Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-04
OVER The TOP
AND STILL GOING
Four Hundred Voluntary Subscrib-
ers Meet WauseOn's Quota for the
Fourth Liberty Loan on Tuesday
An InspiratiOnal Meeting and Great
Speakers.

Wauseon and in fact all Fulton
county caught the spirit of our boys
over on the Western Front this week
in dealing with the Fourth Liberty
Loan and went over the top and at
'em.
The splendid example of our Amer
lean boys on the battle line; never
flinching, never hesitatng, never
questioning, never retreatlng, but go
ing straight on in spite of all danger,
over and over making the supreme
sacrifice as they go forward on the
line of duty: was in the thought of the
citizens of Fulton county Tuesday as
they went to the appointed places 70
subscribe for the bonds of the Fourth
Liberty Loan; the proceeds of which
are to keep those brave boys of ours
fed, clothed and supplied with arms
and ammunition to carry on"
The allotment of bonds to Fulton
county is $1,103,750 and Wauseon's
share is 147.000.
Archbold was the first to ego over"
at o'clock Tuesday morning the
Archbold committee reported that
they had attained their quota and
were stul going.
In Wauseon the subscriptions kept
coming IN all through the day, and
it was not until evening that it was
definitely known that Wauseon was
well over the top.
The mass meeting at the court
house Tuesday evening was beyond
question the best and most inspira-
tlonal Liberty Loan meeting ever
held in Wauseon- The court room
was literally packed and the enthu-
slasm of the big audience was raised
to high pitch by the splendid sing
ing of the Camp Sherman quartette.
The boys were rine musicians in the
first place, their voices were well har-
monized and blended and added to this
was their own enthusiastic patriotism
making their music something be-
yond the ordinary and fairly thrilling
those who heard them. Again and
again they we're called upon and each
time they responded with quartets
solos, giving encore after encore; they
were not srmgy and their audience
was only too glad to keep them at it
Many in the audience were reminded
as they looked upon those KHAKI clad
boys Of the 'lads far away" and
doubtless reflected that just such
splendid men as these are standing IN
the battle line to protect our homes
and for the principles of American
ism and that too much cannot be done
for them by the folks at home.
DR.. John Wesley Hill of New York
was quite up to his reputation as the
most Inspirational orator in America
He held his audience at close attention
as he told the thrilling story of Am
erican ideas and ideals and of the
great American leaders of the past
and the present placing President
Wilson as the last of a great success
sion. He made the heart of his au.
dience throb with pride that they
were Americans and that the boys
who are following the stars \and strip
es in Europe to day are their sons
and he fired the souls of those present
with the desire to do all and more
than they can to sustain and support
the great American Army in it's ter
rlDle fight for the liberty of th'
world and the cause of Democracy
Private Zorn, a North Baltimore
Ohio, boy who since 1915 has beel
serving IN the Canadian Army tolC
of the experiences of that army il
the trenches OF the indomitabl'
spirit that possessed them and mad'
them uneonquerable; he recalled tn,
vivid scenes in trench on no-man'
land the charge and the toll of death
The waiting Tor supplies and re
Inducements and the longing for tn
help of Americas Arms so long with
held of the thrill of new hope whel
the u. S. Marines turned the tide o
battle OF Chateau Thierry; a It'd
that never turns back, that shall nev
er retreat. Private lorn gathere
up all of his wonderful story and con
centrated it in an appeal to the au
lience TO support ana inspire the me
on duty in France; to give as they ar
giving, to extend 70 them across tn
seas even to the front line trenche
the encouraging sustaining spirit,
let them know that their nation
all with them.
At a meeting of Wauseon worke,
following the program it was amour
ced that Wauseon would not considt
itself over the top until the count
was over the top and that the wor
in Wauseon should not be considere
finished until every citizen shou
have had an opportunity to buy bond
RlN IIarpTY BoNns .