The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-06-21
FOR WAR SAVINGS STAMPS AT
PATRIOTIC MEETINGS TO
M az HELD JUNE %.
GATHERINGS AT THE SCHOOLS
Reports Received by state Director
Festus j. Wade indicate That
THAT This state VIII over.
pledge Its Quota.

President Woodrow Wilson has or
dered the enlistment Of every Mis-
sourian for National War Savings Day
on June IS. On this occasion this
State is expected To- pledge oversub-
scriptions for its quota OF War Say
| ings Stamps. Under the original allot-
ment Missouris apportionment was
81, 900, 900. Recent statistics show
that about s22.ooo,OOo have been sent
| to the Treasury of the United States
through the sale OF War Savings
Stamps.
The success of War Savings Day
rests upon the individual efforts of
each Of the ia counties of this State.
The President of the United States.
Governor Frederick d. Gardner and
the Mayor of every municipality OF
the State of Missouri have issued
proclamations urging Missourians to
attend the War Savings meetings on
June 2s, which are to Do held in every
schoolhouse in Missouri. At these con-
'ferences written pledges are to be
made, obligating the signers to'pur'
chase War Savings Stamps between
June % and December 81. 1t is ex'
pected that many persons will sub
scribe to large blocks of War Savings
Stamps on National War Savings Day,
State Director Festus ]. Wade urge
every banker in Missouri to have an
extra supply of stamps on hand in or.
der to meet the necessary demands.
Recent reports show that every bank
in Missouri is selling War SAVING
Stamps Probably in no other Stat,
has this 100 per cent mark been
reached by the financiers.
Tentative plans for the meetings on
lime 2S have been arranged by all of
the County War Savings Committees.
Ii order that this date will not es-
cape the attention of any Missourian,
1000 900 circulars have been printed
and will be distributed by Boy Scouts
or other organizations of this State
on the morning of June 2S.
Every telephone subscriber will be
called by their local telephone opera
tor and reminded of the fact that
they should attend one of the War
Savings meetings.
Governor Gardner, in his proclama.
tion,. calls attention to the request of
the President of the United States
that business and labor throughout
Missouri be suspended for few hours
on yJpne 2s in order that every person
in the state can attend one of the
meetings.
Let the farmer 60 from the plow"
SAID the Governor in his proclama.
uon, the professional man from his
office. the business man from tn,
counter, the mechanic from the shop
and the laborer from his task, to the
community gathering on June 2S, an.
Tor an hour to be, as 1t were. on the
firing line. We are partners with the
Government and the boys in France
Belgium and Italy In the war"
The tillers of the soil probably have
to make greater sacrifices In order to
attend these meetings than any other
class, but the farmer should remem-
Der that his boy. or his neighbours boy.
In France or in the cantonment, Ia civ.
ing all Of his time to help win the war,
and In turn should be willing to give
one hour on June rs to prove his pa
triotism by lending his assistance to-
ward winning the war. .h
County chairmen In the majority OF
communities will keep q record Of
N~s k~AcSA Vao otsChob tlt0 local
gathering on War Savings Day. These
names will appear on an honor roll
to b. printed, In the local papers. Alb
senee from these conferences viii be
indicative Of lack Of patFiotism.. and
unless there 10 valid excuse for NON
sttendaneen 1of' individuals In each
county # viii be . stigma against the
absentee's loyalty. i's.
All business is expected to be sus. |
pended fortthe afternoon on June 20,
and the entire time and energy Of tho
people Of Missouri will be devoted 10
securing subscriptions for War Say.
ings Stamps 34
Id the opinion of the President If
the United States. this is vital meas
ure In the successful prosecution Of
the war, and Missourians are expected
TO subscribe to the limit Of their ability
fog themselves and their families.
! hxeFy adult citizen in the state Of
Misseart isssxpscted 10 astena. sas Of |