The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-14
KENTUCKY'S WAR
FUND NOW STANDS
AT S1,O66,112
With 10 Out Of 20 Districts Reporting,
the Quota WIN Soon Be Reached
-S7O4,8ss Stnl Needed.

Kentucky passed the million-dollar
mark yesterday in the big United War
Work campaign drive with a total sub
scription to date of $1,O66,112.
The State quota is $1,770, 800, and a
SO per cent. oversubscription is ask
ed.
From reports coming in from all
PARTS of the State the oversubscription
looks to be a certainty.
Once again Boone county, in the
Eleventh district, distinguished her.
self. The shades of the immortal Dan
lei must still be stalking the woods
up along the Ohio River. Boone was
the first county in the State to go over
the top by raising her quota and then
some. Also she Is the first county in
the State to reach not only her quota,
but also the so per cent oversubscrip-
ton. From last reports the people
were still subscribing.
The total raised by the women in
the State, so far reported and CLASH
fed is $53,749. 1t should be stated,
however, that in many counties the
woihen's total is included in the gen.
eral total The students have raised
70 date 1858, and thirteen schools
have passed their quota. The Victory
Boys total is 1921, and the Victory
Girls, $7,23S. The total for the col
ored people is $3,495
at looks like Kentucky is going to
distinguish herself" said State Cam
paign Director G. A. Tevebaugh at
State headquarters in Louisville last
night.
Even the woods in the mountains
seem to have caught fire with the spir-
it of the big drive, and the home fires
of Kentucky are certainly burning
brightly for the boys over there and
over here.
Reports are coming from Europe
that the seven agencies in the drive
are greatly in need of money and of
workers, and the same is true of this
'ountry.
peace has brought added RESPONSE
bilities, and we cannot talk too much
about the necessity of raising the so
per cent. oversubscription we have
been asked to do.
THE people of Kentucky will never
forgive themselves if they fail now"
Kentucky colleges are still going
strong. Thirteen have already over
subscribed their original quotas. They
are: Asbury at Wilmore, Berea at Be-
Berea, Centre at Danville, Eastern
Kentucky State Normal at Richmond,
| Langdon Memorial at Mt. Vernon,
Lindsey-Wilson at Columbia, Margar-
ct College at Versailles, Logan Fe-
| male College at Russellville, Loretta
| Academy at Loretto, Presbyterian
Theological Seminary at Louisville,
Southern Baptist Theological Semi
nary at Louisville, ST. Joseph's Col
lege at Bardstown and the University
of Louisville.
The original quota of the Baptist
Theological Seminary in Louisville
with the Rev. DR.. John R. Sampey as
chairman, was 500. DR.. John R.
Sampey as chairman, was 500. The
students voluntarily raised this quota
to $500, then to $1,000, and have al
ready subscribed $1,O31. Science Hill
School at Shelbyville, with Miss Jea-
nette Foster as chairman, has raised
$213i and helped the committee in
Shelby county send out letters, as the
"tiu" ban is still on there. Berea Col
lege reports $5,4OO raised and Naar-
eth Academy at Rardstown reports
800. The college total to date is
$15,S6S.
Nineteen districts out of the twenty
in Kentucky reported last night as
follows:
District HEADQUARTERS, Paducah,