Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-04-25
Generous Response
Third Liberty Loan
Counties Subscribing Quotas and
Are Working Hard For
Honor Flag
-Ovsr There : Proves Big Help

Reports coming frc n all parts Of
the country TO the National Liberty
Loan COMMITTEES indicate that the
country districts with the towns and
smaller communities are going to ex.
ceed all former efforts In their contri-
buttons TO the Liberty Loan Of The
present issue.
That the counties Of Maryland are
not to fall behind those OF other com
monwealths Is likewise indicated by
the enthusiastic zeal with which their
people have gone TO work for the loan
They have an excellent example In
the pledge OF old Frederick that "we
are going 10 send our dollars to back
up our boys at the front" This mes
sage was conveyed to the Maryland
Publicity Committee in baltimore In
a telegram week ago. and since then
Frederick has been diligently at work
to fulfill its pledge.
II Is not yet known how many Mary.
land communities have completed their
entire quota OF the loan and earned
the Honor Flag. but It N known that
the best licks are being bit by all Of
them In efforts to achieve this dis
tinction- Montgomery. first county TO
report. has already subscribed It's
quota Of s329.s 500.
On Saturday the reports TO the Ma,
tionai Committee showed that 70o
communities throughout the country
had won this honor, and the list was
growing rapidly Another feature in
this connection 10 that almost Inyar.
iably when community reports Il
saya:
We have flled our quota. but have
not relaxed our efforts. We viii try
TO double tho quota"
Thus Ia evidenced the spirit Of the
American people which has been
whetted TO the point Of enthusiasm BY
the larger part that our people are
nov playing In the theatre of war.
There Is another big outstanding
feature Of the present drive Ia the
smaller as well As the larger com
munitisa, and that Is the more deter.
mined and successful part bsing play.
cd BY women IN raising Lhs loan that
| Uncle Sam has called for.
The Maryland Section Of the Mary.
land League for National Defense on
last Thursday subscribed see. 600. The
various women's organizations Of Bal
timore are daily reporting large Lists
d4h3bsoriptions.
Mafy -FfcSIord. -sslsw> >snoTfe -wcilesx
Naa at the over There" Cantonmeni
q Baliimore Last N0nday. and whsa
she hsd nniahed her little speech and
made an appeal for funds the audience
responded with subscriptions for
$4,000 worth Of bonds And the beat
part Of Il was that these subscriptions
were principally In small amounts, 80
that the number Of subscribers was
very large
Down Ia Richmond 90 the opening
day Of the loan the woEnsn's commit.
toe sold 100000 worth Of bonds.
10 the nrat two days OF the loan the
women Of Delaware sold ss0.o00 worth
OF bonds.
In the town OF virden. III. on the
irat day OF the loan the women went
10 work and carried the town over lie
quota entirely through their own Of.
forts That shows just what a live
organization In small community can
do.
On April eth The women Of Hoquaarn.
Washington, sold s55.4I0 worth OF
bonds
In New Braunfels. Texas, the won.
ems committee reports that the full
quota OF s124,100 has been subscribed
and they are Btill pushing on This
town subscribed only S7.ls0 to the frat
loan and $4,000 to the second loan.
There Is no question that the country
is awake.
And there 10 no question In the
minds Of the Maryland Committee that
the communities OF this state win
measure up TO the records OF sister
states.
The quotas apportioned 10 Baltimore
City and the counties OF Liberty Loan
we're oficlally announced yesterday
afternoon by the Reserve Bank Of the
Fifth Regional District OF the total
Of sSs. s.4S2, 200 apportioned to the State
OF Maryland, Baltimore City Is called
upon 70 subscribe 10 s2s, ,453 900 or ap-
proxlmatoly three-fouTths OF the total
amount leaving slo.O2s.sO0 for the
counties The following are the
amounts each county Is required to
subscribe.
Allegheny County. 81 AIS, 800
Anne Arundel County $50. $4,000
baltimore County ....s.,.... 660,Q0o
Calvert County. ........n e5.2ON