The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-10-11
Liberty
Next Tuesday
LESS Than THIRD
OF QUOTA RAISED
Total county subscriptions to the
Fourth Liberty Loan up to Thursday
noon was $473,35O. The quota to be
reached is $1,325,800.

Progress is about all there is to re-
port on the Liberty Loan situation in
Medina county during the past week,
but that term must not be underes-
timated. Medina's progress is always
toward successful end.
Spencer, of course, is already out
of the race, as stated last week. With
in the past week Litchfeld township
has followed the example Of Spencer
and gone over the top, reports H. L.
Halliday, president of the Litchfield
Patriotic club. A number of other
townships are lowering around the
quota mark and report that they may
be expected to flop over at any time.
The work of canvassing has been
conducted in such a way thruout the
county that the banks have been un-
able to make complete township re-
port for publication this week.
While the county organization do
not doubt that the county quota will
be raised before the end of the cam
paign next week Saturday, they are
profoundly alive to the fact that sub
scriptions have not been made thus far
as rapidly and as heavily as they
should be, and unless there is more
generous response from now on the
success of the loan here will be ques-
tionable.
In the Fourth Loan as in the prev
ious loans, that there are very great
number of persons perfectly able to
buy bonds, but who did not do so, is
of common knowledge. In the past
these citizens have not been bothered
about it, although their identity was
matter Of record. This time, how
ever, they will not escape serious en-
barrassment if they fail to come
across.
A complete card system has been
prepared, listing every citizen in the
village who is employed under salary
or wages. The financial condition of
each has been carefully investigated.
If he has not subscribed for bonds to
| the extent Of his ability before the end
lsof this week he viii receive III call
that he will net be likely to ignore.
Without mincing matters in the least,
| it is the purpose to use the "strong
arm" against any and all who have
not dug up for the Fourth Liberty
Loan.
The local Boy Scouts part in fur
thering the loan began Wednesday
morning and the boys have been ac-
lively on the job since. The previous
evening a meeting of the Scouts was
held at the M E. church, at which
were present number of visitors, to
lay out plan Of work for their drive
The boys campaign ends Saturday
night.
During the week the Medina Ma
chine Co. became a 1907 shop, thru
the good offices of Supt. R. D. Fildes
assisted by Mr.. j. E. Thatcher and Mr.
C. L. Kohler, who prevailed upon each
employee to become a bondholder, the
bonds being purchased thru the Won
ans Liberty Bond Committee. In the
third loan 98@o of the Machine Co.'S
employees were buyers of bonds.
Few public Liberty Loan meetings
will be held during the campaign
There is one, however, scheduled fol
Valley City on Saturday night of this
week at the town hall, to be addressed
by Judge c. A. Weiser of Wooster
Judge Weiser is one of Uncle Sans
intensely loyal subjects and will pre-
sent the loan question in a forcefu
manner.