The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-02
FIRST TO ovERsUBscRleE ITS MONEY QUOTA, WANTS TO FIX.
 cEED POPULATION QUOTA.
SEVERAL HONOR FLAGS WON
St. Louis and Memphis, Slow About Responding, Arc RedoubIlng Ef. forts to Raise Quotas Fixed
 for Them In Campaign.

| lover the top" in the Third Liberty Loan drive, is rounding into the home stretch with the prospects of a per centaUe of oversubscriptions that will cast into the shade any other reserve district in the United States.
 Flushed with success at having tri- umphed over all other districts in the United States, the remarkable organi- Eation is working every cog and wheel overtime to roll up tremendous ex- cess subscription. The "Eighth's" accomplishment has been officially recognized by the central loan or ganization ip Washington. which has wired congratulations and wish to see the district hang up an equally proud record in oyersubscriptions.
 Strange to say. two of the largest cities in the district are the weak links in the chain-St. Louis and Mem phis. Tenn.
 The Eighth District has purchased at this time more than $140, 100000 worth of bonds. This Is s10,000,000 above its allotment It is believed the margin will have been increased an other $10.000, 900 before the campaign closes. Individual subscriptions amount to about 410,0O0 The popula- tion quota of the district Is 597,S82. l Kentucky occupies the leading place fin percentage of bonds sold in the | roetar of tba eavap stataa Tn fha Ei iphth District. The state now has attained percentage of practically 40 per | cent. It has reported individual sub scriptions of S0,00O, with population quota of sS,666
 Missouri is doing more than it's share to overcome the slowness of its great city. St. Louis. in the sale of bonds. The quota for Missouri out side of St. Louis and St. Louis County was S20,7797. $50. It has sold $24.762, 500. With a population quota of 131,- 962. rural Missouri has sold bonds to 121, 1924 subscribers.
 The home county of Gen. Pershing, Linn County, is doing itself proud" in the matter of bond sales. With a cash quota of s3S5, $50, 1t is sold a to- tai of S670,O0O. It's population quota was 1893, but it sold bonds to $500 subscribers.
 | Thirty-seven Of the 5i counties in Missouri have earned honor flags in oversubscribing their cash quotas and exceeding their population quotas. The honor counties are:
 Adair, Caldwell, Galloway. Cape Girardeau, Carroll. Christian. Cole. Cooper, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison. Henry, Howard. Howell. Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence. Lewis. Lincoln, Linn, Livingston, Macon. Marion. Mercer, Moniteau, Pettis, Phelps, Pull aski, Putnam, Rails. Randolph. St. Charles, Saline, Schuyler, Scott, Shel- by Warren.
 | Tennessee is facing the same diffi- culty that. is encountered in Missouri While rural Tennessee has gone well over it's cash quotas. 1t Is held back from joining the other states with subscribed quotas by the delay in | uldhiuB SdieS III AlchiPhlS- " 1T" three honor counties-Crockett, Dyer and Lauderdale.
 Memphis has subscribed only about 50 per cent of It's cash quota. It's quota is s6.592.450. It's sales have amounted to S3,750Oo0. Of a popula- ton quota of 14,357, 1t has sold bonds to only S,2O0 individuals.
 Among the larger cities in the eighth district which have completed their cash quotas are Little Rock. Ark: Evansville. Ind; Quincy Ill.,. and Louisville. Ky.
 1 Southern Illinois is booming now on drive for honor flags. To date 13 of that states counties have earned these flags. Tfvey are:
 Adams, Brown. Calhoun. Edwards, Franklin. Lawrence. Macoupin. Madi- son. Monroe, Montgomery, Saline, Wabash, Washington.
 Although Mississippi has oversub- scribed her cash quota, she is ex- periencing difficulty in reaching the stipulated number of individuals. This is due largely to the fact that the state is heavily populated by ne gro-non-bond buyers. In some coun- ties the whites are vastly outnum- bered by negroes.
 Indiana has percentage of 131 in the sale of bon0-. ranh ns second In the district with a quo of s9,137,-