Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
NEST VIRGINIA
CAN GO over
". S. S. TOP
NECESSARY TO KEEP PLEDGES
Success is in Sight and If Cards
Signed in June Drive are
Redeemed by End Of Year
Quota Will Have Been Met
Big Effort to Be Made Dur
Ing Remainder Of Year.

ing Remainder OF Year.
hsasasption If the pledges made h
tie JsAs drive wiz enabie West VIZ
| gina to 80 over the top in the 1el&
War Savings STAMP campaign with
her quota Of SIS. 4e3, 600.
1 1t is estimated that sales up to oc-
tober will total sixteen million del
Jars, leaving twelve million dollars to
be seld IN October. November and De-
cember to bring the state up to the
| mark. This Is q face value estimate,
The actual cash outlay being less BY
the amount Of discount at which the
! stamps are being sold. Even thus a.
treInendous amount Is involved, but
there is also involved the honor of
West Virginia and the personal honor
Of the people who pledged to save and
buy War Savings Stamps In the June
drive.
There are great numbers Of these
| pledges unredeemed and intensive
work is to be done In the remaining
weeks of the year to have the stamps
purchased according to agreement
Much has already bean achieved in the
state. for II will be remembered that
when the campaign was launched, a.
little ever year ago, 1t was asserted
on almost every hand that West Vir-
ginla cs1ld never accomplish the task
set before her In the absorption 81
SIS. 4os, 900 worth of War Savings
Stamps The possibility has been am
/ ply demonstrated now, In the Ian
suage Of Robert L. Archer, of Hunt
tngton, State Director of War Saw
fngs. II is up to the people of West
! Virginia, especially those who have
pledged their word, to make good be-
fore the end of the year.
One medium whereby II is expected
| to effect the sale of War Savings
Stamps In large quantities is that of
Christmas giving. Thousands Of dol
lars worth Of War Savings Stamps
We're purchased for this purpose In
West Virginia last year. Stress is to-
be laid this year upon the desirability
of the War Savings Stamp as Christ
mas remembrance. There will be I'M
usual activity late In November and
early in December in promotion of
War Savings Stamp sales all over the
country and there is strong likelihood
4 that the Savings Stamp will be the
most fashionable gift at Christmas.
In view of the special effort that is
to be put forth in the last two months
of the year it is urged that banks,
post offices and other agents keep
themselves amply supplied with
stamps during the remainder of the
year.
The state director has sent a letter
to all business houses and banks an
nounring bis purpose of publishing an
honor roll Of individuals firms and
corporations who have purchased for
their Own account the maximum
aineunt OF $l,oee worth Of War Saw
ings Stamps e the isSus Of 1913 as
permitted ~ the law He requests
that all wAs have or Will meet this
conditisn sd thss win place On ne
honor rel, nstify him at once.
In erasr - ssssrs better es-srdkAa-
tion Of sx1s1iAg War Loan activities
md to hza~G shs War savings Organ
Izatien tnao tAs sAnae o2eee relatsa
with The arsa<~ry Department ~ sx-
lists IN uhe eAse Of the Liberty Loan
prganizat1 sas, ths War SAVINGS sr-
ganizatisns have recently been placed
under the SsAasad supervision Of TIE
Federal Reserve Banks. This win
place than en- q permanent basis and
bring them into the closest harmony
with the Liberty Loan work.
The work of the War Savings organ
cations is to go on as long as the
war lasts. Congress has increased the
maximun icxue to four billion instead
Df two billion dollars and has made
the law to provide that one can own
more than one thousand dollars worth
pr the stamps Of any one series There
will be a new issue known as the Sc
lies of 1919
An especial effort is being made Just
bow TO increase War Savings Society
bctivitieS In West Virginia. This Ia
being done under the direction Of
John Il. Norman, state organizer,
whose effort is, first. to rejuvenate the
Existing War Savings Societies, and
second tie create new societies, espe-
eially with view of creating a soeie-
ty In every school room in the state.
Like many other activities this has
been limited by the influenza epidemic.
Notable results. however, are being OBJ
tained In the campaign to reawaken
Interest in old societies.
Many interesting results are coraing
In from War Savings Societies. For
Instance, the Robert L. Archer War
Savings Society, of Huntington, has
/ purchased through its members War
Savings Stamps to the value of
| k65, 500.
! Arlcug other War Savings Societies
with exceptional records are the fol-
1 10 wing:
Metropolitan Life w. S. s.,
1f'a'tinsburg ...........,ss 7, 2775o
BIZ sandy District W. S. S.,
c7endennin .......... 27, s37. 10
Fairaiew W. S. s.. Fairview 27,25375
Rlair ". S. s., Blair. 16,31275
Lost Greek w. S. S., Lost
(raaty TX rrz 10