Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-16
ONLOAN'S LAST LAP
FORCES co STRONG
State Lacks Only $l3,ooo,ooo Of
S63,ooo,0oo Goal, and Dis
trict Improves.
CITY NOW ABOVE .s17.ooo,ooo
Bemiss Encouraged Over I'm.
official Reports Coming In.
Campaigners Work Hard.

Confident o: success. but fully cog
infant Of the task that confronts them.
Liberty loan workers arc speeding I'D
throughout the entire Fifth Federal
Reserve District. in an effort TO not
only attain. but oversu5scribc. the quota
or s:So.ooo,0c0.
Responding to thc spirit cviaccd by
President Wilson In his reply 10 Prus-
STA, Richmond yesterday subscribed
stei.35c. making total OF siI.aG7.lS0.
Two womea's organizations late last
night reported more than 100000. in
creasing the official figures tha,
amount for The day.
Declaring that tho people Of virginia
may have been unduiy DISCOURAGED bv
tie official reports which have teen
given out during tho campaign, Chair
man L.. l. Bemiss. Of the State cen
trai committee, las; nigh, issued a
statement pointing cut that these hg-
ures have been less than tho amount
actually subscribed and that il is east
Is posstl.'e for the Comm onwealth to
reach It's quota ana ovcrsubscribc It's
The central Liberty loan COMMITTEES
ported to 1t to l2 O'Clock to-day ag-
gregated $s5.lO7.55O for the state OF
Virginia" SAID Chairman Bemiss las.
mishi ads.t:d In n, addition TO this have beer
various counties and cities OF subscrip-
tons asgregatinS s11,7O0.ooo. none OF
when was included in the -tficial re-
ports. In addition 10 this. a nun Der
OF banks that have not vet reported
their quotas raised hs.c advised the
committee that their full allotment
could he depended upon before the
close OF the campaign.
LEAVES sIa,OoO.oOO TO BE:
SUBSCRIBED IN VIRGINIA
IT he sum OF the above is conscrva- :
lively SoU.0o0.e00 leaving balance o.
3i3.ee0.o00 to be raised in new sub
within the power O. Virginia 10 az
coInpilsh If she will exert tho spirl,
and Will that has characterized he :
scribe her allotment in this loan will
be a failure to hold Nirginia's high
standard. which she has already es1ab-
:ished."
Less than half OF the districts quota
hes been reported thus far, according
70 inc othcial figures giye, out lass
night. The total reported thus far is
slc5.:3S.00o. the allotment being $780,
100000.
Encouraging messages continue to
came G;;n in from throughput the, Fifth
OF the Federal Reserve Bank, last
night. ~ number OF banks have wired
In guaranteeing their quotas. Num-
to our Geographic suggestion sent out
last night that they lend TO Liberty
bend subscribers with the bonds as
canvsssing Is being widely instituted
iii communities and counties 20 over.
come the handicap OF the inhucnz..
The following counties reported yes
terday that they had attained their
quotas: Darlington County. S. c.. whose
subscribed by the people. not counting
a single subscription OF any corpora
tion or bank; Durham County. whose
pared With quota OF sl.57s5O0: Rich
land County. s. G., in which Columbia Is
located, with a quota OF s3,s37 900.
writes that subscriptions. considerably
IN excess OF SO per cent OF that amount
have been secured.
Towns reported yesterday as having
gone over tie top include: High Point,
scr:bed $4,000; two othe. North Car
olina communities. Henriatta, in Ruth
SGioh SGoEd ann, Sonny snd Rsm.s9r in Ban
fax County, and EXmore, in Northamp-
ton County. Takoula Para. Montsom
cry County, Md. Went over by subscrib-
l2:o0U. and Isl still going strong"
Hopeweli workers wired that they
have nearly s60o.ooo substribed; Alex
Monday afternoon, and expected 10 go
over yesterday; the Bank OF Cary,
North Carolina. wired: "Have gore over
tne Top anu St.li on our way TO Beriln.'
The Bank OF Santee. Summcrton, Clar-
endon County. :. C.. wired that their
quota OF s1U.500 had peen oversuh-
scTihed seven times. The Merchants
and Farmers Bank of Spartanburg. s.
&. wired that they. had subscribed
their quota Of slsS,ooo; adding: Our
mo!to: more bonds and unconditional
surrender. The Greensboro, y. c..
Loan and Trust Co.. wired that II had
REACHED its quota os ;&o4.7o0 and was
"ssii! going"
WASHINGTON COUNTY
NOT STOPPED By SICKNESS
Chairman keyes. OF Washington
County. Va. reported: I'VE have sold
10 PEI tent Of our allotment, with none
taken oy banks. We will go over the
top with halr our people In bed sick"
Chairman Moore, of Clarke County, va.
wired that over 80 per cent OF their
quota has already been subscribed, and
that the country will exceed It's quota.
A telegram from Wood County, W.
Va. bank says: Wood County is going
over the top, Ranks Hill put 1t ove:'
IL necessary" wood County's quot a
is s3,3s5,40g. Chairman Warren. OF
ritt County. y. C.. whose allotment is
100000, reported: Sales $4,000 up to
last night. Good sales to-day Very
hoperul Of going over top by Friday y
Chairman seay gave out the follow :
ing official report fol the F.fth DIS