The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-07
ARKANSAS IN SECOND PLACE
Illinois Making Steady Progress and Will Be in at Finish With
 100 Per Cent.
Pet of Number

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 St Louis, Oct. 5.-Indiana jumped
 into first place today ill the Liberty | Loan race for first honors in the Eighth Federal Reserve District. The twenty-four counties in the Southern end of the state that com
 prises the Indiana section of the Eighth District were the first to go over the top in the Third Loan. and Chairman Sonntag is hopeful that the state will be the first in the Fourth Loan to make its quota
 Today it jumped from last place to he head of the list. With subscrip
 ions of $12,053,290 and quota of l S1S,765.0 .000, 66 per cent of the alot 1 ment has been taken.
 Chairman Sonntag has wired some of his county chairmen to use every effort to put the staAe over at once
 and then have the honor of naming | one of the new |. g. N battleships Illinois is maintaining a slow and steady growth and at noon Friday had 520S,6 $50 of its $40,927 ,000 quota subscribed There were 64,577 sub scribers reported Illinois with per centage of 37 is fifth in the roll. No fears are entertained by the men | looking after the campaign in the | Sucker State that she will not do all that the Government asks. but Chair | man Crabtree says the returns are be | ing made slowly and it may be some lime before the state subscribes its | quota.
 Four Illinois counties are over the | top. They are Bond, Calhoun, Ed wards and Lawrence. Four other conn | ,ies have exceeded sales of a million | They are Adams, Madison, Morgan. and St. Clair. Macoupin has not re- ! but there is no doubt that her forces are at work and that she will be lon 1 per cent at the finish.
 Tennessee and Mississippi.
 Although only one county in Ten
 nessee section has practically reached
 It's quota, this county being Obion.
 Tennessee now has 32 per cent of it's
 goal and 10 counties have not been l heard from. State Chairman Jordan l has received a letter from the chair man of Gibson county saying they have not started on their campaign, l hit hat NGnAr,-.l.,. general holiday in Gibson and they ex-
 pect to sell the entire quota of $S50,-
 900 on that date. Enthusiasm is run ning high, and they are awaiting the
 holiday to put the county over Gib-
 son is the third largest county in the | Tennessee section.
 Another Mississippi county. Tunica,
 has gone over the top" making four
 in this Southern State. There are 10
 counties that have not reported at all. 1 Missouri Arkansas Kentucky l In Missouri two counties have gone
 lover the top" Osage with a quota Of s329,000, and Madison with quota
 of Sl12.000. Chairman Hughes re ported Friday that several other coun-
 ties are nearing their quota. one of
 The largest being Scott, which has an
 allotment of $722.00 and has sold
 s614,50 of bonds A number of Nils
 souri counties have not yet been
 heard from. The state has reached
 30 per cent of it's quota and workers
 are confident of victory
 Arkansas is maintaining it's rapid { strides, and is now in second place
 with 57 per cent of it's quota. Four teen counties in this state have not, 1 yet reported. and they are counties
 where Chairman Hemingway believes the figures of he sales will boost the
 totals considerably Among the lars
 est counties, Pulaski has now sub
 scribed $31S0.0O0 out of total of l $4240,000 Lafayette county. with a ] quota of $1500O0. has already sold
 S232 ,000 in bonds while Bradley and
 Cross are considerably oyer the top
 Kentucky's totals are mounting rap.
 idly, especially since the returns have
 begun to come in from Louisville,
 where three days campaign was started on Wednesday of this week. : NIlh one more day ot the special