Putnam patriot., 1917-10-19
LIBERTY LOAN
 DRIVE IS ON
Mass Neeling at Bradley Theatre This
 Friday Evening
Putnam District Expected 10 Raise al
 Least s4l0,Oc0

district. The com mttees are now ae- tive in getting subscriptions and a house to house leanyas will be made The government needs the money to carry on it's part Tn the world wa. The government has got to have the money. Moreover the government will have the money.
 4 loan is called for. The sale Of bonds bearing four per cent. interest is the method adopted. IL offers the people of the country an absolutely safe investment at a good rate Of In tefest. No one Is asked to give. If the money is not loaned to the govern. ment the government will get 1t either by taxation or some method. It will not be denied; II cannot be denied. The people may as well make up their minds that while the country IS st war they will have to suffer some in- eonveniences fl necessary in doing their part.
 At the Bradley theatre this Friday evening there will be mass meeting preceded by parade, with band and the Home Guard in line. There will be an address by Attorney Arthur j Westermayr of New York City. MT Westermayer has been a close stu dent of the war, is an excellent speaker and the committee deems 1t self fortunate in securing his services. Every body is invited to attend.
 Governor Marcus H. Holcomb has Is. sued proclamation designating Sun. day, October 2f, as Second Liberty Loan Sunday and calling upon the clergy of Connecticut to tact as orscles in the cause of liberty" by urging the members of their congregations to subscribe to the Second Liberty Loan
 The Governor says thnt "both en lighted self-intefest and patriotic emotion give sanction to thls call'' in asmuch as investment In Liberty Loan bonds give "the greatest promise Of stability and safetyn and the investor lis furnishing to our brave soldiers and to those of our loyal allies that support, moral and material, which every lover of his country and of man. kind should at this hour desire to given All the clergymen oi the slate are asked to read the :proclamation to their audiences on Second Libery Loan Sunday.
 Miss Ellen NJ. Wheelock has been appointed local chairman of the Wo mans Liberty Loan committee by Mrs. Morgan C. Bulkley, state chair man, Hartford.
 Miss Wheelock has divided the city into five districts and each district is being canv assed. The District Lenders gre: Mrs. Alexander Gilman, Mrs. II C. Meinkin, Miss Helen Sharpe, Mrs John r. Sabin and Mrs. S. Nj. Wheel ock.
 The bonds may be bought on install ments the same as In the first loan It is not being advised that money be taken from savings banks to invest in bonds. IL is better that this money
 
 be left and that other money be used or that the payments be made on the installment plan,
 Although Putnam oversubscribed the last loan about 90 per cent. the amount then raised did not equal the present minimum asked for. The committes realize that they have ( hard task before them to raise the re quired amount. They also realiz, that 1t must be raised. The people must also realize that the government must have the money to successfully prosecute its part in the war.
 If by any chance the loan should fail, but 1t will not, the effect Is al once apparent. It would greatly en courage the German government with corresponding Encouragement on the part Of the countries with whom we have cast our lot, to say nothing Of the effect on the brave men whC have gone q To the firing line. Whal would these soldiers think of us al home If we will not lend their govern ment and our government money with which to buy food, clothing, smuni ton, provide for transportation, car ing for the sick and wounded, and ths hundreds of other things necessary IL would be disheartning indeed to all concerned if the people of this rich country do not empty their pocket books at their eountfy's call and make this, the Second Liberty Loan, sue cess.