The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-11
HOT CONTEST WACED
FOR HONOR FLAG
Every City And County Which Buys
Quota Of Liberty Bonds Will Be
Given An Attractive Banner
HOT CONTEST.

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Atlanta.-States, counties and towns
| which subscribe their quota Of the
| Third Liberty Loan, will be entitled
to an honor flag. just as families
who give their sons to the country
display a service flag. To impress the
fact that a contribution of money
toward the winning of the war is
quite as essential as the contribution
OF men, the officials Of the treasury
| department have put this idea into
effect.
This Is a new idea incorporated In
the Liberty Loan honor campaign
There is to be great rivalry all over
the United States for the honor Of
| winning one of these flags. Every in
| dividual subscriber will have win
dow card, on which his name is to
be inscribed for display from the win
dows of his residence or place of
business.
The new flag has the red border
and the white field Of the Red Cross
membership flag. But instead of the
crosses on the field the Liberty Loan
flag will have three vertical blue
stripes to indicate the number Of the
loan. Honor flags furnished to cities
| and towns are to be 36x54 inches and
are to be made Of the best material
as furnished to the navy
Rivalry is Growing.
| A blue star will be inserted on the
| white field in addition to the stripes
| if the community doubles it's quota.
| In event that it is tripled or quad
| rupled, two or three stars will then
be added
Each state which reaches It's allot-
ment will receive a large flag. In ad-
| dition to the stripes, this state flag
will also bear on the white field the
names of the towns In the state that
have completed the required quota.
AS rapidly as the various towns re-
port, their names will be added.
Over the treasury department
| building in Washington will float the
| largest flag of the entire series. This
| flag will bear the names Of the differ
ent states which will reach their quo
ia. There will be the liveliest rivalry
between every state in the Union to
|
go on this national flag, just as COM
petition between cities and towns
will be Of the most exciting kind.
The idea that the name of each
| community is to go down on the state
honor flag just as soon as it's limit
is reached is already being widely dis
cussed. Committees in towns where
much rivalry has already existed with
| neighboring towns are already organ
izing for a whirlwind campaign In
order to beat their rivals to the state
honor list Ambitious towns that are
anxious for municipal publicity are
catching at the idea with a view of
having their success In the campaign
flashed throughout the state and Fed
eral Reserve District
The first town in the United States
above two thousand in population
which reports to the secretary of the
treasury the full subscription of it's
quota will be signally honored It's
name and achievement will be fash
ed over the entire country by all press
associations, giving the fact of it's
success. Secretary McAdoo may visit
the town In person, and present the
honor flag with his own hands to the
committee which has been able to
lead the nation in the campaign.
With the secretary's party will go
motion picture camera men from the
Hearst-Pathe News Pictorial, who will
make pictures Of the presentation
ceremonies and other interesting
views OF the town; and these pic
lures will be displayed from one end
of the country to the other.
| Honor Rolls Given Out.
| Every community will be furnished
with an honor roll to aid the COM
mittee in securing subscriptions This
honor roll, a large sheet 25x38 inches,
will bear at the top reproduction OF
the honor flag, with the words: "Help
our town win the right to fly this
flag" Below will be left space for
the signatures of all those who buy
bonds This honor roll will be SINH
lar to that on the state and national
service flags.
Just as soon as the full quota is
subscribed, and the right to fly the
| dag has been won, special exercises
will be prepared in each community
to mark the flag raising. The gov
errors Of the states in the Sixth dis
trict have learned Of the plans with
interest, and it Is probable that they
will be present at the flag raising in
their different states
/ Practically every committee
| throughout the district Is hard at work
with their organizations, making spe-
cial efforts to land flag as short
lily after the opening OF the campaign
as possible. The many rivalries
which will arise between the towns
lin this part of the country will be