The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-12
SPEED UP"
IS THE SLOGAN
Energetic Work is Needed IN the
Second Liberty Loan
Bond Issue
Especial to the Starr

Atlanta, Oct. 12-"Speed up! is
the word that has ceme out of Wash
ington regarding the second Liberty
Loan issue, and the sixth district ex-
ecutive committee has determined to
put on more steam, though it has been
running full speed since the cam
paign opened.
eve have a magnificent organiza-
tion now," said Chairman W. c.
Wardlaw today, "and the next thing
is to get results.
"There are 1000 or more commit
tees organized throughout the dis
trict, and the majority of them have
been actively at work getting infor-
nation about the Liberty Loan bonds
before the people.
"We feel, however, that by this
time the people should know all about
this bond issue and what it means to
their government. 1t is time now to
get down to brass tacks and get sub
scriptions.
Let me make the urgent request of
these committees throughout the
sixth reserve district, that they get
busy with the sales end of the cam
paign, and see to it that applications
for bonds are signed and placed with
the various banks.
Owe must do this now and we must
push the campaign just as hard as
we know how, if we are to meet om
obligation even to the extent of the
minimum subscription asked from.
this district.
I'VE want to make the maximum,
if we can. We are going to attempt
it. But in either event we must get
busy and sell bonds nowI"
Reports from many sections of the
district indicate splendid activity.
Chattanooga has already made excel
lent showing, and good work is being
done in Savannah. Selma, Talladega,
| Brunswick, Albany and at other
tpoints.
; One of the most interesting re-
ports comes from Camp Gordon
where the selectmen have already
subscribed for $4,000 Liberty Bonds
anu VIII IG1hC q ICdS ukESAly Iii
dications are that before the cam
paign is finished among the soldiers
in the various cantonments, rs to go
per cent of them will be found listed
among the subscribers.
Chairman T. C. Garrett of the
Nashville committee reports a sub
scription of 100000 from the Ma
tional Life and Accident Insurance
Company. William Murphy of Sa-
vannah, reports a sale of $150,000 to
the Central of Georgia Railway Co
Chairman Geo. II. Smith of Bruins
wick, reports sales Of $4,000. At
lanta Rotary Club members have al
ready taken $4,000 and will take
more. The First National Bank Of
Gadsden has taken $4,000. The town
of Cedartown, Ca, has invested $4,000
of its sinking fund in Liberty Bonds
At a big mass meeting in Chatta-
nooga, Chairman T. r. Preston re-
ports subscriptions of nearly $4,000,
900, and says that six to eight mill.
ions more will be taken in the Chat
tanooga district. This is the best re,
port as yet received from any point
in the entire sixth reserve district.
While no plans were made for any
newspaper display advertising fol-
this issue, committees are arranging
for advertising on their own ac.
count at several points. The Knox.
vile, Tenn, clearing house has voted
a fund to pay for four pages of ad
vertising on Liberty bonds in all the
daily papers there. and advertising
has been donated by Chairman Mich
ael of the Athens papers.