The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-30
v. {. {. SALE HERE
IS EXPLAINED
LOCAL COUNTY COM M
TELLS HOW FABULOUS SUM
is BEING RAISED DAILY.
Many New Societies and Sales Aeen.
ces stablshed-O.her Stamp
Notes

People may have wondered how and
why WheelnG'S daily War Savings
sales run up into such fabulous sums
of money. 4 ten minutes visit TO the
| local headquarters should suffice TO
demonstrate 10 anyone the secret OF
Ohio counly's great success. There IS
hardly IN hour in the day between .
"a. IN. and ) p. Ill. that strong, earnest
Young men are not trlI1gtng over rail-
road tracks into great, humminE FAC
tories, into crowded stores. calling up
, on individuals or making addresses be-
| fore bodies Of men and women and
all for tho sole purpose Of urging the
, whole public 10 buy stamps, 10 organ
| izr War Savings societies and 10 nS'
, tabliSh sales agencies. The efforts "
these mon are almost incalculablc
Wherever they 30 they get things OF,
ganized. After they leave the indi'
vdualS upon whom they have called
take M the work where tho agents
leave il Off and push the sale of
stamps.
A member of III" local office force
! told a reporter yesterday that no wo-
man could go shopping. no man ap'
pear upon the streets, no mill or fac
, terry worker take up his daily duties
; without being approached by some one
or other and urged 10 begin the say
ing 'ot these wonderful little stck"rs
that are going TO do so much 10 help
bring victory home 10 America and
her allies.
! I,no L. n < rIN-
port. announcement was made that
War Savings societies have been or
ganizrd during the day among rm'
ployrs and officials Of the following
manufacturing concerns:
Northwuod Glass company, CeroofCo
War Savings club Of Wheeling Ceiling
and Roofing company. C.. NJ. Marsh.
president and Cliff CrOnin, secretary;
Corrugated Fibre I5oX company. Thorn
as p. kindclbcr.scr. president, and f.
F. Holman, secretary: Wheeling Steel
; Casting company. &. ". Birhl. presi-
dent and II. W. Hunter secretary.
Sales agencies were established in
the Wheeling Steel Casting company
Wheeling Ceiling and Roofing com
pany and the United States Corrugat'
cd Fibre Box company.
g.. New Pcrshng Limiters
. Several new pcrShing Limit club
members were announced. They are
James W. Ewing, +. +. Armbrustef
John r. Daler. John Duncan. Mrs. Sal
lie LiSl Dalz"ll and Mrs. J. D. Mcrri'
man
The local office daily bulletin said:
Not Il tenth OF the Ohio county peO'
pie who can afford to join The Perish
ing Limit club have come in. Let lis
appeal again for members. We are
asking only that you lend Uncle Sam
money at a good rate OF interest,". II
: is good business and good patriotism
! Have you any old automobile tires
or machinery lying around you're not
using. Junk it all and buy War Say
ings Stamps with the proceeds.
BUY stamps for your Riddles. We
know one man who is saving them for
his little girl He hopes 10 buy her a
piano with the proceeds when the war
is over.
Charleston. W. Va. has Il society
called the 'Winders Of the Watch on
the Rhine War Savings Society,"
If YOU will buy four War Savings
Stamps YOU arc buying a rifle for A
soldier 10 use on the man who may be
trying 10 shoot your boy.
For the sake % humanity and jus
lice and ell thai is good and holy buy
War Savings Stamps.