The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-16
CALL FOR PLEDGES
MUST Be RESPECTED
Meeting of Appeals and Assessment
Board of 0bion County.


courthouse the Appeals and Assess
ment Board of Obion County, ap-
pointed under the authority of the
Treasury Department of the United
States, met. Mr.. A. w. Maine, End,
of Washington, ID. c., was in atteno-
ance and explained the duties of the
board Mr.. j. L. Fry was appointed
chairman of the. board, and Mrs.
Volena Caruthers secretary. On this
board each district in the county is
represented by two or more members.
They were furnished with list OF
each subscription for War Savings
Stamps in their district, as we'll as
list of all of the heads of families
and adults in their district. They
were also furnished with a statement
showing how their district stood,
whether short or not, and the
amount. The board then entered in
to the task of going thru each OF the
subscriptions in the county, and, in
every case where the board felt that
the subscriber had not taken the
amount of War Savings Stamps
which he should have taken, they
assessed him an additional amount of
stamps, to be bought during the year
1918. Every head of family or
adult who has made no subscription
was also assessed an amount which
the board thought he should pur-
chase. A card is to be prepared by
the secretary of the board for each
individual and this card will show
the amount of stamps he has already
pledged to buy and the additional
amount he has been assessed by the
board. These cards will be arranged
by civil districts and will be turned
over to the War Savings committee
of each civil district, with instruc-
tions that a committee wait on each
one of the heads of families or adults
whose assessment has been raised,
or, who have not made pledges. Each
one of such persons who refuses to
pledge himself or herself for the
amount that the board has assessed
them for will receive notice from the
chairman of the board and the coun-
ty chairman, notifying them to ap-
pear before the Appeals Board on
certain day at a certain hour at the
courthouse in Union City to show
cause why they have not pledged
themselves for the amount they have
been assessed. Their failure to ap-
pear before the Appeals Board, and
their failure to pledge themselves for
the amount the board has assessed
them will result in their name being
placed upon list of financial slack
ers. This list of financial slackers
of Obion County will be published in
the county papers over the signature
of the State Director and the Vice
State Director, and copies Of said
county papers will be forwarded to
each of the boys who is in service
on the battle front across the wa
ters.
Every civil district In Obion Coun-
ty was represented at this meeting
and the entire afternoon was spent
by the board in going over the sub
scriptions and the list of those who
had not subscribed.
1t is to be hoped that not single
citizen of Obion County will allow
himself to be placed upon this slack
er list for publication as above
stated. 1t is not at all optional with
the Appeals and Assessment Board,
or, with any of the officials connect
ed with the War Savings campaign
in Obion County, and the public must
take notice of that fact that their
failure to subscribe for War Savings
Stamps in the amount assessed by
the board, or, failure to appear be-
fore the board and convince them
that they have bcen unreasonably
assessed, VIII most surely result In
their names appearing on the slack
er list.
Obion County is still 100000
short of its, assessment in War Saw
ings Stamps, and the plan above set
out is the plan of the War Savings
organization, acting under the au-
thority of the Treasury Department,
and is being used in all counties
where there is shortage in their
assessment.
j. l.. FRY, Chairman,
Appeals and Assessment Board
Obion County.
W. E. HUDGINS, Chairman,
National War Savings of Obion
County.
Acting undor the authority of the
Treasury Department of U. s.