The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-19
Generous Response
Third Liberty LoaEl
Counties Subscribing 0u3tss and
Are Working Hare Fur
Honor Flag
10ver There" Proves Big l.e,p

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Reports coming from all parts Of
Loan Committee indicate that the
country districts with the towns and
smaller communities are going to ex
coed all former efforts in their contri-
buttons to the Liberty Loan OF the
present issue.
That the counties of Maryland are
not to fall behind those of other COM
nlonwealths Is likewise indicated by
the enthusiastic zeal with which their
people have gone to work for the loan.
They have an excellent example in
the pledge of old Frederick that eve
are going to send cur dollars to back
up our boys at the front" This mes
sage was conveyed to the Maryland
Publicity Committee in Baltimore in
a telegram week ago, and since then
Frederick has been diligently at work
to fulfill It's pledge.
1t is not yet known how many Mary
land communities have completed their
entire quota of the loan and earned
the Honor Flag, but it is known that
the best hcks are being hit by all of
them in efforts to achieve this dis
tinction. Montgomery, first county to
report, has already subscribed its
quota Of $329,s0O
On Saturday the reports to the Ma
! tional Committee showed that 700
communities throughout the country
had won this honor, and the list was
growing rapidly. Another feature in
this connection Is that almost invar-
iably when a community reports it
says:
1--WE have filed our quota, but have
not relaxed our efforts. We will try
to double the quota"
Thus is evidenced the spirit Of the
American people which has been
whetted to the point of enthusiasm by
the larger part that our people are
now playing in the theatre of war.
There Is another big outstanding
feature of the present drive in the
smaller as well as the larger COM
munities, and that is the more deter
mined and successful part being play
| ed by women In raising the loan that
Uncle Sam has called for.
The Maryland Section of the Mary
last Thursday subscribed $4,000. The
| various women's organizations of Bal
timore are daily reporting large lists
Of subscriptions.
Mary Pickford, the movie actress,
was at the "Over There" Cantonment
at Baltimore last Monday, and when
she had finished her little speech and
made an appeal for funds the audience
responded with subscriptions for
$4,000 worth of bonds. And the best
| part Of 1t was that these subscriptions
were principally in small amounts, SO
that the number of subscribers was
very large.
| Down in Richmond on the opening
day of the loan the women's commit
tee sold 1901, 600 worth of bonds.
| In the first two days of the loan the
women of Delaware sold 100000 worth
Of bonds.
In the town of Virden, ILL.,, on the
! first day Of the loan the women went
to work and carried the town over its
quota entirely through their own eff
forts. That shows just what live
organization in small community can
| do.
On April 9Th the women of Hoquaim,
Washington, sold $55.410 worth of
bonds.
In New Braunfels, Texas, the wom-
| ems committee reports that the full
quota of $124,1O0 has been subscribed
and they are still pushing on. This
| town subscribed only $3.50 to the first
loan, and $4,000 to the second loan.
There is no question that the country
Is awake.
And there is no question in the
minds of the Maryland Committee that
the communities of this state viii
measure up to the records of sister
states.
The quotas apportioned to Baltimore
City and the counties of Liberty Loan
were officially announced yesterday
|
afternoon by the Reserve Bank of the
Fifth Regional District. OF the total
of $38, 1852, 200 apportioned to the State
of Maryland, Baltimore City is called
upon to subscribe to $28.45S, 900 or APP
proximately three-fouths Of the total
amount leaving S10.02S,S00 for the
counties. The following are the
amounts each county is required to
subscribe:
Allegheny County. ATS. 800
Anne Arundel County. ...... 244 900
Baltimore County. .......... $4,000
Calvert County e5,2O0
Carroll County,. 1900
Caroline COUNTY ......:.. 3G5 200
Cecil County. ............. $50 400
Charles County. ............ lGl, 500
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