The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09
Every Community In the Unitet
States Is Requested to Fly
Banner In Third Drive
women MAKE SILK ONES
As GIFTS TO THE CITIES
Honor Rolls viii Be Displayed
at State Capitals and Grand
Roll at Washington

The Liberty Loan Honor Flag is tt
be one Of the big features Of the Thirc
Liberty Loan drive It Is the creation
Of James H. Burton of New York City
and has the hearty endorsement Of
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdot
who has expressed the hope that
every town In the United States will
be flying one of the flags before the
campaign for the third drive is VerJ
far along.
The flag which will be awarded By
the Treasury department to each com
munity as its quota is attained is 8
flag S6x54 inches. white neld sur
rounded by a red border and with
three blue stripes running perpen
dicularly through the middle.
In many Of the cities patriotic WON
en- are going step further than the
Treasury Department and are work
ing on the manufacture of q silk
Honor Flag to be ready for flying
when they have earned the right &c
display It. In Cleveland the girls OF
the Junior League are sewing on 9
huge flag. following the comparative
dimensions Of the official flag which
the Treasury Department awards. anc
they mean to donate 1t to the central
committee before Cleveland will have
reached its quota.
Women's Clubs Make Them.
In some of the other cities and
towns of the Fourth Federal Reserve
district church societies and women's
clubs are planning to make a flag
larger than the official one. But great
care is being taken by these volun
teer flag makers not to get away from
the proportionate measurements OF
the official flag.
The raising Of the flag in each com
munity should be gala event and
preparations are being generally made
for patriotic addresses, entertain
ments. parades and other forms OF
festivities at the time when the ban
ners shall be officially flown.
The raising of sample Honor Flag
over the Treasury building in Wash
ington recently was a picturesque
sight For the first time in the his
tory of the Treasury Department
every one of its employees stopped
work for fifteen minutes to attend a
public event.
Five thousand persons broke into
wild cheering in the thronged streets
in front of the building as Lewis B.
Franklin. director Of the War Loan
organization. pulled the flag to the
top of the pole from which it flies.
Mrs. McAdoo Made First.
The making of the first flag in
Washington was superintended by
Mrs. William G. McAdoo. wife of the
Secretary Of the Treasury.
When the campaign gets under way
there will be an honor flag In each
state, at the capital. and a national
honor flag In Washington. With the
state flag there will be displayed state
honor roll on which will be inscribed
the name of every community in the
state as fast as the communities sub
scribe their quota and win the right TO
fly their flag.
In Washington the names of the
states will go on the National Honor
Roll as fast as the states attain their
quotas.
The idea of the Honor Flag and
Honor Roll system is to inspire that
rivalry between communities
and units of population which will re-
suit in a maximum number of sub
Scriptions to the loan and add the
keen edge OF competition to the sell
ing bee.
Window Cards Are Important.
Window cards bearing a replica of
he honor flag and a blank for the
name OF the purchaser will be given |
% each subscriber for display in the
of his home. The window !
,ards measure 7x9 inches. They !
serve not only as a testimonial to the
oyalty of the householder who has !
,ne In his window but they are Of
yreat value from an advertising stand |
point. II John Jones has one in his |
window to geet the gaze OF Bill |
smith, who hasn't bought a bond
very time Bill Smith goes by Jones
lome, II will not be long before Il |
'enetrates to Smiths slower compre
tension that he has duty to perform
md eventually Bill Smiths window
5 going to have to have g fas. too