Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 219, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1918 — PRELIMINARY MEETING HELD [ARTICLE]

PRELIMINARY MEETING HELD

ENTHUSIASM AT FIRST LOAN MEETING INDICATES SUC. CESSFUL CAMPAIGN. About fifty representative citizens attended the meeting held in the court room of the court house Monday afternoon. This meeting had been called by County Chairman Chapman, of the Fourth Liberty loan, and was for preliminary organization and plan. In addressing the meeting the county chairman said that the Fourth campaign would be earned on in very much the same way as the Third, which was so successful and by which Jasper was made the banner county of the state. While'it was the purpose to make this a conscience campaign,' he felt that there would have to be a personal solicitation and also enthusiastic , meetings held in the county. ’ He announced that the organization for this campaign would be the same as in the last. George A. Williams will have charge of the speakers and singers, B. F. Fendig will continue as sales director, Charles M. Sands and publicity chairman, and E. P. Lane will be chairman of transportation. The township organizations will, be the same except that R. E. Davis is appointed chairman of Kankakee township and William Hershman of Walker township. In the Third campaign these townships with Wheatfield township were under the supervision of H. W. Marble, of Wheatfield. George McLain is to have charge of the sales in Marion township, and

all sales are to be reported through him. The blanks this time contain a receipt for the subscriber, a slip for the bank through which the subscription is made and a slip to hand to the chairman. In Marion township these slips are to be handed to Mr. McLain. Mrs. Judson J. Hunt is again to have charge of the women of the county. They will be expected to raise one-fifth of the county’s quota. All subscriptions made by women are to be credited to them. Women are to solicit women. Mr. Chapman said he had not called the workers earlier because all were very busy, but that the campaign should be started in earnest Saturday morning and while it is on every other matter should be put aside. He expected a short but strenuous campaign. , , , A call for all workers of the county to meet in the court room Thursday night will go out. Each township chairman will receive notice of this meeting and he and his workers will be urged to be present. The county chairman will send each a personal invitation and W. L. Bott has volunteered to notify each township chairman by phone. During the campaign we are to have one or more airplanes. The grqund has been prepared and some way will be devised to let the people know when they will arrive. They will alight in the Henry Amsler field just north of the city. Charles G. Spitler, Samuel Fendig and B. J. Jarrette are the committee having this matter in charge. Charles G. Spitler has also been appointed chairman of the Jackies Band committee. The band, thirtyfive strong, will arrive in Rensselaer on the 6:50 p. m. train, October 2,

from Monticello. They will remain here until-11:10 p. m., at which time they will leave for Lafayette. Chairman Chapman, in his -many stirring remarks, . said: “We have just started in the war. We may have two million men in France, we may have three or even five million later. We are just beginning to contend with the ‘bloody beast that walks like a man.’ ” He said he had great faith in the pepole of Jasper county and was sure that they Would come forward in this as they have in every other drive, and that we would meet our quota on a 100 per cent, or even

better basis. He spoke of the singing, and thought that it was a very important part of the campaign, and that thus feature was not only a very pleasant but a very effective part of the last campaign. He wanted it to have an important place in the Fourth Liberty Loan drive. . George A. Williams, chairman of the speakers’ bureau, was called upon and explained his plans. He will conduct the campaign very much as he did the Tihrd Libery Loan drive. It is his plan to have meetings in every township in the county some one afternoon or evening. Two speakers are to be present at each meeting. A man to talk to the men and a lady to talk to the ladies. Singing is to be an impbrtant feature of each meeting. He will call a meeting of his workers and have his organization perfected to begin the campaign by Saturday morning, September 28. Mr. Williams agreed with Mr. Chap-