The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-07-05
ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN
100000 PERSONS ARE Buy
ERS or STAMPS.
So COUNTIES OVER the TOP
State Director Y. r. Preston issues
First Statement on Campaign That
Was Held June 2a.-Praise for all
Workers.

OF the war Savings Stamps quotd LoS
the state has been pledged. II is es-
timated that there are now in iTenneS
see more than 100000 owners of
War Savings Stamps. This number
will compare favorably with the mum
Der OF subscriptions of all OF the
southern states.
t. r. Preston, who is state director
Of War Savings for the state of Ten
nessee, has issued the following state
ment in regard to the campaign re-
suits throughout the state:
1t will be several days before any
thing like an accurate statement can
be given as to the result Of War Saw
ings Pledge Day in this state, June
IS. Our first estimate Of forty mil
lion dollars was probably too low,
Sixtythree counties have either
pledged their full quota or assure us
the same will be completed within a
few days. The remaining thirty three
counties that have not gone over the
top, and those that have not quite
completed their quota, should continue
their organization diligently and re-
peat their meetings until the full quo
Ia for each county has been colnplet-
ed or it is definitely known that the
quota cannot be reached
Many of the larger interior coun-
ties, such as Lincoln, Wilson, Giles,
Rutherford and Weakley, have al
ready reported that they have exceed
ed their quota some Of them by %
per cent. In one Civil District in
Weakley. county the head of every
family subscribed. Many Of the small
er counties, like Trousdale, Jackson
and Moore, have also exceeded their
quota. u ~ Nd Il * II 3rf i s1sss
1t is difficult to estimate the mum
Der Of people in the state who have
either bought lor have pledged them
Selves 10 '6rys war v Atahips,
but from the best information obtain
able the number of Tennesseans now
owning these securities will exceed
one million, five hundred thousand.
1t is estimated that in Shelby county
alone one hundred thousand PEOPLE
will be owners of War Savings
Stamps.
So far as the reports have reached
Us. not single meeting failed 70 ma
terialize. and there we're approximate
Iy eleven thousand meeting places
designated.
IL the remaining thirty three coun-
ties reach their quota, and we have
no doubt they will, Tennessee will
probably be the first southern state
to pledge its full quota
When Tennessee pledges her full
quota the matter will then De reduced
very largely to a collecting PROPOSE
ton.
When the campaign closes we can,
not be unmindful of the great assist.
ance that was rendered Us by the
newspapers throughout The state,
both daily and weekly. While thou
sands Of columns OF advertising were
paid for by the patriotic business men
of the state. the newspapers them
selves gave freely. and hundreds of
columns of reading matter, some of
the weekly papers even issuing special
editions devoted to War Savings
Stamps.
The Bill Posters were also most
generous in their billboard adYertis
ing. The Red Cross Committees, Lib
erty Loan Committees, Council of Ma.
tional Defense, headed by Maj Smith,
assisted wonderfully. The ministers,
teachers and other prominent men
who volunteered their services in
filling speaking engagements, con.
tributed very largely to the success OF
the pledge campaign.
Upon the whole the women through
out the state were splendidly organ
lied and rendered invaluable assist
ance.
But the great task fell upon the
county and city chairmen, as zelI as
the nearly forty-one THOUSAND com
mitteemen who assisted In holding
the meetings June ZSth. some of
these have labored necessarily for
over seven months, and there was not
a county in the state which vas not
reasonably well organized.
1t is but fair to say that the ne
groes throughout the state responded
just as literally in proportion 10 their
means and information as did the
white people, and in many instances
we're splendidly organized.
Some Of the methods Of securing
the pledges were wonderfully effec-
tive. The plan in Nashville, under
Mr. LoventhaI city chairman, was
probably, the most effec.iye scheme
ever tried on any similar work in a