The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-01-17
EXCEPTIONAL INVESTMENT.
Chance for Small Investor as we'll as
Larger One to Get Good
Returns.

sue bonds of the first and second
Liberty Loans in denominations
as low at $50 he did it to interest
the small investor. Little savings
little loans to the, Government,
are an important contribution to-.
ward the winning of the war.
But there are millions and mill
ions of Americans to whom $50
is large sum to scrape together
in a brief period. The $50 Lib
erty bond was beyond the reach
Of great majority of the peo-
pie who had not as much as $50
to invest, except by purchase on
the installment plan. We are a
pay as you go" nation. The
Liberty loans failed to reach
those who did not wish to
commit themselves to regular
installment payments which they
might not have the means to
continue.
The Government now comes to
the small investor with a propo-
sition which every man, woman
and child in the United States
may accept with profit. Thrift
stamps make it possible for every
possessor of 25 cents to become
creditor of the United States
and to contribute directly to the
successful prosecution of the
war.
The purchaser of a Thrift
stamp for % cents secures a card
to which he aflixes, it. The card
has space for 16 Thrift stamps,
which NAV be attached, one by
one. as fast as the purchaser can
sfford to buy them. When the
card is full, it is exchanged, by
the payment of II cents addi-
tional, for a War Savings stamp,
pasted upon a War Savings GEL
tificate. This certificate has
spaces for 20 War Savings stamps.
For every War Savings stamp
upon it the Government will pay,
on January l, 1923, S.. In other
words, for every $4 IL you lend
the Government now the Gov
ernment will repay S. in five
years. You get back your prin-
cipal with A per cent. interest,
compounded quarterly.
This offer of the Government
is good only from now to the end
of 1918. During that time the
price of the Thrift stamps will
remain uniform at 25cents, but
the premium required for the ex-
change of 20 Thrift stamps for
one War Savings stamp will in
crease one cent a month. That
is to say, in January a War Saw
ings stamp will cost 20 Thrift
stamps and IL cents; in February
20 Thrift stamps and 13 cents,
and so on. The Government
will refund the investors prin-
cipal at any time, on ten days
notice with interest at a fixed
scale printed on the certificate,
which approximates three per
cent. But, as above stated, if
the loan is not withdrawn before
January l, 1923, the rate of in
terest amounts to four per cent,
compound.
The Government has asked
every citizen of tn e United
States to invest at least 81 in
Thrift stamps and War Savings
stamps. Perhaps we can't all do
it; but we can all make a start,
at a cost of 25 cents.
To give a child a start, toward
the acquisition of War Savings
certificate may be the means of
inculcating a saving habit that
will be worth thousands of dol
lars to the recipient in after life.
Uncle Sam has provided US with
a means of taking care of the
loose nickles, dimes and quarters
and making them count up. Let
US all take advantage of it.
Thrift Stamps and War Saw
ings stamps can be bought at
any post office or bank, and at
thousands of OF her agencies
which the Government has es-
tablished and is about to estab-
lish.