The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-28
Eighth District Standing BY States, Close
of AnriI oS
$58,516,400

:" D'oiS, wv, ApAi 90
ures for h first five days of the Lib
erty Loan show that in the Eighth Fed
eral Reserve District $58, $50. 400 worth
of Victory Liberty Loan Notes had
been subscribed. With a quota OF
1886, O0O, 900, this gives a 80 mark,
which is considerably in excess OF
other districts in the United States.
An analysis of subscriptions for the
Victory Liberty Loan Notes shows that
they are running ever with the suit
scriptions for bonds in the Fourth Lib
erty Loan campaign for the same
period.
In thespresent campaign the quota
of the Eighth Federal Reserve District
is $195, 100000. During the first Eve
days of the canvass the district has
subscribed for s5S,5e0,4Oo, or 80 per
cent. During the first five days y
the campaign for the Fourth Loan, the
subscriptions totaled $S3 OLA $50, or
31.9 per cent
Indiana, which in the third and
fourth loans led all of the other states
in achieving its quota, is still in the
lead in the present race. With a quota
OF S14,O92,9 $50, the sales aggregate &c.
337.O5O, giving that state a .663 marx.
Burt Fuller, manager District. No. z,
who lives in Vincennes, Ind, is nat
urally proud of what has been done in
his own city n county. Vincennes
is the county seat of Knox county, and
is the oldest city in the state OF In
diana. They were the. first city and
county to go over in the Victory Loan,
as they were in the Third and Fourth
Leans. Their quota, $1,42l, 400, is the
second LARGEST in southern Indiana.
They have a splendid organization un-
del the management of Joseph l.. Bay
ard, Jr., of the First National Bank,
and have a record of 100 per cent in
all government activities, and their
contribution was large in men who
volunteered in the service of Uncle
Sam during the war.
1t mus be remembered that the 1s-
ures accompanying this article repre-
sent only the sales officially reported
for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. 1t is known that
many millions more have been sofa.
but not officially reported. AS in tho
instance Of Tennessee, Memphis re-
ported within 10 minutes after the
books were closed, sales of more than
a million and a quarter. which will ma
terially advance Tennessee in tho
race. These figures, of course, will
appear in the next tabulation.
Going Up Down the Line.
Arkansas is resting easy with q
.383 mark, having passed the one-third
point, and with only As of the 80 coun-
ties making reports. Saturdays sales
reported aggregated $8O3, 400. County
Chairman Walls, of Lonoke, Ark. in
a telegram to State Chairman Hemine-
way, says that it is difficult to arouse
the rural communities, and that the
banks of the county would be glad to
take the entire quota. Vice Chairman
Petite, in answering Wallis telegram
said that it was lot desired that the
banks take b loan, and insisted that
every effort be made to place the notes
IN the hands Of the people. It is the
peoples loan, and it is desired thar
the greatest number of purchasers DOS.
sible take the bonds.
Mississippi has passed the halfway.
mark. with slightly above so. OF 40
counties, Is have not reported. OF The
Is reporting, six have passed the
quota, as follows: Benton, Coahoma.
humphreys. Pontotoc, West Ta1fa-
.atchie aud Tunioa. State Chairman
- f6hsaar IS well pleased with .fe
Eragress made in his district. and says
that there is no question of his state
achieving it's quota.
st. Louis added materially to its
standing yesterday, and now has sa;es
a~ggregating $13,451, 800. with 4 tribe
more than &c per cent.
st. Louis county has made rapid
strides, and Is now well on the way to-
yards the halfway mark. st. Leuis
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