Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-09
Liberty Loan Campaign Opens viii
Public Meeting In Jefferson County.

The campaign for the Third Liberty
Loan opened in Jefferson County with
an enthusiastic public meeting in the
Court House in Charles Town last
Saturday afternoon.
The meeting was presided over by
Mr. w. T. Alexander, and was held
under the auspices of the Ladies Lib
erty Loan Committee.
Editor Harry l.. Snyder, of the
Shepherdstown Register was the first
speaker and made an earenst appeal
which was listened to with much
pleasure by his hearers.
The next speaker was Attorney +.
L. Bushong, who after making some
stirring and able remarks on the SER
ious ness of the situation, introduced
the Honorable Robert Lewis Hines, of
Louisiana, who made an eloquent APP
peal for the support of the soldier
boys and the government by the buy
ing of Liberty Bonds by the general
public.
The early indications are that there
will be even more perfect organiza-
tons for the bond campaign than were
invoked to aid during the last one.
Events have changed the attitude of
the people and the necessity of a more
active and hurried participation by this
country in the war in Europe is evil
dent.
The Liberty Bonds will bear interest
at four and one-fourth pre- cent, and
they are coed investment even from
purely an investment standpoint, but,
in addition, the purchase of the bonds,
if one is able, measures the loyalty
and patriotism of the purchaser. 1t
shows an inclination to do a part, to
make a sacrifice, to deny ones self
many of the little things so dear to
ones comfort. The extent of sacri-
| flee, after all, is the yardstick by
which we measure our devotion to
country.
There will be appeals made to every
man and woman to purchase Liberty
Bonds. The opening of the selling
campaign presages success of the loan.
The main Issue now, however, is that
more persons than ever subscribe to
the loan, thus relieving the banks of
the burden of carrying the bonds, for
the time is not yet ripe when war
loans shall become purely matter of
exchanging securities.
| This week and for some time there
after committees and banks of the
county win be busy soliciting sales of
Liberty Bonds. The ladies of the
county will take an active interest in
the campaign. Mrs. H. c. Getzendan-
ner, the chairman of the Ladies Liber-
| following as captains of the various
local snits of the county: hiddleway,
Mrs. G. 3. Shaull; Shenandoah juno
ton, Miss Florence Cockrell; Leetown,
Miss Emma Johnson; Kabletown and
Myerstown, Miss Mary Shut; Sum-
nit Point, Miss Esther Locke; Road
from Charles Town to Summit Point,
Miss Mary Eagan; Read from Charles
Town to Middleway, Miss Mary Engle;
Rippen and vicinity, Mrs. H. H.
IHuyett; Meehanicstown and the
Blosmery, Miss Georgia Daily; Zoar
vicinity, Mrs. Robert Browse; Bardane
vicinity, Miss Mamie Burr; Mountain
Mission, Miss Dorsey; Charles Town
| Town, llrs. S. H. Lands, Miss Laara
Campbell, Miss Rtheleen Davis, and
Miss targaret Bishop; Ransom, Mrs.
John G. Liliott.
The campaign in Shepherdstown
and Harpers Ferry District will be I'M
der the supervision of the chairman
of the respective districts Mrs. E.
IL. Goldsborough is chairman for Shep-
herdstswn District, while Mrs. C. j.
| Cavalier will serve in a similar posi-
ton in Harpers Ferry District
About fifty thousand dollars have
already been subscribed out of JEFF
ferson county'S allotment of about two
hundred and TWENTY-FIVE Thousand