Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-09
To All Wa, Saving RosE','.

Jackson, Miss, July -, 1919.
To the County Directors and All War
Savings Workers:
We have the figures for the war
Savings campaign practically rom
plete. There are still outstanding
about ten counties from which we
have no official figures. but an APP
Proclamation. The quota for the
state ~ Mississippi. as given county
| by county and published in the bul-
letin. and which came TO me when !
was appointed State director, totals
S36.230.900 %. and pledges received
! IN 10 date show that We have pledged
S2G.475.2i7O0. A slight margin over
the States quota. There are a num-
Der OF counties W. the State that
did not get their quota. Some came
within a few thousand dollars n a
few fell down quite considerably. Our
instructions from Washington are
that the counties that have not
reached their quotas must keep up
the campaign until they get their
quotas. The counties that did not
get their quotas in practically every
instance are in as good fix financially
TO get their quotas as the counties
that did, and we appeal to the county
directors Of these counties to keep up
the work through the year until the
county's quota is pledged in full.
We want TO especially thank the
banks. merchants. newspapers. min
listers. travelling men, members OF
the Speakers Bureau, school trus-
tees, moving picture shows. Four
Minute Men, Council OF Defense and
all members OF the county organiza-
tons, people in each OF the various
other campaigns such as Liberty
Loans, Y. NJ. G. A., Red Cross, etc.
They gave US their unsclfish time IN
our campaign. Tho national com
mittcc, our staff. and !, myself. want
to especially thank you for the won
derfuI, untiring and unselfish work
YOU have done in this War Savings
campaign. This is the greatest task
ever assigned our State. The quota
is two and One-half or three times
AZ large as all three OF the Liberty
Loans, the Red Cross, Y. NJ. G. A.,
and every phase Of wal subscriptions
put together since the war began,
The purpose OF the government was
to reach eighty or eighty-five per
cent of our people. In no Liberty
Loan campaign have we ever reached
more than fifteen to seventeen per
rent Of our people, and 1t was the
! olan Of the government to reach his
rcat mass OF people that has never
ocen interested in government seCur-
ties. that we might teach them
hrift and economy, and thereby
make them stockholders In the gov
'rnment and by so doing. that they
i'll be more interested in the gov
,rnmcnt, more awakened to the
'ecessity Of winning the war, and to
each them that the first great bust
'oss Of this nation is war, and that
he first duty of every true, pa
riotir citizen is to win this war.
Our campaign reached III most
anguine hopes and pledges have
Necn taken from people representing
aighty-five per cent Of the men,
women and children in Mississippi.
Noth white and colored. Former cam
,aigns have not extended to the rural
districts. and the colored people have
not been sufficiently interested. but
We want to especially commend the
liberality and, in many instances, the
and especially commend the colored
people in this campaign.
Every phase Of this campaign was
nut IN by the direction and with the
approval of the accredited represen-
tatives of the Secretary OF the Treas
ury at Washington.
The task was 80 great, the respon-
sibility 80 large. that it is little short
Of phenomenal how nObly our peo-
pie have responded. Rare indeed are
the instances where people failed to
make their quotas or to do their full
duty as suggested by the committee
in authority. A fine spirit Of pa
triotism and an intense desire TO
cconomize and save, to redeem their
pledges. is being shown in every sec
, ton OF the country. Many reports
, are coming that people are doing
extra work and making extra money
that their pledges may be redeemed.
| The boys at the front are redeeminE
] their pledges with their sacrifices,
and many, many Of them with their
lives, and the great opportunity for
service which lies before us for the
rest OF the year is to use every ounce
Of II energy and u ability In see
ing that our people who have pledged
and who have done such a nobl,
piece OF work, do not fail to redeem
their pledges before December 31st
Again thanking you for all thai
YOU have done in this campaign and
every person and every influence that
aided in this campaign, our yer,
sincerest thanks and appreciation,
am,
Very sincerely yours.
F. |. Gunter,