Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-12-26
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.

Headway In Hancock County.
The campaign for the sale OF the War
Savings Certificates and Thrift Cards ID
gaining Roadway in Hancock county.
The stamps are proving popular.
In Offering War Savings Stamps to the
public the government has made imme-
diately available for every man, woman
and child in the country = profitable,
simple and secure investment.
Savings Stamps are the answer OF .
great democracy to the demand for DEM
ocratic form OF government security.
They are s'little baby honda" Like lib
erty bonds, they have behind them the
entire resources OF the government and
people Of the United States. They have
the additional advantage that they
steadily increase In value from tiItdate of
purchase until the date Of maturity, and
this increase is guaranteed by the govern
ment. These stamps are issued in two
denominations, the accent stamp and the
}6 stamp.
For the convenience OF investors Thrift
Card il furnished to all purchasers Of Is
cGab otBl0kOs - oAS C4ku 08o bR8CCo AOA
sixteen stamp. When all the spaces have
been nllsd, the Thrift Card may be ex-
changed for . Is stamp ct postofhcss,
banks, or other authorised agencies BY
adding II cents In cash prior to February
l, 1918, and cant additional each month
thereafter.
Those who prefer may buy s6 stamp
- g.
cember 3, 1917, until January u, 1918, for
H.12. They automatically increase in
value cent month every month there
after until January /, 1923, when the
United States will pay IS at any postofiice
or at the treasury in Washington for each
stamp afixed to War-Savings Certificate.
When you purchase IS stamp, you
must attach it to an engraved folder
known - . War-Savings Certificate
which bears the name Of the purchaser,
and can be cashed only BY the person
Whose name appears upon the certificate,
except in case OF death or disability.
This certificate contains twenty spaces.
II these are ali filed with War Stamps
between December 3, 1917, and January
81, 1918, the cost to the purchaser will be
fS2 40, and ON January 1, 1874, the
government will pay the owner Of the
certificate t10o-a net profit to the holder
OF u7.60. This il based ON an interest
rate Of per cent compounded quarterly
from January 2, 1918. The amount OF
War Savings Stamps sold to any one
person 1t any one time shall mot exceed
800 maturity value), and no person
may hold such stamps or War Savings
Certificates to an aggregate amount ex-
ceeding q 900 (maturity value).
Ii the holder Of War-6avings Certificate
finds it necessary to realize cash on It be-
fore maturity, be may 1t any time after
January 2, 1918, upon giving ten days
written notice to any money-order post
ONCE, receive for each stamp sfnxsd to mis-
certificate the amount paid therefor plus
/ cent for each calendar month after the
month OF purchase of each stamp. A
registered certificate may be redeemed.
however, only at the postofhce where
| registered.
In other words, the plan 10 simple,
straightforward and certain. The holder
| OF the ceftinC6te8 c4u uot iuoo auo - cck-
tain to gain. He 10 buying the safest
| security in the world in the most con-
venient form in which the security Of .
great government hss ever been offered to
its people.
The main reason tor the purchase Of
War Saviags Stamps 10 because your
country 10 ct war. Your couytry needs
every penny which every man, woman
and child can save and lend, in order to
feed, clothe, arm, and equip the soldiers
and sailors Of Amsrics and to win this
righteous war in defense Of American
honor and the cause Of democracy
throughout the world. II No ars to win
this war, We must win It - . united
people. The savings Of every man, woman
and child are necessary II We ere to hasten
tbs victorious ending OF tbs var. War
savers are life savers A single strand In
the cables which uphold ths great Brook
Ign suspension bridge ID not very strong.
but Thousands Of thess strands bound to-
esther uphold ons Of the great thorough
fares Of the world.
Buy War Saving stamps at pcetomcss.
banks, trust companies, or other author
lied agencies, and strike blow for your
country.