The Robesonian., 1918-09-30
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN.

Today to October 10 Ecept to
Clear Jails-October 9Th Her, Dav
and October 18th Liberty Bond
Day.
Governor Beckett has issued the fol-
lowing proclamation:
Whereas, six billions of dollars
must be raised in these United States
by the sale of Liberty bonds, from
the 28th of September to the 18th Of
October; and of this sum the State Of
North Carolina must subscribe S3q.-
90O,O00.00, and to raise this vast
amount we must have the united he
ro1c and uninterrupted efforts of ali
our people.
Now therefore, I Thomas Walter
Beckett, Governor of said State. do
hereby declare and proclaim:
First-That from Monday, Septera-
Der 30th, to Saturday, October 18th
no Superior Courts be held, except
to clear the jails; and the Superior
Court judges are requested to adjuorn
their courts accordingly.
Second-That Sunday, October eth,
be and is hereby designated as He
roes' Day, on which day all Of our
people shall assemble, in their
churches, Sunday schools and meet
ing houses, in cities and town, in vii
lagos, hamlets and at crossroads, and
shall pay tribute and homage to the
boys who have laid down their lives
in the sacred cause of Liberty. Let
this day be made memorable and hal
lowed, and let the memory and spirit
Of the neighborhood boy, dead on the
Field of Honor, so move US that we
shall withhold not Of our substance in
the cause for which he died. Let COM
mittees of patriotic men, women and
children sell these Liberty bonds by
the millions on that sacred occasion
while messages from stump and pull
pit proclaim the purity of our motives
and the justice of our cause
Third-That Saturday, October 2
be and it is hereby designated as
Liberty Bond Day. And on this day
l especially enjoin all stores, schools
and all factories, not engaged in wal
work. and other industries, to close
their doors until o'clock in the af
ternoon. Let the school children Of
the State, under the direction Of Supt
J. Y. Joyner, join hands in making
this great and glorious day il
North Carolina annals by doing !hei1
utmost in selling Liberty bonds, ane
in arousing their friends and neigh
i bors to the peril and the necessity o.
] the, hour.
The last Liberty loan drive too
place in the month of May and th'
i bulk of cur people had no ready funds
in hand and so it came about that
4 while we over-subscribed our allot
n1ent the allotment being S1S,555 900.
90, and our subscription being Teafl.
twenty-five million dollars, or 81 Pc
cent over the top, less than pc.
4 cent Of the people Of the State pur
i chased these bonds. This was In
lowest ratio Of any State in the Union
In the present subscription it is earn
estly hoped and believed that, Wit
practical unaninnity, all the people G
the State will participate. Let tn
slogan be, GA BOND IN EVERl
HOME" Napoleon once said that il
every battle five minutes decide'
which army would conquer. We hav
now reached this moment in the Worl'
War.
Men of this commonwealth, wnicl
historians agree is the freest of tn
free, in this bour, big with the fat
of America and of Freedom, let u
highly resolve that, under God, W
will do our full duty, withholdin!
nothing from the cause-howsoeve
costly or dear-for,
p 1t may be in yon smoke concealed
Your comrades chase cen now tn
, fliers,
: And hut for YOU. possess the field.