The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-06-13
WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN.
Drive for $32O,OOO Sales Begins
Thursday Afternoon.

| To the people of Bamberg county:
Once again the gOvernment-our
| gOvernment-has offered US the op-
portunity to show our loyalty and pa
triotism. This time it comes in a
great campaign for the sale Of war
savings stamps and the pledging of
| ourselves to save, to economic, and
| to help win the war. In several re-
| spects this is the biggest and most
| important campaign which has been
! launched in this county. May call
your attention briefly to some of
! them?
/. 1t is the greatest in amount OF
| money to be invested. The war saw
| ings quota for Bamberg county is, in
| round numbers, S390,000., almost as
much as the three Liberty Loan quo
! tas com mbined. The government plac-
ed the war savings quota upon popu-
lation, $4,000 per capita for every
| man, woman, and child, white and
black, in the county. The population
of our county at this time is placed
at something over 10000. Of course,
the quota means maturity value of
| the stamps and not present value.
1t means that the government will
pay our people 100000, in 1928,
but that if the stamps we're pur-
| chased this month it would cost our
people only s325,260.
The county's quota for this drive,
beginning June IA and closing June
28, is S16O,000, with 20 per cent, or
$4,000 in cash purchases. At the
meeting of war savings workers last
Friday it was decided that we would
strive to at least double the quota
for this county, making our goal
1920, 900 in pledges and cash. Does
this seem large? 1t can be easily
and quickly done if we are all willing
to "go the limit and realize when
We think we have gone the limit that
we have done nothing compared to
the boys who are fighting for our
homes and our protection.
2. We are not asked simply to
buy war savings but to "save, and
economic, to help win the war;
Now, our patriotism and loyalty is
to be tested. This campaign will try
it's sincerity. Are you willing to
sign that pledge? If not, by what
measure are you claiming to be a
loyal American citizen? You. say the
government has no right to ask you
to sign such a pledge. Has the gov
ernment the right to ask the boys
who have gone from Bamberg coun-
ty to pledge their lives for victory?
What is our pledge to save, to leave
off useless and needless purchases, to
deny ourselves some of the luxuries,
to compare with the pledge that our
brave lads have made? How could
we dare look one of those boys in the
face when he comes back home if we
are unwilling to pledge everything
for his support and protection? Let
us sign this pledge freely, gladly,
gratefully, and sincerely!
And after all the government is not
asking us to give up anything perma-
nently, but simply to postpone. buying
it for season. At the end bf four
and a half years our money will come
back with good interest and we will
probably be able to buy twice as
much with it then as we can now.
3. One of the prettiest features
of the war savings proposition is that
it is the most adaptable of all govern
ment security. It fits everybody's
pocketbook.
You can make your purchase any,
where from Csc to $1,000. Every
body can come in, and everybody
must come in If We are to win this
war. Our great President has said
to us time and again that this is not
a war between armies but nations.
The whole nation-men, women and
children, must be modified. We
must all endeavor to hold our place
in the line, and we all have our
places that cannot be filled by any
one else. Remember the old adage:
Another man can do your work but
no one else can do your duty"
I make the point, then, that the
war savings proposition is a great
one because it gives everybody who
wants to help chance. And I wish
I could drive home this truth: When
this campaign is over, if there is
person in Bamberg county-man or.
woman, boy or girl, white or black
who has not proved his love and 10y
atty to his government by investing
or pledging to invest of his means,
it will not be because he could not
but because he did not want to!
I am sure there is enough loyalty
and willingness to sacrifice among
the people of Bamberg county to put
this campaign lover the top as the
others have gone.
The quotas of the various COM
munities, both for this drive and,
the year are given below:
Quo