The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-17
OBSERVE THRIFT
SUNDAY TODAY

Today is Thrift Sunday and every
minister in the state has been asked by
the national war savings committee, ap.
pointed by Secretary McAdoo, 20 preach
a sermon today on thrift Suggestions
for such sermons were prepared and
Judge Thomas w. Champion. county
chairman for Carter County, requested
every minister in the county to call and
get copy Of these suggestions or to
notify his office and the same would be
mailed to them Several preachers
called and got them, but few. if any, re-
quests came by mail All the sugges-
tions offered are timely and afford good
reading, as well as good things to be
heard in a sermon.
Suggestions under the head of What
Is Thrift" include:
Is Thrift" include: Industry earns
thrift conserVes. Economy saves waste;
thrift gains a surplus and rightly uses
it. The miser is not 4 thrifty man
Thrift adds to and also wisely divides
spends and invests in resources.
Thirst Is Patriotic Virtue: No ma.
ton is stronger financially than the
on the thrift of her people. The thrifty
mems dollars build cities, industries
homes and churches. Put a patriotic
motive btck of thrift.
"Thrift-A Cornerstone of the Home"
Read Proverbs 31I0:31. Many homes
are wrecked for lack of thrift. An in.
spring and compelling motive, such as
home, education, independence in old
age, helps others
Weeks Campaign On.
During the entire week a campaign
is to be waged throughout the county.
The great work of the week is to secure
signers to pledge cards. promising what
the signer will do in the way of saving
during the year 1918. The pledge card
is headed War Savings Pledge-Free-
dom for All, Forever" and the sgner
pledges himself to enroll "in the War
Savings Army Of Liberty" and promises
to purchase baby bonds during the cal.
endar year and to carry out this prom.
Use, also agreeing to purchase war say.
ings stamps at stated periods through.
out the year.
The government has estimated that
there should be SO,OOO,OOO persons so Ell.
gagged in saving in the United States.
This would give Oklahoma quota Of
GOS,160, and $3.50 in Carter County.
Good headway has been made in the
organization of the county A chair.
man has been selected in each town.
ship and these in turn have named "a
chairman for every school district.
These sch00i district chairmen send ou,
the workers, organized into teams.
What is desired to be impressed upon
some Of the district chairmen is the
fact that they should have the team
captains report to them each day by 8
o'clock in the afternoon, that they NAV
make their reports to the county chai-.
men by p. m daily Some of the dis.
trict chairmen, it is feared, do not
understand this and have inquired OF
the county chairman tbout it, The re.
ports are to be made daily throughout
the week from the district chairmen TO
the township chairmen, the township
chairmen to the county chairmen, the
county chairmen to the state chairmen.
and the latter will send the report 20
headquarters so it may be known Just
what is being done each day.
The organization in this county was
among one of the first completed in the
state and it is we'll established. Car.
ter County should make the best show
ing of any county in the state and Will
do so if the several workers go through |
the week exhibiting the same interest
and enthusiasm with which they have |
started.
Many meetings are being arranged |
for this week and speakers will be at
all these meetings to aid the district |
workers.