Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1919 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. 20 COUNTIES OVER THE TOP Reports Received at State Headquarter* at Indianapolis Indicate Speeding Up of Subscription* to the Fifth Loan.

Indianapolis, April 25.—Twenty-two Indiana counties have subscribed their entire quota in the Victory loan, according to reports reaching state loan headquarters here. The reports received indicate a speeding up of subscriptions, and hope is expressed that the state will “go over” before th* welcoming home celebration for Indiana’s soldiers, sailors and marines is held, probably next week. Sixteen counties in the Seventh federal reserve district, whieb include the- greater part of Indiana, have reached their goal and six counties in the Eighth district have subscribed their quotas. Decatur county, with a quota of $600,000, was the fourteenth honor county in the Seventh district, Howard county fifteenth and Monroe county sixteenth. Several counties in the state have indicated a disposition to oversubscribe. Reports from Clinton county point to a $2,000,000 subscription while the county’s quota is only $1,162,000. John A. Ross, chalrmman from that county, wired L. L. Campbell, office manager of the state loan headquarters, that the people of Clinton county were buying bonds in such numbers and large amounts that the banks were unable to buy only a small portion of the county’s allotment for their own subscription. In other counties similar situations are being reported to the state headquarters.