The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-09-27
LIBERTY
LOAN DRIVE
STARTS TOMORROW, SATURDAY CAR
ROLL COUNTY TO RAISE $2.OOO,OOO.

The greatest campaign ever waged
in Carroll county will start tomorrow
Saturday, when the bankers OF Car
roll county, assisted by the Council
of Defense win start 10 raise $4,000
600, as Carro1rs apportionment Of the
$4,000, 100000 the entire country is
asked to subscribe between this and
October 10.
At "a meeting w the bankers held
at the First National Bank of West
minister on Monday under the leader
ship of Mr. George r. Gehr, county
chairman off the Liberty Loan, definite
plans were laid for the campaign and
y tentative allotment for the various
districts was made. Each district
will b. given it, pro rata share, IN
stead d. dividing the entire sum be-
tween the banks 81 was done in the
previous loans following the plan of
basing such assessment on the tax
able basis of each district as shown
ON the tax books, and each district
will be expected to- come up with it,
full quota.
With the exception OF the big coun-
ty meeting To be held In the armory
at an early date, which will be fn
charge of the bankers, the entire ar
rangement of meetings and speakers
will be left to the Council of Defense,
and Rev Edgar r.. Read was chosen
chairman of this committee.
Mr.. y. Pearre Wlantz was made
chairman of transportation.
The government has lifted the ban
on the use elf gasoline for those at
tending liberty loan meetings that
may be held on Sunday, and cards
have been prepared showing "On
Liberty Loan Business" for use ON
such occasions and may BE- had AT the
Council Of Defense Office, Times
Building, this city @
An intensive, rapid fire campaign
of meetings has been planned cover
ing the entire county, every village
and hamlet, at each of which there
will be music and prominent speak
ers. All of this will be Followed by
a personal canvass of THE variols
districts by the Mems and Women's
Section of the Council of Defense
In districts where community conn-
ellis have been organized the amount
allotted the district viii be further
subdiyided among the various com
munities and each held to a full RE
sponsihility for it, share All this
will thoroughly systematic the work
and make 1t possible td zEscH the
last man down the line
AT a large meeting OF the district
and community leaders of the Coun-
Gil of Defense held i'm the armory
this city On Thursday afternoon III
which practically every district was
represented, the whole matter was
fully explained by county chairman
Mr. George R. Gehr, and the entire
Council al Defense organization foI
Carroll county turned over to his
leadership for the next three weeks
or the duration OIL the loan
Daily reports will be required a.
to the progress made and all Coun-
Gil of Defense as we'll as all other
Loan workers are asked to report at
the close of each day to their nearest
bank, who will in turn report to Mr.
Gehr, or if this H. not convenient
they may report to MT. Gehr direct.
An Immense thermometer, q feet
high Is On the way and will be placed
i'm a prominent place I'm this city
showing the progress of the drive as
the reports come i'm. Watch lit 20 up
People generally are urged to hand
in their subscriptions early in the
campaign, during the first few days
il possible. Do not wait for some one
to call on you, phone the nearest
bank at once that you will take 20
many hundreds, or thousands, Oh
hundreds Or thousands or dollars
worth Oh bonds as the case may be-
Get in the game early and stay in.
Make things hum. Set the ther-
mometer to boiling right from the
start.
Careful arrangements have been
made To have each district credited
with the full amount subscribed In Its
territory, whether there be bank i'm
that district or not. Mo matter
where or to whom the subscription
II made, the credit will be given to
the district in which the person or
firm f. located that makes III
lin Woolery's district, for instance
there il no bank, and many of it,
citizens. will 10 doubt, buy bonds
from the bank Ia Westminster with
which they are in the habit OF doing
\ business. I'm every such case, however
no matter where the subscription il
made, the credit will b. given to
| Woolery's district. In this way
every district will have fair show
and no faVOrS.
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