New Britain herald., 1918-10-19
DETERMINED To III
100000 MARK
PlajnViII0 Making Special Effort to
Pass Far Above Quota
SCHOOLS REMAIN CLOSED
Or. Bull Decides Such Action is Wise
Two Double observation-disclosures
Letters A1Tiye-Tcl1 New. Voters
anderson Appointed.

Plainville is going to reach the
&20o,0oo mark in the Fourth loan if
the hank has to remain onen later
than q o'clock tonight and the person.
mel of the loan committee is forced
to work all day tomorrow. according
to the statement CT a mem Der Of the
committee this morning. Last night
an appeal was made to the, people OF
the town TO boost the loan from Sl65.
900 TO 100000. The patriotism Of
the town was easily seen and attested
to by the large amount Of subscrip-
tons received up to noon today. In
order that the rush will not be too
great tonight the officers Of the Plain
vile Trust company decided to keep
the bank open all day instead of clos
ing for the afternoon as is the CUSTOM
The town seemed destined to reach
the desired mark by early evening
and the committee wishes the follow
ing announcement to be made to the
people: "When the 100000 mark has
been reached in this campaign the
townspeople will easily know the fact
The factory whistles will blow, the
church and school bells will ring and
all forms Of announcing the fact will
be used. When the pand monium
starts the townspeople are asked to
Join in the general rejoicing because
Plainville will have raised a. sum
never before equalled and never be-
fore expected by the men in the finan-
cial circles, Unstinted praise should
be given to the women mem bers of
the committee who have been the
main factors in putting the loan over
its quota. The committee also wishes
to thank all who have contributed to
the success of the loan.'
Many for Unconditional Surrender.
Since the formation of the Uncon-
ditional Surrender club a few days
ago the number of members has been
tripled and it is still rising. The con-
Gitions for membership are that a,
member either subscribe q second
time to the Fourth loan or double his
or her subscription to the third loan.
+insignia showing membership is
a national colored ribbon worn be-
meath the fourth loan pin, There is
still a chance to become a member
before the bank closes tonight.
Many Church Services Omitted.
For the second successive Sunday
the services in the majority of the
churches will be omitted because of
the epidemic of Influenza The fol-
lowing churches will omit the services:
Advent Christian, Baptist, Episcopal,
congregational, Methodist and A M.
E. Zion. In connection with the clos
ing of the churches the pastors of
the various churches have issued
the following notice; ''At 1890 to-
morrow morning the church bells
viii ring as a reminder to all that it
is a day of prayer. We recommend
q n q of
our respective churches gather in
their homes and invoke Gods bless
ings after their own manner upon the
sick and drying, the anxious and the
bereaved not only this community but
in other communities as we'll, and
upon all doctors, nurses and those
miniStering to the afflicted AID labor
ing to stay the epidemic also upon
our president and his advisers tat
they may be wisely led in this cru
Cial hour
Advent Christian Conference.
The Connecticut and Western Mas
saChusetts Advent Christian CoAfer-
ence which was to have been held i'll
Westfeld from October 2225 has
been postponed and. a, one day con-
ference in this town has been SUBJ
atituted. The conference Will be held
in the Mission cottage on the Plain
vile Advent camp ground on Wed.R
Oct 23. The conference will convene at
10 a. m. Strictly routine business will
he carried out. The Sunday school
business session will start at D. NJ,
and the Loyal Workers session at
3 p. m.
Shut OF Your Motors.
Despite the fact that the ban on the
&c Do.r.tor -y1l, I'll
been temporarily lifted, there will be
a continued effort to prohibit the use
of gasoline unnecessarily. With a
view to securing economy throughout
the state, the fuel conservation COM
asanxnas