The Little River news., 1918-10-23
COUNTY $47,700 OVER THE TOP
 TOTAL $2l7,70O
Little River County Goes Over the Top Saturday With Great Rush as Does Whole
 State.

The Fourth Liberty Bond campaign closed Saturday with one of the most spectacular finishes "nen Little River county swept over the top with total of $217,7 in bonds actually sold ana cleared through the banks. 1t was known early Saturday night that we were S47,70O oversubscribed with the largest quota of any of the three pre- ceeding loans, a quota of $170,OOO. The Third Loan in April gave this county a quota of $10O,250, and total of $1S6,00 was sold, making an oversub- scription of $S5,75O.
 The figures as received by Chairman N. c. McCrary Saturday night, show ing bond sales actually cleared through the banks of the county are as iollows:
 Asndown banks $109,450
 Foreman banks $90,000.
 Wilton bank $10,750.
 Winthrop bank 7,500.
 Total $217, 700.
 After the first day of the big drive the county seemed to lag, and until Thursday, with three days to go, the quota for the county was not half sUb- scribei. It looked bad, and it was feared that Little River county mus. fall behind The east end of the coun- ty woke up first and on Thursday be- gan big drive with results reported last week. The drive was intensified Saturday with the result that the Ash down banks closed more than half the subscriptions for the entire county Foreman came to life with a great bound Friday and Saturday with re- suits that were amazing. considering the small start that they already had and the wide scope of country bank ing through that town, which had not been systematically covered.
 So far as can be learnuc at this time and judging by the results there must have been earnest work done in all sections. No town or section of the county was given a quota wEich it alone must raise. There wGs just one quota and that was for the county as a whole. No one w2s supposed to have dore his full duty until he had done what he could, and if some communi- ties fell behind what may bave been considered their just share it was pro- bsbly for lack of proper organiza- | ton and systematic wor...
 At Ashdown we are 1nore familiar with the work done and how it was done. No doubt when ano:ner cam paign is put on the lessons learned here can be passed around to all sec lions to the end that system may be uniformly good The work of the council of de ense Saturday was good. Under them were working the home guards in uniform. There is no ques- ton but that the work done by them was effective and deserves the very highest praise.
 Another lesson from the big drive which can be drawn is that we can not expect few men, or few com mittees to do the work and put a pro position like this over. We learned this lesson when it was almost too late. The citizens generally have got to re- alize that the executive committees can only direct and that it is up to every man to get out and worK. Do this at the beginning of the next drive and We will be over the top ln the first three days instead of on the last day.
 It would be impossible to call names of all those who worked in the great drive toward the last. Our attention was called by the chairman of the council of defense to the fact that the negroes did great work. One negro, D. H. Nelson of Wilton, went out and secured 5000 in subscriptions. There were others doing equally as we'll It was these workers among the ranks that swelled the great total toward the last that must ever remain a credit and reflect lasting glory to the whole hearted patriotism of the people of this county.
 It is al victory that you should lose no time in writing to your boy in France. It will cheer and strengthen his heart to know how his own people