Newport daily independent., 1918-09-16
ARKANSAS READY
 FOR LOAN DRIVE
EVERY COUNTY ORGANIZED FOR CAMPAIGN TO FLOAT THE
 FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN.
COUNTY CHAIRMEa NAMED

ized and "all set" for the opening of the Fourth Liberty Loan drive, w. R. Compton, chairman of the reserve district announced at a joint confer ence here Friday of county managers, chairmen of women's organizations, publicity directors, sales directors, bankers and newspaper editors of the state.
 "Let us quit talking of quotas said MT. Compton, in explaining the details of the forthcoming loan," for Presi- dent Wilson, the American army and the Treasury Department are relying upon Americas third line of de fense' to meet it's obligations, what ever they may be.
 ITO date have not been advised as to the size of the loan, the date of maturity of the bonds, the rate or in- terest or the quotas, but have been advised that the Eighth district will be expected to go over the top ire spective of it's quota, and state man. agers in the district have informed me that their respective states will again demonstrate their loyalty to the na- ion and the cause.'
 w. l.. Hemingway, who directed the Third Liberty Loan in this state, will pilot the fourth drive.
 MT. Hemingway, at the meeting of Liberty Loan workers here last week, announced the following county chair men:
 Arkansas (north halO, A. P. Nor gan; Arkansas (south half), N F, Baird; Loop Benton, Connolly Harrington; Boone. Geo. w. O'Neal; Bradley, Fred L. Purcell; Calhoun, E. E. Halpin; Car roll (east half), E. J. West; Carroll (west half), c. A. Fuller; Chicot, J. E. Simms; Clark, N D. Huie; Clay (eas. half, H. w. Moore; Clay (west halfj. Charles Daniels; Cleburne, w. c. John son; Cleveland (east half), M. w. Blod- gett; Cleveland (west halo, O. K. Wheeler; Columbia, T. A. Monroe; Con- way. Loid Rainwater; Craighead. B. H. Berger; Crawford F. D. Scott; Critten- den Louis Barton; Cross, l. Black; Dal- las, J. A. Abernathy Desha, F. Thane; Faulkner, Joe FTauenthal: Franklin (north half), J E. Bryan; Fulton, C. w. Dixon; Garland, Gus Strauss Grant, P. T. Lewis; Greene, A. Bertig; Hampstead, j. II. Riley; Hot Spring, Robert Smith. Jr.; Howard, Geo. H. Bell; Independence. John e.. Wolf; Izard, R. D. Harris; Jackson, Geo. A. Hillhouse; Jefferson, F. B. Tomlinson Johnson. D. Ward Dunlap; Lafayette, JIM. Hudgins Lawrence (east half), Judge w A. Cunningham; Lawrence (west half). R. c. Waldron; Lee, Chas Mckee; Lincoln, E. c. Norton; Little River, M. c. McCrary; Logan Gsouth half), Charles X. Williams; Logan Charles A. Walls; Madison D. W. An derson: Marion, J. c. Flood; Miller, c. M Blocker; Mississippi (ncrth half), w w Hollipeter; Mississippi (south half), E. E. Driver: Monroe, F. C. Mayo; w. w Moore; Nevada, T. C. McRae; Ouachita, c. A. Ruchner: Perry (east half) c. l.. Sailor; Perry lwest half), J. H. Harris; Phillips, F. P. Moore; Pike (south half), J. c. Pinnfx; Poinsett, H. B. Thorn: Polk Walter Nance; Pope. JIM. Barker; Prairie, F. c: Wilken; Pu- laski w B. Smith: Randolph, J. " Go- line. L. B. White; Scott. J. l.. Center; Searcy, J. D. Lawrence; Sebastian (east half), c. R. Owens; Sebastian (west half). w. Fl. Johnson; Sevier J. s. Lake; Sharp, s. F. runner; Stone, Al. w. Brewer; Union. Albert T-cweri; van Buren, Jim Hat-hett; Washington, Bruce Holcon.h: White, J. E. Lightle; woodruff. T. '. Bonner; Tell, A. N. Falls.
 The Fourth Liberty Loan driTe will open with two volunteer days" Sep tember 28 and 29, when every patriot who does not need a "prodding" to awaken his patriotism will be expect ed to voluntarily enter lis subscrip- ton for a generous "slice" of the loan. Beginning September 30, the cam paign work by the sales forces will be started.
 State headquarters will be maintain ed in the Moore & Turner building, Little Rock, and officials here will be in constant touch with campaign of ficials in every county. A purely Ar kansas Liberty Loan publicity plan has been inaugurated, and will be car ried out through the headquarters. Publicity directors in each county have been instructed to forward to Roy l.. Thompson, publicity director, Little Rock, news of their work This will be condensed and consolidated and sent broadcast over the state.
 In addition to Mir. Compton, the Eighth District campaign managers are: V. L. Price, director of sales; H. s. Gardiner, director of publicity; A. o. Wilson, director of speakers, and Tom K Smith. director of bank CTS.
 Every district official while here for the state conference, expressed belief that Arkansas would maintai0 the record she established in the third loan drive, when she was the first state in the reserve district and one of the first in the nation to go lover the top"
 Although the drouth and bad crops have hit some communities, MT. Comp ton said that by accomplishing the