Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT DITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Citie* and Towns —Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. ENTHUSIASM AT LOAN MEETING Next Drive Will Appeal Strongly to the Farmers. Although the government has not yet announced the date of the third Liberty loan drive, nor fixed the amount to be raised, the counties in the third Liberty loan district of Indiana are all set for a |recor<i-lbreaking campaign. Tuesday afternoon’s enthusiastic district meeting at Lafayette was remarkable in that it brought together the energetic workers of eight counties and found them all prepared for the starting of the big drive just as soon as the time is set. Thomas Bauer, chairman of the Tippecanoe county committee, presided at the meeting and there were representatives present from all the counties, including Tippecanoe, Carroll, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Fountain. The principal speakers were Will H. Wade, Liberty loan director; G. H. Dunscomb of Chicago; Secretary of State William A. Roach and Will H. Adams, reporter of the supreme court. The principal features of the meeting, aside from the enthusiasm shown, were the decisions in regard to the ipolicy to be pursued in the Liberty loan drive in this district and the importance of organizing the farmers. Mr. Wade told of the necessity of getting the farmers into closer touch with the Liberty loan movement. He said a fair chance to understand the nature of the loan has not been given the farmers. Mr. Wade, in his address, said there has been- a great change of heart among the people of Indiana regarding the Liberty loan. “The people are keenly alive to the call of the government,” he said, “and will subscribe more liberally than ever. This war has reached the homes of everybody.” Before the meeting adjourned the representatives, men and women from every county in the district, pledged themselves to dedicate their entire efforts to the loan drive and resolved to make it a brilliant success. They promised renewed energy and untiring labor in behalf of the loan. The representatives present were: Tippecanoe county, Thomas Bauer and Mrs. C. B. Stuart; Newton, Warren T. McCray and Miss Adah Bush; Jasper, J. N. ; Leatherman and Mrs. J. J. Hunt; | Carroll, W. M. Eaton and Mrs. Ed Blythe; White, W. K. O’Connell and Miss Mary Turner; Benton, Charles !B. McKnight; Fountain, Dan C. Reed; Warren, Burt Fleming.