The courier-index., 1918-09-13
ARKANSAS READY
 FOR LOAN DRIVE
EVERY COUNTY ORGANIZED FOR CAMPAIGN TO FLOAT THE
 FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN.
COUNTY CHAIRMEN NAMED

CT states in the Eighth Federal Re servie District, is completely organ ized and "all set" for the opening o the Fourth Liberty Loan drive, W. K Compton, chairman of the reserve district announced st 6 joint confer ence here Friday of county managers chairmen of women's organizations publicity directors, sales directors bankers and newspaper editors of the state.
 Let us quit talking of quotas" said MT. Compton, in explaining the details of the forthcoming loan," for Presi dent Wilson, the American army and the Treasury Department are relying upon Americas third line of de fense' to meet its obligations, what ever they may be.
 ITO date have not been advised as to the size of the loan. the date of maturity of the bonds, the rate or in. terest or the quotas, but l have been advised that the Eighth district will be expected to go over the top ire spective of its quota, and state man agers in the district have informed me that their respective states will again demonstrate their loyalty to the na- ion and the cause"
 W. L. Hemingway, who directed the Third Liberty Loan in this state, will niIot fhe fourfh drive
 Mr. Hemingway. at the meeting of Liberty Loan workers here last week, announced the following county chair. men:
 Arkansas (north halD. A. E. Nor gan; Arkansas (south halfl. N. P. Baird; Ashley. W. T. Cone; Baxter. E. J. Loop; Benton, Connolly Harrington Boone, Geo. W. ONeal: Bradley. Fred roll least half), B. J. West; Carroll (west half), c. A. Fuller; Chicot, J. E. Simns Clark, N D. Huie; Clay least half). H. W. Moore; Clay (west half), Charles Daniels; Caeburne. w. C. John son; Cleveland least half). Nj. W. Blod- gett; Cleveland (west halD. o. K. Wheeler; Columbia, T. A. Monroe; Con way. Loid Rainwater; Craighead. B. H. Berger; Crawford, P D. Scott; Critten- den. Louis Barton: Cross, l. Black; Dal- las. J. A Abernathy; Desha. H. Thane: Faulkner, Joe Frauenthali Franklin (south half). D. W. Bryan; Franklin (north halD, J. E. Bryan; Fulton. c. W. Dixon; Garland. Gus Strauss; Grant, P. T. Lewis; Greene. A Bertig: Hampstead, ]. N. Riley; Hot Spring. Robert Smith. Jr.; Howard, Geo. F. Bell: Independence, John Q. Wolf; lizard. R. D. Harris; Jackson, Geo. A Hillhouse: Jefferson. F. B. Tomlinson; Johnson. D Ward Dunlap; Lafayette, JIM. Hudgins; Lawrence least hal) Judge W. A. Cunningham; Lawrence (west haID, R. c. waldron; Lee. Chas. Mckee; Lincoln, E. c. Norton; Little River, NJ. c. MeCrary; Logan (south half). Charles \. Williams; Logan tnorth halD, R. J. White; Lonoke, derson: Marion, J. C. Flood: Miller. C., M Blocker; Mississippi (ncrth halD, w w. Hollipeter; Mississippi (south halo, E. E. Driver; Monroe. P. C. Mayo; Montgomery. o. Nj. Radford. Newton, w. W Moore; Nevada T. c. McRae, Ouachita, C. A. Buchner; Perry (east half). C. l.. Sailor; Perry (west halo, J. H. Harris; Phillips. F. ?. Moore; Pike tnorth half), pr. R. c. Mcclure; Pike (south halD. J. C. Pinnix; Poinsett H B. Thorn: Polk, Walter Nance; Pope. JIM. Barker; Prairie F. C. Wilken: Pu- laski. W. B. Smith: Randolph. J. W. Go- ing:. St. Francis " ". Campbell: Sa- line l.. B. White; Scott, ]. l.. Center Searcy, J. D. Lawrence; Sebastian least halD, C. R. Owens; Sebastian (west hslD, W. H. Johnson; Sevier J. s Lake; Sharp, s. P. Turner; Stone. N. W Brewer; Union, Albert Roweil; Van Buren, Jim Hatchett: Washington, Bruce Holcomb; White. J. E. Lightle; Woodruff, T. K. Bonner; Yell. A. N. Falls.
 The Fourth Liberty Loan driye will open with two volunteer days" Sep. tember 28 and 29, when every patriot who does not need a "prodding" to awaken his patriotism will be expect ed to voluntarily enter his subscrip. tion for a generous slice" of the loan Beginning September 30 the cam. paign work by the sales forces will be started.
 State headquarters will be maintain. ed in the Moore & Turner building. Little Rock, and officials here will be in constant touch with campaign of ficials in every county. A purely AT. kansas Liberty Loan publicity plan has been inaugurated, and win be car ried out through the headquarters Publicity directors in each county have been instructed to forward tc Roy L. Thompson, publicity director Little Rock. news of their work This will be condensed and consolidated and sent broadcast over the state.
 In addition to Mr Compton, the Eighth District campaign managers are: V. L. Price, director of sales; H. S. Gardiner, director of publicity A. O. Wilson, director of speakers, and Tom K. Smith. director of bank CTS.
 Every district official. while here for the state conference. expressed belief that Arkansas would maintain the record she established in the third loan drive, when she was the first state in the reserve district and one of the first in the nation to go lover the top"
 Although the drouth and bad crops have hit some communities, MT Comp ton said that by accomplishing the