign will be a complete |
success"
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