The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-28
MACHINERY VICTORY loan DRIVE
IN MPENSACOLA SETNM0TION
All Counties in the Pensacola
Zone Were Represented at
Conference Yesterday
MEN AND WOMEN
ARE ORGANIZED
words Of Chateau Thierry Hero
Adopted as Slogan-Holidav
FOR Opening to Be Urged.


me sixth Federal Reserve d,.,r,.,
ana every county in the ens..o,,
1o"e We're represented yesterday a,
the conference OF Liberty Loan ,s.a.
ers which set in motion m. r,..s..
cry OF the Victory Loan. and mad.
."e success OF the fifth goyernmen,
ISSUE OF war certificates assured. n.
yond peradventure.
Inc convention was a io;,,.
ing OK The men and women ara -.
proSram included every point co,,r,.s,
"S essential to carry the croat 49,.
~ successful conclusion.
among the prominent man
In attendance vera w :.
Wardiaw, associate director ~ ~. -.
loan organization; William r,ns,,.,
executive secretary: Carroll n sr,,,n
| chairman speakers bureau. Mr.
AeHog Fairbanks OF Chicago = nav,
per OF the National Liberty Loan COR,
'"1''ee: Mrs. Samuel Lumpktn. chair.
man OF the Women's COMMITTEES or
.he sixth Federal District: Mrs. w
O.. jennings, state chairman of the
Liberty Loan committee; Mrs. II.
"ooo. executive secretary OF Jack-
sohvile; Mrs. +. II. Wilkerson. d.
lFic1 Vice-chairman and member ar
'ne state executive committee
representatives from the follovwinr
counties In the West Florida zona
were present:
SANTA Rosa, Peter Rosasco: Okla
loosa' =. ID. Cobb, L. NJ. Berxnoi..
Waiton, G. ID. Campbell: Holmes. L.
Il. Green, Il. A. Williams; Ray, L. II.
aoweH; Washington. L. L. Pratt:
jackson. F. C. Daffin. C. c. Liddon.
Arthur Lee; Walton. q. ID. Camn-
bell; Calhoun, n. b. Brook. Ersnx
Adams; Franklin, y. II. Cooie. S. a.
league; Liberty. r. A. Turner:
Gadsden, f. Collins - Leon, Irv.a
Gates, John Choate; wakullasaC. A.
Simpson; jefferson, c. T. Carroll.
r. II. Mattox and wife Of Paiatka.
Fla, were also present at the meet
ing. Mrs. Mattox is field representa-
tive for South Florida.
The Woman's Committee had rem
resentation as follows:
Baay: Mrs. Jennie Brandenburs.
chairman, Lynn Haven: represented
by Mrs. E. II. Wilkerson, Panama
City.
Escambia: Mrs. Hunter Brown,
Pensacola.
Holmes: Mrs. s. l.. Jeter, Bonifay.
Jefferson: Mrs. d. A. Finlayso..,
Monticello.
Leon: Mrs. J. Stewart Leeves, Tai
lahassee.
Okaloosa: Mrs. w. c. Pryor. Camp
WALTON
Santa Rosa: Mrs. I. b. Krentz-
man. chairman, Milton; represented
by Mrs. Peter Rosasco.
Jackson: Mrs. c. l. Wilson, MARI
anna.
Gadsden: Mrs. Jacob Well, chair
man. Quincy; represented by Miss
Sally Love, vice chairman.
The meeting was opened by r. r.
Mitchell, chairman Of the West Flori-
da zone. who spoke briefly, but with
confidence Of the work OF the past
and expressed confidence in the flu
ture, then introducing w. C. Ward
law, who presided.
Mr.. Wardlaw opened the meetiny
with a telling slogan: Fall back?
He'll, no. We've just started!' giving
the words Of the American commander
who carried the day at Chateau
Thierry. zr
WIN THIS keynote OF cnalenSe ID
the propagandists and slackers who
seek to check the movement Of tie
loan, the meeting swept forward for
several hours, every member intense
ly interested in the plans for the
campaign, as mapped out in the pro-
gram which embraced the discussion
OF the allotment Of quotas, and
stressed the individual quota system
which is strongly recommended by
the executive committee.
Cooperation between the mems
and women's committees was also
urged, and before the close Of the
meeting it was voted to secure sub
scriptions OF q fifty fifty basis. the
two organizations to share the hon.
ors.
In calling upon the chairmen OF
the Pensacola zone to rally again
to the standard Of Americanism, Mr..
wardlaw paid wonderful tribute of
appreciation to the women Of this
district. Referring to the last loan.
when the entire zone, with many
others. were shot to pieces during the
influenza epidemic which swept the
country, he declared the work Of the
sixteen counties Of this zone, and par
ticularly In Pensacola, ono Of the re-
markable records which marked the
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign. He
declared that the Pensacola zone was
the first to send in it's subscriptions
to Atlanta headquarters, leading the
state OF Florida, which, in turn, led