The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-18
Nearly $4,000 Realized in
Barre's House-to-
House Canvass
BUT CITY NEEDS
QUARTER OF QUOTA
Barre Town Is Officially Re-
ported to Have Over
subscribed

Barre Town is Enthusiastically over the
top in the fourth Liberty loan campaign.
Officers Of the town committee did not
conceal their jubilance this forenoon in
announcing that their quota of S6s,60o
had been over-subscrihed, thanks to the
magnificent response made bv the citi.
zens. All told, the sum of S7l 500 has
been invested in bonds of the "Fighting
! Fourth" in Barre Town. The total in
eludes several handsome subscriptions by
quarry owners, but the workngmen's
contributions bulk large in the returns
and much OF the credit naturally is
theirs.
Here in the city there was almost
equal cause for qualification, although
Barre has gone only three-quarters Of
the distance traversed by its neighbor in
reaching the goal. Yesterdays house,
toulouse canvass yielded the largest re-
turns yet recorded in Liberty loan
campaign. With many members of the
ward teams still to report, and with
ward missing and ward 4 returns only
partially filed, sum close to $4,000
represents the fruits of yesterdays in
| tensiye drive. Somehow the conviction
| that the Hun must be effectively elm
mated as a potential and real cause of
unhappiness seemed to be ingrained
among the househoders who put their
names to the pledge cards yesterday, and
| IN a city lately dealt stunning blow by
influenza the returns received from a
single days drive are very good.
That was the attitude taken bv mem.
bers OF the committee to-day when they
reviewed the results achieved by the can.
tains and canvassers yesterday. Pre-.
ylously, when Liberty loan drives were
staged under normal conditions, the best
| that could be registered in one day was
$4,000. Yesterdays figures do not take
| lcognlzance OF the many subscriptions
previously received, nor do they include
the amount which is being subscribed in
the stonesheds Early in the week pledge
cards were distributed among the granite
manufacturers, and under their personal
supervision the cards have been placed
before each one Of their employees. Ii Il
| hoped that the manufacturers will be
able to complete their reports by Satur-
day noon, as the committee is anxious to
know where it stands before the last
half day of the campaign.
! Wards I and 2 ran neck and neck in
yesterdays canvass The captains and
canvassers assembled at 7 o'clock last
night in the city building. where there
was room for each ward committee. to
| file their returns The personnel of the
canvassing staff was as follows: Ward /
Mr., and Mrs Fred H. Rogers: ward 2.l
Fl. A. Phelps and Mrs. James Mackay:
ward 3, Fred W. Bancroft and Miss
Penelope Calls ward 4, Alex G. Cordiner
and Miss Elizabeth White; ward s. .To-
| seph Calcagni and Miss Nellie Scampini:
ward 8, Arthur Z. Campbell and Mrs.
Elizabeth Lager
This afternoon members of the com
mittee authorized the statement that
100000 of Barre's quota is in sight I'm
less the remaining 100000 is subscribed
before Saturday night, when the cam
paigu ends all over the country. Barre
will have to endure the stigma Of having
failed for the first time since the war
broke out to attain the goal set for it.
Those who were inadvertently overlooked
in yesterdays canvass are urged to apply
to the banks for subscriptions. In the
next 30 hours the quality of Barre's pa
triotism will be determined That none
may miss the opportunity to subscribe,
every bank in the city will remain open
until o'clock Saturday evening