The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1919-10-04
MRS, ELDRED NAMED
FIELD SECRETARY
Accepts Appointment to Serve in
Thrift Movement -BrOOkha-
ven to be Headquarters.

OF interest to the many friends of
Mrs. Florence Atkins Eldred, is the
| information that she has recently
been appointed Field Secretary for
the, State of Mississippi for the Thrift
Movement Of 1919.
This movement has been inaugu-
rated by the Government-fo for the pur-
pose of encouraging and promoting
| the habit of Thrift and Savings. A
long this line 1t is soliciting every
Commercial and Industrial Institu-
ton; every club, or association, to
lend cooperation and support to this
campaign.
The state of Mississippi is one OF
the six states comprising the Sixth
Federal Reserve District. The states
comprising this district are Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missis-
sippi and Tennessee. The Thrift
movement has already been thorough
ly inaugurated in the other states,
Mississippi being the last one to be
organized. Headquarters for this
district are in Atlanta, Ga.
OF further interest to Brookhaven
Is the fact that Mr.. Silas w. Davis,
son of former prominent citizen,
Mr.. q. D. Davis, is Director of Saw
ings, War Loan Organization, of the
Federal Reserve Bank, located in
Atlanta, and under his efficient man
agement, the Sixth Federal Reserve
District is leading all others In the
Thrift movement of 1919.
The plan as outlined at Headquar-
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state of Mississippi in three different
ways. The work in the schools and
other educational Institutions will be
under direction of Mr.. Walter Coop
er, of Atlanta, and his assistants. A
team of four young men are now at
work in the state organizing w. S. S.
Societies in the various industrial
and commercial companies, among
the employees of these business con-
Germs. The women's clubs, societies,
etc., will be reached under the di-
rection of mss Susie v. Powell, of
the Agricultural College, with Mrs.
Eldred acting as Field Secretary.
Mrs. Eldred's duties for the pres
ent will consist of making talks be-
fore these organizations, urging them
to give their aid and support to this
movement for the encouragement and
promotion of Thrift and Savings, and
to form w. S. S. Societies within the
various circles; also to ask the moth
ers OF the country to organize w. s.
S. Societies within their own home
circles. These home circles will be
as thoroughly organized as the larger
circles of the societies, clubs, etc,
The government believes the War
Saving Stamp is the best method of
investment for small sums of money.
BY buying Thrift Stamps, and War
Savings Stamps, the habit of system
attic saving is inculcated. 1t also re-
cognizes the value of the society, and
the fact that a circle of individuals
banded together for and working for
the same purpose, derive strength
and morale from each other, and
with this object in view the forma-
tion of w. S. S. Societies is being
urged. In becoming a member of
such society, you not only help the
government, but you most materially
help yourself.
Mrs. Eldred will have her head
quarters in Brookhaven, but will hold
herself in readiness to respond to any
call that may come to her to meet
with organizations that may desire
her to do so. She will also do a
large amount of travelling over the
state in the interest of her new work.