Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-18
LOAN BOOSTERS
CONTINUED from paee |


Conditions in the two down Stat g
counties look pretty rood today, Sussex,
i appears 10 have been more sp cdv with
their campaign and for that reason, hope
10 make - better showing earlier than Kent
But Kent. is not disnlayed and expects
with the aid of an extra drive on the part
of Ms workers To be able In reach The
top by tomorrow night Bnd weather
! preventing trips throughout the county,
might endanger this being accomplished.
so the loan workers of Kent arc hoping
that the weather will continue fine
In connection with the Sussex canvas
the subscriptions Of the l.. ID. Caulk Com
pany, of Milford fot 800 600. Is one of the
features of the drive in that county
The J.. -. Caulk Dental depot of Phlladel-
! phia has subscribed $4,000, and the
officers Of the Caulk Company have
subscribed individually upwards OF s35 900
Employees of the American Car and
Foundry Company, arc very proud q. the
record made by The plant IN this campaign.
Not once. but three times, has the plant
won the Champions Today, 18th Liberty
Loan, flag and the plant is more than
100 per cent loyal, rs there are sub
scrlptions showing that each employe
has taken bonds to the value of 800
A. II tiawthrop is the superintendent.
and l. " Ely the captain of the team.
In his illness. NJ II Brashenrs, he sec
rotary % he commit = has been
active in the campaign
The employees Of the Freight Trans
pnrtation office of the Pennsvlvania
Railroad have done their bit in this
financial drive. There are 20 employees
IN the office and the subscriptions from
these amount 10 $4,000 The clerks ard
{. ). Swartz their super ior are very proud
of this record
The cmplol es Of the General Chem
ical Company arc doing splendid work
for the loan Yesterdays reports showed
that $1,000 had been sold and the
increase this 10 2l20,000 before the
end of the week one-thlrd of The
subscription is credited here
rHl.ptLrritH. coon WORK.
An insurance agent. Who is here
temporarily offered his services ~ the
loan committee ~" was assigned %
= plant but when hc had talked with
the officials. was told that The plant
had subscribed its limit.
ISnt there's n man out there, said
an official who refuses io subscribe
If Won got him. will duplicate his
Ntiit~t = ptttfts
so will | said another empiove.
and another orc woman, agreed 10
the same proposition
The agent went 10 tho back ward
man. and Yesterday eoId INN a fifty
dollar bond receiving cash for it Others
about the plant who heard Of the dare
had in the meantime offered to cover
the amount sold the delinquent one
and as n consequence he insurance
agent collected s350 as the result of one
fftN-dollar sale
MAxGANESE comrANY 100 PER CENT.
Mrs. Lewis Iliason, III the woman =
committee Of New Castle, reported last
night that the American Nangantse
plant was another 100 per cent LOYAL
concern all Of the employees having
bought bonds The plant wins an
honor flag
Charles X Brcuer. captain Of The
cigar dealers team, reported last night
thai hc had disposed Of bonds 10 prac-
ticalIy every dealer IN the city
White Clay Creek IS another hun
drcd 10 60 over the top
The hundred has sold bonds repre-
Scnting 1915. $50. more than the quota,
| which IS 500 coo
Stewart Wiley and Company, of
Claymont. Is forging 10 the front. Rus
sci ) Ilis1 reports that Sl7. 200 of
bonds have been sold and this slrn Is
cxpect4sd 10 he increased materially be-
fore the close of the effort
i NJ Cannon, Of the Pullman Com
panv, has fine report to date Up TO
last night there have been bonds ag-
gregating s30.950 sold