Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-03
CITY AND DISTRICT
ASSURED Of GOING
OVER TOP ON LOAN
Bond Victory viii Be CeIe-
brated With Spectacular
Pageant of War on Friday
Night at the Auditorium

With the sixth federal reserve dis
trict assured Of going over The top.
and with Atlanta itself only 100000
shy OF raising its quota. the citizens of
Atlanta are preparing 10 celebrate their
victory in the tSird Liberty Loan cam
paign with a spectacular pageant OF
var Friday night at $3.50 o clOek at the
city auditorium
The campaign committee plans %
make il Atlauts's greatest patriotic de-H-
onstration. Four military bands OF she
Forty-fifth infantry. the Forty-siXth IL
fantry. the Three Hundred and Nine
tenth field artillery and the Three Hun
dred and Twentieth field artillery. vii
ne stationed in different parts Of the
auditorium and will play singly and en-
mssSe. Two fun companies from Comp
Gordon Will be drawn Up i'm battle ar
ray on the stage There viii be A com
pany OF Red cross nurses. Canadian
soldiers who have been boosting bonds.
and a number Of American soldiers who
have fought and been wounded n
France. Confederate veterans Of all the
Atlanta camps will also be present.
Altogether. il looks like big night.
The speeches viii be few. short and
.nzppy. mostly from tho lads vino nave
come hack from over there" Plenty
will be almost continuous. One OF the
unique features will be the exhibition
OF the motor OF Psgaud. the famous
French ace" trench morJars. gas
masks. heimts and other war relics
which viii be brought into Atlanta by
the Liberty Loan special train ana will
be displayed in the lobby Of the audi
torium-
Admission j. free to the wa- pageant.
will be reserved only TO- the mothers
OF sons in service. their badges OF ad-
mission TO be The little silver stars they
wear The Gilmer street side of the
first balcony will be set aside for At
iantss cOlOred people who have done
such pIendid WORK for the loan.
Every Atlanta citizen who loves At
lantz-snd they all do-and who feels
an interest in the boys who are going
over there and who feels that he wants
te cut loose one evening and thoroughly
enjoy himself. should go TO the audito-
rum Friday night" reads the invita-
tion from the committee Admission
will be free. The doors will be opened
at $50 o'clock. the music will start
promptly at o'clock and the pageant
will start a. S o'clock. Come early with
the expects ton of having a good time"
Why Atlanta's Quota Is Reduced
\ specific explanation OF the reduc-
ton of ,,AtIauts's quota from first esti-
mates of $4,000 to the present fig
urs OF S6.54I, 0Ie, announced at the rally
Wednesday night al the chamber Of
commerce. was made Thursday by w.
9. WsrdIaw, chairman OF the district.
Some misunderstanding was occasion
ed by the bare statement that Atlsnta's
quota is lower than was At first fixed.
anrseszr-a1 IN =nnrn cam
paign leaders had arbitrarily cut OF A
couple o. millions from the amount the
city was expected TO raise. when. As =
matter OF fac. -he reduction did not
originate with Atlantisns. but came
from officials OF the federal reserve
bank and applies not merely 20 Atlantis.
but TO other parts o. the district and
was made merely 10 put all OF the dis
UriCI on an equal basis