The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-04
YATES WANTED 5000 WORTH

 tifcates in amounts from 25 cents to s1oo.
 i YATES WANTED $100O WORTH l J. A. Yates of the Yates Machinery
 company seemed very much disappointed when the clerk refused to sell him s1000 worth yesterday morning. He purchased $100 worth and made the assertion that he would pay a visit every morning until he had purchased the maximum amount allowed to any one patron. 1 At the opening of the campaign it was planned by Postmaster Smyer to have the sale of the baby bonds and the thrift stamps at the wholesale stamp
 window. but on account of repair work l the 'box-rent" window was conscripted I and the work of delivering the stamps and certificates to the purchasers will ] be continued from that place until the work on the wholesale window has been completed, probably in the next day or 1 two.
 s.I was entirely unprepared for the demonstration I witnessed ycs- l terday,' said Assistant Postmaster Ed R. Norman, in speaking of the sale. "rhe people were crowdinE the lobby when we arrived, and the stamps only arrived Sunday, we were naturally more or less unfamiliar with the plan of sale. This nlI retarded the work for few minutes, but soon it became strengthened out, and the work went just smoothly as the sale of the regular stamps. The people seem to take to this plan more than anything that the Gov- ernment has heretofore offered. It ~I. L tied means to do his bit in aiding the government, and the patriotic spirit is certainly being displayed I in the proper way"
 Preparations for today was going l forward at the postoffice last night, 1 and it is expected that there will be | no trouble encountered in handling l the crowds expected. Although every | postoffice and substation in Jeffer- son county has been supplied with stamps and certificates, the distribu- tion to the banks and other institu- tions had not been made up to last night and it is to be borne in mind that these are the only places at pres ent to make purchases
 STATE ORGANIZATION The work of organizing the various committees and workers over the state is being done by the campaign head quarters at 233-234-235 First National
 Bank building. Crawford Johnson,
 state chairman, is expected to return
 to Birmingham soon, and it is very
 probable that immediately upon his
 arrival he will call meeting of the
 executive committee to lay definite
 plans of work.
 J. w. Donnelly, vice director of the state, who is working from the local
 headquarters yesterday sent tele-
 gram to Hon. Spright Dowell, state
 superintendent of education, asking
 him to come to Birmingham tomorrow
 in order to perfect the organization
 of the school children in this city. The
 rough outline of the plans at present
 is to modernize the plan of campaign
 offered them and follow the military
 idea. There will be commissions awarded for the most fruitful effort on
 their part to dispose of the stamps and certificates. A regular army will be
 built up on the voluntary service idea,
 and already the children are getting
 much pleasure out of the anticipa-
 tion of the aid that they will soon be
 able to render their country This
 is the first opportunity to test directly
 the loyalty which they possess and
 great returns are expected.
 INTEREST WIDESPREAD
 Interest in the new loan is wide spread. It appears to be the real cos mopolitan plan. While stamps are be- ing purchased by many who are unable
 10 purchase larger amounts, they are also being bought by people who are abundantly able to buy bonds of al most any denominations A letter was received at headquarters yesterday from the Parisian company of 1924 Third avenue in which they outlined plan which they have adopted and which may offer a suggestion of in terest to other firms, This company has purchased thrift card and placed one 25-cent stamp thereon. making a present of one to each and every per son in their employ. Similar plans have been adopted in previous cam paigns, but this is probably the first instance of the employer actually mak- ing the first payment gratis. It is ex- pected by the officials that this plan will be followed extensively in the near future by many of the more enterpris- ing and patriotic merchants.
 MIR. DONNELLY'S STATEMENT
 From the report of the state vice. chairman. J. W. Donnelly there seems to be unauthorized use of his name made in connection with statement that when $50 or $100 worth of war savings certificate stamps were pur- I chased they could be exchanged for a liberty bond. He wishes 1t to be dis tinctly understood that the present issue of bonds have absolutely no con- nection with any former issue and are separate and distinct in themselves