The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-10-17
subcommittee Over.
County Recommended
at Meet Yesterday.
TWO BIG $4,000
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Negroes of Lehore to
Take Active Part in
Work of Selling Bonds

Not only is an effort being made
to subscribe $523,O00 Lef1ore's allott-
ed amount to Liberty Bonds, but at a
meeting held yesterday afternoon, it
was agreed by all the workers present
to plan Immediately to oversubscribe
TINS amount.
The subcommittee were recon-
mended at the gathering yesterday,
this sten being the final touch to the
completion OF one of the most perfect
Liberty Loan sales campaign organ
izations in the State of Mississippi.
Among the large subscriptions re-
ported today are those of the Humph-
rey & Co. cotton firm, and the Lefiore
Grocer Co. both purchasers of $4,000
worth of Liberty Loan Bonds.
Patriotic people all over the county
are subscribing to this great loan ri gh
along. Many bonds Of the smaller de
nominations VIII be sold and the larg
er denominations are going to be much
in demand as we'll.
Still more ginger and enthusiasm
was put into the campaign to raise LIE
fore County's part of the second Lib
erty Loan at the meeting yesterday
of the County Organization at the
First National Bank. The ViceChair
men from the several towns in tn
County, who were appointed by Coun
ty Chairman E. NJ. Purcell at the meet
ing last Friday afternoon were pres
ent at the meeting as were the mem
bers of the Central Committee.
To Cver-Subscribe Assessment.
The campaign ends on Saturday,
Oct 27 and in the majority of the
i,,+ Stot hof dot
has been set as the final drive. The
Lefore County Organization went the
rest of the Country one better ane
decided that as President Wilson has
set aside Wednesday, October Oath as
Liberty Loan Day this county will
have its quota OF five hundred anG
twenty three thousand dollars sub
scribed by that date. That is deter
mnation backed by patriotism.
The following members of the
committees were present at the meet
ing yesterday: Chairman E. M. Pur
cell, Vice Chairman T. H. Baird, r. c
King, T. J. Phillips, Calhoon Wilson
Albert Reese, E. X. Myrick, J. l.. Gil
lespie, J. &. Haman of the Contra
Committees; Douglas Robinson Vice,
Chrm'n, Sidon, Riley Ely, ViceChair-
man at Itta Bena, Oscar Bledsoe, Jr..
Nice-Chairman at Shellmound, r. l.
Kirby, Vice Chairman at Money ano
B. NJ Crawford Vice Chairman a
Minter City. Mr.. R. R. hernandez, I;
member of the committee at Money
was also present at the meeting.
ub-Committees Named.
The following subcommittee fol
work in the several parts of the coun
ty were recommended at the meeting
by the Vice-Chairman present, tn,
name of the precinct appearing first
the Vice-Chairman next and the com
nlitteemen recommended following the
Nlce-Chalrman:
Shellmound-O F. Bledsoe, Jr., w
S. Wingfield, H. Y. Fraiser, M. S. Nc
Lean.
Sidon-Douglas Robinson, w. NJ
Hendricks, c. r. Jarman, S. l. Brown
J. W. Armistead.
Minter City-B. M. Crawford, c. L
Townes. NJ. L. Mcmillan, DIR. J. D
Sweeney, r. Y. Wright, R. H. Heeney
(colD
Money-R. L. Kirby, R. R. Bernan
der. A o. Peterson, j. w. Bush, D1
D. NJ McGehee, O. c. Neill.
Itta Bena-Riley Ely, DR.. c.
Moore, S. M. Kimbrough, J. w. Brad
ford. J. T. Strong, j. Obergfell, w. F
kimbrough, R. N. Love, c. w. Evans
(coD. of Moorhead, VIM. Brown, (col.
Berlcair.
One of the most important feature
OF the meeting was the decision b
the other banks in the County to joi
with the Greenwood banks in thei
willingness to lend eighty per cent. Q
the par value of the bonds to thos
desiring to purchase bonds, provide
the loan is not for longer than 81
months
Negroes To Buy Bonds.
Mr. Purcell, after calling the NEE
ing to order explained the object {
the organization, told the Vice-Chail
man that they were the direct repr,
sentatives OF the Federal Governmel
and had the authority to draft anyol
they wished to aid in this work al
told of the meeting of County Chai
men in Memphis Monday.
He stressed the fact than an earne
effort should be made to sell bonds
the colored population of the Count
a great number of whom are able
take bonds of the larger demonin
tions, It was pointed out that VIII
the matter was thoroughly explain
to the colored peoplethey would pl
fer to invest their money in Libe1
Bonds than in anything else.
Several Of the Vice-C -Chairmen ha
named leading negroes in their CO.
munities on their committees and it
expected that good portien Of
s bonds sold in this County will be p'
chased Of that race. Several have
ready bought bonds.