The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-04-06
.B0NDPURCAASEs
!. TOWN BANNERS
Honor Flags Will Be Given to
Communities as They At.
tain Their Quotas
M'AD00 HOPES THEY WILL
FLY EVERYWHERE IN U. S.
Window Cards to Reward In.
dividual Buyers and Stir
Nelghbors to Action

One Of the innovations to be In
troduced In connection with the Third
Liberty Loan Is the Honor Flag and
Honor Roll system. Secretary Of the
Treasury McAdoo has expressed the
wish that every city community In the
United States have an Honor Flag be-
fore the campaign for the third loan
Is very many days old.
The Honor Flag Is to be awarded
BY the Treasury Department to each
community as that community attains
its quota.
The idea is that Of J. H. Burton. af
New York. His plan calls for dove
failing series Of flags. Of which Flag
at Washington will be the father. It
works out this way. The National
Honor Flag to be flown from the
Treasury Building In Washington will
have with It an Honor Roll. On this
roll the names Of the states will be In.
scribed as rapidly as the states attain
their quota. Then In each state there
will be an Honor Flag and Honor Roll
on which will be inscribed the names
Of the communities IN that state as
fast as the communities attain their
quotas.
Women Make silk Flags.
Tho flag Is awarded by the Treas.
ury Department and measures. S8x54
inches. II is white with q deep red
border and has three perpendicular
blue stripes Of the same width as the
border. running through the middle
inside the border.
In many cities the patriotic women
folk have set about the task Of max.
ing larger flag for their city. IT.
Cleveland the young women OF the
Junior League have made q nam.
moth silk flag, keeping strictly to the
proportionate measurements Of the of.
fetal flag. and they have donated II
to the central committee to be flown
when Cleveland shall have attained
its quota. In other cities women's
clubs or church societies are making
or have made silk flags larger than
the oficial ones.
Mrs. McAdoo superintended the
manufacture Of the first nag aown In
Washington. The flying Of this sam.
pie flag was gala event at the cap.
ital. Thousands thronged the street
in front Of the Treasury Building
cheering Justify as the flag was pulled
to the top Of its mast BY Lewis B.
Franklin. director Of the War Loan
Treasury Employees suspend.
The event marked The first time in
history that the employees Of the
Treasury Department all put aside
their work at one time TO witness a
festival. Every wheel in the
building stopped for Is minutes. In.
every street car wheel in
that street stopped running. too. as
The crowds in front Of The building
we're so great that the cars could not
move.
The window card which Is to be
awarded to the purchaser Of bond
If the Third Loan ia Q vital part Of
he system, On each window card Is
printed in colors . replica Of the Hon.
" Flag and blank line for the ipser.
ion Of the name of the purchaser.
The cards are to be exhibited In the
ront windows. Of HOMES. They tell
he story Of the householders loyalty
md patriotism and they also serve an
'dvertising purpose. BIZ Smith. see
ng an Honor Flag card in the. win.
low Of his neighbor. John Jones, f
'oins to dust right out and buy a
'ond himself 20 that he, too. may dis
LAY the Honor Flag In " Euith
Iome. "a