The Owosso times., 1917-10-26
MUST MAKE FINAL. RALLY
To Land Shiawasste County ID the
HonOd Column.

The time limit for the sale Of u. r.
Liberty Bonds expires Saturday even
ing. Oct. 27th, with the total subscrip.
tions to date far short of the total to
meet Shiswassess quota of s945.pC0
The total amount of bonds sold and re.
ported by the several banks of the
county to the Liberty Loan Distribution
Committee in Chicago up to and ir.
cluding the 23rd inst, was $376 $50.
To this amount should be added e67. 400
reported by six of the county banks to
the county committee as sold on Wed.
nesday, or total Of SAB, ,750-s28. $50
less than half of the necessary sum to
give Shiawassee place on the honor
roll of counties raising their entire ap-
portionment. This does not necessary
mean that Shiawassee county will set
q place in the Stacker" list as this can
yet be avoided if the good people of the
county wake up to the realization of
what 1t means to be thus classed. If
the township and city committees call
upon all the people of the county we
will come out with flying colors as was
the case with the first issue of Liberty
Bonds which was over subscribed. The
several banks of the county will do
more than. their "bit" In the final rally
they will do their best, which means
a substantial increase to the credit of
the county. Even with this, heroic and
systematic work on the part of all the
people, whether members of any com
mittee or not, remains to be done and
but few hours remain in which to
do it. We must not fail to meet our
county quota.
Owosso is expected to meet its share,
although it was short $50,0 when the
above figures were compiled. A part of
this deficit is accounted for by the fact
that many of the persons who have
made subscriptions to the committees
canvassing the city have failed to pay
the first installment at the city banks.
These payments must be met before
their purchase of bonds can be reported
to the Federal Resere Bank and credited
to the county. This should be attended
to without delay. The. Corunns com.
mittees say its full amount will be
forthcoming. Active work is being done
in most of the townships, every family
being called upon and determined eff.
fort ma1e to sell the amount Of bonds
necessary to meet the demands made to
care for their share of the expense of
the war. Final success will come IL
each of the townships Is thoroughly
canvassed.
The campaign of the week began on
Sunday with patriotic addresses or the
reading Of prepared six. minute sermon
on the Importance of the Liberty Loan
in pr acticallv all the churches in the
county. Meetings during the week
about the county have aroused the peo-
pie to their sense Of responsibility and
to the Importance Of meeting not only
this call for money, but all the othsr r
obligations imposed by the governmei t
during the continuance of the war. Ad.
dresses have been made by Judge 8. 8.
Miner. G. M. Sp ulding. Rev. B, q.
Mattson, L F. Miner, B. P. Hicks. s.
Q. Pulver, G. F. Bishop Of Flint. J. II.
Collins Congressman J. W. Fordney
and 9th rs.
Reports received this morning add to
the sales something over $1,000 and
with the subscriptions made on which
no payment has yet beon made. about
$500, 900 worth of the bonds have been
sold.