The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-06-27


to sign the pledge to save and to in.
vest their savings in War Savings
a. Stamps. The crisis this
WS.S nation is now passing
- 80 through, when its lib.
l. s2---.----- J erty is being fought
for on the greatest battlefield of HIS.
tory makes stringent economy abso.
lutely necessary il we are to win this
battle.
w. S. s.
To win this war it is not only necos
sary that every American soldier
fight, bnt every American dollar,
quarter, dime and penny must fight,
too This is not a war of soldiers,
but war of nations-soldiers against
soldiers, manufacturers against man.
ufacturers, farmers against farmers,
dollars against marks. That nation
will win whose people are game 20
fight the hardest, save most and stand
closest behind their boys in the
trenches.
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American soldiers while fighting
for America are risking their lives.
but American dollars are running no
risk while serving the government. In
fact, the dollars are getting better
pay than the soldiers. War Savings
Stamps earn compound interest and
are backed by the richest government
on earth.
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If every man and woman in this
country would only understand that
by extravaganza and by wasting
money on unnecessary luxuries they
are unconsciously prolonging the war
and causing the needless loss OF young
American lives they would do all ia
their power to discontinue and dis
courage the purchase of luxuries.
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To manufacture and sell luxuri ,s
requires material and labor that are
sorely needed by the government TO
supply our army and Macy with the
necessary arms. food, clothing and
other equipment. When you waste
money on non-essent1als you are de.
priving our soldiers of supplies they
urgently need for their comfort and
safety.
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Remember every cent you invest In
War Savings Stamps shorten the wa
The individual investment shortens 1t
to a very small extent to be sure, but
multiply this investment by 100000
600 and you have something gigantic
and its effect on shortening the war
can be measured in weeks, months
and even years. Every day the war
Is shortened means the preventing 1T
thousands of American casualties, not
counting those of our allies.
Great Britain's losses in men last
year and this have been at the rate
of million a year, and next year,
when our Sammies are bearing the
brunt OF the fight we will learn that a
months fighting may cost US 100000
men. If you will only realize that
every dollar you save and invest with
your government has a definite effect
in shortening the war, you certainly
have a most powerful incentive to buy
War Savings Stamps
w. S. S.
The sale OF War Savings Stamps is
not an affair for children alone, al
though they have done a great deal IN
the past, but this sale has been pro
NOTED by the government as one of
its main sources of revenue for car
rying on the war. $2,000,000 900 is
to be raised by the sale Of War Saw
ings Stamps this year, S37 900 in
Louisiana and $40,000,000 in Missis-
sippi. Judging by past records these
states will not fall behind, but 1t will
require the cooperation and hard
work of every man, woman and child
w. S. S.
This war will be won by steady and
Persistent endeavor rather than by
spurts and spasmodic exertion We
have had great and admirable out
bursts of effort in the different Lib
erty Loan campaigns and later we
( shall witness sudden and tremendous
efforts in battle, but we rely upon
something else as the handspring OF
our war enterprise. That something
else is the steady and sustained ex-
penditure of national energy at all
times and under all conditions That
alone makes decisive victory possible
In battle. At home this is best exem-
plified by the steady. persistent flow
OF money into the United States
Treasury from the sale of War Saw.
ings Stamps from every nook sns
Granny of this immense country.
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Remember that National War Say.
ings Day is June 2Sfh. Pledge your
self on or before that day to save to
the utmost OF your ability and to buy
War Savings Stamps that there may
be more money. labor and materials
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