1 ! What and Why Ii
,p \ Liberty Loa\
Q.?'What is the second Liberty | terest?
Oin Of 1917 7 A.?
A.?It is a loan of money by the terest
ooplo of the United States to their 15 an<
jovernment. the lif
j Q.?Why does the United States Q-?
;overnment borrow money? mV ln1
A.?Because we are forced to de- t*16 co
lend ourselves against the attacks A.?
in American honor and American ment I
ighU by the German government, bond;
ind therefore must have money to coupon
>qulp and maintain our army and name i
lavy. We need money also in order six mo:
m lend to those nations with whom the Tr
are are making common cause in this you a
war. tereet.
Q?Are not the ordinary receipts What
of our government from taxes, etc.,
sufficient to do this?
A.?No; the ordinary receipts of
the government are about one and r y
a quarter billion dollars a year,
while our expenses of the war for couP?n!
the fiscal year ending July 1, 1918, "bearei
will be over $10,000,000,000, not honds
Including the money which we will attache
lend to our allies. tered"
'Q.?How is the government go- Q.?'
lng to raise this large amount of payable
money? A.?.
A.?By borrowing from the peo- bearer,
pie and by increasing taxes. Q.?'
What Is a United State's Government payable
Bond? A.?,
Q.?When I lend my money to to the i
the United States government, what on its
do I get In return? A recti
A.?You get a promissory note foiled
given by the United States govern- by the
ment and bearing interest. This back ol
note is called a "bond." a witni
Q.?What, then, Is a United States States
govern ment bond? Q.?
A,?It is the direct and uncondi- her ow
tlonal promise of the United States 'A.of
America to pay upon a certain not M
date a specified sum of money in Qgold,
together with interest at a how si
specific rate. payable at specific owner?
dates until the bond matures, or is A.?
called for redemption. by del
i Q.?In what form is the promise? new o\
A.?It is engraved upon a sheet Q.?
of distinctive paper used onlv for bond?
the money and securities of the A.?
United States, and is executed by the form o
Secretary of the Treasury and by cordan
the Registrar of the Treasury and given,
sealed with the Treasury Depart- Q-?
ment seal. wishes
Q.?When are bonds of the Sec- in her
ond Liberty Loan dated? A.?
A.?November 15, 1017, is the Jones,
date they will bear, because that Is Brown
the date on which they will be issued Q-?
by the government and the date on the go
which interest begins. return
Q.?When will these bonds be A.?
paid by the government; thatt is, amoun
when will they become due? accept
A.?November 15. 1042; but the P"n be
government has the right to pay >?g bx
them any time after 10 years from $50fl.
- date of the bond. registe
Q.?Do I have to hold my bond denoni
until the date it is due before I get $5,000
my money back?
A.?No; you can sell your bond Q
any time you desire. There is al- bond i
ways a ready market for United "best :
States government bonds. is tbis
Q.?How can such a sale be A.?
made? govern
A.?Any bank, trust company, re faith ;
liable bond dealer, or broker wll Slates
tin !?tad In sell vnnr linml for vnn power
any timo. 1* the
Q. If necessary, could I borrow Qmoney
on these bonds? bonds
A.?Yes; United States govern, failed
ment bonds are the best security they bi
which can be offered in borrowing A.?
money. They will obtain for you bonds
the best terms possible. Ask any to Pay
bank if you desire to borrow money due w:
on your liberty bonds. Even a
Q.?Do I get any interest on my countr;
money while it is loaned to my gov- debt a
ernment? 't is t
A.?Yes; the government will pay bonds
you interest at the rate of 4 per due.
cent a year. How I
Q.?How do I collect the Interest?
A.?Attached to each bond is an Q-?
engraved sheet of interest coupons, from t
one for each six months' period. A.?
When the interest date arrives, you as to i
cut off the interest coupon of that taxes i
date and take it to any bank, where any St
it may he fashed or deposited. of the
Q.?How often do I get this in- taxing
A WORD FOR WHERS J?
It is a grave mistake for mothers to neg- surtax*
lect their aches and pains and suffer in profits
silence?this only leads to chronic sick- . ,
ness and often shortens life.
