Ripley County democrat., 1918-02-01
TEl'1NG PENNIES
Ca2E OF SELVES
10 SALIENT MOTIVE BEHIND THE
THR'rT MOVEMENT AND WAR
SAYINGS PLAN.
MAY FORGET VALUE OF PENNY
p cna Think What the Small Coin
Means In the Saving Of World
--@ust Master eelf to
Master Word.

st. Louls.-Teaching the pennies
to take care Of themselves is one
Of the salient motives behind the
thrift movement and War Savings
propaganda. according to Hon. Charles
M. Hay Of the speakers division Of the
war savings campaign for Missouri
Mr.. Hay represented Galloway County
in the Forty-seventh General Assem-
bly,.
In q recent address before the mem
bers OF tie st Louis Chamber Of Com
merce, Hay declared there had never
been a finer opportunity afforded Ia
the people to sacrifice, be patriotic
and save at the same time. He ex
planned the working Of the War Saw
ings Certificate. In which people are
taught thrift and at the same time con
tribute to one of the important factors
In winning the war.
Forget Value Of Pennies.
During the course Of his remarks
fIay asserted the average business
man, such az those who are members
OF the Chamber Of Commerce, forgets
The value Of the penny, the .lickel and
the quarter. and advised them to stop
and think minute 9f what the small
coin means IN the savings of the
world.
II realize that we rebel against the
doing OF small things. sucess the ssvi
ing Of pennies, nickels. dimes and
quarters. It's the big thing. the heroic
thing, that grips us. but IL we are to
win this war and find ourselves real
Smasters Of the world we, must first
.master ourselves--our desires, our
ease, our appetltes, our passions, our
indulgences. We must eliminate non
essential things, harmful things in our
personal and business life; we must
organize ourselves for efficiency. SO
far our work Of giving In the war has
been somewhat Of an ecstasy and we
have been carried away by the excite
ment, the novelty. the fashion of It.
Wen soon have to work and give out
of our sorrow. and hardship. and. may.
hap. out Of our extremities.
"But, remember, the more saving we
are now in the midst Of plenty the less
heavy the burden In the later days. II
during the year 1918 every man, WON.
an and child Of America would save s
cents per day the entire issue OF the
$4,000. 100000 War Savings Certificates
would be taken up. The purchase Of q
Thrift Stamp per week by every per.
son would make ub s1.b24. 100000 Of
the issue
First Step Toward Peace.
"The first step necessary for tho
establishing Of peace-the sort Of
peace the world must have II life on
this earth is to be worth while-is alb
solutely and unconditionaliy TO get the
Kaiser.
But we can't get the Kaiser by
niece words. These we have tried
through long months. and years before
we entered the war. Now we must
win with the cruel weapons chosen by
those who began this war. To win We
must have men; men of blood, mind,
soul; men strong In body, true In
heart, loyal in spirit: men worthy to
live; men ready to die. These, by the
millions, have Laid their lives upon
their country's altar.
ITO equip and maintain them we
must have money. money by the Bill
lions. That money must come from
every quarter, It must come from
every pocket In the land. In the pres
ence ef men who stand before the
cruelest. blcodicst war demons the
world has ever known and say, Here
10 my breast, pierce It II you viii; here
10 my blood. lot Il II you will; dsdi.
cate my blood. my heart my life. my
all, to the democracy Of my country
and Of the worid'--in the presence Of
these. say. every man left behind In
the security and comfort Of his home
and his office should say. Here's my
pocket, 60 through It: here's my bank
account, check on It dedicate my
savings to the democracy Of America
and Of the world
War Certificates Explained.
war Savings Certificates may be
obtained at any bank or postoffice or
at other authorised agencies BY any.
one who purchases one or more war
Savings Stamps. When you bur I
stamp the certificate. containing
places for 20 stamps. with your name
and address, win be issued to you.
Each War Savings sNup Il worth d