The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-10-06
Several Committees Will Be Ap=
s.spointed in State and
Also Locally.
EVERY, HOME BE REACHED
Farmers, Merchants, Clerks and
All SaIaried Wage Farmers
Urged to Buy - Governor
Makes Statement to Bankers.

Local interest in the sale of Lib
erty bonds was greatly augmented
Yesterday by the announcement tnat
committees will be appointed to or
eanize sales force for the purpose
of canvassing every business place in
the city of. Brunswick.
First a, large committee will be ap-
pointed, probably to he known as the
Chief Canvassing Committee, with
district headquarters in Atlanta, who
in turn will appoint subcommittee
in the various counties and cities in
the Sixth district. .....
These subcommittee will thereaft-
er direct lesser divisions of men. who
will reach not only the business hous-
es, but also personally call at farms
and even the most isolated communi-
ties wherein mills and plantations are
located. ,.....-t.-
Every community will have COM
mittee of it's own Already between
500 and 500 of these committees have
been appointed, and they are now be1
ing named at the rate of more than
a hundred a day. During the last two
weeks of October, toward the close Of
sthe campaign, it is expected to have
approximately 1000 of these working
Throughout the Southern district.
The organization. has been pitched
upon this extensive basis for the pur
pose of reaching every possible pur-
chaser of Liberty bond.
Practically the whole campaign will
be directed, Chairman George II
Smith, Of the local committee, pointed
out, to the selling of bonds of small
denomination on the installment plan.
Farmers, merchants, clerks, salaried
men and wage earners of every class
who may not be able to invest largely
in this issue will be urgently and per
sonally solicited to take bond of
anywhere from $50 to $500, according
to their means, making small cash
payment and the remainder in weekly
or monthly installments, according to
ARRANGEMENTS with the bank where
the purchase is negotiated.
To further stimulate interest in the
sale of the bonds and to overlook ne
chances for results in advertising
posters and letters were sent Thurs
day morning to every hotel, and res
taurant in the Sixth reserve district
The posters are just like those with
which Brunswick will soon be plast-
cred, and the letters ask the manag-
ers 10 print on their menu cards:
Buy Liberty Bond Now"
. Gov Hugh M. Dorsey took par
ticuiarly active interest in the sale
OF the bonds yesterday, when he paid
personal visit to the district head
quarters in Atlanta and authorized
the disbursement Of statement from
him to every banker in Georgia. The
statement is as follows:
.To the bankers of Georgia.:
"The United States is today en-
gagged in war, on the outcome of
which depends the future of democ
racy. AS loyal Americans we must
support the United States with ,oul
: last man and last dollar if necessary
Georgia has contributed its full quota
of men for the army and ,GeorgianF
are now called to subscribe to the sec
ond Liberty loan bond issue in order
. that our men may be properly equinn
ped and maintained in their fight for
our country. 1t is, therefore, the priv
iiege as well as the duty OF ach C.
us 10 Subscribe to the eXtnt of his
ability to the Liberty bonds now be
ling offered.
The first duty of a citizen IS to
the country that affords him liberty
Z and protects his life and property.
Z Every dollar invested in a Liberty
loan bond will not only strengthen the
faith and confidence of the purchaser
in his government, but will tend to
increase the respect and admiration