The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-09

naeeee hsaes Appeal ~ People OF
onAs--Up - Dasp ths Rsupunse In
enhuutpe3oas ~ sosth Caroliniaus
I - Noe Bcsn What wss expected
- Whas b Necessary to Piace the
oenAs in LAno WIN Other Scotions.
\ nat tho Liberty Bond Campaign
= I'm state hes only begun 10 evil
1saesd BY an appeal 10 the people of
oeuth carolina. Just Issued by Edwin
". Robertson. chairman OF the Lib
sr1y Loan Committss for south Car
e1lnA. In this communicasion Mr..
uebsrtson calls atssntion to the fact
! toat up 20 June sth. the date specif,ed
~ Ne big drive tn behalf II Liberty
Lean bends. shs results have not been
vhas vas sxpsctsd, o. h nscessary to
insass ne success Of tho subscription
n I'M STATE. n.
He outlines n detail . number of
osvsnsnts that are 20 bs ret on foot
dorins the closing week of the cam-
49,. ana NJ urges every South
c3<o1hian 10 make prompt response.
ne fun tent sf ls. Robertson's proc
Ianasiea follows:
zne Federal Reserve Bank of
N>ehmond has spportionsd the State
- south Carolina ten miilions of
LkDsrty Bonds from the total issue OF
eve bitlions. 1So.eo0 subscribers are
s@Dscssd 70 make w this amount In
sshsr wesda u = sxpsctsa that the
orset majority Of subscriptions be for
t6s ese or >iee bonds. to bs obtained
NV The small wage sarners Of this
The Csntrsl Ccinmittss. for which
sVeAk and which has had the si-
u&1)o task os orsanizing the State
foe " CAMPAIGN, appointed June sth
- = spscial day " IN which the bis
AE>Vp ~ ne sAis of the bonds should
~ pAacs. n wss sxpsetsd By that
IT. 10 sscuss - has& hah Of sur az
lo>DasaA aad then 70 make whirl-
yRA eanpalGp Tor ths rsmainins ten
tayp % ssours ne sscond half. a
seerts which have been rscs. sed
fReh DIFFERENT parts Of the state indi-
eA&s that We have not secured the 50
Per cent. of ne sotal - previously
slammed. In other words. the huge
task ws have sst for ourselves during
The last ten days has been increased
considerably by the failure Of the first
part Of the campaign.
The oomnittes wi.hss to impress
vpon the psopls Of South Carolina
that II " absolutely impossibls to
nm ih this crisis. The success OF the
Liberty Loan ,campaign In this State
net alone means the provision and
squipping Of the armies Of the Unit
- statss IN this, war for the indspend-
euos Of the peoples Of the world. but
upon this success hangs tho honor and
~ rsputation Of the state of South
Carolina In national circles.
The eyes OF the country are upon
M We have attempted to secure q
nsmbsr Of army camps. and We have
BEEN successfui IN q measure. and we
can have hopes Of further success.
Miliions Of government money. to be
derived from this very loan. are to
new Into The Golfers OF the State De-
S,ss~~ ~ Sh>~>
Opposition. and strong opposition at
that. from other sections. to our So
curing these assignments. Other Sec
sIons are supplying much lager per
esntags Of the subscription to the loan
than this state ID. and they are al
ready asking why they should not Sc
cure these camps rather than our own
state.
''If We fail to take up our aliot-
msot. u our citis4ns show themselves
unwilling TO come to the aid Of the
government In thin crisis. then the
people who have been making such
strenuous objections to our securing
these camps win have>a very strong
and logical basis for their objection.
We must not fail. we cannot fall Such
an outcome 10 unthinkabie.
The Liberty Loan Central Com.
mittee for South Carolins urgently re-
quests that every man. woman and
child In this state who has the inter-
sst Of his or her country ut heart.
take immediate hold Of the Liberty
Loan campaign. and do everything in
his or her power to forward the sale
Of bonds.
Tn the nnai week which remains to
10. every local committee in every
city. town and hamlet In the State