The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-21
BARRE GREATLY
EXCEEDED OUONv
Amount Already Reported Is APPROX
mately 10000 Over the Mark-The
Tabulation of Banks.

Barre handled its fourth Liberty loan
campaign with the old-time punch and
the inevitable result was the oyer-sub-
scription of its quota before the zero
hour Saturday night Uncle Sam asked
for 100000 and the city answered with
subscription that exceeds 100000, un-
doubtedly the most gratifying outcome
OF any Liberty loan campaign waged
here. School bells and church bells pealed
out the tidings at 1880 o'clock Saturday
night, but even the bells failed to pro
claim the crowning achievement of the
campaign, for it was not known until to-
day that the city's quota had been ex-
ceeded by nearly 100000
The way the subscriptions came into
the four banks of the city is told in the
following figures;
Barre Savings Bank & Trust Co $l32, 800
Harry Daniels, East Montpelier,
through outside banks ~ 10000
Quarry Savings Bank & Trust
90. .........,........ l0l 900
Granite Savings Bank & Trust
Co Observation-Disclosures. $1,000
Peoples National bank. .. l45. $50
S490, 0,450
The foregoing figures do not represent
the aggregate subscriptions received in
Barre banks, for much larger total
would be needed to register the subscrip-
tions received here from outside towns.
A detailed statement Of the out-of town
subscriptions received by local bankers
and credited to the respective towns will
be issued later. The sum of $490, ,450 rep
resents the subscriptions actually credit
ed to Barre.
Information that Barre had eclipsed all
previous records in Liberty loans was
forwarded Saturday night TO f. r. Morse
of Proctor, chairman of the state Liberty
loan campaign. In acknowledging the
message, Chairman Morse replied as fol
lows
Mr.. G. w. Melcher; Congratulations.
The city Of Barre is certainly entitled to
the greatest measure Of credit for having
accomplished what you have done under
such more than trying conditions. | con-
graduate you and want you to express
my appreciation to all of your citizens.
Il. r. Morse, State Chairman"
The campaign in this city did not ma
terialize until early in the last week OF
the loan. The most disastrous epidemic
in the eity's history compelled an aban.
donment of well devised plans for an
early, sharp and telling campaign for
and it was not until Oct.
IA that the situation cleared sufficiently
to permit the committee to proceed with
plans. The stoneshed canvass was fol-
lowed by very successful house to-
house drive Thursday, when nearly ST0,-
600 was subscribed in relatively small
blocks. Subscriptions through the banks
continued, but Saturday noon found the
city $4,000 short of its quota. What
between noon and the hour
when the banks closed in the evening Is
more eloquently told in figures. In the
opinion of the committee, the signal re-
suits OF Barre's campaign have confound.
ed the crepe-hangers who argued that
peace talk and influenza would put
erimp in their plans. They made no al.
owance for a grim determination on the
part Of the committee and citizens. a de-
that went deeper than IN
iuenza and counted for more than peace
Kites. And in the end Barres record for
registering 100 per cent loyal whenever
The opportunity comes is amply sus-
aimed.