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Second row: Miss Frances Pilcher, Mrs. Beverly Mckinney, Chairman for Lebanon; Miss Ada Swann, Mrs. James Keeble Rains, Miss Mary Shackleford, the able and beloved Assistant Treasurer of the Middle Tennessee Society and Treasurer for Nashville; Miss Emma Wharton, Mrs. T. Dwight Webb, Vice-President; Mrs. J. B. Mclemore, Mrs. Edward B. Craig ( Mamie Crockett ), and Mrs. W. H. Williamson ( Mary Ready Weaver).
Third row: Mrs. Morton B. Ilowell. III, Mrs. Robert Wharton Nichol, Mrs. Jennie Buntin, Mrs. Thomas D. Craighead and Mrs. Gales Adams (Edith Cheatham).
Fourth row: Miss Lillian Taylor, Mrs. J. B. Blackmore, Chairman for Sumner County, Mrs. Bessie Dupont Schuyler and Mrs. Ellis C. Huggins (Lena Tate).
Fifth row: Mrs. E. W. Cole. Mrs. James S. Frazer, Mrs. Weaver Harris, Miss Frances McLester, Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne, Mrs. Joseph T. Howell. Jr. (Mamye Craig). Mrs. H. C. Derivaux and Mrs. George Williams.
Witt, Mrs. Fielding Yost, Miss Annie DeMoville, Miss Mary DeMoville. Miss Mary Ewing, Miss Mry Louise Goodwin, Miss Lucile Landis, Miss Frances McLester, Miss Ada Swan, and Miss Margaret Warren.
The Junior members who participated in the celebration at the home-coming of the soldiers were:
Miss Margaret Clark, Miss Martha Estes. Miss Estelle Hampton. Miss Clara Wrenne Sumpter, Miss Frances Hill, Miss Lucia Higgins, Miss Mary Landis. Miss Dorothy Lipscomb, Miss Mar- garet Martin. Miss Betty Orr. Miss Emily Warner. Miss Milbry Warner, Miss Virginia White, and Miss Margaret Warren.
Mrs. Dempsey Weaver received a handsome French certificate from the French Government in appreciation of the splendid work which she accomplished as leader of the Middle Tennessee and Davidson County committees of the Fatherless Chil- dren of France Society. Mrs. Weaver worked as a private as well as an official. and was greatly beloved by the members of this organization, who feel that the results gained in the work were largely due to the inspiration received from the earnest efforts of their President.
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Tennessee Division and Davidson County Liberty Loan Organizations
MRS. GUILFORD DUDLEY. State Chairman
MRS. GUILFORD DUDLEY (Annie Dallas) Member of Advisory Council of this History.
In the formation of the Liberty Loan organization, women for the first time in the history of the world's greatest democracy were recognized as potential factors in influencing publie opinion, and were empowered to give aid to their Government through united effort.
On May 7, 1917. the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States called a woman representative to a conference in Washington from every section of the country. the purpose of the conference being to form a National Woman's Liberty Loan Committee. Mrs. Guilford Dudley represented the South at this meeting.
1 national woman's organization for the sale of bonds throughout the country was instituted at this conference under the direction of an Executive Committee in Washington. with Mrs. William G. Me Adoo as National Chairman. Headquarters
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were opened in the Treasury building, where a large clerical force was immediately installed.
On May 9, 1917, the first meeting of the National Woman's Liberty Loan Com- mittee was held in the Treasury building and a plan of organization was determined upon. Inasmuch as the work was under the National Treasury Department, it was decided to organize along government financial lines. Twelve women were appointed
MRS. JOHN R. AUST (Daisy Oliver)
as chairmen for the Federal Reserve Districts of the United States, with the state as a unit. For every state in the Union a chairman was to be appointed, who, in turn, would appoint sub-chairmen in every county and district. The state chairman was to assume entire responsibility for the work of her sub-chairmen throughout the counties.
An arrangement by the National Woman's Liberty Loan Committee was made with the National Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense whereby each state chairman for Liberty Loan work would become a member of the Board of the State Council of National Defense organization, where one existed in the state, thus facilitating the Liberty Loan work through the advantage of an organiza- tion which was already in smooth and efficient working order.
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Vis. Guilford Dudley served on the National Board of the Liberty Loan or- zamization during the entire war period. was State Chairman for the First. Second and Third Liberty Loan campaigns in Tennessee and National Publicity Chairman of the Fourth and Fifth Liberty Loans. She conducted Tennessee's First Liberty Loan campaign in May. 1917. through the Federated Clubs, as the Woman's Com- mittee of the Council of National Defense had not been organized in Tennessee at that time and gave her assistance at all times in organizing the state and speaking in the interest of the loans throughout Tennessee. She was also a very important factor in putting over the loans in Davidson County.
The Second and Third Loan campaigns were conducted in Davidson County under the auspices of the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense. The Fourth and Fifth Loans. however. were put through independently by the Lib- erty Loan organization. which by that time had grown to be one of the most power- ful organizations, not only in Davidson County, but in Tennessee.
The Woman's organization for Liberty Loans in Davidson County worked to such an extent that its achievements were unsurpassed by any other in the entite country. National authorities have acknowledged and recorded that the women of Tennessee raised more money with less expenditure than the women of any other state in the Union.
The following extract is taken from the report of the Secretary of the Treasury. at Washington, D. C., in regard to women in Liberty Loan work:
"One of the most notable factors in the success of Liberty Loans has been the work of the women. When the United States entered the World War the business of bond selling was a field so new to women that all work within it has been gent- ine pioneering. It was with the belief that the women of the nation would constitute a powerful moral force in war finance that the National Woman's Liberty Loan Committee was created. They have not only accomplished this purpose. but their having become an essential element in the actual labors of promoting the Loans. constitutes one of the most interesting chapters in history in the financing of the World War. To the women. with their energy. their zeal. their enthusiasm, and their wisdom, is due a great part of the success of the Liberty Loans throughout the country. No mere recital of results achieved can show the extent of the service which women have given to the nation through participation in war finances. That hundreds of thousands of women assumed the burden of a new kind of labor for their country is one of the most striking and characteristic facts in relation to the women of America that the war has developed."
Mrs. John R. Just served as Chairman for Middle Tennessee for the Second. Third and Fourth Loans, and was State Chairman of the Fifth. or "Victory Loan."
Mrs. Alexander S. Caldwell. President of the Federation of Women's Clubs in Tennessee during the war. was appointed by Mrs. Guilford Dudley as Chairman of Davidson County for the First Liberty Loan campaign. Mrs. Joseph Warner was Chairman for the Second Liberty Loan: Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress. Chairman of Nashville for the Third Loan. and Mrs. Jesse M. Overton. Chairman for Davidson County Districts. Mrs. Jesse M. Overton was both County District and Nashville Chairman for the Fourth Liberty Loan. and Mrs. James S. Frazer conducted the cam- paign in the county and city for the Fifth. or "Victory Loan."
I detailed report of the success of the women in the five Liberty Loan cam Ionons in Davidson County follows:
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FIRST LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN MRS. ALEXANDER S. CALDWELL, Chairman
As the work of the First Liberty Loan organization was entirely a new line of work to the women, Mrs. Alex. Caldwell used the organization of the Davidson County Federated Clubs as her sub-chairman and workers for launching the First campaign in Davidson County. This organization collected more than $18,000
MRS. JOSEPH WARNER ( Lillian Black )
during this campaign, which proved of great educational value to women later. An account of this loan appears in the Federated Club Chapter, of which Mrs. Cald- well was President.
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN MRS. JOSEPH WARNER. Chairman
Mrs. Guilford Dudley, State Chairman of the Tennessee Liberty Loan campaign, appointed Mrs. Joseph Warner as Chairman of Davidson County for the Second campaign, which was launched in October. 1917. Mrs. Warner used the organiza- tions of the Nashville and Davidson County Woman's Committees. Council of De-
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MRS. FRANK CARL. STAHI MY (Annie laurie Wert)
MRS. KENDRICK HARDE ASHI ( Amanda Gaut)
fense. as instruments for promoting the cause of the Second campaign. The follow- ing Sub-Chairmen were appointed by Mrs. Warner to assist with the volume of work of this campaign:
First Ward, Mrs. Il. P. Fritz: Second Ward, Mr -. Andrew Mckenzie: Third Ward. Miss Ethel Movley: Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Wards. Mrs. Frank Carl Stallman; Seventh Ward, Mrs. Richard Dake: Eighth Ward, Miss Florence Adams: Ninth Ward, Mrs. Joseph T. Howell; Tenth Ward, Mrs. W. P. Rutland; Eleventh Ward. Mrs. A. P. Jarvis: Thirteenth Ward. Mrs. W. Il. Tank ley: Fourteenth Ward, Miss Bessie Allen: Fifteenth Ward, Miss Laura Sewell: sixteenth Ward, Mrs. William Gupton; Seventeenth Ward, Mrs. Robert Orr. Jr .; Eighteenth Ward. Mr -. T. Il. Carpenter; Nineteenth Ward. Mrs. Mary Eubanks: Twentieth Ward, Mrs. D. S. Allen: Twenty-first Ward. Mrs. John Hooper; Twenty-second Ward, Mrs. W. A. Oughter- -on; Twenty-third Ward, Mrs. G. C. Chamberlain: Twenty-fourth Ward, Wes. Lit Malone and Wr -. Neil S. Jones: Twenty-fifth Ward. Mrs. Charles Buchanan; Richland Addition, Mrs. L. B. Fite: Nashville Chapter No. 1. 1. D. C. Mrs. Thoma- Newbill: Peabody College, Mrs. Bruce R. Payne: Belmont Magazine Club. Mrs, John H1. Davitt: Colonial Dames, Mrs. James Il. Kirkland.
Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress served as Chairman of Negro Women's Section, and Mrs. Robert W. Nichol. with her Woman's Committee, as Chairman of Davidson County. Mrs. R. E. Porter. Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis, Mrs. E. C. Wright. and Mrs. Vernon Sharp. Sectional Chairmen of the Nashville Woman's Committee, and their organizations. were able assistants to Mrs. Joseph Warner. Chairman of the Loan.
Mrs. Warner also appointed the following women as house-to-house canvassers for this Loan:
Miss Cornelia Barksdale. Mrs. Kendrick Hardcastle. Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. Vaulx Cowen. Mrs. Frank Bass, Mrs. Frances Huddleston. Mrs. Frank Carl Stallman, Mrs. J. II. Campbell, Mrs. Felix Cheatham. Mrs. Harry Sudekum. Mrs. Frank Searcy Green, Mrs. Vernon Tupper. Mir- Owen Wilson, Mrs. Sinclair Niles, Mrs. A. B. Hill. Mrs. John S. Lewis, Mrs. Ed Morris, Mrs. Charles Davitt, Mrs. Henry Morgan, Mrs. R. A. Griffin. Mr-, Richard Dake, Mrs. John Volen. Mrs. Paul Hunter, Mrs. Reuben Mills, Mrs. Loula Dougherty, Mrs. Johnson Bransford. Mra Herman O. Blackwood. Mrs, James R. Bass, Mis. J. M. Fussick. Mrs. J. Il. Adkins Mrs
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Joseph West, Mrs. Fred W. Kelsey, Mrs. Walter L. Jones, Mrs. West H. Morton, Mrs. John II. De Witt, Mrs. Hallum Goodloe, Mrs. D. J. Shepherd, Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Mrs. Ben Moore, Miss Katherine Banks, Mrs. Frank A. Berry, Miss Katherine Allen, Mrs. Lit Walone, Miss Mozelle Cisco, Miss Frances Davies, Miss Myrtle Wade. Mrs. Neil S. Jones, Miss Julia Hindman, Mrs. Frank Y. MeGavock, Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress, Mrs. Craig McFarland, Mrs. A. E. Potter. and Mrs. J. H. Smith.
Mrs. Frank Carl Stahlman was Chairman for the Three-Star Banner Campaign for the Second Loan. so-called because of the flag-banner which was used during the campaign. This banner contained a red, a white and a blue star. and one of the banners was presented to each business house where every employe purchased a bond.
Mrs. Stahlman had serving with her:
Mrs. William C. Hoffman, Mrs. Mary Bright Thomas, Mrs. John Barksdale, Miss Frank Hollowell, Mrs. Richard Dake, Mrs. Edwin Warner. Mrs. Perkins Baxter, Mrs. M. C. McGannon, Mrs. Albert Fite, Mrs. Arthur B. Ransom. Mrs. Kendrick Hardcastle. Mrs. Johnson Bransford, Mrs. A. E. Potter, Miss Mary Lipe, Mrs. Harry Sndekum, and Miss Elizabeth Eve.
Mrs. Stahlman's committee collected $87.300 from sixty-four business firms of Nashville.
During the Second Liberty Loan campaign a visit from William G. McAdoo, United States Secretary of Treasury, was the occasion of a brilliant Liberty Loan demonstration by the Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, under the supervision of Mrs. Joseph Warner, Chairman. A torchlight parade was given, and thousands of people thronged the Nashville streets to view the celebration. A magnificent tableau was staged on the State Capitol steps, under the direction of Miss Pauline Sherwood Townsend. The tableau represented the union of Columbia. Britannia and France, while hundreds of public school children sang "America." During the celebration Secretary McAdoo lighted a huge bonfire, signifying that America was shedding light on the whole world with the torch of freedom.
As a result of the work of the women of Davidson County in the Second Loan campaign, $119,950 was raised by Mrs. Joseph Warner and her committee. Mrs. Reuben Mills served as Chairman of Publicity for this campaign and also for the or- ganization of the Council of Jewish Women. Under Mrs. Mills' able direction this organization alone collected half the amount that was raised in the entire campaign. Mrs. Harry Sudekum served as Chairman of Feature Publicity for the Second Loan. and it was through her efforts that all moving picture houses and street cars of Nash- ville were posted.
Mrs. Kendrick Hardcastle served as Chairman of the Industrial Centers in this Loan, and appointed a number of women as captains, who, with a committee. can- vassed all of the factories and department stores of Nashville, selling a large number of small bonds, which was the purpose of this committee. The men's organization collected the large amounts. Mrs. J. W. Black served as Chairman of the Telephone Committee of this Loan and kept a coterie of workers ready to be called in the field at any time needed.
Mrs. Joseph Warner. Chairman of the Second Loan, personally sold and col- Jected $72.500 in Liberty Bonds. She was one of the most successful workers in Davidson County in all Liberty Loan campaigns.
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THIRD LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN MRS. ADMIR LYON CHILDRESS. Chairman for Nashville MRS. JESSE M. OVERTON. Chairman for Davidson County
The Nashville Woman's Committee. Council of National Defense, began active work in the Third Liberty Loan campaign in Nashville on April 12. 1918. Mrs. Guilford Dudley again served as State Chairman for Tennessee for the Loan, and Mrs. John Aust served as Chairman of Middle Ten- nessee. The following Davidson County women were appointed by Mrs. Guilford Dudley on her State Board:
Mrs. John R. Anst, Chairman of Nashville Zone ( Middle Tennessee) : Mrs. Jesse M. Overton. Chair- man of Davidson County: Mrs. Adair Lyon Chil- dress. Chairman of Nashville, and Mrs. John G. Gil- more. State and County Press Chairman.
A conference of the Tennessee State Committee was called by Mrs. Dudley at the Centennial Club. in Nashville, on May 3. 1918, at which several of- ficers of the Sixth Federal Reserve District at At- lanta, Ga., and the National Organization at Wash- ington. D. C., were present. A trench luncheon at the Hermitage Hotel. the first of its kind given in (Ethel Bailes) the state. and which was attended by several hun. Mrs. Childress, who was a supporter of Very war activity of Davidson County. large patriotic gathering during the war. working both as an official and as a private, was honoted by being requested to act as "official" representative of "Columbia Calls Her Women," in every In this capacity she posed as the model for the Handsome Banner, an illustration of which heads the State Woman's Com- mitter. She is a member of the Advis- or Council of this History and one of the punrer worki's in the enterprise. dred workers in the Loan, was a feature of the con ference. Mrs. James S. Frazer served as Chairman of the trench luncheon: Mrs. Sam Phillips, Vice- Chairman for West Tennessee, acted as toastmis- tress. and Mrs. Aust. Mrs. Dudley. Mrs. Childress. and Mrs. Overton made addresses. Mrs. Guilford Dudley presided at the conference, which was at- tended by a representative from each county of the state. The chairmen for this conference were:
Hospitality, Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress and Mrs. Jesse M. Overton: Information, Mrs. Rogers Caldwell: Registration. Mrs. John G. Gilmore: Music. Mrs. Clyde Shropshire: Decorations, Mrs. West Il. Morton: and Badges. Mrs. W. HI. Webb.
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton. County Chairman. appointed the officers of the National League for Woman's Service, of which she was President, on her Executive Board for the Third Loan. and these were supplemented by Mrs. James H. Kirkland and Mr -. E. W. Cole. A tent under the general chairmanship of Mrs. Bruce Douglas was erected on Capitol Boulevard for the sale of bonds by the Woman's Service League and Colonial Dames of Nashville. At each sale of a bond a Liberty Bell which hung in the tent was rung. Mrs. Douglas was assisted each day by a com- mittee of bond salesmen from these two organizations.
