Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-19
BUY THRIFT STAMPS


Delaware's Three Counties Being
Organized For The Campaign
CAN SAVE SMALL AMOUNTS
Delawsre's three counties are being
thoroughly organized for the Thrift and
War-Savings Campaign rough which
the Government hopes, to secure, for
war purposes, $4,000, 900. 900 and at the
same time teach lessons of thrift which
will he Of vastly more benefit to the
lenders of the money than the money
itself will be to the Government.
This money is needed by the Govern
ment only for what it will purchase in
goods and services. To get the goods
it will be necessary for the American
people to lessen their daily demands for
luxuries SO that the country's productive
capacity may be devoted more largely
to supplying the needs of our armies.
The country has entered in war
which must be won. The money to
equip our fighting forces for victory
must be provided by the people. In
order to provide it and lend it to the
Government we must save.
It is easier to save in small amounts
than it is to save big sums. 10 enable
everybody within the land to save, a
plan has been devised whereby you can
begin with twenty-five cents, one quar-
ter of dollar.
You purchase THRIFT STAMP for
twenty-five cents and paste it on
THRIFT CBRD. Such THRIFT CARD
is furnished you when you buy a
THRIFT STAMP. 1t has spaces for
l6 such stamps.
AS soon as your Thrift Card is filed,
YOU can acquire WAR SAVINGS
STAMP. Then your money begins to
earn interest at the rate of 4 per cent.
compounded quarterly. You can also
obtain same by outright purchase for
cash. The price o! these War Savings
Stamps varies, de, ending on the time
when you acquire them. During JAN
ua:y. 1918. II is four dollars and twelve
cents, af,er that time it increases one
cent each month, during the year 1918.
The difference between your Thrift
Gard which represents &.O0, and TIE
price of War Savings Stamp, you pay
in cash. That means if you acquire
War Savings Stamp in January 1918,
YOU hand over your Thrift Gard ard
NV twelve cents additional. In Feb
ruary, 1918, you will have to pap thir-
teen cents additional. and so Oh an in
crease of one cent per month. This
difference and increase represents the
interest earned and is paid back at
maturity. They mature January l.
1928 when the Government will pay
five dollars ($5 OOj for each of such War
Savings Stamps.
With the purchase of the fl st War
Savings Stamp you are turnisheda WAR
SAVINGS CERTIFICATE. This GER
iifcate has spaces tor 20 War Savings
Stamps. You paste these Stamps on
this certificate which, when filled repre-
sen one hundred dollars ($l00) cash
value on January l, 1923.
If the twenty spaces on War Saw
jngs Certificate are filled during Janu-
arv. 1918, the cost to the purchaser will
be 81. IL for each stamp, or twenty times
S4 II that is $82. 40, for the full certifi-
cate. On the first day Of January, 1923,
the Government will redeem such certi-
ficate at $11O. This means that the
holder gets net profit Of Sl7.6 for the
use of his money.
Should you Unexpectedly need cash
money, you can get it by surrendering
YOUR War Savings Certificates. either
filled or partially filled. The Govern
ment will pay back to you what you
paid for it plus the interest increase of
one cent per month for each War Saw
ings Stamp on the Certificate. A table
Of the cash surrender value is printed
on the back of a War Savings Certif-
cate. 1t .s hoped, however, that this
privilege viii! be exercised only in cases
of necessity.
The stamps and certificates can be oh.
tained from post Offices, bank, or trust
companies, most railroad stations, stores
factories, within your own clubs, socie'
ties, and organizations and at many
public places, duly authorized.
Having the entire wealth of the
United States back of them and being
redeemable as above stated, depreci
alton in value of either war savings
stamps or war savings certificates is
out of the question.
Notice Of Liquidation
Tho (,it;zsns National Bank of Middle