Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-12
SUSSEX WOMEN FORM
FLYING SQUAOR0NS
Organize to Overcome Plague Set
back; Milford Over the Top;
American Spirit is Abroad
Down State.
Special Correspondence of Every Evening

| of the country are not going into towns
to buy bonds. and so the women VIII
| take the bonds out To all the remote
| rccesses to arouse the people to the great
need of Liberty Bond buying. Mrs.
William Tuthcrly their county chair
man, and Miss Leah Burton, their char
man of publicity, are doing heroic work
| as leaders, and are leaving no stone un-
| turned to bring the county over the top.
The women of Sussex County have
| not been idle in this campaign. They
/ have n chairman and committees in every
| district who have been working side by
side with the men and their committees.
| Their local organization is left largely
| To local taste and initiative. In some
| districts the women take the towns and
the men take the country. In Others
| thev conduct the canvass by school
! districts. each under local sub-chair-
man.
Milford has gone over the top and
| carried the entire district. 1t WIS no
accident. but the result of well planned
| campaign They devoted the first four
| davs to organization work and never
solicited bond Then they started
| out Thursday morning and IN two
working days raised their entire quota
of over SlS0.O0O Did they stop there?
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they are still working in Lincoln, Ellen
| dale and the country districts; and like
! Alexander looking for more worlds to
| conquer, they have offered to go over
| into Kent County and help Milford
| Hundred with its quota. This IS the
true American spirit that actuates our
| fighting men, To which an individual
| loan or battle Is q mere incident.
| The town OF Bndgeviile ran Milford a
| close second. Mrs. t. e.. Sudler reported
| its full subscription Saturday night. Mrs
| Ella c. Emery reports 800, 900 raised by
the womcn's committee to date and
Seaford is still going strong. Mrs. l.. W
| Mustard reports Lewes over the sl0o,Nn
mark. and the work progressing favor
| ably in other parts OF her distinct, winch
| includes Broadkiln hundred Little Creek
is progressing favorably. Laurel has
raised over half its quota. Delmar has
had a hard time with the influenza. len
| out of II members of the mems committee
| have been sick. and the women's com
mittee finds itself in the same fix But
their message is: Don't worTy about
| Delmar. Wen beat the influenza and
raise the loan.
Baltimore and DagSboro districts report
good progress, but lots Of people sick and
the work DELAYED Broad Greek, under
Mr.. and Mrs J Wiley Trought. will
| easily 90 over. Indian river has a hard
| ;ob 10 canvass its small and widely
| scattered population, and has no banking
facilities within its territory. Mr.. and
Mrs. &. I. Joseph are out with their
workers and every resident will be can
vassed this week.
FLYING soUADRoNs.
The county chairman is organizing tiy-
| ing souadrons Of her women workers IN
| each distric ct to canvass every resident OF
the country districts during the current
week Mrs. Tutherly with her publicity
chairman. Miss Leah Burton. is visiting
every district helping organize these
souadrons. The general plan Is set forth
in the following letter to her chairman:
i Your large towns will surely 90
over the too, bur your district will not
90 il unless your entire c"untrE-side
reaches its quota About 2qo1 Sussex
| people live in centres II less than 100
! population. and in farm houses scattered
along the roadside This Is over 90 per
cent Of 2il our people. q ignofe TINS
tremendous bond bu,lng population +
making th, towns bear an unequal and
unwarranted burden in efcc' penal
izIng the towns and evernptlng the
| count fN-StGt- All iOA4~1ii - iiCs -
fined 10 the towns. though II IS probable
that rural districts are in greater need
Of being arollsed and their patriotism
reduced 10 dcllars-and >enSe-"nd bonds
Think Of it If one third Of these 29,00l
take even $50 bond. Il will total hall
million dollars.
What is the answer Organize flying
squadron and canvass the the country
side. There must he plan and prep
aration and much preliminary work,
and each days work must be lald out
in detail from now to Saturday, TO pro
duce results Prepare a complete list
Of the men and women in a gwen sec
ton who are able to subscribe. Ar
range with your rural chairmcn a definite
day and hour when you will visit eacl
school district, and lay cut your route
In advance to cover territory to the
best advantage Take along few live
workers and pick up the chairman OF
each rural district as you come TO II
Canvass the small centers first, theY
go to each isolated farmhouse where
there is q subscriber Don't take Nc
for an answer, unless you have to. The
bond is the answer of those who sub
scribe
Don't forget that this work must be
completed this week Columbus Day
comes the 18th, two weeks Of the Loan
will be gone, and Christopher WoulC
turn in his grave if every person in SUISSE,
had not been canvassed for bond be
fore his birthday This will leave us the
last week free 10 round up financial
faint-hearts and slachers, and TO 60 ovel
the top
BATTLE HALF Ws%.
The simple fact is that the campaign
J., hall over and Sussex women have
raised over $350,000 Of its quota Thi-
is a good showing But it is not enough
Good soldiers do not stop when they
have half won battle The men are
also working and have no doubt raised
a like amount, and probably more
| Sussex has always gone ''over the top.
! and We must do it this time Every
one Of the IL Sussex towns went over
and won the honor flag in the last loan
! They must and will do it again But
/ this loan is twice as big as the last, the
largest ever raised BY any nation in
peace or war during the worlds history
! Our boys are winning glorious battle.
for us at the front We must win one
/ for them at home The date sci for
! this victory is October 10, which is
/ only ten days distant This means IN
| tensive work for everybody and the
women are prepared TO contribute their
| full share.
| Need Soups and Broths
! The Red Cross appeal TO all the people
! - Il H.