Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-16
GETS31,550
Third DAYS
LOAN DRIVE
Saturday Melted 81 Sub.
scribers With Cain Over
Fridays Push; Total of
$552,60o in City in Three
Days.

TWO MORE PLEDGES
FOR $4,000 TAKEN
Saturday was a big success for tho
Liberty Loan drive in the county and
three days work showed result that
assures speedy accomplishment of
the goal of $so7,625 set for WapeI,o
county. The third days push In the
city alone has been gratifying for
sixty-one new subscribers were added
to the honor roll and the pledges net
ted $31,550 making grand total at
the beginning of the drive this morn
ing $452.eo0.
A good start on the hast half Of the
drive which is to be record breaker.
for the country has not been heard
from yet, has been made. The forces
under General Hutchison are emulat.
ing Haig's men in Flanders and
paoughing through with vegeance
that bespeaks big results. The county
executive committee and chairmen OF
the city committees met at p. m. to-
day to confer and something more is
to be expected in the big county wide
drive that will show what the people
of this vicinity can do when they so
over the top for the Liberty Loan.
THREE MORE 5000 PLEDGES.
Although Saturdays results were
enlisted, the pledges were greater than
~f ~N t~Ar %hn
committees have been at 1t as hard as
ever. The plan to raise another group
of five persons who would pledge $5.-
900 apiece received attention from two
more men and now the list stands, j.
F. Powell, w. ]. Donelan and Samuel
Mahon Co.. each pledging that amount.
HOW THEY STAND.
RTV various committees turned h
the following amounts:
No. &c. w. Whitmore, chairman,
$3.50.
No. 20. D. Tisdale, chairman.
$7,o5o.
No. s-M. c. Gilmore, chairman.
$17,soo.
No. &C. L. Graham, chairman.
No. 5-v. L. Wilson, chairman,
$21, 900.
No. &C. l. Garner, chairman.
$s1,S5O.
No. I'll. L Pollard, chairman,
No. s-J. K. Dysart, chairman,
No. 11-P. C. Ferguson, chairman,
$1,000.
Nos. 12-13-T. E. Gibbons and W.
H. Mynard, chairmen, $2,500.
No. 14--C. E. Mcdaniel, chairman,
No. 15-w. T. Hall, chairman.
$25,5O0.
No. 17-South Side Womens com.
mittee, $1o,6oo.
No. 1e-J. H. Morrell, chairman,
Sill, 900.
No. 2o-D. R. Waterman, chairman,
So, 100.
Nos. 9. 10 and IS have not reported
MEETINGS IN COUNTY.
Chairman G. F. Spry of the country
districts has arranged meetings III
various parts Of the county outside o:
Ottumwa as follows:
Tonight-Agency in town hall.
Speakers, Major T. P. Spflman. J. G.
Jordan and c. G. Merrill. watsoA
Enyart, chairman.
Kirkville in Methodist Episcopal
church. Speakers. Rev. F. 3. Day of
Ottumwa and Frank Epperson OF
Eddyville. Will Nash. chairman.
Blakesburg in opera house-Speak-
ers, Calvin Manning, NJ. B. Hutchison, !
C. s. Harper and r. W. Funk. Lester
Jay. chairmen. u
Tuesday at s p. m--Columbiai
church near Dudley. Speakers, J. WI
Lewis and Frank Epperson. Chairmai
l. J. Newquist. ssazra,
Dahlonega school-SpeakerS
Spilman. Lincoln Dimmitt, n
MunterviIle-Alex JohsonS 81
man. Speaker to be selected. Il
Wilson Chapel-Speakers,
Hutchison and others.
Wednesday at 1880 p. m.-E
McHaffey's opera house. Educd
and patriotic meeting for the Lfth
Loan. H. R Baker is chairman sod
F. Haywood, secretary. The pulns ;
invited. Good speaking program
ranged. No subscriptions withe
Aed chiilicothe at p. m. in thelion
to be announced. a P.
Highland Center in Method
copal church at s p. m.-Spe
announced. Have raised $S.
ready. First township hear Ceoa1
Ogg school house combitAmer
kuk and Green townships nuAry
NJ. r. Hutchison and C. oesan-
Guilford Miller, chairman rce WIN
and S. A. Mefford, chairmalon.
township.
THE HONOR re
The following additional
been added to the homo. ;.,,S>@
the parties subscribing I'd V1CG
Bonds Saturday: