The Tupelo journal., 1917-06-15
LIBERTY LOAN RALLY
AT COMUS THEATRE
Results in Many Bonds Being
Taken by Those Present

On Tuesday afternoon the cltIZenS
of Tupelo, in large numbers, both
ladies and business men, assembled
thusiastic Liberty loan meeting was
held.
S. J. High, member of the sub
scriptiun committe of the county,
called the meeting to order and ex-
planned it's purposes. He then intro
ducel Edward j. Dykstra of the bond
department of the Mississippi Valley
Trust Company, st. Louis and who
was here representing the Eighth Dis
tr,cs of the Reserve Banks, who for
c.tly SET out the urgent necessity of
prompt response to the call made
by the govern ment for subscriptions
to the Liberty loan. He explained
the great necessity of sending inn
mediate relief to the allies in Eu-
rope that they might be able to stand
off the common zoe and ultimately
brine success to the allies who are
fighting TIE cause of liberty th:oug! =
out the world
R. B. Clark of the Bank of Tupelo,
explained the situation as related to
the banks of the country In his
opirion TIE bonds should be taken by
individuals and paid for in install
ments as the money is made or accu
mulated and thus add greatly to the
savings of the individual as we'll as
adding to the wealth of the country.
w. T. Reeves spoke from busi-
ness mans standpoint and impressed
the crowd greatly by the pointed
statement that any one who could
subscribe for Liberty bond and
would not subscribe was as much a
Stacker as the man between the ages
of 21 and 81 WHO would attmept to
go to Mexico rather than secge as
soldier.
j. H. Ledyard explained the efforts
being made to secure subscriptions
among the cotton mill employees,
which was meeting with success.
Capt. Allen, of St. Louis, was pres
ent and urged that the young men
should volunteer and that any delay
ON the part of this would be disas-
trous.
Mrs. Kate Armstrong, representing
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton read splendid paper, setting
out the duty of every one to take
part in the war by rendering some
service if they were not able to go
as soldier on the field of battle.
C. P. Long heartily endorsed the
purchase of the Liberty bonds and
proved his faith by his works by an
nouncing that he had taken 81 ,o00.-
90 of the bonds.
E. Strauss, our popular German
citizen whose allegiance is undivided,
announced that he had already tax
en- a bond and that anyone who had
to be talked into the proposition
should be ashamed of themselves.
Hon. John M. Allen, in few
words, gave his hearty endorsement
to the Liberty loan subscription
movement and stated that all should
subscribe He took a 500 bond for
each of his seven grandchildren.
A call was then made by Mr..
Dykstra for all who had subscribed
to stand when majority of the
audience arose. A call for those who
had not subscribed, but would sub
scribe brought goodly number to
their feet and subscription blanks
were passed them for their subscrip-
tions.
At the close of the meeting a
summing up showed that total for
Tupelo of 71,150.O0 had been sub
.scribed the $100,0OO.0O will be Gem
pleted by noon today.
For the past four days the whis-
ties of the local industries have
blown every hour, reminding the
people of the Liberty loan subscrip-
tions.
G. w. Troy, every hour, rings a
bell in front of his place of business
on Spring street calling attention to
the fact that it is the patriotic duty
of every one to get behind the gov
ernment in it's fight for the life of the
nation.