The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
Banks Also Handling Bonds and Certificates-Sales so Far Exceed Anticipa-
 tiOns of Chairman
MAIL CARRIERS MEET WITH SUCCESS
 ON THEIR ROUTES
Patriotic Woman Who Made Shirts for Sailors and Soldiers Puts Her Savings in the
 Baby Bonds

Her Savings Tn the
 Baby Bonds
 With the beginning of the end of the | first weeks campaign for the sale of thrift stamps and war savings certificate | stamps it is possible to buy them in tho | majority of the prominent department stores over Birmingham, as well as all of the banks. The sales for Alabama are reported to be far i'll excess of the an- ticipation of the officers in charge, and yesterday a telegram was sent by State Campaign Director Crawford Johnson to
 Washington requesting an immediate supply to be sent to the postonices over the state. It Is planned by the commit tees to have the opportunity to buy me stamps confront everyone so that it Will
 be practically impossible to resist the
 temptation to save in this way, however carefree ones nature.
 The receipts from the carriers at the postoffice today continued to grow and lrCved the popularity of that plan or sale, One of the carriers who reported a very successful days work Wednesday, Paul P. Peterson, who carries the Brown
 Marx building, besides completely selling out his stock and being compelled to re- turn to the office for an additional sup ply twice. took orders for 14 of the baby bonds to he delivered today. Although a slight decrease was noticed ill the sales to the public at the postoffice, it must be borne in mind that many additional dis tributing points were in operation, and l,ft t1o tnta al brought proved to be the largest day of the cam paign.
 The following appointments as United States treasury agents of the first class for the sale of the thrift stamps and war
 savings certificates were appointed yes
 terday and have been wired to Wash ington to Ee placed on record:
 Flrst National bank, Birmingham Trust and Savings company, American Trust
 and Savings company, Traders National
 bank Steiner Brothers Bank of Ensley,
 Bank of Alabama (Ensley). Bessemer
 National bank, United States Savings
 bank, Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, Caheen
 Brothers, Louis Pizitz, Steele-Smith Dry
 Goods company, J. Black & Sons, Louis Saks Clothing company, Porter Clothing compan ny. Drennen company, Burger Dry Goods company, Hlrsch Millinery com pany, and the Partisan company. USING ENGLAND'S SYSTEM This system of raising war loan has been in operation for the past 20 months and although their~ plan is the initial one and in many ways very crude, it has cultivated habit of thrift and sav- ing among the people that has taken per- manent root and is filling the swings banks of the land, besides fulfilling the original purpose of supplying the gov ernment with temporary loan. The plan of the United States is great improvement on the English one, however, and possesses many features that adapt 1t admirably to the needs of the small investor, and will enable It to fulfill the desire of the government to float the issue in the heart of the American citizenship, to give the la borer and man of small means an equal chance to lend his aid to the natlon Tn 1 it's hour of need.
 WOMAN'S PATRIOTISM A woman who has recently been engaged in making shirts and other apparel for the sailors and soldiers in Philadelphia was in the postof- flee yesterday and applied at the thrift stamp window for baby bond. Upon inquiry, it was discovered that ] she was investing the very money | that she had earned in working for the fighting forces in an issue to
 
 l is just such enthusiasm and loyalty l expressed by the real people of Amer ] ica that is going to enable us to l win the struggle said Assistant l Postmaster Ed R. Norman. in refer I ring to the incident Whenever you 1 get the people aroused and snow l them the danger that threatens them l there Is going to be an instantaneous l response I believe that this issue of | bonds more than anything that has l vet been done is going to accom- l plish that object"
 l Much talk is being heard about the | baby bonds as Christmas gifts. 1nfor-
 nation was given out at headquarters ] that already great many had made
 known their intentions of not only kill ing the proverbial two birds with one stone but ot nodernize the proverb and incorporate the ef- 1 dciency idea by killing four in this manner: Nothing more to be appreciated could be given than a baby bond or even 1 a thrift card with a foundation of stamps affixed; 1t is an act of a true friend in giving one for present as it Twill prompt a desire to save in the person receiving 1t; 1t will be direct aid to the United States government in one of the greatest hours of need that lit has ever known. and last, put ny no 1 means least it will be a direct step to- ward worldwide democracy caused by the overthrow of the Kaiser. Many of the bonds have already been purchased l with this object in view and the plan is ! growing in popular favor every hour iTo give them to the children is to in- still in their minds that principle which 1 should be taught every child-to save.
 Children. are usually taught to put their pennies into that familiar little
 bank which by the time-honored GUS tom has come to find a resting place upon almost every mantel That the l Birmingham parents have not been negligent in this respect is shown by the many little ones who are bursting their little banks and pouring their pennies into Uncle Sam's coffers. via
 the thrift stamp route.
 MEETING OF TEACHERS
 Tsouorrow rnorninr at 10:3O a meets