The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
SHOWING BONDS YOU HAVE BOUGHT WILL MAKE SALE QUICKER THAN ARGU MENT Day of Bloated Bondholder
 Passed-Regular U. s.
 Bond Can Be Bought for $4.12
 DEPARTMENT STORES ARE PUSHING SALE OF SAVINGS CERTIFICATES Director Johnson Will Be- gin Work Among Indus trial Plants 'Tomor- row Morning

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 chasing some war savings certificates and thrift stamps yesterday. q ex- |pect to carry these with me and so- licit subscriptions to the issue from every man with whom I am thrown in contact. There are probably many who have heard of the stamps and yet have never seen them. I expect to display mine and encourage and
 urge them to buy them."
 Another sale was made to a Russian Jew who has only taken out his first naturalization papers. T have decided,' he said, that if I had not yet had time to show my patriotism enough to receive the papers that would make me a full fledged American citizen I could at least do the bit that would demonstrate the fact that it was in me" Many incidents
 of this and similar character were no- ticed, all having tendency to prove
 that this is really a cosmopolitan issue
 and is being accepted as such.
 The treasury agents which have been
 appointed over town are reporting any sales and growing wave of enthusiasm
 among the populace. Loveman, Joseph &
 Loeb stated that the majority of their
 purchasers had been children, and that
 they manifested an interest in the baby
 bonds that riyaled that of the older folk.
 This company, to aid the government in
 this undertaking, have put on display ir
 their corner window, facing Third ave-
 nue, a baby bond or war savIngs certifi-
 cate stamp attached to the certificate
 and thrift stamps, that the public may
 have an opportunity of seeing them. Slips
 are being placed in every package, leAv-
 ing this store calling the patrons atten- tion to the sale of the bonds on the fourth floor and extending them an in vitation to talk the matter over with
 the person in charge of the sales for this
 firm They are also having envelopes
 made to fit the thrift cards and will have
 them ready for distribution the first of
 this week. Cards have been placed in the
 elevators and a meeting of the employees has been called for Wednesday night. at
 which time they will be instructed in the
 most efficient ways to promote the sale
 Of the stamps and will be urged to pur- chase liberally themselves.
 T have had only one refusal to pur-
 chase, worthy of mention,' said l.. L. Doty of Blach's. "One man approached on the subject stated that he had done his part in furnishing three boys to rhe army and that he wasn't going to do any more. I asked him then if he did not want to aid in taking care of them. He replied that he was going to expect some one else to do that
 "One man came in the other day" he
 continued. "and stated that he had pur- chased bonds of the other issues for him. self, but that he had two children at home and was going to bring them in and buy one each for them Today he
 returned with the two youngsters, and to impress them more and make them have the justifiable feeling of impor- tance accompanying the purchase of
 bond. he had them to do the signing in person and they marched out of the store
 with their heads we'll up, avowing their
 intention to have every vacant space
 filled before another year had passed" The closing of the first week is en- couraging to the workers in the cam paign in that the launching of the en-
 terprise has succeeded beyond their fondest hopes. The work of organization is we'll under way and in the state of Alabama great work toward the sale of the issue is already accomplished. As the campaign covers period of little over year. ending January l, 1919 the most important part of the work being done at present is the planning for fu- ture sales.
 Tomorrow work will be begun among the industrial plants and it is being planned by State Director Crawford Johnson to have stations or agencies ap- pointed at the two training camps in the state. Mcclellan at Anniston and Sheridan at Montgomery. It Is thought from the great amount of interest dis played by the soldiers in the liberty bond issue that this one will also ap- peal to them even to greater extent. Two meetings will be held this week, Tuesday at 1 o'clock at the Tutwiler. and Wednesday at 1 o'clock at the Ex- change hotel at Montgomery. Every county director is urged to attend one of the two, whichever Is the most con venient. State Director Crawford John son and Vice Director J. w. Donnelly will be in attendance at both.
 The teachers of the city schools of Bir- mingham met in conference with Director Johnson and Vice Director Donnelly yesterday morning for the discussion of the plans best suited to the work among the school children Director Johnson addressed the negro teachers at the Ne gro Industrial High school and Vice Di- rector Donnelly spoke to the white teachers at the Central High school The
 
 acked with between 800 and 900 teachers and deep interest in the work was evil dent.
 About 300 negro teachers were present and accorded Director Johnson warm welcome. He cited them to the loyalty and patriotism which has been displayed by the negroes throughout the war and expressed his belief that they would not be found wanting in the balance when this issue of bonds has been sold It is
 proposed to walt until after the holidays
 to place the sale directly in the hands of the children and definite plans of
 campaigning will not be announced un- til later.
 "At the beginning of the war, France
 had 100000 savers and America had
 only 3N.000." said MT. Donnelly in speak hug at Central High. ''This issue of
 bonds should be worth in educational
 TAipe the total amount subscribed. 4smericans can make money, but few KnnN how to save it. This is the first s@ue of bonds by the government where Q Whsle individual bond could be bought TOT ifs than $50. The day of the p'cAt bondholder' has vanished forever for R regular United States govern spsnt psssd may be purchased for $4.l2."