The Robesonian., 1918-09-30
my Sacrlflces so FAR.
4 Bond in Every Home.

any sacrifices so far.
A Bond in Every Home.
Mr.. Lawrence urged that house
toulouse canvass must be made, that
bond in every home must be the
slogan. Workers must go by thraes
or in pairs, districts must be divided
into sections. There will be speak
ing campaign. Messrs. Jas. II. Pou
and j. w. Bailey. the two ablest
speakers in the State, have promised
to come to the county, the former
for two speeches some Sunday, the
latter for 2 days. Their dates will be
announced later. There will be an
advertising campaign, through pos
ters and through newspapers, and
buttons will be given to subscribers.
Government Trains at Maxton and
Fairmont.
One of the Governments trains of
several cars filled with war relies
captured from the Germans and in
charge of wounded soldiers will visit
Maxton and Fairmont. 1t will be at
Maxton from $3.50 to 5 p. m. on Oc-
tober 8, at Fairmont from $40 p. M.
October II till II a. m. the next day.
Every one will want to see these
trains and they will be a great stim-
ulus to bond selling.
Relying on the Women.
Women sold AZ per cent of the bonds
sold in the last campaign, said the
speaker, and he said he is relying On
the woman's committee. He said that
he knows of no one who brings to the
task more experience, zeal and en-
thusiasm than the chairman of the
coanty woman's committee, Mrs. L. L.
Townsend of Lumberton.
Abstracts of Tax Lists.
Auditor j. M. McCallum, at Mr..
| Lawrence's request, has, with the help
of assistants, at the cost Of much
time and labor, prepared typewriter
lists of the white taxpayers In each
township, giving name and address
AMI amount of property listed for
| taxation Four lists for each town.
ship have been prepared. From these
| lists estimates will be made of what
amount each taxpayer is able to in
vest in bonds, so that the workers will
have the proper information about
each person before approaching him.
Chairman Mclean Speaks Briefly.
Chairman A. w. Mclean arrived
from Washington and came into the
court room while Mr.. Lawrence was
speaking. He was called or and
spoke briefly. He spoke warmly. IN
praise of Mr.. Lawrence, of how for
tunate it was that he had consented
to take charge of the campaign, and
said he was the most striking exam
pie he has ever known of the supreIn-
acv of mind over matter. He said he
had been thrilled lately by hearing
the lavish praise of American soldiers
Nv British, French. Italian ana Eel
gian soldiers, who frankly say there
has never been anything to equal the
courage and fighting qualities of the
] Americans. They freely admit that
all would have been lost but Tor the
intrepid courage of the American sol
diers. The man who was responsible
| more than anyone else, he SAID. 1oI
the turn of the tide was Gen. Bullard
! a son of a native RobesonIan, Whcse
reply to the French comma oder VII
90 down in history. We cant afford
he said. to fail in the Liberty loan
and we ought to double it. None ol
ns has made sacrifices get. If sol
d:ers are willing to die for the cause
it is as little as we can do to lend oul
: money. .,
A meeting of the woman's commit
tee was held following the meeting
of the larger committee.