Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-25
FAIRFIELD GOES
over THE TOP

Fairfield, Me-, April 24.-Fairfield
is over the top on the Liberty Loan
campaign by s30.950.00, and the dial
on the clock in front of the town
clerks Office was set to $83,700.00
The allotment. for Fairfield was
$3.50 and several more subscriptions
have been received but had not been
turned in at noon yesterday.
The campaign workers gathered
for the final luncheon, held at the
Odd Fellows hall.
The secretary W. J. Bradbury
presented the campaign workers with
cigars, which We're given by II. F..
Burgess, chairman of the town COM
mittee, who has been working for
three weeks for the campaign. Three
cheers were then given to Hiram.
Chairman H. +. Burgess then in
troduced the speaker of the occasion,
Prof. Herbert Libby of Colby College,
who delivered a most enthusiastic
speech in regard to the Liberty
Bonds. He said in part: Il am
glad to report that Waterville had
gone over the top and at the meeting
held this noon they will make it q
half MILLION. Fairfield is going over
the top and they better decide to
make it a half million also.
This splendid old country of ours
is on fire with patriotism and every
thing is on fire. and before Germany
gets through they will find we are a
remarkable people,"
He spoke of his trip to Camp Dev-
ems. saying that there were IS, 900
soldiers there, and not man who
was not equipped with everything at
the camp. He said that he stayed
there all night, and at $50 in the
morning he heard a blast, which rose
him to his feet, and in less than Is
minutes time every boy in camp was
up. When 1 saw all this l realized
that the whole country was at war.
And it is a great war. There wasn't
a man there who wasn't in a spirit to
go to the fighting lines, and when the
army OF men left camp to go across
the seas. it wasn't the soldiers who
felt bad and who had tears in their
eyes, it was the officers who were
left behind. Because they were
to get there
When you hear a person criticiz-
ing the men in khaki or in blue Just
remind them that there isn't clean
eT bunch of fellows anywhere. and
the report given at Camp Devens
was that there wasn't 1900 of the
men who were immoral. Instead of
crtlcizing the soldiers just COM
mence at home and in your own
community, instead of taking
bunch of soldiers. Every one of the
10000 men who were in the parade in
Boston who We're to leave for France.
owned Liberty Bond, and any man
VINO does not own one and who can,
is not deserving of a Free Democ-
racy.
The virtuous man TO-DAY is not tr,
man who prays in church but the
man who sells bonds and every owner
OF a Liberty bond.
We are going to be very much
dlnerent world after this war is over
than we are today. In closing he said:
NO matter whether it takes five
years or 10 years, this thing is going
to be settled and VIII be settled
right" Three cheers We're then Civ
en- Prof. Libby. then to Waterville
and then Fairfield.
Jnop A Do
Presidents proclama ton in reaar I'd TO
Friday being set aside for Liberty
day. after which the reports were
given as follows;
Previous report of Monday and
Tuesdays campaign, $50, l00 Team j.
$500: Team 2. $3.50; Team 3, $1,000:
Team 4, $3.50; Team 5, $l0O: Team Q,
500; Team 10. $500; Team IL. 500:
Team II. s2e0: Team 10, $3.50; Team
"a. 5000; cam To- $3.50; Team l6, sion;
Team. II. $3.50; Team IS. $3.50: Team
20, 1880; Team 81. $3.50; Team q,
$2l50; Team 90. 500: Team "a, $500:
Team %, $3.50: Team 26. $500; Team ~,
$3.50. Neal Brophy a committee of one,
turned in $500: Reyes Fiber factory
$500; American Wooden Co, $2S0O; A.
Jewell & Son. $50; Hume & Newhall,
$500: Waterville & Fairfield Street
Railway. $3.50: Hinckley. $3.50: Shaw
NUT 1850; First National Bank If
Fairfield. $5008; II. F. Burgess. q com
mittee, turned in $4,000; Waterville
hank given to Fairfield bank, 5000;
total. $50, 700.
1t was also reported that a num-
her Of subscriptions would be turn
ed into the committee later in the
cay. Herbert Brown spoke in behalf
of the Boy Scouts and stated that
they had already secured 3l5oa. With