If your work is tiring; if your nerves are
excitable; if you feel languid, weary or dlvjdui
depressed, you should know that Scott'a tions.
Bmulsion overcomes just such conditions.
I It possesses in concentrated form the
very elements to Invigorate the blood, honrts
strengthen the tissues, nourish the nerves of $r?,l
THE LAN
I bonds are free
tlon?
I L0 A.?Yes; the
I JL I collector c&onol
as personal pro
fl of 1917^ Q?Has our
vf IvI I Liberty Bonds *
A.?Yes; $1
ing 3 1-2 per ce
in June, 1917.
Every six months. This In- q nd tbe ^
will be paid you every May acr,be for thefje
1 every November 15 during
..... A.?Yes; mo
e of the bond.
persons bought
Is there any way I can collect and offered tQ
terest without having to cut than w<Jre offer,
upon8? Q.?Did all
Yes; you can get the govern- Liberty Bonds
to give you a "registered" acrtptions?
that is, a bond without any .no; the
s attached and with your asked to bor
vritten on the bond; and each from the people
nths, as the Interest falls due, desired to sell
easury Department will send bonds. As mo
check in payment of the in- 000 were subsc
tary of the Trei
Kinds of Bonds Are to Be of the subscript
Issued? ?Were th
Then there are two kinds of ,end sma11 Rum;
Bonds? ?that ,8' who
Yes; bonds with interest b?r
. attached, which are called gd ^ bondg frQ|
r" or "coupon' bonds, and wepe glyen the
which do not have coupons q How abc
d, which are called "regis- 8crlbed fop ,ar|
bond8- A ThpstP wp
To whom is a coupon bond some 0f those
f* exceedingly larg
A. coupon bond is payable to only about oneof
their subscri]
ro whom is a registered bond q js ^he gi
' offer other bond:
A registered bond is payable war?
person whose name is written ^ Yes.
face and no other person. q Suppose
itered bond can be trans- (ers bonds in ti
from one owner to another|pay a higher ri
owner writing name on the; 4 pfir rpnt?
f the bond in the presence of J A If so thP
sss authorized by tlie United Bond wjjj have
Treasury Department. i change this bo
Shall a married woman use 1 the higher rate
n name or her husbands? Amount of
Her own?Mrs. Mary Brown,; q --What is
rs. John Brown. second Liberty
If I should sell my bond.; A The Seer
lall I transfer it to the new urv js jnvitir
$3,000,000,000
If it is a coupon bond, merely , ,-j^ht to allot at
ivery. Just hand it to the onp_half Ihe am
vnor- scription.
Supposing it is a registered q How was
' nted?
You must execute the blank I A jt wag fl
n the back of the bond in ac- of conKress an
ce w ith directions there j r>ro?irlent of th<
Ilov
Suppose a married woman q How mu
to transfer a bond made out 8Ccond Liberty
maiden name? A From $5
-She should sign herself "Mary PVPr (heir face
now by marriage Mary law statps that
sold at not less
( n T Ion/I o n v 1 ni mint t a 1 .
v,. tnotr race valin
ivernment and get a bond in dollar.
Q.?How can
-No; $50 is tho smallest lho aorond Lib?
t that the government will Ry n11 in]
in return for a bond. Cou- blank and ham
tn<ls are issued in the follow- or (rUKf com pa l
ed denominations: $50, $100, broker, or to or
$1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. sprvo banks. or
red bonds are issued in fixed i partment at W
inations of $50, $500, $1,000,: q When ca
. $10,000 and $100,000. ! for bonds he ni
What Is the Security? \ j\t any tl
A United States government nf October to t
s frequently spoken of as ( n fbe 27th dr
iccurlty in the world." Why q, jn what
true? Hons to buy
lle^ause the promise to pay a niade?
ment bond is backed by the a.?-All appl
ind honor of the 1 nited the form prescr
of America and by the taxing 0f the Trensur;
of this whole country, which bank or from s
richest nation in the world. mittee.
