Evening journal., 1917-10-24
Delaware over
TOP OF Liberty
BONDS RECORD
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for Liberty Bonds. The

49,. lCOntlnOed from faee One.l
. subscriptions for Liberty Bonds. The
campaign will close on Saturday.
Judge George Gray was scheduled as
the speaker. Josiah Marvel was the
presiding officer at the luncheon. Ohio
Rowland thanked the men and women
for the work they have done. The
teams. he said, have started an eduoa-
tional campaign which win be benen-
cial and everyone viii want bond.
Judge Gray was given an ovation as
he rose 10 speak. lie expressed his
Appreciation the reception given
him,
~ viii always cherish In my heart
the wishes OF my friends and neighbors
OF this city, he said. The eminent
iurisl continued, Il have always been
Impressed with a sentence In the
Declaration OF Independence which
states the causes which compelled the
colonists to take up the swOrd--a de-
cent respect for the opinion Of man
kind.
Il believe the progress we have
made has strengthened those charac-
toristics which impelled us 10 declare
the justice of our issue. We so INTO
this war with a. Just cause and
righteous intent. The democracy or
America is founded on the intelli-
genoe Of its people, They want TO
know the causes that have led those
In power to direct us into war. We
have watched the bloody struggle in
Europe. the occupation OF Belgium.
He said the war has been devoted
at avery cross roads and the Ameri'
can people no longer Will stand
aside and see the best products OF
Wilmington thrust aside without
drawing the sword OF resistance we
believe our cause is just.
Wilmington Leads Country.
Giinohing FOR Wilmington the honor
Of having to its credit the largest sin
gle subscription TO Liberty Bonds IN
the United States. E. !. dupont de Ne
mours & Co.. announced late yesterday
an additional subscription Of St5,0oO,-
900 10 the second Liberty Loan, to be
credited to the Third Federal District
This subscription, with a previous one
Of S5.oo0000. brings the company's con-
tribution TO S5OOOO000, which is the
largest single amount for the entire
country.
Added to this. the amount sub
scribed by other Wilmington subscrib-
ers, brings the total for Wilmington
and Delaware to nearly $50 100000. The
State was asked to subscribe Si2.OOO-
COO and this. with other subscriptions
that are expected TO follow win make
the loan over-subscribed about four
times in Delaware
The first subscription from the
powder company was made imimedi.
ately after the campaign for this
second loan began. Since then OF
several occasions, II has been report
ed that the company would take ad
e ditional bonds but the magnitude o
the additional subscription came a
4. a big surprise to the local conhni'
tee.
Anticipating the extra effort TO b
mn, forth today throughout the coun
1 trv, off1ciaIs of the powder compan
considered. the matter of an add
fionaI subscription yesterday after
noon and decided to announce IN
subscription at once.
Oficers OF the Federal Reserv
Rank OF Philadelphia. when informe
OF the --latest subscription, were as
founded. They had anticipated oil
things from the powder company, bu
nothing SO lHlhchsc 40 -
nounced- II put new life INTO "a
Quaker City workers and VIII az
greatly the total from the Pnliaoel
phia district OF which wilmington II
part -. a.. uoro,,,e.
Powder Company is to take big slice
of Liberty Bonds before the week Is
over.
As is usual in such cases, Pniladei-
, phia has been quick to try to grab Tor
r itself credit for the big dupont Com
{, pany subscription to help swell the
total for that city. which has been lag
e Eins behind in its Liberty Loan cam
spoke at Georgetown.
= s.s,ss,, =. hosseh president OF the Sc
'eos' q Safe Deposit Co. and