Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-14
BANKS AGAIN COME
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The Honor List of those who hav-
| ing already subscribed are straining
| their pocketbooks to add 10 or double
| their subscription, had several very
handsome amounts added today Among
| the subscribers were Colonel II. A. du-
Pont $4,000, Mrs Abigail W Miller,
81 900; Charles r. Miller, $4,000;
| Thomas W Wilson. $1,000.
THEY GIVE THEIR HvEs.
Our boys are giving their lives IN
Franc for the cause of democracy, and
what are we doing here at home2" is the
question which should be applied by
every citizen at this time and particularly
this week This sacrifice Is brought
home TO Wilmlngtonians through the
death of Corporal Allen h Stelle, of the
Engineer Corps, Fifth division. Corporal
Stelle is n brother of Clifford NJ STEELE
Of this city, who is in charge of the Liberty
bond campaign among the retail mer-
chants Corporal STEELE gave up n
clerical position with the army IN France,
because he wanted to get into the trenches
and do his bit In his last letter home
written in July, Corporal Stelle wrote
You will perhaps be surprised to hear
that | have requested my commanding
officer, TO allow me 10 return to active
service tllff, | cannot feel that I have
measured up to my ideals of nm American
soldier. if | remain IN m office. where my
hide Is safe after seeing 81 much of thr
dastardly destruction, that the Huns
have wrought on the poor. heroic.
people OF France
There are those who can attend ~
office duties, but who. perhaps. cannot
stand the ordeal Of Inc front line II IL
very bkel, that | shall lose my cor
pornl's ehevrons, bv making this chnnge,
rs have missed so many Of the now drills.
since arriving overseas but thank God,
can silll tight AS nh american should
III the ranks
cAN BORROW IRON REsERvr
II was brought To the attention of Mr.
Scott to-day, that Some of the county
banks we're loaning money on Liberty
Bonds, and not attempting 10 repair
funds through y loan through the Eedcrnl
Reserve Bank IN Philadelphia Some Of
these institutions are not members pf the
reserve system, but this does not matter
They can borrow money. replacing what
they have loaned on Liberty Bonds, by
asking for the courtesy 81 the Federal
Reserve bank Il does moi require mem
hership 10 Obtain loans for Liberty Rbnds
which j. another cvidcn,f, OF the value of
this class Of secuflties
iriNtRARY of rRorus fR4tS
Ihc Trophy Tram that wae to have
featured thc last week al he campaign
III this city and county. will not stop
here. unless influenza conditions The
latter part nf the week should improve
more speedily than they arc. ~ present
But many towns whore the grip has
n
itinerary arranged follows
"Wednesday Arrive 1T Newport
IN leave 50. arrive Newark. ! T..
leave o.2o. arr,vc pciaware Gny. 10
a m. leave H. arrive sllddletown.
II ~ a m leave l. IL arrive Town
send - ~ leave ~ u III
Among the subscriptions reported late
Saturday night was one fer 81 O0O
taken IN memory nf Wilmington hoy
killed IN action IN France II the hope.
that II may hc the maans af SAVING the
life Of some other hoy who might other
wisc meet similar fate
AMONG MLRcHAST I'M
Among the subscriptions reported thr-
ough the merchants team are the follow
ing totals
Meat markets. Max Mafthes captain
400: fire insurance oHiccs, William
I, Okcefc captain, $3.50; Home Llfe
Insurance 90. $4,000: hotels. restaurants
etc, i 7. Nohis. captain. 81 300; retail
groccrs, {. VI >telle. captain. So, 100,
rooicrs. " T. Williams. capita, 81 600.
Braunstein and Co. Ms Robinson
captain, $3.50; Five and Ten Cent Stores.
T. ID. Hitchcock. captain $1,000, smith
Zollinger Co. + " CroSsan. captain.
$500. Megarv X Sons, J. T. Bradley.
captain $3.50. l. Iacobv store. Miss
,Tacoby. captain. $500. builders ami
contractors J :. Ilamilton. captain
81 900