Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-23
ORGANIZE CLERGY
. FOR LOAN CAMP A|GN
Catholic, Baptist and Episcopal
Units Plan to Sell.
Bonds.

Organization Of additional units in
the Liberty Loan campaign, in this city
and county, and completion of more plans
for the opening of the bond drive on
Saturday made loan headquarterg at
Tenth and Market streets an unusually
busy place today.
The Baptist ministers of the city were
organized at 10 O'Clock this morning
Every Baptist church IN the city and
county, attended by white citizens, will
have its own separate committee OF
workers
Rev. Joseph Y Irwin was selected ms
captain and his committee consists of
Rows. ". .. Wingate, secretary; George
+. Irwin. Merritt Hurley, Is A. Nofd-
oiist Charles Roehm, Samuel n Hewitt
and others. 10 bc named later.
AZ noon today, Henry T. Scott, director
for New Castle county, met tho Episcopal
clergy at the Hotel du Pont and or
ganiled them IN a group
Bishop Monaghan has entered whole
heartcdly into the preparations 10 make
the fourth loan the greatest credit 10 this
citv ana county. In every church IN his
diocese. Yesterday, a letter calling upon
the clergy and laltv To do everything pos
sible for the succcss Of the loan was read
The letter follows
September 20, 1918
"Rev. and dear father.
"On September -, 1918, the campa ign
for he fourth Liberty Loan will open
The government calls tis all 10 n generous
support oi this loan and It is the duty Of
good citizens t. respond promptly 10
this call
1t Is my earnest wish that my good
people, clergy and aity, will leave nothing
undonc hat hes IN their power to make the
campaign grind success
''To this end earnestly urge each and
every one 10 put forth their host ef-
forts. So that orr whole duty VIII have
becn performed
"Plcase road this letter 70 your people
nj alI the masses on Sunday. Septcmber
-. and supplement II with such cxhorta-
ton rs volI may believe will be qppropri-
ntc
Yours faithfully IN Xt.,
"(Signedj John J Monaghan,
Bishop If Wilmington
Tonight. Chairman Scott will 90 IN
MlddIetown, where he will meet with
the loan campaign there.
In response to request from Mr..
Scott. Grand Exalted Ruler Theodore
W Baker has called a meeting of
special committee of flks. tonight At
z 20 O'Clock. in Flks Hall, to organize the
Elks rs an active agency for the sale Of
bonds
During tho third Liberty Ioan cam
paign, Frank Turner was chairman of
the Llks committee. and due to hIs un-
tlrng efforts and the corporation of
his strong committee, the Elks sold 81 49,
900 Of bonds Rae duIell, secretary
Of tho loan committee, Will address the
flks, and later this evening will address
the organization formed among the
citizens of German ext ractton
Mr dHI3el has organized very eff
rlcni clerical force nj loan headquarters
Expert stenographers and typists are
attending To the voumnous CORE
-pondcnce that gros as the date for the
opening Of the campaign comes closer
In addition TO keeping up with the mail
of Chairman Scott, the force Is able TO
rare for much of the correspondence
hat various team captains have with
their aides.
The force Of workers is directed by
Miss Emma Mclean and with her are
associated MAY G. Dumstray, Dorothy
" Colkitt, Marion Gatley, Mary Y
Adams, Louise G. Lea. Elizabeth t.
Ellis and Marguerite Wallace In ad-
iition. Mr. duBell has force Of volunteer
typlsts, who on call. come 10 the head
quarters in the evenings and help out
With the correspondence
The literature for the campaign is
being distributed under the admins
tration Of Winfield b. Miner, loaned
rom the du p II organization where
he Is engaged IN the same field OF work
Each day witnesses the hum at head
quarters becoming louder and heavier,
out despite the great amount Of CORE
pondence and other detail work necessary
With so many organization, each day
work Is practically cleaned Up day bv