The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-03
Bond Sale Starts
 Off With a Rush


 6HHE campaign for the sale of U liberty bonds bearing per cent interest is highly gratifying to treas ury officials. They are really elated.
 This new issue amounts to three billion dollars and there is no doubt in administration circles as to the loan being oversubscribed. There was rush for the bonds Monday and an- other rush yesterday.
 The banks. industrial corporations and railroad companies will subscribe for large blocks, but what is particu- larly encouraging to representatives of the government is the eager de- mand for the $50 and $1OO denomina- tions. It is believed that wage work CTS will come forward rapidly and subscribe for the small bonds.
 An appeal is being made to all classes and farmers as well as indus trial operatives are urged to buy as many of these securities as they can conveniently pay for. In addition to the per cent bond being profitable investment, every subscription will be accounted patriotic act. Uncle Sam needs the money to carry on the war, and the readier the response to the governments urging, the more significant will be the answer to pacifists and traitors in this country who say that the people of the United States are not whole-heartedly back ing the government. Slackers and seditious orators there are, but the vast majority of American citizens are as one in holding up the hands of President Wilson in prosecuting the war.
 As Judge E. H. Gary said in an ad- dress in New York few days ago, the United States can, within a com- paratively short time, provide $1OO,- 900, 100000, and that, too, without crippling her financial strength or in- terferring with her industrial prog ress.
 All the liberty issues will be popular loans. This $3,O00,000,000 issue prom ises to be markedly popular. It will not be long before the bonds will be in demand on the securities market at a good premium.
 Let everybody who is able to invest do so early in the campaign. Prompt action will be distinctly inspiring.
 Villa is reported active again and has captured a town for footing purposes, thus proving the truth of the assertion that Villa will continue to cause trouble until he is dead, dead, dead
 An inventor sends an illustrated pam phlet showing how he would win the war in jiffy After glancing over the booklet, we are willing to concede that he is an optimist.
 With Ruth Law in the air and Hon. Barney Oldfield on the track in his latest demon car," the State Fair man. agement will be in a position to show some speed
 Mayor Mitchell said Hyian was ''the hope of "Tammany Hall" He may not have intended to throw mud, but he certainly paid the Hon. Hylan no com pliment.
 
 An old-fashioned gentleman was dis covered in a Birmingham theatre the other day. He raised faint cheer when a horse race was shown on the screen. need not worry over the horrific mu- nicipal campaign we are having. Bir- mingham seems to be enjoying it. You would think, to read some of those New York papers, that the Kaiser was giving his personal attention to New York's municipal campaign. It Is said that the Germans don't trust the Bulgarians. That is probably one time when the Germans are not making a diplomatic blunder The coloneps criticism is said to have hurt LaFollette more than anything ] else. All honor to the man who could pierce such tough hide! It has been rather a long time, ac- cording to modern standards, since Will liam Jennings Bryan gave any aid or comfort to the pacifists. The motion Dictl1ra camera hoe proh