French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-06-20

The next big campaign that aust b ut over with the same success that
met the recent Red Cross and Liberty Loan drives is the War Savings Cam
%. He has proclaimed that day National War Savings Day and has called
on avery mar, woman and child to subscribe IL hat in his honest opinion h
will be able to pay during the remainder of the yea to the War Savings Cam
paign.
of taking a year and a month to do it, they sought a plan by which this could
be done The state of Nebraska furnished the plan, fol this state had already
subscribed several millions dollars over its quota and had raisd over 81 per
Mr. Vanderip 1t once set about to know how Nebraska did it. He called
into conference Mr. Ward M. Burgess, State Director o. War Savings for
Nebraska, and MI: Kiddow, Mr.. Burgesss r1ghthand man. Together they
studied the plan in the light Of a national plan, and with the experience Of the
s+a+es eone not opv Nortr carolina hut other states Of ne Union
have been asked to adopt this plan and put over the War Savinsg Campaign
June %.
this plan put before them, he vas asked if North Carolina could do it, Sure"
said Colonel Fries, what Nebraska cal dc, North Carolina al do. Wen put
it oern it takes I'll the bunting tn flags and n drums IN tn whole
South to do it."
With this conviction and determination, Colonel Fries came back and set
about to pafectng the plans % make them most suitable to North Carolina
conditions. These plans have been presented through conferences held 1t
convenient places sin the state to the county chairmen and other Var Savings
Workers. Every county chairman has in his hands a detailed copy of the
plans, and he has been advised to follow tn instructions step by step as given
him to avoid confusion and to 10 the work with the greatest possible ease
and efficiency.
Only n important change in the national plan did Colonel Fries think
best to make FOL North Carolina. That "a to make the campaign last q
week instead of a day Therefore, the week beginning June % continuing
through June % las been designated as North Carolina War Savings Week
The Governor II North Carolina las issued a proclamation calling fr every
ing at this time all that he will be able ito buy during the remainder of the
year.
The week begins on Sunday, June %, with a statewide appeal for War
Savings in the churches and Sunday Schools. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday a housetohouse wi will be made in every township in
make his pledge or give MS excuse for no doing TO- A recordo eVel$ per
sons pledge will be taken n kept. On Friday. June 2S, the drive will cuL
initiate in a War Savings rally held at every scaool house in tn state. The
state Drecto las caIeo n eVery person IN Int scnooI olstrlt TO attend this
meeting either ito celebrate the occasion of the townships subscribing is
quota Dr. if that be not the case,t to finish raising its quota. In other words,
there is ut one thing Tor an township to do o. that day, and that is to sub
scribe its quota to the War Savings Campaign. Likewise, there is but one
thing for every person to do, and that is o do his duty to the War Savings
Campaign, which is his utmost. The Government expects n o less of every
mar, woman n cnHd In the state N this occasion.