The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-04-27
WONDERFUL HEADGEAR, DE
SIGNED FOR TRIUMPHAL EN-
TRY INTO PARIS. REACH
COLUMBUS.
offered as Prizes in Countrywide
Campaign fOr the sale of
More Victory
Bonds.
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= LESS THAN HALF or BOND :
= QUOTA SOLD. =

reports up To Saturday =
, morning totaled less than half :
: of Lowndes county's quota In :
3 the Victory Loan drive. The =
+ report follows 4 total of 54s !,
+ subscribers, sales $171,900; =
+ eighty-nine railroad subscrib- =
= ers, total of $3.50 The rail- '
= road subscriptions include only :
+ the employees of the Southern
= Railway. The Mobile and Ohio 4
= report has not been made. =
= = = = = = + + z = = = = =
The More Sales Campaign" in
Lowndes county commences Monday
morning and as an inducement, and
in order to instill interest, the Ger
man helmets, received in the county
by the Victory Loan Organization.
will be offered as prizes.
These helmets were Made in
Germany" and are some OF the many
thousand taken by American troops
in Metz, Coblenz and other Rhine
cities, and together with very hand
some uniforms, were carefully stored
IN the Rhine cities ready TO be dis
patched. on short notice, to the Ger
man army at the front the moment
they would be needed for the tri-
umphal march into Paris. 1t was
the plan OF the Germans to discard
their battle-worn uniforms and he'll
NETS al the gates OF Paris and en-
ter the French capital, resplendent
in new unifernis and helme's. They
Slsatf- glanned a great trlumphai en-
Ny -iiiro the city, Is LORDS OF cret-
ton. but something got IN their way
and the party was never pulled off.
II was the American doughboy who
got in their way. and on their reach
ing the Rhine cities captured these
helmets, which were forwarded to
America, and as above stated. are to
be used as prizes in the More Sales
Campaign for Victory Notes. which
commences Monday morning.
The prizes are as follows. and are
for the entire county.
For the largest individual sub
scription bank subscriptions not
included Helmet.
For the salesman selling largest
amount of notes Cbank subscriptions
not includedJ Helmet
For the saleswpman selling larg-
est amount of notes Cbank subserip-
tiOns not included Helmet.
For the salesman selling largest
number OF subscribers Helmet.
For the saleswoman selling larg-
est number of subscribers Helmet
For the girl or boy under 81 sell
ing largest amount OF notes tbank
subscriptions not includedD Hell
met
For the girl or boy. under 2l,
selling largest number OF sub
scribers Helmet
For the school boy or eil writing
best essay on the subject why
one should Buy Victory Notes" a
first and second prize Of a German
helmet will be given. and for the
purpose OF making awards in the
essay contest committee. COM
posed Of Drs Dabney Lipscomb, L.
q. Painter md l. E4c-.l Fry. is
named.
Contestants in the essay contest
should hand in their papers not
later than Friday, Nay 2. 1919, to
their teachers who win in turn de
liver them to the committee on
awards above named
Contestants in the subscription
contest must. in order to have them
write on back OF sabsar!D.
ton card Helmet Contest" and
sign their name ss contestant This
contest is to run to clcse Of cam
paisn, az which time IN awards are
to be made.
In case of any disrute5 0s 10
awards the executive commit > Of
the Lowndes County War Ian Or
sanitation are 20 make settlement.
These valuable prizes are great
souvenirs Of the victory of the
American forces and should be
highly priced by anyone fortunate in
securing one.
The More Sales Campaign" will
commence Monday. tomorrow, morn
Ing, and with the exception of the
prize offered for the largest indi-
Tidual subscription. no subscription
already received will be counted.