Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-16
TAKING SUBSCRIPTIONS STARTS
LIVELY WHEN HEADQUARTERS
OPENS AT CLUB.
ciTY'S PATRIOTIC SPIRIT
is NOW FULLY AROUSED
Willingness Of Every One to Do His
Full Duty Shown by Speed With
Which Subscriptions Are Made-No
Totals Available Today-Take Sub
scriptions Each Day Up to Friday.

The campaign for the third liberty
forenoon, and all the indications We're
that the city would come forward 10y
ally and do its full and patriotic duty.
The method of having subscribers come
to campaign headquarters at the Mar
shalltown Club. and there subscribe
rather than be solicited, promised today
TO meet fully the expectations of the
committee. Beginning this forenoon at
9 o'clock, and continuing until 5 this
evening. and during the same hours of
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
committeeman from each of the wards
will be on duty at the club to take sub
scriptions.
Behind a long counter draped with
the national colors, subdivided by large
signs indicating the five wards. bust
ness men responsible for the success of
the campaign in the city are devoting
four entire days of their services to the
work.
Willingness Is Evident.
No sooner had the bond headquarters
been opened this morning than sub
scribers who had been notified of their
appraisement by mail. began to re-
spond. A marked feature of the early
hours. after the taking OF subscriptions
began. was the apparent willingness
with which practically all subscribers
signed for bonds The record card OF
each. showing his property value. the
amount of bonds he had taken OF the
other issues, and the amount of this
issue he is expected to take, was at
hand for reference. The satisfying fea-
ture of the subscriptions was >tnat
practically every one who came TO sub
scribe did subscribe for the amount Of
his appraisement, or for more. Their
was comparatively little talk and much
less argument. Each subscriber came
with an air of patriotic willingness sig
nifying his intention to do his duty
without urging.
Check Early Subsc ribers.
Another detail of the early hours OF
the subscription taking showed an
other phase of patriotic loyalty. There
were some cases Of workingmen. who
had peer appraised al small amounts.
who were in a ~quandary to know what
they shout do. whether to buy bonds
or stamps. It was with them not a
question of helping. but in the way they
| should dc. In such cases the commit
teemen, from the knowledge of the
mans means, advised him to buy bonds
or stamps
One of the tasks Of the campaign,
it developed at once, will be that of
checking up those who have already
subscribed for bonds at banks. A num-
Der came in to notify the committee
that they had already bought bonds.
This check was started at nee this
forenoon to determine in these cases
whether or not the individuals had sub
scribed to the amount Of their appraise-
ment.
In case they have not they will be
notified they have not yet done their
full duty. Those who pay no attention
to the summons to subscribe will be re-
ported, as the government orders, on
yellow cards to Washington, with the
reason why they refused. Others who
do not subscribe for the amour of
their appraisement will also be report
ed, but on a pink card. There was no
way late this forenoon even to approx
mate the amount of the subscriptions,
but it was known they were coming in
literally.
No further reports from any of the
country precincts were received late
Monday or this forenoon. in addition to
those printed Monday evening.