The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
CERTIFICATES TO
AID RECORDS FOR
v. s. CAMPAIGN
Chairman Armstrong Provides
Method to Assure Complete
List of All Who Redeem
Pledges Made in June.

Certificates which will be issued in
duplicate and which will aid greatly In
the furtherance Of the campaign nov
being waged to have all war savings
stamp pledges redeemed have been is
sued by D. NJ. Armstrong, chairman
Of the Shelby county war savings com
mitteG, and are now in the hands Of
tho various selling agencies in Mem
phis. Under this plan one may pur-
chase his stamps at any agency n
will be given a certificate showing the
amount of his purchase, while n dupli-
cate will be sent to headquarters SO
that his purchase may be properly
credited.
BY this plan the purchaser will get
credit on his pledge card for every
stamp he buys, II the card Is OF head
quarters the certificate will act imme-
diately as an offset. II II is not at
headquarters it will be held there until
the card comes in and will at that time
automatically cancel the pledge and re-
tire it.
One Of the big handicaps in the
stamp redemption campaign which is
now being vigorously pushed in Mem
phis is eliminated by the use of this
certificate. Many who promised to buy
stamps have forgotten their authorized
agents and If their pledges have not
not know where to go to get their
cards and redeem them even after they
have bought their stamps.
Under this plan one receives full
credit. and Mr.. Armstrong Is confident
that use of this certificate will greatly
facilitate redemption and thereby sub
st%antially increase the purchase of
stamps against outstanding pledges.
Special List Complied.
A list was compiled Wednesday at
war savings headquarters OF all per
nnNAa l. VIAI-al 49, So L. L.-
800 or more worth OF stamps. This
list will be turned over to the special
committee OF the Chamber Of Com
merce appointed to aid in war stamp
pledge redemption, with the request
that 1t procede Immediately with the
collection Of the money due on these
pledges. A. F., Jennings Is chairman
Of this committee and he has a large
number of enthusiastic workers asso-
ciated with him who are well equipped
to undertake this task. This list will
contain the name OF every man or
woman who pledged to buy 1000 worth
of stamps as well as mounts from
800 TO 5000.
Further progress was reported at
headquarters Wednesday in securing
redemption of smaller pledges, But
there, Is marked slowness in the rate
at which the larger pledges are being
redeemed. The bulk Of the money is
So NNpS' A"'iH'AS AiSii PtuV w FlpV'Vt
and 1t Is for this reason that the step
already outlined is to be taken.
Redeemed by Mail,
Mr.. Armstrong said Wednesday that
q number OF persons who signed
pledges in Memphis In June and who
had since moved away from this city
had RENTED within the past two or
three days to redeem them.
III people who are no longer resi-,
dents Of Memphis think enough OF
their pledges to redeem them, those
who make their homes here certainly
should think enough Of theirs to take
similar action" said MIR. Armstrong in
commenting on this phase Of the situa
ton,
All pledge cards not. redeemed will
be drawn into headquarters before the
last day of the year, and they will
then be held subject to such action
as the treasury department may deem
expedient.
Unless there is material increase IN
the rate at which redemption is pro-
ceeding, there Is going TO be a fright
fully large number of these pledges
over which the treasury department
must hold inquest.