The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-23
NOTABLE VICTORY
IN UNITED war
WORK CAMP Align
Kentucky Went ss75,oso Beyond the
Original Quota Accepted by
the State.

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county during the weeks Immediately
preceding the drive and with only
three counties, Jefferson, Warren and
Graves, free from the quarantine dur
ing practically the whole week of the
drive, the State total I'D to Wednesday
night, November Goth, reached the
splendid sum of $2,147,7S9. This was
$375,9S9 beyond the original quota ac-
cepted by the State.
The totals of departments included
in the grand total were Women,
$180,9O7, Students, $3O,693, Victory
Boys, $59,7O5, Victory Girls $55,316,
Colored, $31,5SS The women's total
in the finals will be much larger as
the accounts are divided.
Letcher county carried off the hon
ors for the State. Despite the prevail
ence of the flu there, the citizens
raised their quota 26S per cent. The
original figure accepted by them was
$6,327 and they secured $4,000. Har-
din county went to go per cent. but
this included Camp Knox. Two whole
districts in the State contributed more
than $50 per cent. of their quotas.
They were the Covington district and
the Lebanon district. Eighteen coun-
ties out of 120 in the State were $50
per cent. or more over their quotas
They were, Letcher, 26S, Hardin, 27O;
Marion, 1852; Simpson, 22S; Kenton,
201 Boone, 200; Pendleton, 1889;
Spencer, 1856; Trimble, 14S; McCreary,
1884, Campbell 176; Cumberland, 17R,
and the following $50 per cent, Hick-
man, Caldwell, Logan, Mercer, Gala
tin, and Robertson.
Out of 20 districts in the State sew
enteen exceeded their original quotas.
They were, Paducah, Henderson,
greensboro, Hopkinsville, Bowling
Green, Elizabethtown, Lebanon, Dan
vile, Louisville, Shelbyville, Coving-
ton, Maysville, Paris, Winchester,
Richmond, Hazard and Ashland.
Seventy-three counties out of the
120 were reported over the top. They
were: First District, Ballard, Gallo
way, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hick-
man, Lyon, Marshall and McCracken;
Second District, Caldwell, Crlttenden,
Hopkins and Union; Third District,
Mclean, Daviess, Muhlenberg, and
Ohio; Fourth District, Christian, Lo-
gan and Todd; Fifth District, Allen,
Cumberland, Edmonson, Simpson and
Warren; Sixth District, Grayson, Har-
din, and Larue; Seventh District Ma
rion, Nelson, Russell, Spencer, Tay-
lor, and Washington; Eighth District,
Boyle, Casey, McCreary, Mercer and
Pulaski; Ninth District, Louisville
and Jefferson county; Tenth District,
Carroll, Gallatin, Henry, Oldham,
Shelby and Trimble; Eleventh Dis
trict, Boone, Campbell, Grant, Kenton,
and Pendleton; Twelfth District,
Bracken, Lewis, and Robertson; Thir-
teenth District, Bourbon, Harrison,
and Nicholas; Fourteenth District,
Fayette, Franklin and Woodford; Fiji
teenth District Clark and Montgom-
cry; Sixteenth District, Jackson, Mad
ison and Rockcastle; Eighteenth
District, Letcher; Nineteenth District,
Boyd, Floyd, Johnson and Pike;
Twentieth District, Rowan.
Many of the counties in the State
will continue their canvass as the flu
ban is lifted in order to reach their
quotas.
The Victory Boys and Victory Girls
campaign will not be closed until ev-
cry school in the State has had an OPP
portunity to contribute. AS the flu
ban is lifted in the various counties,
each school will be given one week in
which to put on campaign. The boys
and girls are very much interested in
the campaign and are anxious to do
their part.
Much interest was added to the
campaign by the Y. M. C. A. and X. of
c. secretaries and also some soldiers
from Camp Taylor. Some 25 secre-
taries were given four-day leave of
absence and visited various parts OF
the State. A soldiers quartette rem
dered splendid service in the central
and eastern part of the State. The
members were, Corp. Lawrence B.
Jones, Hillsboro, ILL.,; Private Robert
Boyd, Jacksonville, ILL.,; Private Clar-
ence B. Noelting, Evansville, Ind; and
Private Joseph E. Wilde of Toledo, O.
Corporal A. Edie of Indianapolis was
also with the quartette and Secre-
tary Arthur Riggs of Covington who
Is serving at Camp Taylor.
Kenton county put on a tremend-
ously effective advertising campaign
which aided largely In making 1t one
OF the banner counties. Sergeant Bob
Johnson of Coyington, one of the most
popular young men In the city, was
killed In action at Chateau Thierry.
His last words TO his comrades as he
leaped toward the Hun line we're,
Come on boys" Those words and
the spirit behind them were used for