Has the United States issued O ?.Must thn
before; and, if so, has it ever he paid on apj
to pay all of its bonds when A. N'o; only
poame due? # amount you wa
This government has issued i when applicatio
before, and has never failed Q.?When mi
every bond when it became! paid?
ith all the interest on same. a.?In instal
ifter the Civil War. when the 18 per c?*nt on
Y was suffering from a heavy 4 0 per cent on
nd was not nearly so rich as and 4 0 per cet
oday, all of the government 1918.
were paid when they became Q.?Can I be
stallment plan
'ar Are These Bonds Exempt ' weekly or monl
From Taxes? A,?The Tr
Are Liberty Bonds exempt ?
The bonds are exempt both RLJB C
>rinclpal and interest from all |
mposed by the United States with good oi
ate, or anv of the possessions j the surest w
United States, or by local I! The best ru
,
authority, except: mm hb
Estate or Inheritance taxes - Hfl I I fl
Graduated additional In. | II
taxes, commonly known HI
>s and excess profits or war-1 m a
taxes now or hereafter im-; I I Al ?
by the United States upon thej I ft
or profits of corporations, in- BB B
lis, partnerships, or associa- Good for
Horaes, Mil
Interest on an amount of! r* J f
and certificates, not in excess p , ??p-?or)00
In one ownership, is ex- ? Rneil
rom the taxes provided for in Cuts,
(b) above. | tl.
CASTER NEWS FRIDAY, OCT. 12, 1917.
from all local taxa- will not accept payments in this mi
manner, but many banks and a Mm
local assessor or tax great many employers will sell yob a ?
t assess these bonds hond and allow you to pay for It In
perty. purtial payment*. If you des)re to
Libert? Lioan. fo* your bo^d? iu this concountry
eold any 8U,t y?dr employer or any banker. '
?efore? ?When will the subscribers Vkl
?.000,000,000, boar- know how boDd" tS,!r wl" re"
Dt Interest, were .old c,lve on lhelr oobacrlptlone?
A.?The Secretary of the Troas- > *
people generally sub- ury wlU anno?n<* this about the Wh.
y O 6 . f Novemhftr_ tQ17 tot
bonds?
known as making the "allotment." *77?
re than 4.000.000 ? . elli
all o( these bond. Q 7"Mu" a" "'briber, to Lib- W
buy a billion more er" UoDd" walt until th? allotment I
Bd Is made to know whether or not they
who subscribed for W,U recelve the,r bond9? "
get their full sub- A-?No'? a ?ubscriber for bonds
up to $1,000 is certain to receive his
) government only bond. aJt?1
row $2,000,000,000 Q.?'If I desire to pay for the jj0n(
), and therefore only bonds at the time 1 make my sub* A
1 $2,000,000,000 of scrtytioh. may I do so? *
re than $3,000,000,- A.?Yes; you can pay in full for tach
ribed for. the Secre- any bonds you buy up to and includ- terei
isury cut down some lng $1,000; but subscribers for more tpr
lions. than this amount must wait until
ose who desired to the allotment is made.
&Q
s to the government What You Get.
subscribed to small Q.?If I pay in full for a $60, .nt
ids?favored? $100, $500, or $1,000 bond, do I re 3<? '
those who subscrlb_ celve the bond? Qn
$50 up to $10,000 A.?Yes; you will receive a bond way
full amount. dated Novomber 15, 1917, and bear- A>ut
those who sub- ?? with
;er amounts? A child can't get strong and ro- taclv
re cut down so that bust while intestinal worms eat not 1
who subscribed for'away '^8 vitality. To give the child ers \
;c amounts received! a chance to grow these parasites redu
fifth of the amount ImU8t be destroyed and expelled,
jtion. ! WHITE'S CREAM VERMIFUGE is Q.
overnment likely to! guaranteed to remove the worms; Rone
s for sale during the ^ also puts the vital organs in heal- tionl
thy, vigorous condition! Price 25c A.
