Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-20
Afternoon and Night to be Spent
Here by Huge Fighting Craft
From France
MRS. LUMPkIN TO SPEAK HERE AT
CAMPAIGN OPENING TUES. NIGHT
Every Returned Soldier Asked to be.
Present in Uniform. Place OF
Honor Reserved

The Victory loan campaign, UNDER
the direction of Col. G. r. Ellis aa
chairman, will be formally launched
in Sumter county next Tuesday even
ing with stirring address at the First
Methodist church by Mrs. Samuel
Lumpkin, of Atlanta, one of the lead
ing women of the state. The meeting
will be held at o'clock. Colonel Ellis
announced Saturday, and he asked
the public-every person interested in
the welfare of our country and the
returning of our soldiers still in Essa-
rope, be present at this meeting Ha-
issued special invitation to evegw
Sumter county soldier who has re-
turned from the service to attend
wearing his uniform A place of honor
will be reserved for these soldiers
Although the campaign win ba-
launched with Mrs. Lumpkin's speech.
the solicitation of subscriptions TO th0
loan will not begin for several days.
Col. Ellis stated, as considerable pre-
liminary preparations are yet to be.
made in working out the details of tha
card system. BY this system the pro-
miscuous solicitation will be avoided
each citizen being assessed q definite
amount and being asked to subscrib@
without quibble and without delay for
the amount of bonds apportioned tn.
him when the solicitor calls. This Ew
expected to greatly reduce the work
and time required to make the cam
vass when put under way, and insure
Sumter going over the top withnuA
difficulty.
American Tank Coming
feature of the campaign hers.
will be the visit on May Of ann
American tank which was used IN
France Chairman Ellis has rece5w@sA
word that one of these tanks will vista
Americas on that day, reaching heEw
at noon or shortly thereafter, an6a
spending the afternoon and night here
The tank will be manned by a vetsTmn
tank crew, and its visit is expected to
be the occasion of a great Victory
loan celebration.
Almost everywhere throughouA
America the drive will be opened Nom
day morning, to last three. weeks. Yea
terday the Associated Press wire
brought the following bulletin am
nouncing that many communities had
already started.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-( (By Assoc
ciated Press First reports to tina
treasury today of the Victory Liberty
Loan campaign disclosed that the
three weeks drive to raise four ana
one-half billion dollars already had
started in hundreds Of communities
without waiting for the formal openy
ing Monday
South's Share $144,O0O,0OO
The South's share of the $4,500 ,000,-
600 Victory Loan as represented by
the Sixth Federal Reserve District tm
$144,000,000. In the fourth loan if
was 1892, 100000, and the district wenk
well over that. Sumter county's quo-
ia is $33S,250. Financiers say the i'm
terest rate and tax exemptions OF tho
Victory loan will make it the most at
tractive from an investment stand
point of any of the governments loans
The interest is four and three-fourthss
per cent, the highest rate ever paisR
by the government. The bonds ara
free from ordinary taxation TheY
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