Smyrna times., 1918-05-08
nIlNE ENDS DRIVE WITH
G40.00O LIBERTY LOAN

| S240.000 LIBERTY LOAN
. .Y.ss THE TOP" SHE LAoxEO -e'a4.
$4,000 Of DOUBLING QUOTA
..,.n Ran High in Last Few Days
i'''.,., ..msn Deserving OF Much Credit
Awakening Interest in Loan
srrrns closed the Third Liberty
=. s1i campaign Saturday night with
l'la ....r fl, thru our two banks of $24o, =
+, ~ S'I. .,ceeding its quota by $40. 600.
! N. I.s National Bank of smyrna handled
!,'o ll' 0oo Of the bonds and The Fruit
'l,1,a s.,r.,., National Bank $1,000
U. wv SmvrDa raised $40, oou more she
y, ,5 have doubled her qIota. To
~ there is enthusiasm j. putting
.n;rdIv. Every true patriotic cit
.,1 Of Smyrna is proud Of the
'Isvement. Tremendous applause
..s.sd the announcement Of Mr.. Eu-
-. Dayis. chairman Of the local
.rmittee. when he said at the big
..,,iotic meeting at the Smyrna Opera
p,r.e Friday evening thar Smyrna
M nassed the $500, 600 mark. All
N reflected credit upon Mr. Davis,
chairman Of the men 5 committee, and
Ms L. Irving Handy and Mrs.
Samuel J. Reynolds, the TWO local
,,si,men of the women committee,
md their co-workers for the magnifi-
qr. results attained. The honor flag
already flying from the lag pole at
he Federal Building ana was on dis
,sy at the patriotic meeting Friday
rigbt Chairman James u Hughes of
Kent county reported over the tele-
,'oae late Saturday night that the
total subscriptions accounted for tn
date represented sale " 81. 1919. $50
With many reports yet to come in.
CLAYTON, Kenton, Cleswo.d Hartly and
nearly every town and village went
ogl The number of subscribers to-
tailed $3.50 Kent county may Justly
feel proud Of its showing for 1T ex-
,eeded its quota, which was $3.50, :
so.
Delaware Tops Over al Other States
The State of Delaware through a
Liberty Loan subscription made in the
dosing hours of the campaign. will
receive the highest bonols of any
S,lta in the Un;on two stars in the
Honor Flag for tripling the minimum
quota assigned it in the national cam
aign The du Pont Company is the
concern through whose last hour sub
miption this honor comes to this
Stsie. By this, the total for Della
ware will be upwards Of SO. 900, 600
'ld more than three times the min
mum quota. At the beginning of
ne loan campaign. the du Pont Com
Pny promised to duplicate the total
81 the subscriptions made by the
a'l'e State. This it did. but also
maze an additional subscription on
S'afdsy and then duplicated that
INSCRIPTION, thus placing sufficient
subscriptions to the credit Of the State
pace 1t far above any other State
ne Union in amount of subscrip.
''l' 10 comparison to the number OF
residents. Plans are being made fol
meeting Of all the Liberty Loar
.lsIFmen Of the State with Goverpo,
l''nsend at Dover the latter part OF
y ae week. At that time, it is hoped
way The final figures from the cam
Agn will be announced.
"'' 10000 Subscribe s2l.ooo,ooc
=. ID t. thanking the people Of Whining.
sl w. Ne' Castle county and State fol
'.', ~s,i loyal work, Chairman RosseII
,.. ,,a' Delawareans nave very best
T. T''oq for mutual congratulations.
a .1'5 o6,n nave won d great victory. Over
~. s"VoO W. citizens have subscribed more
s..- ,'l SzL VOO 900 to the Third Lib.
,r,..-,N Inc quota Of So, 561. S5C
'ao,'sd 'rs.,'d to Delaware has been over
,.g,c''0ed ,.,,'. fully $50 per cent. Tbi,
b. tr.,,' ,a. Il not exceeded proportionately
.,f,,, O'Der state and Delaware is
S.,.a ,r,so q to the highest honors. The
vi. nm nag which will be awarded beI
i, ' osa' a star indicating that she
", ~'''e sl than doubled the amount She
f.,..1 asked to subscribe But III.
n,rit..Ig it. : greater in the magnificent
N. '.s''ation .s Of cheerful sacrifice anC
,,,s'I VI &C country. Hearkening to tbe
Tsrs. rrss. Of the government. men an(
sna ,,'s s N every walk of life tayt
9ssio t5 io'g''d and generously giver
g,spins p,,s means. It was this spirit Of
lsg5 a5Ds S,a. devotion that gave the cam.
i,,S o. ia s.s'e-wide interest and enthus.
ald enabled ~