The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-12-04
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
WENT ON SALE YESTERDAY
Continued from Page IL

which is issued in the name of the
purchaser of a thrift stamp and up
on which sixteen thrift stamps
must be pasted before it can be re-
deemed. This redemption is made
in the shape of war savings GER
tificate, for which there is to be
paid, in addition to the sixteen
stamps upon the thrift card, the
number of cents necessary to make
up the price OF war savings stamp
demption is made: if in January,
twelve cents would be added to the
sixteen twenty-fve-cent stamps; IL
in February, thirteen cents would be
added, etc.
1T is proposed to inauSurate a
campaign amongst the schools dur
ing the month OF December with a
view of teaching the children of the
schools both patriotism and the
value of the savings for the purpose
of showing them how they can play
pulI 'hN SiCot "oi ho" pS-
ing waged When the meaning and
the value of the stamps and certifi-
Gates are understood by the children
there will be formed in each school
war savings association, through
which the children may become en-
rolled in the army of thrift, the
rank in that army to be determined
by the number of war savings GER
tificates sold This rank ranges
from private to general
"The amount of money to be rails
ed in South Carolina on these war
savings certificates is fixed at ap
proximately thirty million dollars.
In order to arouse the patriotism
and interest OF the negroes sep
arate organization amongst them
will be formed for the purpos, OF
putting on campaigns amongst the
people Of that race along the same
lines as the campaign conducted for
the white race.
"The money necessary for carry
ing on the war must ultimately
come out of the savings OF the peo-
pie, not out OF the savings in the
past, but out OF the savings from
day to day and year to year. These
savings must be invested in the kind
of governmental security which will
appeal most to the saver. The lib
erty bond is an attractive obligation
of the government to those in cities
and municipalities. 1t is less at
tractive to the farmers and to those
in the small country towns, because
they have no means OF readily dis
posing of these bonds in case OF
need. The war savings stamps can
be realized upon at any postothce.
and this appeals to class of peo-
pie whose savings have not yet been
reached. 1t also gives a splendid
investment, yielding percent COM
pounded quarterly.
"In this great war everyone is ex-
pected to play his part. Those who
go abroad are offering to lay down
their lives for the benefit largely OF
those who stay at home and who are
enjoying life in peace and comfort.
The least which these latter can do
to repay that great sacrifice is to see
that everything which is necessary
for the preservation of their lives.
both from the dangers of battle and
the dangers of disease, is furnished
them. 1t can only be furnished in
the event the monev is raised to pay
for it, and this money must be rails
ed out of the savings of the people
I. is the duty. therefore, OF every
one to save. to deny themselves
i'm order that it may be
able to pay for the protection OF
those whose lives we at home have
dedicated to the service of their
country"