The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-21
STATE RECORD.
FOR one DAYS
W. s. s. SALES
BROKEN HERE
Workers Pledge $4,000
Toward County Quota at
Thursdays Meeting Ex-
pect 100000 More.
| week TO GET QUOTA

The state record for the total
amount of money pledged for war
savings certificates in single day.
was broken by Richmond thrift stamp
workers Thursday, when total OF
$129.000 was pledged to the Wayne
county quota.
The amount exceeds even that made
at Indianapolis recently when at a
thrift stamp meeting attended by 20.-
| 600 people, only about $4,000 was
subscribed to the war savings stamp
quota of Marion county.
The pledges made Thursday were
for $1,000, $500 and $3.50. The out
lying townships represented, all of
whom have covered their annual quo
tas, subscribed an additional amount
Thursday.
Million by June %.
The county will attempt to raise
total of $1,0O0,O00 by June %. There
still remains $260,000 to be raised
during the coming week.
The treasury department has made
provision for a registration of per-
sons contributing and refusing to con-
tribute to the thrift stamp campaign.
At the close of the drive on June %,
all persons living in the county will
be required to meet the committe and
explain what they have done for the
drive. Those who do not contribute
will be reported to the state commit
tee.
According to J. H. Mills, county
chairman of the war savings stamp
campaign, this method will not be fol-
lowed unless it is found that the
amount cannot be obtained in the
county through volunteer subscrip-
tons given without pressure. Mr..
Mills is hopeful, from results already
obtained, that the amount for Wayne
county can be raised by an appeal to
the patriotism of the people.
Committee Starts Work.
Tho committee which is in charge
OF the canvassing for the drive, went
tanned by this committee will be besed
committee reports 100000 sub
scribed by noon Saturday. Mr.. Mills
said Friday, he will feel safe in re-
porting to state headquarters that he
viii lnot find it necessary to use pres
sure in obtaining pledges for the
county quota.
mittees, which were appointed Thurs
day, have each between 20 and 25
special persons to interview for sub
scriptions. These 400 persons listed
by the committee has been assigned
no certain amounts, but are expected
to give as much as they can afford.
The efforts of the committees, how
ever will not be restricted to those
persons whose names they have, and
every taxpayer, wage Garner, man or
woman is expected by the federal gov
ernment to make what contributions
they can to the campaign.
The committee members will meet
for luncheon at the Y. M. C. A. Satur-
day to make their reports of the re-
suits of the campaign up to that time.
Thursdays Subscriptions.
The amounts subscribed at the
meeting Thursday follow: $1,000
The Richmond City Water Works, the
Richmond Home Telephone Company,
T. B. Jenkins. w. A. Bockhoff, E. G.
Hill, Starr Piano Company, Swayne-
Robinson Co., A. D. Gayle, w. D.
A. T. Hale, Omar Hollingsworth, In
uldud IlSlOu ItlHS SO., y. M. LO1LZ,
Pettis A. Reid, Charles A. Thomason,
B. Johnson & Son, the Vale school
by w. C. Hibberd, the Conkey Drug
Co.
s50O-Postmaster C. B. Beck, the
Joseph II. Hill Co., W. C. Hibberd,
Mayor w. w. Zimmerman, Everett
Ackerman. Lee B. Nusbaum, Everett
Lemon, Theodore Martin, Omar Nc
Conaha, w. ]. Blackmore, Malleabl
Castings Co., Mrs. William Bockhoff,
Mrs. John LontZ, Mrs. w. D. Foulke.
First Methodist Sunday School, First
English Lutheran Sunday School, ST.
Johns Lutheran Sunday School, First
church. Beebe Glove Co.,
j. M. Hutton & Co., John w. Cook, the
Arlington Hotel Co., the Cambridge
City Gas Co., Harry Watt, Charles r. |
and Robert NJ. Lontz, and P. w. |
Smith.
$250-Harry Bockhoff, Secretary
Carl Ullman of the Commercial Club, /
Supt. of Public Schools ]. T. Giles, |
o. E. Dickinson, Washington Theatre
Company by Henry Gennett, Druitt |
Bros. Sam Fred, Charles and Francis
Independent Ice Co., Paul
Price, Frank Edmunds. c. A. Harrison,
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