Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-13
LIBERTY LOAN WORKERS
SETTLE CAMPAIGN DETAILS
New Drive to Occur Between
September % and OC-
tOber 10

The two-day conference of Liberty
Loan zone chairmen and field repre-
sentatives adjourned Saturday after
completing details for handling he
fourth bond issue in the Sixth Federal
Reserve district. The dates for the cam
paign have been tentatively announc-
ed for September 2S to Octib@- 10, and
as it will last only three. weeks, there
will be no delay 70 perfecting the ma
chinery for securing the maximum of
subscriptions,
The deld representatives held the
center of the stage at the final session.
The zone chairmen at the previous SEES
sion reported their county organizations
to be in such splenold shape that it will
not be essential to have as large deld
force as heretofore. The number OF
travelling men, therefore, will be reduced
from forty to approximately twenty
eight-one for each zone.
Several representatives of the federal
reserve bank spoke at the two sessions.
NJ. B. Wellborn, chairman of the board
of chairmen of the district committee,
complimented the zone chairmen upon
the splendid results achieved in the
third campaign and told of the magni-
tude of the work which must be UNI
lertaken successfully to float the fourth
issue NJ. w. Bell, assistant cashier
and fiscal agent, spoke on details in con-
nection with handling expense accounts.
W. H. Toole, chief, bond division, gave
the field men some valuable intorma-
ton on the governments method OF nan
ding bonds and told how closer cooper
nd "a
reserve bank can be brought about
Honor Flag System
The system of presenting honor flags
to the communities which oversubscrloe
their quotas again will be used. Besides
oversubscribing the money quotas, COM
munities will be required to have a GER
tain percentage of taxpayers represent
ed in subscriptions before they are en-
titled to an honor flag. Industrial hon
or flags will be given to business houses
which secure a subscription from a GER
tain percentage of their employees and
TO banks which sell their allotment Of
bonds.
The plan of having a card index OF
the inhabitants sof counties will be en-
lareed and perfected. BY this system an
accurate check will be kept on
individual subscriptions and va;u-
able information will be in the hands of
the selling organizations to enable them
to secure the maximum subscription
from individuals.
The results obtained in the third
campaign by soldier speakers, especial
Iy French and Canadian. were so salts
factory that an effort will be made to
secure the services of a larger number
of these veterans of the war. 1t IS ex-
pected the force of soldier speakers
from among the American expeditionary
forces will be increased.
The publicity campaign will be con
Quoted on a larger scale than heretofore
1t is anticipated that the bond issue
will be the largest yet authorized and
in view Of the fact that the time for
disposing of the bonds will be shorter.
so the publicity campaign must be in
tensified st. Elmo Massengale, direc-
tor of publicity, spoke to the field men
at yesterdays session, on the method
by which they can cooperate to best
advantage with the publicity depart
ment.
Haynes McFadden Presidss
The final session wns presided over
by Haynes McFadden, vice chairman OF
the executive committee. w. G. Ward
law, chairman of the executive COM
ulittee, presided at the session. MIR.
AcFadden will have supervision of the
field force in the approaching campaign.
Robert E. Harvey, a field representative.
will be chairman of the Atlanta zone.
succeeding Mr.. McFadden in this work.
Carroll II. Smith, formerly a field rep
resentatiNe. will be attached to the
speakers bureau of which Philip AL
ston is chairman. Mr.. Smith will visit
the military camps in the district 20
secure soldier speakers and banks to
attend public meetings.
Several prominent bankers were
among the zone chairmen in attendance
at the session. Representatives were
mere from Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Those in attendance were:
Zone Chairmen c. c. Nottingham,
Chattanooga. T. c.. Garrett, Nashville:
Fred w Hcyt, Jacksonville; ]. A. Grit
fin, Tampa; R. f. Mitchell, Pensacola
r. Z. Harvey. Atlanta; Edwin Sterne,
Albany; Isaac w. Read, Augusta; d. w.
Krauss, Brunswick; William Murphey,
Savannah: Charles T. TiIIman, Quit
man; II. E. Kelley, Rome; Thomas A.
Bowles, Albany; W. II. Weatherly, An
niston. Ala; ]. D. Moore, Birmingham
K. L. Forester. Dothan. Ala; n. G.
Citing, Florence, Ala; N. P. Renfro,
Opelika ]. s. Tiiley, Montgomery; z.
c. Melvin, Selma; T. w. Mccoy, Vicks-
burg; ST. Dennis ]. Where, secretary
executive committee, New Orleans, and
w. W. Bouden, New Orleans.
Field Repr asentatives w. J. Rudland,
Earl Lay. w. D. Wellborn, Silas w. Da-
Wis, NJ. r. Grant, H. H. Walker and
Carroll H Smith.