The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-10-04
Our Women and the
4th Liberty Loan


last Saturday, the first day of the
Fourth Liberty Loan drive, was done
by the patriotic women OF Farming
ton. The first two days of the drive
were volunteer days, and the women
were out early at different stands to
receive applications for bonds. Mrs.
M. P. Cayce is District Chairman OF
the Women's Division of the Liberty
Loan Association, Mrs. Frank s.
Weber is County Chairman, and Miss
Emma Lang Local Chairman for
Pennington. These ladies had their
assistants we'll organized and they
were at their posts all day long. Miss
Lang has proved herself one Of the
most enthusiastic workers in all the
Liberty Bond drives as well as in the
Red Cross and War Stamps drives,
and was especially successful in the
latter.
Voluntary subscriptions were taxi
en- Saturday at the following places by
the ladies named:
Pelty's Book Store-Miss Emma
Lang, Miss Marion Guessing, Mrs. W.
G. Patton, and Mrs. M. P. Cayce.
When the Fourth Liberty parade ar
rived at Pennington, this contingent
of women workers moved their table
to the Court House Square and after
the speaking continued their work OF
taking subscriptions the balance OF
the day.
At the Post Office a most attrac-
tive booth was presided over by Mrs,
J. C. Morris and Mrs. J, B. Smith.
At McKinney's Mrs. E. E. Barker
Mrs. J. H. Jones and Mrs. W. l.
Morris received subscriptions.
At the Pennington Mercantile Co.'S
Mrs. ]. B. Burks and Miss Anna Craig
accommodated the volunteers.
And at the Henderson Store, Mrs
Ed. Helber and Mrs. George Forster
took pledges. :.
The net result of the women's days
work was $4,000. Little has beer
said in the public prints about the pa
triotic and enthusiastic work Of oul
women in every movement to assist
the Government in it's war measures
but they all deserve large credit.
The following named ladies arr
working in the several wards thi
week:
First Ward-Mrs. w. g. Patton
Miss Irene Lang and Mrs. Sam j
Tetley.
Second Ward-Miss Marion Gics
sing, Mrs. J. C. Watson, Mrs. G. B
Snider and Mrs. C. Y. White.
Third Ward-Mrs. o. j. Mayberry
Mrs. w. T. Halle, Mrs. j. B. Smitl
and Mrs. j. B. Burks.
Fourth Ward, Mrs. j. P. Cayce
Mrs. Frances Shaw and Miss Mar.
Henderson.
Automobile Committee-Miss Bell
Giessing and Mrs. ]. B. Graves.
How much in voluntary subscrip
tions was secured by the banks W,
have not learned, enough probably t.
increase the subscriptions some thou
sands of dollars.
On Sunday voluntary subscription
were taken at the churches, and th'
following reports have been Furnished
US: Lutheran church, $4,000; Cath
olic church, $4,000; Baptist church
81 500; Christian church, $3.50; M. Z
Church, $4,000. No services wer
held at the two Methodist churches
the pastors being away attending Con
ference.
st. Francois county's quota of tn
Fourth Liberty Loan is $713,00O, an
of this amount Pennington is aske'
to raise $276,000, or more than one
third Our town in the first, secon
and third loans went over the tor
but this is the largest sum asked o
it in any of the bond loans. If it doe
not go over the top this time it wi
not be because of the will to do 81
for our people are bending all thei
energies to that end.