The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-29
Canvass Necessary To Bring
Subscriptions Up to Goal.
Friday Nights Meetings Failed
To Raise Allotment.
WILL CONTINUE THE CAMPAIGN
Shawnee Must Not Darker Rec
ord by Falling Short.
Pledges Bind Signers To Buy
Any Time Before Jan. 1.

For the first time since war finan-
cial campaigns were inaugurated in
this country. Shawnee county Friday
night undersubscribed an assigned
quota. War savings stamp pledges
made at or previous to the school,
house meetings totaled only $701, 900
The Shawnee county quota, fncludign
Topeka, was $1,356.000 and the sub
scriptions fell $685. 900 short of the
goal. The drive will continue until the
allotment is raised.
Charles S. Elliott, county war saw
ings stamp campaign chairman said
this morning that it is possible that
misunderstanding on the part of the
citizens is largely responsible. Elliott
said hat many persons have the idea
that when the pledge card is signed
the act binds that person to purchase
a certain number of war stamps on the
indicated dates. All this is so but only
in, a measure. TIE pledge card is in
tended to indicate the number of
stamps the government may count on
selling before January /, 1919. In
redeeming your pledge you may buy
your June stamps in December if you
chose-the pledge will be fulfilled
just the same.
House to House Canvass.
In spite of the figures recorded Fri
day night, Elliott was far from dis
couraged this morning. He just set
his teeth and began the preliminary
arrangements for staging a house to
house campaign at once. It is expect
ed that the teams of business men will
comb the uptown sections of the city.
the women's teams will work in the
residence sections, and the Boy Scouts
will act in the rapacity of cleanup
men. covering the whole OF the city as
they Lave been accustomed to do in
the war savings stamp work.
so Per Cent New Buyers. Z;
Elliott said today that about so per
cent of the subscriptions which were
were new subscriptions-made by
persons who have heretofore taken
no active part in the systematic saw
ings system. Elliott expressed con-
fidence that Topeka and Shawnee
county will quickly retrieve themselves
from the stigma of the failure to
make the required pledge quota Ell
lott said that he was sure that the
citizens would see to it that when the
final counting of noses comes in Janu-
ary that it will be found that Topeka
is well over the top.
1t Is believed that many persons
who already had subscribed for war
savings stamps did not attend any of
the meetings or turn in cards. The
amount from this source is expected
materially to swell the total
Many Went Over Top.
Nearly all of the schools which re-
ported Friday night turned in over
the-top subscriptions. The Crockett
War Savings society was the first one
to turn in its report-$1,23O. The
combined Catholic churches reported
total of $4,000 in pledges signed
The colored people meeting at the
Mckinley school went over the top
with a total subscription of 1920 on
quota OF $1,000 st. Johns Luther
an school reported a total pledge of
$500; quota $1,000.
Complete returns on the total
amount of pledges signed at the FRI
day night meetings were not available
today
savings stamp meetings held Friday
night as given out by Charles S. Ei-
liott today are: