Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-27
LOWER SUSSEX IS
FA|RLYABLA WITH
LOAN ENTHUSIASM
Great Demonstrations Were Held
Yesterday Afternoon. at Laurel
and Seaford.
PARADES AND MEETINGS
Special Correspondence OF Every Evening

Special Correspondence OF Every Evening
Laurel. April ga wonderful pa
trIotiC demonstration was held here,
Yesterday afternoon, which attracted the
!. 800 people of the town and multitudes
from the surrounding country and adj
JacCnt towns and villages. The program,
which had been arranged by Mrs j.
Wiley Trought, district chairman of the
Noman's Liberty Loan Committee, and
Frank B. Sirman. district chairman of the
Liberty Loan campaign, and their com
mttees, WAS carried out without hitch
or miShap of any kind. Mayor George
II. otwef had requested that all business
houses and industrial plants close from
| To ! O'Clock p. m, and his request was
observed by all Homes were decorated
with flags and bunting and from the
windows hung Red Cross aud service
flags.
Everyone present spoke in glowing
terms of the parade which was the most
marvellous IN the history of the town.
II lined up ON West street At | o'clock.
and after going over the route. dIsbanded
at the foot oi Central avenue. The parade
was headed by Mayor George II. otwell
and William NJ Iicarn the latter dressed
Ia represent Uncle Sam. sounding
clarion call TO his people Hundreds Of
school children. various lodges, handsome
floats were IN line with automobile after
automobile, each handsomely decorated
with flags, bunting, Liberty Loan pla-
cards, the pictures of President Wilson
The marslals In charge Of the parade
were DR. Alfred s Williams and Henry
II. Greene
Al O'Clock there was public meeting
In Walters Theatre. at which every seat
WAS occupied and scores Of people stood
up in the rear Rev Frank + Carpenter,
pastor of Centenary NJ i. Church. pre-
sided After the singing Of America,
PRAYER WAS offered BY Rev. l.. f. Windsor.
Governor Townsend was then introduced
and received a rnuSlng demonstration.
The governor SAID that he was a Repuhli-
can governor but that he WAS supporting
President Wilson. heart and soul and
that il was the duty Of every man to do
Thc same He said that We were IN for p
long war and that We would need j. 900. 900
men and II We raised Is many proportion
atelv - England VIZ would raise 1000
600 men. He earnestly urged everybody
10 huv bonds
General Coleman du Pont made few
remarks He said, among other things.
that We had not felt the war much vet bur
would feel ii before il was over and urged
tttN It *sIt ~ i'f ta4i t4it b4AbdSii1 LAttN
could and then do a little bit more He
spoke Of seeing placard on which was
inscribed Buy Buy Liberty Bonds or
|By By Liberty
John Z Holland Of Milford made
kbricf address in which he sald that 10 win
/ this war America must 20 down on her
| knees 10 God and to pray and 70 keep on
praying until she was night with God and
He would give her the victory
G.. l. Arnholt Of the Philadelphia bar
in his speech said America must fight the
-four PS Paciiism Politicians, Prohteer- I
ing and Pro-Cier1nanIsm,
i George p. CLAYTON, who hiss Just re-
turned from France, where he served
under General Pcrshlng, recounted some F.
of his experiences on the western front
He described harbed wire entanglementS
: barrage. and trench life generally His I
talk was extremely interesting and 10 the I
point
Mrs Henry Rldgely OF Dover SAID we /
would be very much ashamed i, when he
boys came home, We had flying d service. E!
flag which represented their Sacrifice alone.
and old not have Liberty Loan flag
beside il To represent our sacrifice also
This meeting was the most enthusiastic /
thus far held. and when the call for sub /
>criptions was made nearly $4,000 was
quickly subscribed This makes a total !
III about $4,000 and it now seems |
assured that Laurel viii more than make +
up her quota ol SlSS,0D