A mass meeting was held at the East Nashville Golf Club by the district women of that section. at which the women sold bonds and presented a tableau, resulting in $11.000 worth of bonds being sold in less than two hours' time. Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress represented "Columbia Calls Her Women" in the tableau.
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GROUP OF WARD CHAIRMEN WHO SERVED WITH MRS. ADAIR LYON CHILDRESS, CHAIRMAN FOR NASHVILLE, THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
MRS. VANCE ALEXANDER ( Hazel Brock )
MRS. ROBERT B, BRANNAN (Nettie Tate)
MAS. JOHN NOLEN (Nelle Rve)
MRS. NEIL S. JONES (Vivian Totty)
MRS. JOHN BARKSDALE (Eliza Langford)
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Vis. Childress Advisory Board was composed of members of the Board of the Nashville Woman's Committee. Council of Defense, and her Executive Board was composed of the following women:
Mrs. Leshe Warner. Mrs. B. F. Wilson. Mrs. A. F. Potter. Mrs. Vance Alexander, Mrs. Arthur B. Ransom, Mrs. E. B. Cayce, Mrs. Charles Odom, Mrs. Eugene Crutcher. Mrs. Joseph T. Howell. Mrs. T. Dwight Webb. Mrs. Perey Warner. Mrs. Robert Wharton Nichol. Mis. Hill MeAlister, Mrs. James 11. Kirkland. Mrs. West 11. Morton, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. Henderson Baker, and Mrs. Sol Lowenstein.
Mrs. John G. Gilmore served as press chairman for both Nashville and county district loans.
The organizations which worked in the Third Loan campaign and the amounts raised by them. under the able direction of Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress and Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, were:
The Davidson County National League for Woman's Service, with Mrs. Bruce Douglas, Chairman. and the Colonial Dames, with Mrs. James II. Kirkland. Chair-
A/K- WILLIAM I HALF, JR that. Thomas)
man. worked jointly and sold bond- amounting to $511.500. from the first booth erected in the county for bond sales: the Woman's Equal Suffrage League. with Mrs. W. A. Overall as President and Mrs. Claude D. Sullivan as Chairman of the Third Loan for the League. sold $119.100: the Centennial Club. with Mrs. William T. Hale, Jr .. as Chairman, $51. 100: the Army Comfort League, with Mrs. Perey Warner, Mr -. W. B. Shelton and Mrs. John G. Gilmore as Chairmen, $12.300; and the Davidson County King's Daughters, with Mrs. Gibson Patterson as President and Chairman for the Loan, $2.300.
At a patriotic ball held at the Belle Meade Club. in April. 1918. for the benefit of several war charities. $139.250 worth of bonds was sold by Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress' organization. One booth, presided over by Mrs. Vance Alexander and Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress, sold $67.250 in bonds. Mrs. T. Dwight Webb. a member of Mrs. Childress' Executive Board. personally sold 892.000 worth of bonds. Other organizations were:
MeRendree Missionary Society. with Miss Alma Oliver as Chairman and Mrs. Clav G. Stephens as President, sold $119.100 in bonds. Their assistants were: Mr. John Baskerville. Mrs. Mark Bradford. Mrs. R. Il. Lacey. Mrs. J. Y. Crawford. Mr -. W. H. Buchanan. Mrs. John Moore. and Mrs. Miles William -.
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The Council of Jewish Women. with Mrs. Reuben M. Mills as Chairman and Mrs. Sol. Lowenstein as Head Salesman. sold bonds amounting to $1 15.000. They were assisted by the following committee:
Mrs. Leo Schwartz, Mrs. Joseph Abrams, Mrs. L. Bogatzsky, Mrs. Bettie Cohn. Mrs. Charles Cohn, Mrs. Sam Hirsch, Mrs. L. Jonas, Mrs. Dave Lowenheim, Mrs. Julius Martin, Mrs. J. B. Morse, Mrs. Eli Redelsheimer, Dr. Cecil Rich, Mrs. Dave Rosenfeld, Mrs. Victor Sobel, Mrs. Henry Teitlebaum, Mrs. H. D. Weinbaum, Mrs. Joe Wein- stein, and Mrs. Harry Weintrub.
