The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-28
MEMPHIS FIFTH
LOAN PURCHASES
NEAR S9,OOO,0OO
Official Report Not Expected
Before Monday Night and
Drive Cannot Be Formally
Closed Until May 10.
OF COUNTY QUOTA
REPORTED BY OFFICIALS
Remainder of Total Sought
Will Be in Sight When
Drive Closes - Solicitors
End Work.

Memphis officers of the Victory loan
organization were working Monday on
the tnbulatIon Of helated reports. aRd
winding UP loose ends Of the campaign.
Although through the efficient work
OF the committees working under the
Memphis plan, practically the entire
quota OF the city and OF Shelby county.
@,6s4, 500 was subscribed Within the
first week, the campaign cannot Of
ficially be closed until May 10.
Committees Of tho local organisation
held an Informal meeting Rt noon Mon-
day, but were unable TO complete their
reports and may not have them COM
plete Monday night, Possibly 800, GOO
additional was In sight above the total
reported Saturday night at the 'clcse
OF Memphis Victory loan week, but
ports of subscriptions from the rail-
roads for this district are expected for
some time
This delay also will give an oppor~
tunity for a number OF the divisions
which are tagging far behind the gen-
tory loan procession, and put them
selves on the 100 per cent record.
Half of Divisions Over.
In the last official report, for exam
pie, only about half the divisions were
actually 100 per cent or over. Many
were tagging below so per cent. In that
list were the city and county employees
with only 26,S per cent, although most
Of the county employees, at least the
elective officials. receive fees annually
which run into many thousands OF dol
lars, s1heaters and amuaemAnts were
officially credited with only is per cent
OF their quota; cotton seed products
| only 40 fruit and produce dealers
@s, and a number ol others equally
The general aSerage in ths Il 81
fleial report waA, However, bKs nor
cent, with a grand total OF caEh aetuai-
" In bank OF 1916, ,OOO and three
fourths Of 4 million more pledged, but
not officially reported.
:, The loan campaign will not be at-
| foiRlly closed until May 10. aud head
quarters on Madison avenue will be
kept, open until that date Meanwhile
| any subscriptions made through the
banks or other agencies will be re-
ported, and will be tabulated In the
final reports,
County Reports Slow.
Only about half tho quota for shelby
county, outside the city OF Memphis.
has been reported. Tho quota Is $780,
900, but Dabney II. Crunp, chairman
| Va iho NbhHtN IH GuAlluNilI
that when final reports are in, the f,Ill
quota Will have been taken. Farmers
are busy, and many OF the committees
were unable to get down TO real work
last week, Where n thorough cam
paign was made the quotas have gem
Millington, FOR example, with =
quota OF $bl 900, Monday reported to.
tai Of $5l 600 Chairman Woods, Of the
committee there, gives the credit, to
headquarters that two young ladies';
Misses Alne Hornsby and Martha Win
fired Harold did especially good work
The 2t Tennessee counties included
in the Eighth federal reserve district,
will each subscribe more than their
quotas in the opinion OF Il, l.. Jordan,
cnslrman OF the state organization for
West Tennessee Reports from those
i counties are officially made to st, Louis
and will not be known locally until
| Tuesday or later.
Labor Leads All.
The work of the women's loan or
ganizatlon and that OF organized labor
were the outstanding features Of the
loan campaign In Memphis aside from
the almost perfect team work done by
the division committeeman
The quota for organized labor was
placed at S25, O00 officials OF tho loan
organization believing that such large
amounts OF the four preceding loans
had been taken, that this figure was
: sufficient.
But the organized labor committses
started out to make a thorough can
vRss OF their members, and by Satur-
day night had reported subscriptions q
more than $S5,0O0 or little over Sho
per cent. leading every one of the d.
visions In percentage. .flf
The womens Organization workers
Saturday closed their campaign with
sales of ISL, 1850, the best OF any day Of
the week, although the weather was
cold and blustery and furs and warm
clothing were In demand and the booths
were no pleasant places.
The school teachers Of the city were
> in charge Of the six booths and their
sales alone represented about $SS,0oe.
1 splendid record.
I The total sales reported by tbs
J women's organization In Memphis was
q 81, ,Q0l 500 The quota assigned them
. was an even million dollars, They we're
= aided by the Boy Scouts, who turned
e In subscriptions Of Sl6,25Q, and by the
Girl Scouts. who also sold many bonds
as well as acting as messengers afia
aides at the booths and In the office.
The reports from the women workers
: In the county are yet to be made, and
: these win swell the total credited to the
women by several thousand dollars ad-
- ditional