The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-01
Campaign For Third
Liberty Loan Rapidly
Nearing Home Stretch
Working Committees Continue Activities to Reach High
Mark Set-Charmen Urge Subscribers to Loan to
Make Initial Payment at Once to Avoid Last
Day Congestion-Campagn Ends Saturday
at O'Clock

Saturday afternoon at 6 o'clock, new
time, the third Liberty Loan drive will
end, and the Birmingham zone, Jeffer-
son county ard Greater Birmingham viii
come under the wire with speed to spare,
according to statements of those i'll
charge.
lover the top" was the word all along
the line yesterday.
While the sales of bonds are going on
uninterruptedly in the zone, the county
and the city, and are expected to con-
tinue to the closing hour, the activities
of Chairmen jackson, Coffin and Meadow
of the mems committees, and Mesdames
Jacobs, Johnson and Sims of the women s
committees are largely concentrated on
the closing up of subscriptions already
made.
The big idea is to get subscribers to
go to the banks at once and make their
initial payments.
The point is being stressed that unless
a payment is made on subscription be-
fore the closing hour Saturday, the sub
scription cannot be counted-it Is "a
scrap Of paper" nothing more.
The hanks of Birmingham are doing
all they can to facilitate this validating
of subscriptions. They are remaining
open until o'clock every afternoon for
this purpose. And subscribers are re-
spending splendidly to the appeal to be
prompt, as, the business around the Lib
erty Loan windows of the banks yester-
day attested.
PAYMENTS IMPERATIVE
That's all very fine" said Chairman
Coffin. commenting on the foregoing
facts last night. But I hope the news
papers will continue to impress the fact
that it is imperative that all subscribers
! for Liberty Bonds go to the banks inn
mediately and go through the indis-
pensable financial formalities. This APP
plies especially to those who have signed
pledge cards on the solicitation of the
women's committees and the Boy Scouts
| and those who purpose to buy bonds on
| the government terms. or on the partial
payment plan. Immediately means to-
! day. not tomorrow"
! Mrs Crawford Johnson, chairman Of
the woman's Greater Birmingham COM
mittee was equally emphatic as to the
| importance OF CLOSING up" the pledge
cards I'VE find that quite a number
of those who have signed our pledge
| cards are under the impression that they
have an indefinite time in which to
make the first payment" she said yes
terday afternoon. Make it as clear and
as strong IS you can that these payments
must he in the banks before 6 O'Clock
Saturday afternoon. Urge all who can to
go to the banks today and thus help to
| avoid congestion at the windows in the
] closing hours. Those who can attend
to this natter in regular banking hours
| should do So"
CLEANUP PLANNED
| Chairman Coffin held conference with
| the generals of the allied armies yesrer-
| day morning at which it was decided
that "clean up campaign of the armies
would begin Thursday morning and con-
tinue through Saturday.
The largest subscriptions received
yesterday at Liberty Loan headquar-
tiers, 400 North Twentieth street, was
$4,000, from Messrs. Edward and
Frank Simons, at the Woman's Great
er Birmingham headquarters: addition
al subscriptions from Fairfield in the
amount of $3.50. was reported by Mrs.
Foster. chairman of that locality.
The buying of Liberty Bonds by the
people. which has been the cardinal
feature of this campaign. continues
undated, with the prospect of growing
still stronger in the last hours This