History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . loan, quota,$8,522,250, subscribed, $10,710,150; fifth loan, quota,$7,763,205, subscribed $9,125,000. The total subscribedfor Liberty Loans in all five campaigns reaches the grandtotal of $38,795,150. When the war bonds were placed on the market theAmerican people had to be educated to buy them formillions of them had never dealt in bonds before. Noon-day rallies in workshops and booths on the streets wereamong the methods used to attract their attention. Thebooths were managed by the Womens Liberty LoanCommittee and were stationed in the
History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . loan, quota,$8,522,250, subscribed, $10,710,150; fifth loan, quota,$7,763,205, subscribed $9,125,000. The total subscribedfor Liberty Loans in all five campaigns reaches the grandtotal of $38,795,150. When the war bonds were placed on the market theAmerican people had to be educated to buy them formillions of them had never dealt in bonds before. Noon-day rallies in workshops and booths on the streets wereamong the methods used to attract their attention. Thebooths were managed by the Womens Liberty LoanCommittee and were stationed in the postoffice and at theferry as well as on the streets. M. F. Middleton, Jr., was chairman of the CamdenCounty Liberty Loan Committee, after the first loan. Sherred was county chairman and Mr. Middleton citychairman on the initial bond issue campaign. The firstloan campaign opened May 15 and closed June 15, second loan began October 1, 1917, and ended onOctober 27. David Rash was secretary of that cam- CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. 200,. MELBOURNE F. MIDDLETON. of Camden County Liberty Loan Committee FINANCES. 211 paign. The third campaign opened April 6, 1918, andended May 6, 1918, with Elwood C. Jefferies as secre-tary. The fourth loan drive opened September 28, 1918,and closed October 19, 1918. That was the hardestdrive of all, for the city and county was under the pallof the Spanish influenza epidemic and members of thecommittee were stricken and many died. No meetingswere permitted by the Board of Health and for a whileit looked as though the loan would fail but the peoplerallied through aggressive newspaper advertising and theloan went over the top. The Victory Loan, or theFifth, opened April 21 and closed May 9, 1919. A committee of several hundred women remainedfaithful during each campaign. Mrs. Mary Baird Foxwas chairman of the county committee of the WomensLiberty Loan Committee and Mrs. Mary Walsh Kobuschairman of the city committee. They s
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