The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-08

hot CONTEST WAGED
FOR HONOR FLAG
Every City And County Which Buys
Quota OF Liberty Bonds Will Be
Given An Attractive Banner
HOT CONTEST.

HOT CONTEST.
Atlanta.-States, counties and towns
which subscribe their quota Of the
Third Liberty Loan, will be entitled
to an honor flag, just as families
who give their sons to the country
display a service flag. To impress the
fact that contribution of money
toward the winning of the war is
quite as essential as the contribution
Of men, the officials CT the treasury
] department have put this idea into
effect.
This is new idea Incorporated in
| the Liberty Loan honor campaign.
There is to be great rivalry all over
the United States for the honor of
| winning one of these flags. Every in.
dividual subscriber will have a win.
dow card, on which his name Is to
he inscribed for display from the win
/ dows of his residence or place Of
! business.
The new flag has the red border
and the white field of the Red Cross
! membership flag But instead of the
crosses on the field the Liberty Loan
| flag will have three vertical blue
| stripes to indicate the number Of the
| loan. Honor flags furnished to cities
and towns are to be 36x54 inches and
are to be made of the best material
| as furnished to the navy.
Rivalry is Growing.
A blue star will be inserted on the
white field in addition to the stripes
If the community doubles its quota
In event that it is tripled or quad
rupled, two or three stars will then
be added.
Each state which reaches it's allot
inert will receive n large flag. IN ad
ditfon to the stripes. this state FLAG
will also bear on the white field the
! names of the towns in the state that
have completed the required quota
| AS raDidly as the various towns re
! port, their names will be added.
Over the treasury department
building in Washington will float the
largest flag of the entire series. This
flag will bear the names of the differ
ent states which will reach their quo
ia. There will be the liveliest rivalry
between every state in the Union to
secure the honor of having it's name
go on this national flag, just as com
Petition between cities and towns
will be of the most exciting kind.
| The idea that the name of each
| community is to go down on the state
| honor flag just as soon as it's limit
IS reached is already being widely dis
| cussed. Committees in towns where
| much rivalry has already existed with
| nelghborlrg towns are already organ.
| lzlng fer whirlwind campaign in
| order to beat their rivals to the state
| honor list. Ambitious towns that are
anxious for municipal publicity are
catching at the idea with a view OF
having their success in the campaign
flashed throughout the state ard Fed.
eral Reserve District.
me hrst town in the United States
| above two thousand in population
| winch reports to the secretary of the
treasury the full subscription of its
quota Will be signally honored. It's
| name and achievement will be fash.
ed over the entire country by all press
associations, giving the fact of its
success. Secretary McAdoo NAV visit
the town in person, and present the
honor flag with his own hands to the
committee which has been able to
lead the nation in the campaign.
with the secretary's party will ga
J motlon picture camera men from the
Hearst-Pathe News Pictorial, who will
make pictures Of the presentation
ceremonies and other interesting
views or the town: ard these pic.
lures will be displayed from one end
OF the country to the other.
Honor Rolls Given Out.
| Every community will be furnished
with an honor roll to aid the com.
mittee in securing subscriptions. This
honor roll, large sheet 25x33 inches.
will bear at the top reproduction of
the honor flag, with the words : "Helu
our town win the right to fly this
flag" Below will be left space for
the signatures of all those who buv
bonds. This honor roll will be SINH.
lar to that on the state and national
service flags.
Just as soon as the full quota IA
subscribed, and the right TO fly the
dag has been won, special exercises
| will be prepared in each community
to mark the flag raising. The gov.
errors Of the states in the Sixth dis.
trict have learned Of the plans with
interest, and it is probable that thew
will be present at the flag raising in
their different states.
Practically every committee
throughout the district is hard at work
with their organizations, making spe.
cial efforts to land flag as short.
ly after the opening of the campaign
as possible. The many rivalries
which will arise between the towns
in this part OF the country will be
watched with keen interest.