, per bottle. Sold by ull dealers in a ha
the government of- j medicines. offlci
te future which will ,,, .
ite of interest than I
holder of a Liberty !
the right to ex-'
"Sir I C0NTRAB4
the amount of the
Loan? - **
etary of the Trees-j By RANDALL PARRI5
ig subscriptions fori
and reserves the'
iditionai bonds up to outbreak of the Gri
ount of any bversub- and the attempt by a bi
thu bond I..UO ere- lator to organize a copper pool
the motif for this splendid
utnorized by an act The scene is laid almost en
d approved by the , . , _
, United States the hlSh first on thc PnVJ
i- to Buy. of the Copper King, then c
rh do bonds of the freighter, filled with contraban
Loan cost? I #
0 to $100,000. what-1 attempting to run the blockad
value calls for. The | the sinking of this vessel tfc
these bonds must be passes to a gruesome death si
than "par;" that is,1 r .
e 100 cents on the1 with treasure and horrors.
From the time Robert F
I buy the bonds of .
,rty i?oan? counters a strange, mystenoi
e out an application woman on board the "Esi
iinft it to any bank until the two leave the de
iy. bond dealer or i
ie of the Federal He-' together, there is a succession
to the Treasury ne ing situations and perilous ad
ashinuton. related as only Parrish can t
n this application
ado? Watch for and read
1 me from the 1st day:
he close of business Our New Ser
" '^r. 1917. j
form i ,ust applica
by paying for It t
thly?
eaaury Department ^ '
-t&
>UT PAIN Lrw
ay to stop them.
ITANC ii
M E N T ^
the Ailments of 1
les, Cattle, Etc. *tofofferj
jour own Aches,
imatism, Sprains,
Burns, Etc. 117 1 1"* HP1
^??2X1 Watch ror 1 hi
.. how homHv aunu? ^ Ar v ^
4
*eu> Treatment fa
Asthma, Catartl
k'm "Vap-O-Rub** Salve Relieve* by
No D?daf?
o need to tab Internal medicine* or
Lt forming drugs for these troubles, i
an Yiok*e' 'Vap-O-RuW* Salve fe applied |
he heat of the body, soothing, medial
rnvmi im mImmH flint, urn Inlinlcnl '
light long through the air passages to 11
rrcK'S^w^
interest from that date. You
receive it, within a short time
r your payment has been made.
.?If this bond is a coupon
I, wltl it have coupons attached?
.?The bond which you will reb
will have four coupons ated,
covering the semi-annual in.
st for a period of two years. AfNoveraber
16. 1919, and before
15, 1920, the holder will have
opportunity to exchange this
1 for a new bond having a full
}f coupons.
?Why are bonds Issued in this
?
.?The worK of engraving bonds
a large number of coupons ated
is so great that bonds can
be ready for delivery to purchasvith
a reasonable time except by
cing the number of coupons.
How to Hay.
?Do subscribers to Liberty
Is receive particular recopni>
?Yes: each subscriber is Riven
dRe of honor in the form of an
a I button.
lnd ssppiji
eat War
ig specuI
supplies
d lory.
itirely on ^gfigg?&f
ate yacht
n a big ?&o&^*:aMBg?l
r'wS ?g$p|
lip, laden
is Story In 0
=W ? ? I ,,H_? gaa.
I
>r Bronchitis,
i and Head Colds
In addition, Vlck'a ts ab?K>r??d
through the akin, relieving tiio tigb'.u?a?*
SOjP6D6flS?
Viok's oan be applied over the thron' viwl
nhnat end ?overou witb a wnrm w?ou?i
oloth?or a little put ?ij- to ? u-mtiu ->r
melt a little in a ctpoou ?ui in'oaS- ibv '? w
pore arising. Also ('?t A ctinia ?n i
Fever, rub Viek's w-.ll ov >r' 't)" -p
tuna to telax the uurvou* * >?.
EVOc, or $1.00.
Q.?To whom shall I make paymen
ta?
A.?Payments can be made to the
Treasury Department at Washington
or to one of the 12 Federal Reserve
banks 11. cash, by bank draft, certified
check, postofllce money order,
or express company money order,
but subscribers are urged to make
an imyiiiumn uu iiioir uuuua iu uiu
bank with whom they placed their
subscriptions.
Q.?What provision is made for
the interest accruing on the bonds
from November 16, 1917, to May
15, 1918, a six months' period, when
final payment on the bonds is not
made until January 15, 1918?
(Continued on Page 6.)
No. Six-Sixty-Six
This is a prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, ind
f tak'.a then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and docs not gripe or sicken. 25c
f iSgv!
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