Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-04-25

st. Louis, April 24.-More than Is
per cent Of the Victory Liberty Loan
quota for the Eighth Federal Reserve
District had been officially subscribed
at the close of business on the second
day of the drive
With a quota Of $4,000, 900 the
sales officially reported totaled $2s,.
S67,S5O. Unofficially 1t is known that
the sales are very much larger. but
in the compilation only the actual Of
hcial sales are reported.
While Liberty Loan officials regard
the opening of the present campaign
the most suspicious Of all the FIVE of
the great series of Liberty Loans,
note Of warning is sounded for the
public and especially the workers to
guard against being overconfident.
The only safe way to accomplish this
is to roll up a large oversubscription.
Indiana, that has a habit of going
over the top first in Liberty Loan cam
paigns, has again Jumped into the
lead, and now has percentage of AIS,
and with sales aggregating $5.S21, 800
Marcus s. Sonntag. State Chairman
for the Hoosier state. reached head
quarters yesterday and found that his
state had only a percentage Of Is. Be-
fore noon yesterday he had official
reports that advanced him to the head
OF the column, and he says they will
stay there until the finish.
Evansville. he says, will complete
her quota and shove Vanderburgh
county over the top before the end of
the present week. and he feels conf
dent the state will complete it's quota
next week.
Reversal in Tennessee.
Tennessee is showing a strange re-
versal of form. In former campaigns
this state was much joked at because
of her slow filling of her quota, a
thing she always achieved before the
close of the campaign.
But today Tennessee is baskins in
second place with a percentage of a
tribe more than 80. and is riding easy.
State Chairman r. l.. Jordan said that
Memphis is responsible for the splen-
did showing. Shelby county, of which
Memphis is the principal city, has al
ready reported sales aggregating 81
SS6.25O Of quota of $s,690,500 The
city will fill Its quota early next week,
according to advices received by
Jordan.
The rural communities are slow
about reporting. reports being in from
only four Tennessee counties. The
chairman has sent kilograms request.
ing quick reports and he hopes that his
state will be all in by the close of
next week.
Mississippi, which jumped into first
place on the opening day. lapsed into
third place today Chairman Kretcn.
mar said that but few additional
counties had reported, but unofficial
reports showed that the Mississippians
were all at work and that there was
more confidence than in any previous
loan. There is no fear of Mississippi
being backward.
Arksansas Is also backward about
reporting, though the unofficial re.
ports that reach Chairman Hemingway
and Vice Chairman Petite are most
encouraging, The entire state Of
Arkansas is in the Eighth District. and
there are few large cities. 1t is es-
sentially rural state. and the returns
are slow in being recorded.
1t will be remembered. however. that
Arkansas was the leader in the Fourth
Loan. and the workers are determined
to keep that position in the Victory
Loan.
Others Coming Along.
illinois is one Of the states that has
always been reckoned as among the
reliable ones. Never a good starter.
Illinois is the state that keeps the
leaders guessing. and there is never
any telling what State Chairman
Crabtree has up his sleeve. and how
soon his state will take squirt and
go over the hurdles TO the commands
ing position.
Crabtree has bundle Of telexrams
from all over the state Here is a
specimen, from Henry c. Sifford. Of
Anna; Union county going strong.
One hundred and twenty-five thousand,
two hundred and fifty dollars sub
scribed." The quota of Union county
is $174,250.
T.