The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-02-07
Buy Thrift Stamps

Self-interest is the ordinary rea-
son to start savings account.
Thrift bids you and me to save all
that Is not needed for the welfare
Of our bodies and put it in some
place for safe keeping so it will earn
interest. A world war has and will
draft many of our best men, physi-
cally and mentally, to fight the bat
tie OF freedom. We who are left at
home to enjoy comfortable houses,
good beds and plenty of food find it
is easier to earn a dollar than ever
in our lives. Uncle Sam asks the
1tire population to save as never
before in our lives and lend to the
Government by buying Thrift
Stamps. You and 1 and our soldier
friends compose this government.
When we buy War Savings Stamp
we have made loan to ourselves
and to our soldiers. This loan is to
be secured by every dollar of pro-
perty in the United States and will
be paid back in full January the first
1928 with four per cent compound
interest. A part of this thrift mon
ey can be made by saving foods
which We usually waste. 1t is esti-
mated that twelve million men
would be fed from the waste from
American tables. More food must
be produced and every family must
save more food If We are to send
any surplus to our Allies, SO declares
a high official in Washington.
Fifty million persons in the United
States are expected to invest in War
Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds.
Uncle Sam does not need money: but
he needs foods. clothing, ships. steel,
earoplanes and all other thing labor
can produce and which he spends
your Thrift stamps to buy. If you
can repair an old pair of shoes or
last summers dress it may help ~
buy a Thrift Stamp. 1t will further
help your Uncle Sam because you are
not competitor in the open market
with him in buying shoes and cloth
ing. Our entire liquor bill, patent
medicine bill much Of our tobacco bill
our cold drinks. chewing gum and
candy bills. could and should be saw
ed and put in Thrift Stamps. If we
feel tempted to buy an automobile
and save the money it is twice saved
if put in War Savings Stamps. The
first saving is to ourselves when We
put the money on interest. War
Savings Stamps do not drink. up
gasoline and oil or take us away
from productive work. The second
saving is to our Government which
needs all of the materials going in
the auto plus every skilled worker
in the nation to produce war sup
plies. Every worker from the fac
tory saves laborer on the farm to
produce food and clothing for a hun
CRY and naked world
l am persuaded that this years
work in America will save or lose
for a century or more the peace and
liberty of all mankind. 1t is esti-
mated that by July 1918 we will
need twenty billions Of dollars for a
war we entered on April the sixth
1917. This sum OF money is only
five billion dollars less than every
cent spent by the n. tioral Govern
ment since Washington was inaug-
urated the first president down to
January the first 1917. We need
this money to equip our army and
navy; to loan to our Allies and to
feed millions of our friends in Eu-
rope.
But we need what you can pro-
duce more than the money you can
lend. If you have skill in any line
of human endeavor you can be of
service. Our Soldiers are willing to-
sacrifice all they have-life-if
needed, for our country. Have you
and I made any real sacrifice that
has pinched us since the war began?
If not buy every thrift Stamp you
can and produce every ounce of food
you can. Our nation is calling every
man. woman to produce to the limit
in 1918. WADE STACKHOUSE.