Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-04-11
AUDUBON COUNTY
IN THE LIMELICHT
Third Liberty Loan Drive Wcdnes-
day Put County Over its Quota
About $50 Percent

aDout JOU Percent
Audubon county redeemed herself
Wednesday in the purchase of Third
Liberty Loan bonds when she brot
herself FROM a Stacker county to per-
haps the Manner county in the state
of Iowa. The quota for this county
was S220.ao8 as assigned by the
state committee. The amount sub
scribed 50 ,faryreported this morning
is $40, 0Q9,twfth more to hear from.
This couRtSlNTas among several in
the stateititat failed to come UP to
her full quota in the first and Sec
ond loansttwhich left a deficit Of
S132, 000opN This amount was ex-
pected to be raised at this time which
would makeNthe full quota for the
three loans $352,O0O.
In going over the top the people
of the county have scored great
victory. Every precinct in the county
did its full share and not single
case of shortage has been reported
to the committee. In many town
ships three times the amount of the
quota was subscribed.
The women of the county played
q prominent part in the success of
the big drive Under the able chair
manshipScf Miss Harriet Bilharz.
the women were exceptionally well
organized They went about it
methoGically, not boisterously. They
injected much enthusiasm into the
drive. The women of the county
purchased bonds that will run over
S125. geo and $4,000 or more of
this amount was subscribed in the
city of Audubon.
Many patriotic meetings were held
in all parts of the county during the
past ten days. The people in every
section were eager to do their part
so the chairmen of the local COM
mittees were able to secure hearty
cooperation. The people came for
( ward in spirit of helpfulness and
in many cases offered to buy far
beyond the three per cent of their.
actual worth, as was decided by the
local committee the proper amount
each person should own of the bonds
/ in the three issues. No particular
! class of solicitors are entitled Ito
| special praise for all belong to the
multitude that brought about the
/ excellent results.
The plan adopted in the county
! of requiring persons to go to tho
/ township and city school houses to
make applications for the loan, was
the best A,thing ever inaugurated.
! Why should solicitors be compelled
/ to make house to house canvass,
/ when they had no more interest in
the success of the drive than any
one else, This is truly everybody's
| business and everybody ought to be
willing to do his or her share. That
they were perfectly willing to meet
the conditions was demonstrated
when between the hours of nine
and twelve O'Clock the quota for
the county was practically over sub
scribed $50 per cent.
All the schools of the county were
dismissed for the day and the chill
dren in many places helped in max
ing the day a patriotic one. Here
in the city of Audubon the school
children met at the court house at
I eight O'Clock. The drum cerpz and
the Boy Scouts led the parade and
the children with q flag in hand
marched through the streets of the
city to the school house where they
abandoned at nine O'Clock. The
band then took up the strain and
furnished number of musical Sc
lections. At seven O'Clock the bells
of the churches rang for a period Of
five minutes and every half hour
the whistle at the light plant was
thrown wide open to remind the
citizens that their dollars were nee
essary to stop the German bullets.
The response was certainly magnif-
icent. NfFS
Following is detailed statement
so far as it is possible to render be-
fore all the returns have been re-