Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-03-02
DRIVE FOR THRIFT AND
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.


Uncle Sam in order to put over the
Thrift and War Savings proposition finds
it necessary to call upon all loyal, patri-
otc people of the United States to get
back of him and work to beat the band.
State Director, Publicity Directors,
County Chairmen, Solicitors, in fact
everybody engaged in advertising, dis
tributing and selling War Savings
Stamps and Thrift Stamps are doing the
work without penny of recompense-
doing it because they believe it is their
duty, because they believe that they are
assisting the Government to win the
war.
Chairman Frank A. Vanderlip, the
man who gave up his position as Presi-
dent of the City National Bank of New
York, is devoting all his time to this
work at Sl.00 per year or less.
As State Director Of Publicity of South
Dakota, we come to the business men of
the towns and cities of this state asking
you on behalf Of the Government to CO.
operate with the newspaper men and
other advertising mediums to make
known to every man, woman and child
just what the Government is trying to do
and what it proposes to do in this War
Savings and Thrift Stamp matter.
This office is in communication with
approximately 800 newspaper editors
and publishers of the state and via these
publications we are getting into touch
with practically all of the merchants,
bankers and other business men of all
the towns in the state of South Dakota
We are compiling complete list of
these firms and each will receive from
this office a request to align themselves
with other business men of the town for
the purpose of inserting advertisements
in the newspapers boosting the sale of
War Savings and Thrift Stamps.
Here and now we desire to secure the
attention of not only the newspaper men
themselves; We want to invite the bank
ers, and the lawyers, and the doctors
and ministers, as well as the retail mer-
chants, such as lumbermen, hardware
dealers, furniture men, general mer-
chants, grocers, druggists, implement
dealers, harness makers, jewelers., auto
mobile dealers, clothing merchants
managers of elevators, ETC., ETC., every
body in fact not overlooking the farmer
we want all and need each of you to
realize what is going on.
You all appreciate the value of news
paper advertising, the Government GER
tainly does. Majority of the publishers
have already donated much space to the
various projects in which the Govern
ment has been interested in the effort to
bring about the defeat of the Kaiser.
Since the beginning of this Thrift
Stamp propaganda through the Office of
the State Director of Publicity, we have
been very much encouraged because of
the enthusiasm and the loyal support
given Us by good percentage of news
paper editors.
As stated at the opening there are only
few slackers among the newspaper
men, but we are confident that there
will be general response all along the
line, and that we will be able to say at
the close of this campaign that there are
no slackers among the newspaper men
or among the business men of South
Dakota.
Let's all do our share. South Dakot
will lead in the purchase of Thrift and
War Sayings Stamps if we all do our
duty.
Yours truly,
+. j. MANNIX,
State Director of Publicity for S. d.