The Robesonian., 1917-12-13
wAR-sAVINGs SOCIETIES
There Should be One in Every
: School Room in North Carolina
"A Call to Duty~to North Car
oIina's Fifteen Thusand Public
: School Teachers. :

:
The hour is at hand when every
~patriotic American citizen, whether at
home or on the far-flung battle front
must do, not his bit, but his utmost
to help win the war. To the fifteen
thousand public school teachers OF
North Carolina comes the call to help
win the war by organizing war saw
lings societies in every school-room IN
| the State and in encouraging their
pupils and patrons to do their ut
most by lending the government mon
ey with which to feed, clothe and
equip the soldiers in training at the
front.
On Patriotic Day, which is soon to
be observed in every school house IN
tho State, the patriotic fervor Of the
children and patrons will be aroused
to the kindling point. What loss IT
will be if this enkindled patriotism IS
allowed to subside without being con-
verted into energy with which to help
win the war!
Every school teacher in the State
is asked to give practical turn to
| Patriotic Day by organizing war
tsavings society in his or. her school
room. One of these societies may be
organized as soon as ten persons be-
come war-savers by purchasing one
or more Thrift stamps according to
the plan of the National War Savings
committee.
The teachers are also urged to slim
ulate patriotic rivalry among the
children by encouraging them to en-
ter training for the Army of Thrift
/ AS soon as a child becomes war
saver and joins the War Savings So
ciety, he is eligible to strive to enter
the Army of Thrift; when he gets
ten other persons to purchase as1o0.o(
! War Savings certificate each, he be-
, comes Soldier of Thrift and receives
from the government an appropriate
badge; when he gets twenty-five per
sons to purchase 500 War Savings
certificate each, he becomes Captain
of Thrift and receives an appropriate
badge; when he has caused the pur
chase of fifty certificates, he is mad
a Major of Thrift; one hundred Ger
! tificates, a Colonel Of Thrift; an
when he has caused the purchase o
two hundred certificates, he will b
, made General of Thrift and his nam
! will be entered in a permanent regis
ter in the office Of the Secretary o
the Treasury in Washington and h
will be immortalized. as Soldier o
Thrift.
); The wonderful opportunity both fo
T patriotic service and for self help i
= the War Savings plan must be appar
: ent. Every time a child buys Thrift
II stamp he is lending twenty-five cent
y y to his government which will give
l meal to a soldier. Twenty-Five cent
may not be much, but remember tha
e just one thrift stamp purchased b
1 each citizen Of the United States wi
: amount to twenty-five million dollar!
: Every time he purchases sixtee
y thrift stamps and, with the additio
: of few cents, converts them into
', War Savings stamp, he invests none
II which will bear him 4 per cent inter
est, compounded quarterly, to be pal
a to. him, principal and interest, in fiv
e years.
I The savings Of the child, small &
: they may be, may give him a sta1
Is with which to complete his education
or with which~to go into business fl
( himself. More than that and bette
8 than that, the habit Of saving inca
" culated by this campaign may chez
> his tendecy to be a spendthrift ar
., make him appreciate the moral val1
= Of economy and thrift.
a F. H. FRIES, State Direct,
It National War Savings Committe