The Nashville Woman's Committee, Council of National Defense, with Mrs. M. E. Newell as Chair- man. sold $1.500 worth of bonds. Serving on Mrs. Newell's committee were:
Mrs. C. K. Colley. Mrs. D. K. Denton, Mrs. AI. W. Har- ris, Mrs. R. A. Henry, and Mrs. John Barksdale.
Mrs. John L. Nolen's committee for the Seventh Ward raised $27.200 in bonds. Serving with Mrs. Nolen as solicitors were:
Mrs. Avery Handly, Mrs. Thomas C. Rye, Mrs. Reuben Seay, Mrs. Hallum Goodloe, Mrs. Leslie Warner, Miss Elizabeth Eve, Miss Elizabeth Binford, Mrs. J. W. Black, Mrs. William Hartupee, Mrs. T. B. Holt, Miss Amitee Throne, Mrs. William C. Dake, Miss Mary Skeffington, Miss Jane Skeffington, Mrs. John Thomason, Miss Jimmie McEwen, Mrs. Maxter Moore, Miss Margaret Morrow, Miss MRS. HARRY SUDEKUM ( Lucile Wilson ) Mary Kreig. Miss Ella Cantrell, Mrs. Lou Lusky, Miss Catherine Eichbaum, Mrs. R. A. Goodman, Miss Felicia Porter, Mrs. Willie Bettie Newman, Miss Lutie Jones, Mrs. Ora L. Harris, Miss Nellie Cecil, Miss Matilda Porter, Mrs. Morris Wilson, and Miss Ruth Cowden.
Miss Elizabeth P. Clark, Chairman of the Ninth Ward. raised $41.400. Mem- bers of her committee, who canvassed the ward, were:
Mrs. Wharton Allen. Mrs. William Burnett, Mrs. Charles Davitt. Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster, Mrs. A. B. Hill, Mrs. A. E. Hill, Mrs. John S. Lewis, Mrs. James L. Nestor, Mrs. J. W. Pente- cost, Mrs. Eldon B. Stevenson, Miss Minnie Wilson, and Miss Floy Lewis.
The Tenth Ward, with Mrs. Robert B. Brannan as Chairman, raised $5,700; the Twelfth Ward. with Mrs. J. H. Campbell, assisted by the Woman's Federation of South Nashville. $5.350: The Fourteenth Ward. with Miss Bessie Allen as leader. $1,500; the Seventeenth Ward, with Miss Hazel Brandon as Chairman. $750: the Eighteenth Ward, with Mrs. Horace Smith as Chairman, $51.850: the Twentieth Ward, with Mrs. D. F. Allen as leader, $850; the Twenty-second Ward, with Mrs. M. E. Newell as leader of Woman's Committee, $16.450; the Twenty-third Ward. with Mrs. Jesse J. Jitt as Chairman. $1.050; the Twenty-fifth Ward. of which Mrs. Lit Malone served as Chairman. $1,859: Eastern Star No. 168, with Mrs. Neil S. Jones as Chairman, $1,000; W. C. T. U., with Mrs. R. Lee Kennedy as President and Chairman of Loan, $650; McCann Parent-Teacher Association. with Mrs. J. B. Bradley as Chairman. $200; Junior Inquirers' Club, with Miss Lou Ella Wolfenden as President and Chairman, $150: and Richland Addition. with Mrs. Henderson Baker as leader, $1.250. Mrs. Childress was highly commended for the effective organization of this Loan and the women who worked so untiringly.
Total raised from Nashville wards, under Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress. Chair- man, for the Third Liberty Loan. was $1.185.100, and the total raised from the county districts, under Mrs. Jesse M. Overton. amounted to $561.500. The ma- jority of county subscribers of this Loan came to the tent on Capitol Boulevard.
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FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN MRS. JESSE M. OVERTON. Chairman
Preliminary work on the Fourth Liberty Loan began in August, 1918. Active work for the drive began September 28 and continued to October 19. 1918. Mrs. Sam Phillips, of Memphis, Tenn., State Chairman of this Loan, appointed the fol- lowing Davidson County women on her State Executive Board: Mrs. Guilford Dudley. National officer of the Liberty Loan Committee. Chairman of the State Executive Board: Mrs. John R. Anst. Chairman of Middle Tennessee for Nashville Zone): Mrs. John G. Gilmore. Chairman of Press and Speakers' Bureau of Middle Tennessee for Nashville Zone): and Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Davidson County Chairman.
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