The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-05-03
MUST NOT PERMIT
THE LOAN TO DRAG
MUCH WORK YET TO BE DONE
Every Community And Every Per.
son Should Back Up The
Boys In The
Trenches.


done yet by Maryland to measure up
to the quota that has been fixed for
her to raise.
Many communities have gone over
their quotas, but there are many more
that are still behind and it is up to
the people Of these communities to
throw off their coats and prove to
the rest of the State and to the count.
try at large, that they are not more
careful with their money than they
are with their sons who nave gone
out to face the nations foe.
The boys on the battlefront and
those who are soon going to be there
should feel that the folks in their
own home town and their own homes
are behind them with all they pos
sess.
AS speaker at cover There" Can
torment said:
What must be the feeling Of a
boy in the trenches when he learns
that those he loves and those who
profess to love him, his relatives, his
friends, his neighbors, do not care
enough for the life that he is risking
for them to lend their money to help
save him. We've sent them there;
we must bring them back. We can't
bring them back unless we send our
dollars to Uncle Sam to feed and
clothe and arm them. The sooner we
send this money and the more we
send, the sooner will our brave boys
win this war and come back, and
the more of them will be saved to be
brought back Every Stacker dollar
in this land means drop OF Amer
lean blood spilled on French soil by
the Hun"
In practically every community in
the State enthusiastic patriotic meet
ings are being held in the interests
Of the Third Liberty Loan. Much ex-
cellent work has been done in the
rural districts by the flying squad
ron" which, manned by we'll known
Liberty Loan speakers and bond sales
men sailed" into the rural neighbor-
hoods and there obtained subscrip-
tons to the Loan.
Subscriptions amounting to $34,700
were received at a meeting held at
Colgate school house, st. Helena, Bal
timore county. The speakers were
Senator Carville D. Benson, Cy Cum
mings and Charles Morris Howard.
Robert P. Graham, captain of the
Liberty Loan Campaign Team for
Central Maryland on visit to the
Baltimore headquarters of the Lib
erty Loan Committee, reported much
enthusiasm in communities visited by
his team. Former Congressman David
J. Lewis, accompanied Mr.. Graham,
and with them as speakers at differ
ent points, appeared Congressman
Carraway of Arkansas, Corporal Ellis.
Milton G.. Urner, State Senator Wade
Warfeld, Richard Bond, Lewis Allen.
Howard Bryant, Judge Peter and 9TH
ers.
At Poolesville, Montgomery county,
individual subscriptions amounting to
more than $21,700, sum greater than
the bank apportionment for that place,
were made. Westminster subscribed
100000, Gaithersburg, $26,000; Mt.
Airy between $4,000 and $4,000;
Towson, between $4,000 and 100000
and when the team left Rockville,
more than $4,000 had subscribed.
Other towns visited were Sykesville,
Taneytown and Hampstead.
From Worcester county, comes the
word that Berlin has subscribed $42,-
900 and Snow Hill, $4,000. Chair
man John W. Ennis, for that county,
telegraphed this announcement to the
Liberty Loan Committee for Mary
land.
w. Bladen Lowndes and Benjamin
Dobson addressed an enthusiastic
meeting at Dayton, Howard county
and following their addresses $4,000
worth Of Bonds were sold. In the
Second Liberty Loan the amount Of
bonds sold in this district were but
5000.
Subscriptions to the amount Of e2s,-
$50 to Liberty Bonds we're received
at meeting at Upper Marlboro, Prince
George county. Congressman Dill
addressed this meeting as did also
number Of soldiers. Patriotic songs
were sung by a group Of boys from
the Upper Marlboro High School.
Many of the communities are giving
literally, but others are not. 1t is
going to take whirlwind finish to
put Maryland cover the top" Only
a comparatively few days remain be-
fore the campaign closes. The failure
Of Marylanders. to make the proper
response will mean that this state,
which has never fallen down on any
thing before, will, in this instance,
fall below its allotment of $3S, 229, 900.
It is imperative that the entire State
arouse itself and put forth supreme
effort to make good" for Uncle Sam.
Maryland cannot afford to be a
Stacker State. It is not going to be II