Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-02
Jf the same period
Victory Loan.
SIItS,.pin
Total. s1o1. 526. $50 500 Sal, 1880
Taking Squirt.

Kentucky's official tabulation of
Victory Note sales shows the Blue
Grass State within one point of reach
ing the halfway station, and it has
IL counties over the top. In "a hours
the state advanced from u to 49 per
cent. In formal reports Jefferson
County, which includes the city of
Louisville, made it's first official re-
turns, the days figures being $685.
$50 towards the quota of S11 1858 $50. Z
Fourteen counties have not been
heard from since the campaign start
ed, though it is known the workers
are going forward to victory. Among
those non-reporting counties are Hen
derson with a half a million quota,
Galloway, Marion, Union and Wayne,
each OF which has in the neighborhood
of a quarter million allotment
Chairman Gwin says Kentucky will
soon be in the home-stretch and run
ming like the thoroughbred she is.
Missouri advanced four points in
the percentage column for the day,
going up to 46, and State Chairman
Hughes expects to pass the halfway
mark by tomorrow. An advance or
four points is considerable when the
fact is taken into account that $780,
600 of subscriptions are required to-
add one point in the Missouri percent
age. The states sales in yesterdays
tabulations totaled $16,390,90O, and
hNr ~ l.. zl.
no reports whatever have been re-
ceived.
Missouri now has eight counties
over the top, the last being Franklin
County, which reached its quota of
$4,000. Chairman Hughes received
a number of encouraging kilograms
during the day and is squirting up the
workers to put this state higher up
in the race. The sales in Missouri
were increased $1,680,15O in "a hours
Among the largest counties that have
not been heard from are Butler. Lewis,
Linn, Montgomery, Pemiscot and Ray,
all of which have large quotas and
have made considerable sales which
have not been reported.
Illinois Big Sales.
Illinois is booming along at fast
clip and added $2,770 500 to it's sales
N one day. The state increased it's
percentage by six points and now reg
listers 40 per cent, with nine counties
over the top.
No additional reports were received
from st. Clair County which had
turned in a fraction under one-fourth
of its quota of $5.265 $50. but the CAM
Daigners in East st. Louis which is
part of St. Clair County, are said to
have card up their sleeves for a
County, which includes the city of
Alton, has a quota of $3,4O6, $50, had
sold 1891 600 in Victory Notes up to
Saturday night, and will not make an
other tabulation until tomorrow.
Chairman Frank A. Bierbaum of
Madison County reports that the Al
ton Metropolitan district has subscrib-
ed $431. 900 toward it's allotment Of
.s1,4O0,000. Mr.. Bierbaum stated the
only difficulty they have found is
among the miners who have been
working only half-time recently. He
Is confident, however. that the mining
district will make it's quota.
State Chairman Crabtree received 4
report from j. M. Krebs, county chair
man of Clinton County. that it's quota
of $494,05O had been subscribed. Al
ans County drive started yesterday,
and reported sales aggregating $780,
900. County Chairman of Lawrence
County reports Lawrence County over