The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05
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 St. Louis, Oct. 3.-Arkansas in the Fourth Liberty Loan race is out in front with percentage of 52 per cent. In other words. that state has sold more than 52 per cent of it's Fourth Liberty Loan allotment, and Chairman Hemingway says his state will be the first in the district to reach its full quota.
 Illinois has plunged into the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign with character istic energy, and al the end of three working days has a trifle more than One-third of its quota subscribed
 Wirt Wright chairman of St Clair County, with the largest quota Of any county in the Illinois district, says his county has sold as many bonds already as were sold ill the three weeks cam paign of the Third Loan.
 Volunteer registration days in St. Clair proved wonderful success, ac- cording 10 Wright The voting pre- Cmcts were opened, and the s4 GOO GOO ot bonds bought al the booths were taken by more than 20 GOO subscribers. Ten thousand other citizens volun- tarily went to the booths. registered and gave good reasons why they were unable at this time tO buy bonds These 10000 will be investigated, and it is possible that before the campaign closes they. too, may be bond buyers Bond, Edwards and Lawrence coun- ties have gone over the top in Illinois Chairman Crabtree says that when the returns are made official he will have enough to pretty nearly place his state over the top. Only actual, bona fde sales are in the estimate given, and the official reports may not be in for some time
 Indiana in the Race
 Sate Chairman Marcus S Sonntag of Indiana reached headquarters "Wednesday from h.s home in Evans pIlle. He said that, while the off, ;al returns do not make an impressive showing, there is no doubt about Indi- ana doing all lhe government asks
 Evansville in IS hours, according to A'bAAAANoG Sh0SNil lUVN ONSE ff,NVNttNN bI i;s $6,33s. 900 quota These subscrip- tions are bona fGe and absoiu ely good, he explains, but they are uo, en- tered in the states showing today merely because they have not been Of ficially reported by the banks.
 In reaching 52 per cent of its quota n total of S12,600, 900, the Arkansas chairman las heard from only sixty out of the eighty-six counties. Eleven counties have gone over the top
 Missouri Returns.
 Missouri State Chairman ! (. Hughes was advised that Lincoln County has gone "over the top for it's quota of $479,000 Sunday was yolun- teer day in Lincoln and the penue 'ss. in the various district school houses and bought bonds with rush N. r.. Williams, the county chairman. says that while returns have not been com pletely tabulated, indications are thal the goal has been reached. Washing ion District Of Franklin County has subscribed it's allotment of S13l.00 District No. 30 and also District Nc. i1l2 of the same county also are on the honor roll. Chairman Hughes is pleased with reports from all over Missouri
 West Tennessee sends encourae ins reports, Obion County leading with i75 per cent of its quota Memphis. which has the largest share 70 sub scribe in the Tennessee District. re ports good progress
 Mississippi and Kentucky.
 Although he returns from Missis- sippi are slow in coming in, and onlv fifteen out of the thirty-nine countie have been heard from, the state al ready has subscribed 40 per cent ot its quota and the state chairman is en- couraged to believe that If the slow counties would speed up the goal ght be reached this week
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