Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1918 — DISHWASHER TAKES $10,000 IN BONDS [ARTICLE]

DISHWASHER TAKES $10,000 IN BONDS

Atlanta, Ga. —One of the team captains in the Liberty loan campaign was canvassing a company at Camp Gordon and ■ paused to interview a private ’ who was washing dishes in the kitchen. “You ought to be able to han- ’ die a SSO bond at least,” he ln- . sisted. The commander will ar-. ’■ range to hold payments out of • your pay, and you’ll have a bit of a ijest-egg when you get back from France. How about taking your subscription?" “I’d rather draw all my pay. : thank you,” he said. “I may ; need it. But you may put me down for bonds to that amount.” ; he added, handing a check to - the captain. The check was for SIO,OOO. • The private was W. J. Ethering- ; ton of Pennsylvania, who owns • a controlling Interest In one of ; the big coal companies. He sub- ■ scribed $50,000 to each of the former bond issues and had ’ taken an equal amount in the third issue through his home • bank.