Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-30
GEORGIA BANKERS
AID LIBERTY LOAN

ATLANTA. Ca, May 30.-Plans have
lbeen made by the Liberty Loan Com
mittee of this Federal Reserve District
for opening Liberty Loan booths adjac-
ent to each registration booth through
out the district, which will be set up
en- June for registration under the
Selective Consumption Act.
The banks in every county in the dis
trict will be asked to take in hand the
matter of opening the Liberty Loan
booths, whose object will be to attract
rlblic attention to, and secure sub
scriptions for, the Liberty Bonds. This
will mean the establishment perhaps OF
between three or four thousand booths
CT more in the various cities of the re-
serve district. Each booth will be in
charge of some bank or bank employee
and the occasion upon which the young
nen of the country register for SER
vice under the flag will be made one
uron which those who are not called
upon to register shall have their atten-
ton called to the method by which
they can best help. &
Governor H. Y. McCord of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank here announces a
subscription of one million dollars re-
ceived this week from a Georgia cor
poration, the name of which is with
held This is one of the largest purch-
asses of Liberty Loan Bonds yet made
| in the district. The Southern Bell Tel
ephone Company purchase of five mil
lion dollars is to be divided among the
various districts in which it operates.
For the first time in it's history the
New York Stock Exchange has entered
into an advertising campaign. 1t has
begun to place advertisements in news
papers throughout the United States
urging the purchase of Liberty Bonds.
The exchange will meet the entire ex-
penses of the campaign.
The Atlanta committee has called on
PEOPLE throughout the district TO send
in suggestions for slogan to be used
in connection iwth the bond sale. These
suggestions should be sent to the dis
trict committee, Hurt Building, Atlanta,
Ga, and a prize of $40 is to be award
Ell to the person furnishing the most
satisfactory suggestion.
Printed matter has been prepared to
be used in pay envelopes by all employ
ers of labor; slips have been printed to
be used in bank pass books and circul-
ars which retail merchants may ywrap
with their bundles. In addition to this,
the committee has moving picture
slides ready for any theatres in the
district who are willing to use them.
Applications for these slides or for
any of the printed matter should be
made to st Elmo Massengale, Chair
Elan, Publicity Committee, Hurt Build
ing, Atlanta, Ga. Anyone desiring in
!
the bonds will be promptly supplied
with it upon application to W. c..
Wardlaw, Hurt Building. Atlanta, Ga.
Reports are coming from all over
the district of reorganization of com
nittees and subcommittee and these
indicate enthusiastic effort in almost
every section.
| The Atlanta Lodge of Elks held a
meeting Tuesday and decided to begin
at once a campaign whose purpose
should be to see that every member of
the organization buys bond. A COM
m:ttee was appointed to work in CO.
operation with the Liberty Loan Com
mittee and while it's efforts will be
confined largely to the large member
ship, it offers assistance in other direc-
lions in which it may be desired