Smyrna times., 1918-05-15
.OELAWARE'S OWN LIBERTY
BELL RUAG At STATE HOUSE
LARGE DELEGATION WITNESS
CELEBRATION AT DOVER

Governor Townsend Flashes Glad lid
ings to President Wilson and Other
Officials - Patriotic Program
Delaware's own Liberty Bell was
rung at the State House Friday by
Mrs. Henry Ridgley, State chairman
of the Women's Liberty Loan Com
mittee, while Governor Townsend
affixed his signature to the resolutions
offered by Chairman John S. Rossell,
as an appreciation of the people of
the State for Delaware's being the
first State in the Liberty Loan drive.
Delaware is the first State to have a
star in its Liberty Loan flag; it has
two, one for reaching its quota and
one for tripling its quota. Governor
Townsend was most happy in his re-
marks, when the leaders in the Liberty
Loan drive met at the State House,
in response to his call. 81 am hon.
ored indeed" said the executive, "to
be governor of a State that always |
goes first in the procession, and al
ways has gone first, ever since Caesar |
Rodney made his famous ride. And |
Delaware is as loyal now as in the |
times when Rodney rode, and always |
will he in the front line" The OBJ
ject of Fridays conference was to put
on the official records the achievements
of Delaware in the Third Liberty
Loan. Chairman Rossell of New
Castle county, to whom was tacitly
assigned the spokemanship because of
his county's having the one big city
of the State within its confines, ar
anged the conference in conjunction
with Governor Townsend, that there
might be group of leaders in the
loan campaign, who, as it were, stand
for the State. In the other two loans
Delaware did great things, but there
remains no official record, either in
word or picture, and so it was agreed
that for the third loan,' there should
be a conference of officials, and there
should be a picture of that conference
taken, and a resolution drawn up, with
the great seal of the State affixed,
and that all these should be sent to
Washington for the record of the War
Department, and that copies of the
resolution and the newspaper accounts
of the events shall be sent to President
Wilson and the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Secretary of War.
The officials reports of the campaign
having been submitted to US and hav-
ing been carefully examined, we de-
clare the result to be as follows:
Quota.
4 In New Castle county. Sc, 399, 25O. 90
In Kent county. .. $50, 500. 90
In SUSSEX county,. 1,2O2. O80. 90
| Total for State. 49,. So, SCI, $50. 90
/ Subscriptions.
| In New Castle county $21. 692, $50. 90
In Kent county. 2,430. 500. 90
| In Sussex county. -. 2,709, 300. 0C
! Total for State. .....$26, 832, $50. OC
Subscribers.
In New Castle county. SO, 39C
In Kent county .... ......... 3, 974
In Sussex county. ....... 6,49S
| Total for State. ......,... so, 85'
Delaware having subscribed thre,
times it's quota, is entitled, under thu
| rules governing the campaign. to
State honor flag. bearing two stars
New Castle county, having subscribe'
three times its quota, is entitled to al
honor flag bearing two stars, Ken
| county having subscribed twice it
| quota, is entitled to an honor flai
| bearing one star, and Sussex county
| having subscribed twice its quota,
1 entitled to an honor flag bearing on
star.