The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-17
Grady People Subscribe $53,750
to Loan to Date Before
Volunteer Subscription
Week Launched.
is EXCLUSIVE OF
ALL BANK PURCHASES
Represents Individual Subscrip-
tions; Organization Urges
That Work Continue Till
Finished.

Voluntary subscribers to the Vic
tory Liberty loan in Chickasha are
not waiting for the opening of vol
unteer week in making their pur-
chases to the loan This fact is
shown by the records at County
Chairman Slusher's office where it
is recorded this morning that Chick
asha and Grady county people have
already subscribed $53,750 to the
loan at the five Chickasha banks.
The subscriptions are divided as
follows: First National bank, $15,-
$50; Farmers State bank, $780, Cit
izens National bank, $1O,250; Okla
homa National bank, $500; Chick
asha National bank $1O,5OO.
"These figures show that the pee
pie CT Grady county are interested
in the loan and are determined to
put it over the top" said Mr. Slush-
er this morning Understand, these
figures represent subscriptions that
are purely voluntary and they have
come several days in advance of the
week that is designated as volunteer
week. Not one subscription in the
lot was solicited. They were indl-
vidual subscriptions and do not rep
resent any banks subscription
while this amount is but a small
portion of the Grady county quota
which is 100000, it establishes in
my mind the fact that Grady county
people want to get away from the
strong arm squad and even the solic-
itors walk up without being urged
and pay their money for government
securities
ut is possible that the attractive
offering represented by the bonds
induced many to buy, but l prefer
to think that the purchases thus far
have been made by people who sim.
ply wanted to back up their govern
ment and the boys who have won
the war. and because they wanted to
say that they were purely volunteers
in the matter"
The Grady county organization is
complete and is mapping out a CAM
paign that is intended to result i'll
the putting up Of the Grady county
quota in short order. The executive
committee is urging that Chickasha
and Grady county people subscribe
voluntarily to the loan. They de-
sire to put Grady county ON record
as strictly volunteer county and il
possible have it said that the solicit
ing committees had nothing to do in
the Victory Liberty lean campaign.
Next week will be Volunteer Week
during which time it is expected
that purchasers will go to their
banks and list their subscriptions in
the amounts they can afford to pur
chase. The committee is also point
ing out that it is not necessary to
wait for next week and it is suggest
ed that those who are expected to
purchase bonds. go tc their banks
Immediately and subscribe, thus fol-
lowing the practice that has already
been started to the tune OF S3,750.
The county organization as an.
nounced this morning at heaiquar
ters is: F. L. Slusher, county chair
man; B. 3. Barefoot, chairman Of
the speakers bureau; Jonas Cook,
chairman of publicity; John w VIII
son, city chairman; Alger Melton
chairman of the executive commit
tee; w. H. Gilkey, f. 7. Chandler,
H. P. Ellis, w. w. Horne, T. H.
Dwyer, NJ. F. Courtney, ] D Car
michael, L. C. Hutson and ]. E.
Schow, executive committeeman.