The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-08
NO. 10
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
BOND SALE A SUCCESS
Ohio County Comes to the Front
With Nearly Three Times
the Amount Asked.


cord and will go down in history as q
great success.
want to compliment the dearest
people on earth to me, and say that
l. am proud of the spirit of patrio
tism, and the manly yet logged de-
termination displayed, in this the
greatest public service in which they,
or any other people, have ever parti-
cipated.
In willingly assuming nearly three
times the service apportioned to you,
you are giving TO the public and to
the. German enemy a foretaste OF
what they may expect of the brave
boys from Ohio County at the battle
front.
May God bless and protect those
boys and as they suffer, bleed and die
in the trenches for us, and foe
humanity, may they fully realize, an(
be encouraged and strengthened
the thought, that every dollar of OF
money, every human sacrifice neces-
airy to their equipment, maintenance,
and comfort is at the call of our
Government.
Thoroughly convinced as am that
this is the feeling predominating in
our good County, proud of the fact
that this loan has been taken. not by
the banks but, in strict accord with
the wishes of the Department. by
the day laborer, the mechanic, the
farmer, the miner, the clerk, the
merchant, the aged and the young.
l want to personally thank, not only
every subscriber for bond, but
every one who has in any way assist
ed in this great achievement.
To the vice Chairman, executive
committee, chairman of all the vari-
Gus divisions, their assistants, and to
the county press l want to express my
gratitude for your ever Willingness to
render any and all aid, and for the
good and effective work that you
have done.
To the ladies who have worked so
increasingly, so conscientiously, and
with such sacred motives. l want to
say your bond writing has been
great success and the good you have
done will never die.
l hope that each of you may tuck a
way in your memory a bouquet Of
sincere thanks from me that may Il
some measure strengthen your ner
YES and sooth your grief when yo(
think of the intense suffering that
your efforts are intended to mitigate
and stop.
To the general County, and pre-
cinct committeeman upon whom has
fallen the duty of individual house to
house canvass | wish to tip my hat
and reverently bow my head in rec
ognition of the faithful manner in
which you have performed your du-
ties. You will never be able to know
the immense good that you have done
in ccmenting and strengthening the
feeling of determination among your
neighbors to win this war so brutally
waged against our innocent peace
loving and home respecting nation.
While some of you may have mis-
construed some OF my appeals to you,
no living man or woman has hearl
me offer a word Of censure or crit
cism against any o, - c"d rot. .lG
that have written you has uc-- IA
that spirit, or with such intention.
All my letters have been cnc.lar
letters and each one of you received
exactly the same wording, hence, if
accepted personally. some OF you may
have felt they did not apply.
At some future time | hope to be
able to call especial public attention
to the noble and especially fruitful
efforts some of you have put forth.
With the sincerest thanks to every
man woman and child who has in
any way aided in this noble and sue
cessful effort with not the slightest
feeling of censure or criticism for
any one, and with the approval of the
whole county in recognizing thl
great assistance rendered us bi
prominent speakers and soldie(
outside the county subscribe myse(
Most humbly and respectfully
JNO. II. BARNES.
County Chairman.