Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-04-24
ONE FOURTH OF
COUNTY QUOTA
SUBSCRIBED
Total Subscriptions Amount
70 $348, $50.
HOPE TO COMPLETE
TASK IN FOUR DAYS
The Largest Subscription IS Si0O.000
Taken BY Tie Simmons Ma
tiOnai Bank.

Total subscriptions to the Victory
loan notes, including those taken at
the tabernacle meeting yesterday aft
ernoon, are $34S,350. These figures
were announced last night by w. w.
| Taylor, chairman of the Jefferson
, county Victory loan organization,
who declared that as this is one
; fourth of the countys quota, it is the
purpose to complete the subscription
in four days.
T. with one-fourth Of our quota sub
| scrbed," said MFR. Taylor, "if our
, people will respond as they should.
| and the canvassers selected for the
! service drive hard we should COM
plete our task in four days. And If
we can do it in four days, what's
the use of dragging it out for ten
days or two weeks Let's do as our
gallant soldiers and sailors have done
reach the objective in the very
shortest time possible. If we do our
duty as well as they did theirs, Well
finish the job in four days, put JEFF
ferson once more among the list of
counties first reporting We've fin
ished the job of licking the Hun and
arranged for the payment of the bill.
Please ask the people to be ready to
invest as much as they possibly can
upon the first call of the canYassers,
as all these are busy men and women
1 who are giving their time to this pub
lie work, as well as investing their
money. 1t is unfair to ask them to
call again. Let everyone sign up at
the first opportunity"
Simmons National Takes 100000.
The largest subscription announced
is that of the Simmons National
bank, which signed for 100000 Of the
notes. 7. s. James subscribed for
100000 Of the securities, while Leo
M. Andrews, Judge James Gould, Capt.
S. Geisreiter and C. Fl. Triplett have
each taken $4,000 worth. Subscrip-
tons of $4,000 each have been made
by Isaac Dreyfus, j. r. Core, Edgar
Brewster for Union Central Life In
surance company, S. c. Alexander, J.
3. Ezell and Chas. We'll Supply COM
pany Several SO 900 and 50 800 and
numerous 81 900 subscriptions were
reported.
The employees of the Cotton Belt
shops have subscribed for $94,750 of
the Victory notes, and the report from
the shops is that this is just about
half of the total amount the men will
invest.
Squads Begin Real Work Today.
Tw.aty five squads of four each
will begin canvassing this morning.
Instructions to the captains of the
squads were given at meeting at the
Chamber of Commerce last night,
which was addressed by Chairman
Taylor and Sales Managers Harvey
Means and Felix Smart. G.. A. Dun
ning's squad will cover the lumber
and wood working plants and the
Standard Brake & Shoe company,
and H. w. MOore's squad the cotton
: oil mills, congresses and the Martin
Machinery company The remainder
of the city has been assigned to the
other teams The cards Of each pros
pect, together with buttons and win
dow banners, to be given subscrib-
ers, were distributed.
The Victory notes bear ga per
cent interest and are free from tax
alton up to 100000, but subject TO
the surtax. They are convertible into
Victory bonds, bearing 3 ga per cent
7 and which are non-taxable. The notes
5 may be paid for fully at time OF pur-
chase, or by the government plan OF
r 10 per cent by May 10, 40 per cent
by July 10, and the remainder in in
stallments of 20 per cent payable In
: August, September, October and No
vember.
Helmets Are Prizes.
Ten helmets, captured from the
i. Huns by the Americans, are offered
$ as prizes to the two teams making
! the best sales. The other two he'll
, NETS will be given to the captains of
!. the squads standing third and fourth
in sales.
t Victory loan headquarters will be
: at 116 Pine street, the offices of Har-
vey Means and C. H. Triplett, Jr The
telephone number is 906 Subscrip-
t lions will be totalled each day, and
t reported to the public in The Graphic
: the following morning.