The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-01
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which heretofore lad returned NJ
figures on sales whatsoever.

psigp, which was Monday, in St
Clair county, including the city of E
St. Louis, showed a total of $1,027 ,OW
Of Victory Notes sold. This is almos
one-fourth Of St. Ci.ir's quota. Ma
cGupin county, which made it's frs
report, came in with $45J,00O sales
almost one-third OF its quota, while
Madison, whose allotment is So, 4O6,
$50, reported 1891 500 for the day +,
There are a numaer of large Illinois !
counties from which no returns at al
have been received, intending Adams
with a quota OF s2,3s7, 300; Marion
with a quota OF sG13, $3.50: Mantgom
cry, s1,202. $50; Perry, $3.50 600. Elev
en- counties in all show no figures il
b Illinois percentage, There are
A counties in the district.
TIE following telegram has beer
received from E. j. Cowling, county
chairman ,IcGsac county, Metropolis
IL: "Massac county sales are one
h"ndTe1 twenty thousand dollars, dis
t"brted among two hundred pur
c"a7eTs. VIII sell quota to people
FS1Es have not bought a bond" H
y. kunZ, county chairman Monroe
county, Columbia, IL, ~enorts that
subscriptions are coming nicely in his
county One hank already has vol
un-aTy subscriptions which more thar
over-subscrihe its quota. There will
be no trouble with Monroe county's
quota.
f. E NiF'a01s. district manager.
reports that Hardin, Illinois, his own
city tas sold 20 per cent of it's quota
by p ely v~2'"ntary subscriptions.
C"c+ Pr7g ess Repo~ied.
k~oniUcky's actual sales, according
% ~offic'.I rc0orts, are no. reflected
~ the Gty's poTco'taee column, for
he reason fat after the table was
-onDnel a rrD""t was received from
Louisville s. ing that at a Victor:
Loan Meeting Monday night yolun-
-arv cuo@c"ibcIs bought $500, 900
worth Of les, or 41.5 per cent of
LoriSvTo's D-cta Of s1O,242.150.
The orIj"ial campaign in Kentucky
did nos rool!v start until Monday. Be-
sides ~Jetc:Eon County with a quota
Of S11.22,150. there are Is other coun-
ties from which no sales have been
reported, BIT where campaigners are
znown TO be making considerable
progress. Among these counties are
Daviess, with a quota of s915,15o;
Henderson. with / quota of $500, $50:
Mercer, $319,5OO, and Washington,
| $1&5. goo.
do not worry about Kentucky
says Chairman Gwin.
Among the States in the Eighth
District, Tennessee still ranks third
N the race, though it practically
marked time for a day, advancing
only one point, and reaching ~ pei
cen of its quota. No additional sales
had been reported from Memphis and
Shelby County, which now has $500,
coo towards its quota of $3.50, 500
Of the Il Tennessee counties in the
district, five have failed to send in
reports, and among them is Gibson
County, which has a quota of s5S7,
$50, State Chairman Jordan is MOI
worried over the silence Of these
communities, some of which are il
the mountains, and will be slow il
sending in the final returns.
Three counties-Benton, Crocke
and Haywood-are over the top, whil<
Henry County, with an allotment o
S259,300, has subscribed $219, $50. I
is expected at headquarters Shelb,
county will come in soon with it's full
quota, and when Gibson is heard iron
Tennessee VIII continue to closet.
push Indiana for first position.
Missouri reports a begun Il
come in in a larger stream, and Stat
Chairman Hughes has renewed cor
| fdence that the state from now O.
will nov steadily forward. The pei
centage yesterday was AZ, with sevel
counties over the top. Some of tn
others are nearing their quota, no
ably Adair, which has $500, 900 out G
S338.650 allotment; Charlton, $446,25
out of $3.50, 500; Cole, $500. 900 out c
$76O,0OO; Franklin, 1901 800 out {
$500. 1000: Greene, $3.50, 900 out {
s1,936, 800; Grundy, 100000 out {
s3SS,75O; Johnson, s476,250 III {
$642.25O: Lawrence, $3.50, 900 out {
s490.750; Marion, s609, 900 out {
s755,35O; Pope, s30O,OOO out of $37s
200; Scott, $324.550 out of $3.50 500.
No reports whatever have been r
ceived from IS Missouri countie
some of which have large quotas. TT
total sales from the state to date al
$14,7 09. $50 towards a quota of $34
S36,10O. Chairman Hughes is urgir
the workers to go after the sma
, subscribers with great vigor, and
i make special effort to reach tt
, farmers, who have prospered great
and are vitality interested in the su
> cess of the Victory Loan.