Evening journal., 1918-10-19
over AGAIN With
MILLION EXTRA IS
COUNTY ANSWER
TO LIBERTY LOAN
lCoh linued from page one.l

lLOh -lnueu from page Ouel
s2si 900 TO date, having gone over II:
quota, which was s269OOO.
The F. F. Slocumb reports sales o.
800 This was taken as follows
Employees, $500: company, $4,000; f.
F. Slocumb, S7,3OO
Chairman Scott at the executive COM
mlttee meeting today paid tribute to
Andrew Bryson, chairman for New
Castle hundred, who succumbed to in
influenza early in the campaign. Mr.
Scott said:
EARLY in the campaign, Andrew Bry
son, our chairman for New Castle hun
dred, died His devotion TO this worl
was greater than his strength. He gayt
his life to his country just as truly az
/ If he had been on the firing line. l have
communicated with his people in youI
behalf. Or. Wyle and the other mem.
bers Of the mems and wOmen's com
mittees at New Castle have nObly takez
his place"
With all Of Sussex over the top gE
assured of a quarter or a half nilA6D
above their quota, and with Dover OYsg
the top there is assurance of Liberty
Loan victory in this State. Dover has
sold bonds 10 the amount OF Si2i per
capiia. II has less than 1900 population,
and the bonds sold up to last night
amounted TO $685., 40 Their quota was
$4,000. They had 800 subscribers
which is about 20 per cent. OF the pop
ulatiOn, and this shows hard work on
the part of the workers. and Mrs. Alden
Richardson, city chairman, and Mrs.
Henry Ridgely, state chairman.
There has been splendid and entirely
harmonious cooperation between the
mems and women's committees there
and they are proud OF what has been
accomplished in the face or such tre-
mendous odds as the epidemic has
made
Two thank Offering bonds were
bought at one Of the street booths yes
terday. one man bought bond be-
cause his wife had recovered from the
influenza, and another bought one be-
cause his son had recovered after hav-
ing it very badly.
a woman paid nifty dollars for a bond,
that she had intended spending on va
cation. She said she would do without
the vacation, and saNe theemoney and
at the same time help Uncle sam. An
other woman had $50 cash with which
to buy a bond, and she had saved this
by doing her own washing
These are such fine object lessons in
bond buying that the women's com
mittee want others 10 come along and
buy for the same reason.
Every booth is recommending bonds
FOR Christmas presents.
Malleable Employees Ward Workers
The Eastern Maieable Iron Company
Il seems is never done when 10 comes
10 working for Liberty Loans. Pre-
'i0us to yesterday the company had
subscribed to $4,000 and yesterday 10
made a similar subscription. The
employees, who have been striving to
make record for the plant. did so.
he total subscriptions 10 date total
ng $4,000 This amount and the
Of the company yester-
lay were made through the manu-
acturers committee. the total for The
rive up 10 today being SS3,OOO.
The wholesale grOcers. commission
merchants and cOnfectioners hav. sold
>, 200 Of bonds. William a. Hannigan
vas the chairman Of the committee
nd he was embarrassed because OF
lness
The 1900 or more workers at the
usey and Jones shiphuldng plant
ave constructed unique device
lOwing the Kaiser being crushed"
nd to the cry Of "Crush the Kaiser
nder Liberty Bonds" the workers are
Ding their part to put the Fourth
liberty Loan across.
An effigy seven feet tall OF the
aiser in the Hight blue uniform.
immed with red and gold Of the
h Bayarian Regiment, fashioned Of
ood, the limbs and neck iOinted.
ands in the quadrangle in front Of
G main office. Against an appropriate
ckground which depicts a ruined
'ench or Belgian cathedral. the
Mister figure, booted and spurred
d grasping the huge sword Of i'm
rialism, is slowly being forced pros
ite under the weight Of signs which
ficate Si2i 600 the amount OF sub
'iptions obtained.
The kaiser" is historically accur-
:. being based on books furnished by
: Institute Library The following
n OF the plant conceived the idea:
m ]. Murray, W. L. Scott, C. Spiegel-
tier, Harvey F.. Volk and C. L. Cop
ge.
iOod news again comes from Sussex.
dgevQle had subscribed It's full
1ta on Friday, October fl and is the
i Sussex County town to do so. Harry
Cannon was the hustling chairman.
IN the Third Liberty IOan Rridpe
G was the first town i'm Sussex and