Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-09
DELAWARE HOPES
FOR S35,0O0,0O0 IN
NEW LIBERTY BONDS
According TO Announcement Made
bv County Chairman i,ossell
Today.
EVERYBODY ENTHUSIASTIC

Nearly 100 workers for the Liberty Loan
had a luncheon and n meeting at the Hotel
ia Pout at noon today and heard the
suits of the work TO date discussed by
ohm :. RosSell, chairman OF the Liberty
inln committee for this district MIR.
Rasscll read out TO the workers the an
eounCcment Of the du Pont Co. made yes
erolav that they would equal any sub
-criptions made in Delaware up TO SlI,-
10000
That means that we ought 70 have
- 600. 600 from Delaware. said MT.
RoSscll. He announced that there were
800 workers in Wilmington aud rural
\ew Castle county among the men
lone. and with the crowd OF energetic
md reso,lrccful helpers there was no
question that the campaign would DC
:. great success.
He announced that the committee
would start receiving reports next h'lTS-
day at 80 y. m. at the Liberty Loan
RAnk and advised every worker (" come,
.u person AIr RoSscll also cNpiNnci
fhc fo,,r methods by which Liberty bonds
...u!d hc purchased. first by caSh5 SC
md bv tho borrowing plan authorized nN
thc Clearinghouse ASSOCIATION. ,iiiru' ~
me Governments ln>talmcnt plan, and
irrth h> the partial payment plan Is
:doptpd ~ the managers 81 the toAh
for this district
The nIacinc oi one or more Liberty
Bonds IN the home OF every Hebrew
.,uily IN this city l. the task that the
'Temnle Mem Club has fixed Tor itsc1 IN
The ,,resont loan campaign The club met
lqst night and after listening 70 an IN
soirinr address bv John >, Rossell. chair
nan az The Local COMMITTEES for Whining
-au and Rural New Castf fc pledged their
.fortS to rhc accomplishment OF TINS task
II does moi matter what nationality
,Hc Hebrew NAV be associated with, the
.,rnlise 10 place a bond l1 his home holds
aaod There could tie no doubling the
sincerity of the members in making the
nledge. Rev. DIR. Samuel T. RablnoTtz
iirred the members to do everything pos
>lhle to aid the loan campaign IN an adj
,lrcss IN which he outlined the blessings
ui tho democracy oi America
The Wilmington Lodge Of Eiks got
IF 10 fine start last night with sub
>rrlntlons amounting 10 $3.50.
The Iuan Committee. working under
frank Turner a. chairman. has eveiVed
n novel plan with which 70 start Worh
There were FIVE subscriptions already
made among the members. among THESE
f5VO 81 900 subscriptions, one loi e-1o
,r9 Two for 500. These were placed III
ms. az ..he rs envelopes that contained
description blanks and parapherIlalis
ar the Is teams in the general committee
=, work with Then each captain walked
,p TO q man who held these envelopes ~
49, and ",nadc a draw Five Of the
.n,eins von one of the amounts men
.ored as a beginning foT his team
Working plans ior the Liberty bani
ocrc practically completed today In th'
nor7ling from . to i o clock noon tf'
NJ VII he in charge oi George Gray
n and George ;. Capelle ir. II th'
,a-noon the brokers OF the city viii have
Harce and IN the evening from 70
clock a corps OF accountants, selected bl
Isrence /. Buck. will look after business
Or. Lewis P. Rumford will direct IN
work at the Liberty Bank IN the after
noon, from noon until o clock