The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-06
ITALIAN ARMY LEADS IN FIRST WEEK OF
 LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
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tCOntinued From Page Flve) considered these figures very conserv- ative.
 T am very well satisfied with the showing made in the first week. he said. "All Liberty Loan organizations arc working efficiently and what is more important the public is ready for them. The experience of the work CTS ir this campaign is that they do not have to explain to prospects: the people understand the loan and the majority of them are ready to sub- scribe when the workers call"
 At the end Of the first week of the campaign considerably more than one- third of the Jefferson county quota is subscribed and the largest corporations in the district have not yet announced their subscriptions. It is understood that their subscriptions will be in keep ing with Jefferson county's largely in creased quota.
 Gen F. E. Butler of the Italian army at o'clock yesterday afternoon re- ported additional subscriptions amount ins to $24,650. bringing the total fox his army close to $700, 000
 Gen. HaI deman Meade 3of the Amer ican army tEnsley division) sent in a report yesterday afternoon shoWjna subscriptions as follows; American army s40,200; steel employees, sss,o5o
 Subscribing through the Bank of Ems ley: Pratt Consolidated Coal company, $2OO,OO0; Erskine Ramsey, $15O. .OOO; Goodall- Brown company, $50,UO0; Bank of Ensley. $2o,000; G. B. Mccormick, $25,O0O; New castle Coal company. s2O,O00; Alabama Grocery company, $10,000; Ensley com pany, S10,000; Andrew Ramsey, S6OOO; Ce- dartown Iron company, S50O0; Pratt Land and Improvement company, 5000; Steel City Land company, s2000; Union Land company, S2oO0 sundry subscriptions, sS20o. Total s525,2OO
 One squad of workers returning to headquarters yesterday stated that a woman upon whom they called told them she had one son at the front and another at home sick with tuberculosis and she couldn't buy bond. But l have $l5U which l will gladly give to the govern ment if it will help win the war she told them. Of course they could not accept the money as a gift.
 Gen. F. E. Butler and squad Of his Italian soldiers called at printing shop, met with poor success until they tackled a boy industrously working at a press, cleaning it up. They talked to him tor sometime without apparently attracting his attention. Finally he raised up, saw them and their Liberty Loan workers badges and wrote on a slip of paper, Wait till I wash my hands and I'll buy a bond" He returned from the wash room moment later and wrote out his check for s5e to pay for one bond. Then General Butler and his co-workers dis covered the bond buyer was deaf mute.
 Gen. w. C. Bonham and several mem- bers of his diplomatic corps suffered two hours of more or less inconvenience and worry at the reserve bank While they l., ar a ports of persons requiring the attention of the diplomatic corps some one in pass ing closed the door to their cage, un- noticed by them until they were ready to leave It was two hours before their predicamept was discovered by some one who happened to go into the building. Remember, girls, that when you buy a Liberty Bond you are really buying a husband on the installment plan, coaxed one squad of soldiers after they had failed to interest an assembly of young women in Liberty Bonds. The workers, as a final resort, explained to the girls that men are very scarce here just now, and that in buying bonds they would help to bring the soldiers back from France that much quicker The young women saw the point ana seVerai bonds were sold forthwith.
 A supply of 100 per cent cards has been 1 received at Headquarters. They are very attractively gotten up on card board about eight inches square bearing m req l ink q big figure 4, and in black ink ths words: This concern is lOO per cent l fourth Liberty Loan" The cards VIII | be signed by County Chairman Murray Brown and Field Marshal J. Frank Rusn- | ton.
 l Generals are requested to send Tn the names of all concerns that are l0o per cent, so that the cards can pc issueu to them. A record of all cards issued VIII
 be kept at headquarters.
 l The community sing at Capitoi parh
 this afternoon will be patriotic ailair'
 Private John A. Scott of the Canaoiar
 army will tell of his experiences as prisoner of war; Memolrs band VIII ren-
 der a number of selections, and the Lip-
 erty chorus will sing Your Boy ana NY Boy" the official song adopted by the fourth Liberty Loan committed; Buy Bond" and '.rhe Battle Hymn or the Republic"
 I Among the large subscriptions report
 ed yesterday were the following: L. se, l vier 5000; Kirkpatrick Sand and Grave
 company. $5oOo; Steel City Lumber com pany, S3o,Oo0, Brilliant Coal company
 $20, ,00O: Grider Sales company, $d0V. iao tective Life Insurance company or DIT | mingham, s10,0O0; Burger Dry Goous coIii pany, ssOno: orer,nen Department storo ns \ 5000; Birmingham Ice Factory, *iV'voV | Domestic Laundry company, SbSoo: Geore es l B. Ward, s5000; w. M. Martin, $oV' P B. Conner, $1o,O0O; Security Savings ano Loan company, 5000; Jefferson buiidins
 and Loan association, 5000; z. 2. Sniue'