The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-08
WE WILL MOTTO
Of VICTORY LOAN
ORGANIZATIONS
Hundred Men and Women
Pledge Themselves to Sup
port of New Bond Cam
paign in Two States.

Enthusiastic, patriotic optimism per-
vaded the gathering on Monday OF
leaders in the coming campaign for
the fifth government war loan, the
victory loan More than 500 men
and women representing every county
IN Tennessee and Mississippi met at
the Masonic temple, and listened TO
ringing inspirational addresses by lead
ers OF the loan organization in the
eighth federal reserve district.
They heard why the government
needs this new financial support. Of
the work planned to be lone i'm re-
Mobilization Of the returning soldiers,
IN educational methods. and the need
fer funds for taking are Of the i'm
mehSe debts still due which grew out
Of the participation Of the United
States in the war for world liberty.
They heard ringing appeals for ar
Lest work on the part CT the men and
women who have been named to carry
on the campaign for the sale Of the
new issue Of Victory loan bonds, and
OF the methods by which it 4 believed
that the loan will prove even more
popular than the four that preceded
it, while the American soldiers vera
still battling on the plains of France,
IN the trenches opposite the German
lines and in the glorious victories at
Thierry, st. Mihiel and the Argonno,
where American Valor and initiative
made history that time shall never
dim.
Surpassed Expectations.
The attendance is even larger than
a been anticipated, about 400 men
and 200 women having been registered
by II O'Clock. At least 100 others ap-
parently were not registered, but II
was already an hour behind the time
for which the meeting had been called.
l he women Of the rDlnfN committees
in the two states met in the general
meeting at both morning and after
noon sessions, while at the luncheon
given for their organization at noon
at the Nineteenth Century club, a
special program was carried out.
W. r. Compton, st. Louis, director
Of the war loan organization for the
eighth federal reserve district, Is pre-
siding. Brief addresses OF welcome
were made at the opening session by
r. L. Jordan, state director for Ten
nessee and by w, II. Kretsehmar,
Greenville, Miss chairman for his
state.
An a1,lress followed by w. r. Comp
ton, who outlined the need for and
the methods by which the coming loan
will be floated, and the certainty that
the new bonds will prove the most
attractive from an investment stand
point, of any of the war loans, and the
further certainty that they will be Of
fered at a rate of interest and upon
terms that will insure their being
worth par on the day Of sale and sell
ing at par or above during their entire
term of issue.
Brief addresses were also made by
Mrs, Theodore Benoist, st. Louis, chair
mar of the women's organization for
the eighth federal reserve district; by
Mrs. Sam II. Phillips, chairman for Ten
nessee; Mrs. Edmund Taylor, chairman
for Mississippi and by II. s.. Gardner,
director of publicity for the district.
Luncheon for Guests.
The men were entertained in the
dining hall Of the Masonic temple dur
ing the noon hour at a buffet lunch.
while the women were guests at a
Handsomely appointed luncheon at the
Nineteenth Century club, over which
Mrs, Phillips presided.
At the women's luncheon brief ad
dresses were made by Mrs. A. s
Buchanan, president of the club; Mrs
B. F. Saunders, Swan Lake, Miss. Mrs
f. g, Wiliingham, Memphis; Mrs. Theo.
dore Benoist, st, Louis; Mrs. Edmund
Taylor, Greenville, Miss, and Mrs