The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-10-07
Campaign Delayed a Weel
by Storm, But Good Rec
ord Looked Forward to.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY'S
QUOTA Is S75O,OOl
Committee Expects Even
Better Results Than First
Loan, Oversubscribed.

Pensacola starts the great drive for
the second Liberty Loan tomorrow,
and though the campaign was de-
| layed a week by the storm, members
| of the local committee feel confident
| that an even better record than was
| made in the first issue, will be made
| by this city during the present CAM
paign, despite the handicap.
| Escambia County's maximum
quota is $3.50 900, while the minimum
| is $3.50, 900, Pensacola alone more
than doubly subscribed the quota dur
| ing the first loan, and achieved a
national distinction in the feat.
Pensacola, more than any other city
| feels an especial interest in the sec
| ond campaign, for r. F Mitchell.
chairman of the county board in the
| first campaign, and district chairman
J now, assisted in drafting the national
plan for floating the loan.
Shortly after the close of the first
drive, number of the chairmen, who
were particularly successful, were
asked by the secretary of the treas
! ury through the district chairman, to
submit plans for organizing the sec
| ond campaign. Among those whose
advice was sought was r. F. Mitchell,
whose plan was adopted almost
without change, as the basis for the
campaign over the entire country.
Briefly, the plan works with small
Ter units than was possible in the
first campaign, and practically every
person in the country will feel the
effect of the work. The federal re-
serve bank districts are the first sub
divisions of the county, headquarters
for this district beng at Atlanta. The
next unit, is the Liberty Loan Com
mittee, of which nj. B. Wellborn, is
chairman, while below the loan com
mittee is an executive committee, of
which w. C. Wardlaw, of Atlanta,
chairman.
The Liberty Loan Executive COM
mittee is divided into four sub-com-
mittee, designated as class, publicity
subscription, and finance. Still 9th.
er division of the executive commit
tee are made, with the four states.
comprising the reserve district as the
units, forming, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama7, and Tennessee committees.
Each state committee is divided in
to districts, with the principal cities
as headquarters for the various dis
tricts. Florida has three districts,
Pensacola, Tampa, and Jacksonville,
Each state district is divided into
counties, and each county is divided
into precincts, so that the voting
precinct becomes the ultimate unit of
the campaign. Each county, and
precinct has a chairman, and to
large extent the campaign in the
various precincts, and counties are
independent of the general plan
though formig a part of the whole.
r. F. Mitchell is chairman of the
district committee for Pensacola, and
j. B. McNeill is chairman of the Es-
Gambia county board. In selecting
the men as chairmen of the county
boards, Mr.. Mitchell and endeavored
pick the men, who in his opinion, are
best qualified to do the work. A list
of their names comprises some of the
most prominent men in West Florida,
and some of the most successful bus
mess men. Upon them, and upon the
men selected by them as precinct
chairmen, depends the success of the
loan.
Following is the list of county
chairmen in the sixteen counties MAX
ing up the Pensacola district.
Escambia county-Mr. j. B. Nc
Neill, Pensacola, Fla.
Santa Rosa-Peter Rosasco, Pine
wood, Fla.
Okaloosa county-R. A. Rozier,
Milligan, Fla.
Walton county-W. B. Harbeson,
DeFuniak, Fla.
Holmes county-A. Seasons, Bon
ifay, Fla.
Washington county-W. o. Butler,
Jr., Chipley, Fla.
Bay county,. Fl. Howell, Panama
City, Fla.
Calhoun county-A. Pick Higgins,
Wewahitchka, Fla.
Jackson county-W. 81. Milton,
Fla.
Gadsden county-M. w. Monroe,
Quincy, Fla.
Franklin county,. L. Oliver, Ap-
Flo.
Leon county-D. M. Lowery, Tai
lahassee, Fla.
jefferson county-C. A. Simpson,
Monticello, Fla.
Madison county,. A. Eraleigh,
Madison, Fla.
Wakulla county-W. T. Green,
Arran, Fla.
Liberty county.
In discussing the campaign yester-