Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-15
WOMEN DEFY EPIDEMIC,
WEATHER AND PAC|F|sTs
Throughout Fifth District Liberty
Loan Workers Drive Home
Truth About Huns.
NOT MIsLED By PROPAGANDA
Tell People German Peace Proposals
Have But One Aim: to Make
Americans Think War Is So Neal
End No Further Aid Is Needed.

Mrs. George !. Seay. chairman OF the
Mprian's committee for the Fifth Fed J..
erai, Reserve District. has received The
fo.Iowtns message sent out by Mrs.
William G.. MCAdoo 10 be forwarded to
aA county chairlncn OF the Unitcd
THE President, ,ras called on the ma :
ton TO ovcrsubscribc the loan as an
imperative measure toward certain and
complete, victory. The National We
mans Liberty Loan Committee, apprc
csatinS all you have already done, calls
upon YOU 10 take that message home
10 your community Oversuhscription
the personal Responsibilities OF every
+ Liberty loan worker"
Most encouraging news is coming In
from all parts OF the district. Yes
terday morning at o'clock the women
workers OF lockhart. Union County.
5. c., on learning of the proposed Ger
man peace aroused the community with
bells and whistles, Immediately held 4
rally and in the cold gray dawn OF
the morning raised $500.
sS"Dbstacies" Fiddlesticlis! Who cares
forsohstacleS" This is the way the
West Virginia women. working day ana
night for the fourth Liberty loan drive
In their state. making daily reports OF
real progress. write 10 headquarters.
as the fou--minute women. to com
bat the ro-German propa Eanda tn
tended TO mislcad Americans into the
+ belief that the war is so nearly ended
that further financial sacrifice is not
needed. The boys in the trenches do
not heed obstacles. so the women OF
West Virginia have dehed the epidemic.
the weather and the pac!iis,s 20 aid
The loan campaign.
GRAFTON HOLDS CELEBRATION
FOR LIBERTY bond SALES
Mrs. James +. Moran, OF Grafton.
Taylor County. w. Va, has reported nm
interesting celebration for her county.
when the women war workers had quite
the best parade ever seen in Grafton.
1t was headed by the county chair
man. Mrs. Jed w. Robinson. AID Mrs.
Moran. followed by seventy Liberty
loan. workers. The girls and women
working in all the industries of that
county. bands nlaying, fiass nyims ana
thrilling and inspiring sight TO tho
crowds who thronged the streets to
witness it,
daily life of a fOur-miuute woman Last
Friday night, in company with Rev
Philip Young and MIR. hurry, the chair
man and her workers found at Il coun
tysmeeting the crowd had been detained
at molasscs boiling, and. although
they sang and worked hard. they only
Melted $3.50. So they adjourned to the
moIasses camp. The scene was indie
ycribablc. The shadowy figures bend
ing over the kettles. revealed by the
fiickering freight and horse impa-
tiently turning the cane mill. In
minute "Keep the Home Fires Burn;
ing foated out on the night ar; an an,
the bond sale was on; An entnusiasti,
young farmer, unable nlm ser 10 81. +,
sale: and the success of the evening
Mrs. Poffenbarger. chairman for Yves
Virginia has issued stirring cali u
the wcmcn Of her state. 1t Is better T.
wear. rags -.han that our army fail
better to go hungry 70 BUY bonus.
mon of the Fifth District are preparc'
means work and sacrifice, but the wo
10 mako II.