The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-10
FINAL REPORT Of LOAN DRIVE
SHOWS TOTAL Of S5,4Q2,0 900
GRATIFYING FIGURES SHOW Blu
OVER SUBSCRIPTION III
OHIO COUNTY.
Only One Bank Failed to Reacn 11s
Quota-1e,5e2 Subscrdp-
lions on Roll

As usual Ohio county went lover the
top
Tho exact riEurcs for tho suhscrip-
;lnns ~ In" Third Liberty Loan cam
palgn. computed yesterday. snow a tnlal
Of sI.AN@. pOG.00. To this total some
small additions Will be made. which VIII
probably bring til" amount up 10 So
t3h. nIh M. Reports were received from
all In" banks in tho Wheeling territory
yesterday. and The Figures above gwen
can he taken as substantially correct in
every particular. l,'inS as near as can
he compiled until the reports are made
hv tho Federal Rcsrrvr Rank OF C!efe-
land, through which all subscriptions IN
his territory arc placed. The county'S
quota was s4.06". 10000 The nr"r-sub-
scription therefore is about 80 per cent.
a total IF 1882 individual subscrip-
lions were made. or 1867 moro indiVld-
nal subscriptions than wer" made to
the Second Liberty Loan. Ohio county
has an estimated population or a'.5i2.
We have therefore. made the splendid
record OF one liberty bond buyer for
every lhrn" persons n the county. The
hone Of the secretary Of the treasury
and others interested in the flotation
Of the loan. was tina: tho country at
ltTec "illt1 WI MS -|+'N'f|S' ''N'SN'''f
tions. or one Ia every five persons. Ohio
county has surpassed this expectation
by about GO prr cent. or all the cigh-
teen hanks in the county only one failed
to report it's entire quota.
Tn view of IN" fact that n number of
large industrial and financial institu-
lions i'll this county. which had been
very liberal subscribers 10 the first and
second liberty loan. %or". m account
Of income and excess profit taxes. com
pcllod 10 reduce thGir subscriptions to
the Third Loan. Tn" showing by the
county is Il most gratifying one. what
was lost in the subscriptions OF the
hig corporations was more than made up
by the work and the enthusiasm or the
individual citizenship generally.
All Deserve Praise.
In this connection. too much praise
cannot b. given TO the members OF the
most complete nrGa uization that was
formed for the purpose Of canNaSsihS
for Liberty Loan subscriptions. Every
member 1t IN" organization. from tho
county chairman. Dr. John /. Dickny.
down In the most youthful hoy scout,
vas earnest and enthusiasts and gave
iiis,rally Of both time and strength. Par
ii,.ular Inrniinn has already been made
nr the splendid record made by the var
luus wumrn's committees and by the
Roy Scouts Great credit IS du" to Mr.
Albert Sncd,k.r who acted as chairman
Of the general sales committee and to
Sheriff Howard Hastings. who acted as
chairman az ;hc various district solicit
ing committees. Both Mr.. Sncdcker
ana Sheriff Hastings gave practically
their nntiro time tn the work Of the
rampa gn. giving up their regular bust
n"sS ana CONFIRMS; their attention upon
rhr sales orgnnizatinn They both
brought 10 the work fin" nrganiHIn" skill
aud experience and I'll" magnificent
total Of iS.599 subscriptions il an owl
drnrn # tho rhnrnughncss with which
they and their associates carried out
II" canvass.
Cnmrlim"rta-" mention might VOL
, f,n mai. ns n very large number OF other
persons engaged in tho work. III or
whom wor': ed earnestly and effectively
Ia rca,h the very satisfactory results
noted above.
Figures by Counties.
Figures by counties in Pittsburgh sec
lion - IN" cleveland federal rcscTr"
hank district. which Includes six West
Virginia counties arc rs follows:
Pennsylvania.