The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-12-07
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
REDEMPTION CAMPAIGN


Friday, Dec. 13, has been desig-
mated as War Savings Pledge Re.
demption Day for mississippi lOn
that day all persons who pledged to
to buy War Savings Stamps will be
called to their school houses to make
report to the school trustees as to the
number of War Savings Stamps they
own, and to state what they intend
doing in the matter of redeeming
their pledges, if the full amount OF
their pledge has not already been
bought Every school in the State
is asked to prepare short program
for the occasion and State Director OF
Schools Campbell is now getting out
literature to be used by the schools
in providing this program. There
will also be short talk by local
or visiting speaker in each school on
3e importar keeping the Wa
tIN
Savings Pledge.
In some Instances the idea. seem.
Ito prevail that since actual fighting
has ceased it is no longer necessary
to keep War Savings Pledges for
financing the war This idea, Of
course, is wholly erroneous and any
such propaganda serves to tie the
hands Of the government in securing
the funds for maintaining it's over
seas force and meeting it's outstand-
ing war obligations.
AS stated by State Director Buie,
it is just as impossible to stop at once
the tremendous forces of this govern
ment if they are once under headway
in waging war, as it is to stop a giant
locomotive going at the rate of fifty
miles an hour within a distance of ten
feet.
The treasury department has al
ready announced the fifth Liberty
Loan, and there is some indication
that a sixth will be necessary, which
further indicates the continued financ-
ing necessary to provide funds for the
army and navy during the demobiliza-
ion period.
The quota of War Savings Stamps
or the State of Mississippi was ap.
$40!0O0,000.00, which
AMOUNT was fully pledged by the peo-
,le of the State when they assembled |
n their respective school houses on
he 2Sth day of June.
1t should be matter of pride to
very Mississippian that Mississippi
S one of only two Southern states to
hedge her quota, and since the army
las made good its pledge overseas the
'eople are earnestly urged to make
heir pledges good over here.
State Director Buie, Executive
secretary Power and their official
orce are now exceedingly busy get
ing out all publicity matter and
cards necessary to setting
4 motion the great War Savings ma
hinery of Mississippi in the final eff
ort to put Mississippi over the
op" in this particular loan.
The War Savings quota for the
tate was -ca~ly twice as large as the
,urth Liberty Loan quota, and three
mes as large as any &C the other
nree loans, but judging from the
Tsy the people of the State have re-
ponded in every war drive it is to
e expected that they will make good
the War Savings Drive.
In addition to the Office force there
re fourteen field representatives who
ave been recently added to the or
anization. These men are visiting the
arious counties and are instructing
,e committees in method of pro- {
edure for collecting pledges and re- !
irecting their forces to the work I
citing in touch with every pledger l
nd bringing to his attention his OBJ I
CATION in the matter of redeeming q
IS War Savings pledge. ]
Mississippi has about s25,000, 100000
orth of stamps yet to be sold and a
postoffices and banks are urged S
lay in a supply in preparation for
e enormous demand that will re-
1t from the Pledge Redemption e
lmpaign. Il