Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-12
Toll Bells As
Closing Days
Toby Bonds
Are PASSING
Nationwide Liberty
Bell Week VIII
Be Observed

The subscription books to the American
governments $1,000. 200, 600 issue Of
bonds. the war loan of the people To the
nation. will close on Friday, and the treas
ury department has announced that "Na-
tionwide Liberty Bell Week" will be cele-
brated this week. Every church. school or
other public building in the country has
been requested 10 toll itS bell at 9 o'clock
each night. three times tonight, Tuesday.
two times Wednesday night, and one time
Thursday night. denoting the ever shorten
Ing number of days in which the people Of
the United States may come To the assist
ance of their nation.
Cashiers Of the Brownsville banks to-
dav received the following message from
the Federal Reserve Bank AT Dallas. dup
licate of the message from the Treasury
Department:
please arrange To have the church.
school and courthouse bells in your district
Thursday nights. They should be tolled
three time, on Tuesday, two times on
Wednesday and once On Thursday. repre-
senting the number of days IN which To
buy Liberty Bonds. Think this will help.
II " to ~ Nationwide Liberty Bell Week:
banks are to keep open TO toke subscrip
tons"
The carctakcr- of buildings i'll Browns
Vile which are equipped with bells. in
cluding the city hall. the Church Of the
immaculate Conception, the Episcopal
church. and the American Presbyterian
church. were communicated with by the
bankers today. and all agreed u toll their
bells At q o'clock tonight a. requested. The
bankers stated that any one desiring to
arrange after banking hours to apply for
Liberty War Bonds may do %.
The sale of Liberty Bonds still i short
above 5000 100000 of being entirely APP
piled for. and the Eleventh District, in
which Brownsville i located. i an
nuunccd IN the Federal Reserve Bank at
Dallas. to be still far behind in applica-
tionS.
The public i, again reminded that no APP
plcations for Liberty Bonds will be re-
ceived after Friday
In an effort TO get the people of the district
TO take the right viewpoint IN the present ma
tiona crisis. the officials OF the r ederaI Re
serve Bank at Dallas issued the following
statement this morning.
There are certain things IN this world which
have to be done and done at once. The doc
tor says. Appendicitis. immediate operation
necessary You do not talk OF your money
being tied up near relative Is sick and
calls for YOU. You DO not say ~ this were
October. I could 90 You are told. Your home
is on fire You do not say Let the neighbors
attend TO H..
The Liberty Loan proposition is in line with
the cases referred TO. Ii is one OF those urgent
things which come up from time to time which
must be attended to.
Your business, your safety. your income,
YOUR savings your sef-respect and pride are
threatened This Is no time TO tritle. Ger
many has said We shall pay for this war. We
can be made TO pay by one means only; viz:
Invasion. We are faced with the fact that We
must find money. arms. men Immediately. or
We might as well be dead. morally and finan-
cially.
"Yes. there are certain things in the life
of an individual and OF nations which have 10
be done and done at once. You are face TO
face with such a situation right now. Your in
teIliqence your common sense. your self-re-
snect tell ven 10 stir yourself and meet the
situation like a man. Money tied up ~ this
we're October. I could do it, Let the neighb0rS
do IT, are all beside the point. man should
be ashamed 10 talk such nonsense
"Iou are face 10 face with one OF those
things which have to be done and done at
once