The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-24
VICTORY DAY IS
FULL Of THRILLS;
LOAN GOAL NEAR
Seventeen Divisions Over Top
at Beginning Of Days Cele-
bration-0therS Go Over as
Day Wears On.
BIG SUBSCRIPTIONS
ARE COMING In
Booths on Streets Wednesday
Rolled Up Total Of $685.
000-A WhirIwind Finish
Is Planned.

Headed by n fleet OF trucks laden
with red. white and blue decorated cot
ton bales and with pretty girls, Vic
tory loan workers Of the cotton dlvi-
siion and Sam Calhoun throwing a.
centlmeter proiectiles OF oratory,
opened the demonstrations of Victory
day In the Victory loan campaign,
Cotton. men who had the largest
quota OF any division 5000, 0OO-issued
a def 10 tho manufacturers, lumber
men and other divisions with big
quotas, and the rivalry thus engendered
promises to bring more big divisions
over before Thursday is past,
Soon after the cotton fleet OF trucks
appeared on the streets the Boy Scouts
Drum and Fife corps turned out, to ba
followed later by floats of other vlcto-
rlous divisions
Mai. J, w SImons, Jr, commandant
at Park field, Will head squadron OF
five airplanes to fly over the business
section and lombard crowds with loan
literature late In the afternoon.
Following the lead OF the 100000
subscription OF the Memphis Artesian
Water department, other similar organs
tEabons Thursday commenced TO show
activity IN buying Victory bonds, The
| first reports Thursday OF organizations
IN addition TO those already assigned TO
the various divisions were first n sub
| scrlption from the endowment OF the
| William Il. Moore School Of Technology
o. $4,000 and subscription Of $1,000
| from Memphis music studios, edmund
| Wiley and Mrs, Jason Walker prom
! ise more subscriptions later which Will
greatly swell this total.
j AN the booths have been moved 10
Il Main street and before night the streets
i VIII be raverhgratln with noise, merrl.
niNrt and belehlfklon, .Ah ether di-
Visions Ka over kEA TOP during the aag
Il the Ne pelpGitsa 70 teln ma la
leslens5s IN se tlgas the recas IN n
Ihavc gone nearly into Tho last million
70 complete the auota q so'S9ASOe, y
Sales aud jollifloatlon will be con-
tinued until midnight 10 make Thurs
day tho climax OF the campaign
Bands have been secured each de
vision Is planning surprise in the way
OF a float or parade and every hour or
Some divisions not yet over the top
are planning to go over Thursday and
win join the roliekers with something
novel In the way of jollificatlon.
To complete finally the quota by
Saturday night the committees for the
communities outside Memphis in the
county Will be visited In a whirlwind
campaign being outlined by Dahney
Crump, Director of sales outside Mems
Ihis, and Mrs, Hugh y, Hayley sales
director OF the whole county In women'H
work
Saturday at noon five automobile
routes throughout the county win be
traversed by Il squadron of beautiful
women speakers and entertainers. II Ia
the theory OF Mrs. Hayley as well aa
MIR, Crump, that by this method buyers
from the country districts can be
reached who, OF necessity, will have
been overlooked during the early part
0f the week on account OF being busy
with spring planting, Some OF the
strongest workers of the sales and fea-
ture divisions viii be taken in the alito-
mobiles to make this tour
, AT the beginning Of business Thurs
{ duy morning the amount Of actual sub
: Bcriptions raised as tabulated by thu
accounting department at Victory loaf
headquarters, t62 Madison avenue
stood at $6,06S 900. Subscriptions known
, T. have been signed hut not actually
In hand aggregated $4S0,100, making
grand total of $6,54S 900 raised since
D the campaign opened Monday
Aided by tho solicitation of the lis
1, Belgian heroes who brought throngs
around the booths Wednesday the
- womens division turned In the banner
block of sales OF the week, running up
$ the remarkable total OF Sl55,000 worth
n OF bonds sold, twice the amount dis
8 posed OF on any previous day Of the
a campaign. with the moving Of the
. booths to Main street and added forces
1 Of saloswomen another record by the
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