Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-05-15
DEL AWARE MAKES
RECORD IN LIBERTY
LOAN DRIVE

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quota, is entitled to an honor flag
bearing one star.
We find that of the foregoing
total amount of the State the E. l.
dupont de Nemours & Company
graciously subscribed Sl4,25O,OOO,
divided as follows:
For New Castle county S11,65O, 900
For Kent county $500. 1,23O,OOO
For Sussex county ... l,3IO,O0O
S14,250,OOO
We acknowledge with grateful
appreciation this magnanimous
contribution to the loan, without
which Delaware could not have Sc
cured the exceptional honors it
now enjoys, and we take special
pleasure in saying that the State
is most fortunate in having within
it's borders this great corporation
one of the greatest in America
managed and controlled by
prominent citizens of uneXcelled
skill, unbounded generosity and
unquestioned patriotism.
The National Women's Liberty
Loan Committee, through the zeal
Gus and IaudabIe efforts of its
State officers and their assistants,
obtained subscriptions amounting
to S5.515, $50. and is entitled to an
equal amount from the subscrip-
ton of the Z. |. du Pont de Ne
mours & Company under the con-
ditions thereof, making the total to
the credit of that committee SILL
O3O.30O. This record Of duty well
done is eloquently expressive Of
the magnificent devotion and
beautiful spirit of the noble wo-
men of Delaware.
The Boy Scouts, to whom was
assigned the exceedingly difficult
task of cleaning the field after all
others had harvested it abundant
", succeeded in securing subscrip-
tons aggregating S260,000. This
wonderful achievement merits our
cordial admiration and warmest
thanks. 1t furnishes the best evil
dence that these young patriots
possess the courage and presever-
ance required in the present crisis,
and gives promise that they will
not falter, but will march bravely
to the front, when the government
calls them to more hazardous
duties. The sum thus raised is en-
titled u duplication from the sub
scriptiOn of the E. |. dupont de
Nem0urs & Co., and We according
" credit the Boy Scouts with $500
900.
Out Of the large aggregate Of
subscriptions there remains after
deducting the amounts set aside
as above the handsome sum Of
S15,281,75O representing the tire
less and persistent endeavors Of
the various agencies directed by
the loyal men Of the State-a trib-
ute to their sterling character,
their resistless energy and their
firm resolve to do everything in
their power to win the war.
We cheerfuIIy testify to the
splendid results accomplished by
all workers in the campaign-men,
women and children-by the mum,
erous committeeman in every sec
ton of the State, by the churches
and schools, by various social
political and fraternal organiza,
tions, by industrial, commercial
and financial firms and corpora
tions, by the press and by individ
uaIs of different professions anc
occupations, in many cases a
great personal inconvenience anC
by most strenuous effort, and Il
each and all we offer the fuIles
measure Of praise. They laborel
in a most worthy cause.-the grea
cause for which their kinsmen ar,
giving battle in foreign lands
and for the greater honor ant
glory Of their beloved country.
Done at Dover, Delaware. tn
tenth day of May, in the year o
our Lord one thousand nine hun
bred and eighteen, and Of the in
dependence of the United States 0
America the one hundred an
forty-second.
John G. Townsend,
Governor Of Delaware and
President Of the COnferenc
(Great SeaD
Bv the Governor.