The Lamar register., 1919-04-30
VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN
Lamar Makes Poor ShOwing-Outside
County viii Go Over Top
This Week.

The people of Lamar, who have
heretofore met every demand of the
government in every drive since the
war started with promptness and en-
thusiasm, and handled the terrible flu
scourge with a generosity that ap-
pealed to the citizens of all the sur
rounding country, seem suddenly to
have become afflicted with an epidem-
ic of tightwaditis or pass-the- buckenza
or some other debilitating trouble.
Anyway with the Victory Loan Cam
paign almost over only half the eity's
quota has been raised.
With the exception of the official
staff of the committee and some of the
returned soldiers the men of the town
have practically quit cold and with
only an investment of a few thousand
in safe securities between Lamar and
the goal of being one of the few 100
per cent cities of the country in every
war activity, it looks as if our city
will go into the Stacker and quitter
class.
The women with the same strong
local organization, that has been such
help in all previous drives. have done
their full share as always and have
been working earnestly to try to meet
Lamar's quota. That the amount Is
as large a. it is-almost $l00,00o-is
due mainly to their efforts and Char
man Wilson Of the Victory Committee
The latter while feeling discouraged
over the Lamar situation is highly
gratified with the prospects for the
rest of the county. The committees
Of both men and women are working
in the other towns with genuine en-
thusiasm and all of Prowers county
but Lamar will be "over the top" when
the campaign closes on Saturday
night.
Granada took the honors easily this
time, going "over the top" on Tues
day afternoon and was followed by
Bristol on Wednesday. Wiley and
Hartman are close behind and Holly
is rapidly raising her big quota. The
outside county will be in the above
100 per cent" class when the campaign
closes, and it will be up to the busi-
ness men of Lamar in the last two
days whether they wish our city to
lose the high standing it has always
held and take its place among the well
advertised Stacker communities.
If you are a sightwad, there is no
better investment than these special
ly favored fifth issue bonds as they
are not only absolutely safe but will
soon, owing to favorable provisions,
bring a good premium. If you have
a grouch-forget it, It's bad for the
digestion. II you are sore-laugh,
You're too big to cry. If you are
slaeker-wake up Spring is here
take a tonic and get busy. If you
are again the ruling powers-remem-
ber the boys "over there" They did
their duty without kicking. If you
don't like the way the money has been
spent-remember the bills have al
ready been made and no country is
any better than its financial credit.
If it can't pay its bills it can't furnish
safety and protection for any of its
citizens.
There is no room for dispute on the
question. Every good citizen owes it
to his country to help sustain its cred
il; owes it to the boys, who did their
duty even at the sacrifice of their
lives, to see the thing through; and
owes it to his home city to see that
its name is not tarnished by the stig-
ma of being a gutter. There are two
days left GET BUSY