The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-06-13
BIG PUSH FOR
LIBERTY BONDS
This Week VIII Close Campaign it.
tie River People Urged 10 DO
Their Part by
Fifteenth.


This week ushers in the final push
for the sale of Liberty Bonds. Little
River county is still far behind with
her estimated para and men who have
the subject very much at heart Will
lose no time before the close Of the IS
sue on Friday to urge the people OF
this county to buy the bonds. The
banks are making the most liberal
terms, and are accepting from 5heir
customers 10 per cent cash and the
balance on installments or long time
at per cent interest. A. Goldsmith,
chairman of the loan committee Of this
county, wired the Federal Reserve
Bank az ST, Louis Saturday that this
county would subscribe at least $22,50
possibly double that sum. At this
date that amount has not been sold
and every citizen is called upon to do
his part not later than Friday. The
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failure, and the Importance of the loan
being fully subscribed cannot be i'm
pressed too strongly.
The First National Bank authorizes
| the. statement that they have placed,
or will guarantee the placing Of S10,-
600 of the bonds by Friday night. The
| ALL Of hi aytyv tot
ed that thew would handle for their
customers $4,000 of the bonds. \ lsW
days ago the Citizens Bank of Fore
man had reported $4,000 sold. The
i News has no report from the other
/ banks in the coun ~. Citizens should
| see one of these banks without e'ay
and subscribe fer as many of the bonds
as they feel able, even shculd it en-
tail an actual sacrifice.
The entire issue is for S2,000000
900. A late report from Washington
shows ihat amount short 500, 100000.
A failure on the part os Americans
would be an encouragement to the
German Empire and result il prolong-
ing the war at the cost Of untold Amer
ican lives.
At the Methodist church Sunday night
the service was given over to addresses
on the duty of Americans to subscribe
> to this issue. Rev. S. X. Burnett de-
! livared an address on the patriotic and
moral side of the question. Judge J..
! 7 Cow!ing fully explained the objects
of the bonds and their value as an
investment. A. T. Collins read a teie-
gram from the banks in ST. Louis,
which were in touch with HE Treas
ury Department., urging diligence in
the matter and warning the people
that the issda vas tagging.
SO far as has been reported from
this city A. Goldsmith has purchased
! the largest amount OF these bonds of
any local parties, the amount of his
purchase Being $4,000 He stated that
he may take more than that amount
The first negor in Little River coun>
ty who has the honor of being the
proud possessor of Q Liberty Bond is
Henderson Rea, the employee OF the
United Oil Mills and a farmer.
At the reques of Mrs. VIM. G. Me-
Adoo Chairman of the Womans Liber
ty Loan Committee, the SouthWesterr
Bell Telephone Company through
Gen. Mgr. S. c. Page, announces That
arrangements have been made thr0ugh
the Company's orgc aization 70" the
ringing Of church ar1 school bells in
every town and hamlet in Arkansas a;
nine o'clock, Monday, Tuesday W2d~
nesday and Thursday night. Th2 si2-
nificance of the Liberty Bells rin&inG
is to serve as challenge to Amorl~
cans Of today sent down by the Love
of Liberty, who signed the Declaration
of Independence.
The bell will toll four times on Mon
day. three on Tuesday, two on Wed
nesday and one time on Thursday,
signifying she number of days left III
which to buy Liberty Bonds,