The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-01
State Wide School
ChiIdren's S w. S. S.
Jingle Contest
Gov. Hugh Dorsey offers Prizes For
the Best Patriotic Verses Tel
ling Why You Should Buy
War Savings Stamps.

Stamp Jingle Contest. There are no
coaditions imposed on those who take
rart other than that the verse enter
ad must be an example of good pen
manship and spelling-must be not
loss than four lines nor more than
eight lines in length and the name
Of the pupil offering the verse with
home address, both city and county
os we'll as the name of the school
thew attend, must be clearly written
IN the lower half of the paper on
which the verse appears.
Each jingle submitted must in some
wav mention War Savings Stamps
and the part they will play in help
inc Uncle Sam finance the War All
verses must be mailed to the office
Of the State Director, War Savings
Stamp Committee, Atlanta, Ga.
Splendid Prizes
Gov. Hugh Dorsey has offered as
-5e first prize, ten five dollar U. s..
War Saving Certificate Stamps, which
have maturity value of $4,000; five
of the $500 stamps go to the winner
If the second prize, three to the
onntestant receiving third prize and
two will be given to the pupil taking
fourth place.
The contest closes on June 4th and
the prizes will be awarded on the
Fourth of July. Verses may be mail
ed at any time.
No Partially Possible
AS the verses are received they will
he numbered and registered in huge
hook capable of holding the names
and addresses of half a million school
children. A duplicate number will
he stamped on the verse and the
name and address torn off. In this
way the judges will not know who
the winners are until their selec-
+ars have been made, as they will
Identify the verses by the number
only. All verses must be original
and no one outside the State of Geor-
gla will be permitted to enter the
contest.
The Judges
Nine widely known newspaper edl-
tors in the State will act as judges.
They are: Clark Howell, of Atlanta
Constitution; W. T. Anderson, Ma
con Telegraph; Major John S. Cob
en-, The Atlanta Journal; Thomas
W. Loyless, Augusta Chronicle; j.
B. Nevin, Atlanta Georgian; ]. D.
Mccartney, Rome Tribune-Herald;
Pleasant A. Stovall, Savannah Press ;
H. NJ. Mcintosh, Albany Herald, and
H. J. Rowe, Athens Banner.
Tips to Contestants.
Al verses ths; are not neatly writ
ten on clean paper will be thrown
out. If you don't know what War
Savings Stamps are ask your parents ;
don't write letters to the committee
just n1t41 =, II jingles without
comment Ty .-Imber of verses may
be submitted by one contestant.
Sample Jingles
Here are a few of the verses that
have already been accepted by the
committee. Read them carefully and
make up your mind to write better
ones.
No. 1S1.
Mary buys war savings stamps
Out of her meagre earnings
She does her bit to keep the lamps
Of Liberty still burning.
No. 1O2.
Sing song of wartime
A country full of camps
Fifty million patriots
Buying savings stamps.
See the pennies flowing
In steady stream
To keep our soldiers going
And smash the Kaiser's dream.
No. 26
Little savings stamps of green
Saved by every one,
Make a mighty war machine
And victory won.
No. 92S
you cannot tote a gun,
Buy savings stamp.
Il OF worldly wealth you've none,
Buy a savings stamp.
War stamps held by every one
Keep the Kaiser on the run
Ill. the victory is won.
Buy a savings stamp.
No. 116
a little savings stamp each day
Stuck on little card
"lu send more troops across the way
And hit