The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-04
"Keep Your Pig 5 % Buy
War SaVing' : > ps" Will
Be SIogar ; ; Canvass
Which BegSS ,Cember 9.
MEMPHIS is BEHIND,
ASSERTS ARMSTRONG
Business, Social and Other
Local Organizations Plan to
Take Active Part in Putting
Over $1,8OO,Oo0 Sales.

Keep your pledge to buy war sav-
ings stamps. Your work is not done
until every penny promised is paid,
This viii be the slogan of the smash
ing drive that will be made during
the week of Dec. 9-14 by the Shelby
county campaign committee to secure
redemption of every pledge that was
Less than rs per cent Of the pledges
made at that time have been redeemed
according to Dwight M. Armstrong
chairman, and he and his associates
have decided that the time has come
for vigorous campaign to be followed
by show down" .....
Pledges amounted to S,SOO,OOO IN
round figures and redemptions have
been less than 100000.
The aid of every business house,
club, school, church and other organl2a-
ton in Memphis will be enlisted in
this work of redeeming war saving
stamp pledges on a 100 per cent basis,
will contribute to the result desired .
1--WE want to awaken the people of
Memphis and Shelby county, to their
responsibility IN redeeming these
pledges" declaysd Mr., Armstrong.
Cards in Agents Hands,
"These cards are scattered widely
throughout the city and county. In
fact they are in the hands of between
700 and 500 designated agents, and II
has been impossible for us to have all
of these agents give us reports OF
what they are doing or what they
have done, We therefore know very
little about what progress is being
made These cards are In the hands
Ok hanks schools, clubs business
houses anutasespFns eStsn,ShensSs anS
some of these are appareptly making
very little effort 10 see tllat they are
redeetaed. ~ some instances, credit
Slsas-ssIE shaRnAgfvsn 10 Ithoke who Have
bougm stafnp3 from the hgents held
Ing their cards. 1t is going to require
Herculean effort and whole hearted CO.
operation on the part ,of both agents
tangIe. -. .,...,. ,,o..,,, To- ,,on,n,,s
who has proper regard for his credit
to go to the agent hiding his card,
get it and redeem it without further
delay. The whole campaign will be
directed solely to this end.
To Disband Dec. 81.
"The national war savings stamp
committee, which was appointed by
the treasury department TO launch the
campaign for selling s2,000,00Oi0O0 worth
of these stamps to the people Of the
United States, according to informa-
ton ] have received, will disband after
Dec. |. There are various state and
county organizations which will con-
tinue until the end of the year, when
they will probably likewise disband.
The Shelby county campaign commit
tee will serve no longer than the end
Of the present year.
The question arises: What will be-
come of the pledge cards that have not
been redeemed at that time? This is
the matter which most directly con-
Germs the people Of Memphis and Shell
by county. ! do not know just what
the procedure will be, but l am inclined
to think that the treasury department
win provide for handling these cards
through the federal reserve banks af.
ter that date, .:
We are not going to throw these
cards away II they are not redeemed
and withdrawn by those who pledged
themselves to redeem them, we will
turn them over to the treasury depart
ment for such action as it deems ad-
visable or necessary. They represent
binding obligation on the part Of
every person who maze them and we
want to awaken the people of this city
to the responsibility on their part to
redeem their, pledges, Immediately"
The Chamber of Commerce Will ap-
point one OF its directors or other
members to open offices in che Cham
ber Of Commerce building during the
! week of Dec. 9-A to aid in securing re-
| demption Of these pledges, President
Salisbury was out of the city Wednes.
day, but the representative of this or
ganization will be named on his return
Thursday, This body will throw its en-
tire influence into this redemption
campaign.
Clubs to Cooperate.
The Rotary club has appointed the
following. committee that will actively
participate: r. L. Jordan, chairman
Ben a. Bogy II. r. Chears. FREQ
Schmidt, shubael Beasley, Claude Il
| Mcclure and r. G. Ramsey.
The Lions club, Kiwanis club, Lum
bermans club, the schools. the cit!
government and other organizations IL
Memphis VIII be asked to lend every
| Memphis will be asked to carry thu
slogan and other snappy statements re
| garding the campaign in their adver
| tisements. Attractive posters will b.
| placed over the city and windshield
cards will be prepared for automobile
| and trucks,
! More than 1000 leaflets will lb
prepared for mailing with bundles sen
out by all stores in Memphis and TO
enclosure in letters of banks and othe
| institutions These will carry tn
slogan OF the campaign and will keel
the subject OF pledge redemption ef
fecttvely before the people of this cit,
and county.
In fact, every agency that can b.
| employed will be asked to co-operat
and the Shelby county campaign com
mittee win make every possible effor
to arouse Memphians to the obligation
that rests on them as pledgers and Il
the absolute necessity of redeeminl
I+Loir nlndnna Mithnnt DELAY