Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-22
LATE BOND SALES
SWELLING STATES
TOTAL FOR [OAN
Milford's Commendable campaign
Put Spirit Into Down State
Counties.
GET QUOTA IN "a HOURS

Accountants tab,lating the returns
from the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign
worked until midnight. last night, en-
deavoriuc to get caught with the volume
III figures that were poured IN on them on
Saturday and Yesterday And there were
still some being brought to headquarters,
Tenth and Market streets, today. Fy
tomorrow some kind OF an estimate. 1t Is
believed. can be made IL the banks report
their sales in time But they are busy,
and NAV not be able TO complete thcIr
tabulation, 50 that. it looks now, as though
real definite figures will not be obtainaole
before the end OF the week.
One of the most commendablc cam
paigns conducted anywhere in the state
was staged by the citizens OF Nifiofd:
Milford is situated IN both hent ana
Sussex counties, and for that reason the
heads of both county committees arc
proud of the spirit with winch the resi-
dents applied themselves TO raising the
loan quota.
In South Milford. in Cedar Creek
hundred in Sussex county, the prominent
citizens of that section organized thor
oughlv for the drive and when II opened
succeeded in raising the quota with -
hours. The quota assessed this portion oi
Milford was SlSi 900, and the sum that
i being turned over To loan uthclais ls
$3.50 900
In North Milford, in Milford hundred.
Kent county, the quota assessed was
$40 600 and the workers succeeded IN
piIing up $500 600 Workers IN the down
state counties have said that the prompt
response 81 South Milford IN the campaign
proved a wonderful stimulus to the othcr
towns Of lower Delaware, and that u
4purrel different communities 20 more
spirited efforts,
Returns from the Fourth lAberty
Loan campaign IN the hundreds. show
The splendid work done by the workers
IN the urban sections While some OF
them arc over TIE Tor" by large margins,
Others were not 80 successful, but tins
i not 1n indication that they failed
ia their efforts As n matter OF TACT
I'll of tho rural districts made better
showing. when conditions are considered,
than IN previous campaigns,
Blackbiri hundred. sold approximately
S26. 900 Of bonds divided between Sl5,.
$50 for the Men 5 teams and sS5,oO Tor
the women.
' St. Georges sold s296.3OO apportioned
between mems team Sl7S,950 womens
team sIIO,250, Boy Scouts s.. 100,
This was about five thousand dollars
above Ine quota.
Middletown under the. direction OF
Edward Ladley obtained S2l6,9oo.
-appoquinimink hundred sold slO0.bN
under the chalrmanship of Daniel B.
Maloney of Townsend. The quota was
Sl23, $40.
Mill Creek hundred disposed q about
s225. 900. The quota was s295.260
White Clay Greek hundred. went over
jhc top in great style, selling $50 ,'oo
the u,iota being s269,640.
Pencader hundred sold bonds valued
At S29. 500. divided between s1S.5O
mens team and Sll ,0o0 women team.
The quota was Sl1S,l60
New Castle hundred made an enNIabie
record selling $50. 600 the quota beng
s3.3S. .6o0
Red Lion hundred sold bonds e the
.l4nount Of S121 $50 the quota beng
sIIS,12U The >ale, were divided be
;'yctn men ; team east $4,000. men 5
tcam west -Sl2 GOO. women > team, s4f.-
450: colored $50
Christiana hundred sold bonds worth
SZ.fI49,0 the ouot;4 was s1Ol 900
The Jewellers. Opticians and Piano
dealers sold b nds in tins city valued at
So. $50
TIE Greek citizens leport sales OF slou,-
900 IN 250 subscriptions.
4. Sabatine, captain OF unit No. 1,
of the Italian team reports sales of 50, 500.
St Stephens Lutheran church re-
ported sales OF s40.250, most of the
subscriptions being IN cash.
The Pullman Co. reported that 446
employees bought $45,600 of bonds.
The Elks had previously reported
sales of sl5S 30 Last hour sales Of
$4,000 made the total Sl6S.S $50
The du Pont Engineering Co aimed
at selling $4,000, but the final reports
showed s31, l50
Two blind men. George Luke and
RAYMOND NUNS each bought q fftv
dollar bond with their savings
The Bethlehem Loading Co. reported
sales of $4,000 which was sweiled by
q purchase Of 81 600 from the Ordnance
department making a total OF S65,O00-