The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-25
SOUTH CAROLINA WILL
OBSERVE DECEMBER lS
Schools In More Than Slxty-Five
Cities and Towns Expected to Par.
ticipate. Teachers Give High In.
dorsement

More than siX1y-fve cities and
towns in the Palmetto State will OBJ
serve "No-th and South Carcli1'r. Day.
On December Is when Saving societies
and thrift clubs will be organized in
the schools, and the principals and
teachers will be urged to begin imme'
diately the use Of the Text Books OF
Thrift, which are being sent free OF
charge by the War Loan Organization
of the Fifth Federal Reserve District.
This day will also be observed in
the schools Of North Carolina and
already a friendly rivalry has devel'
oped between the two states as to
which will make the better record.
Director William R Hmmons, OF
the education division, Of the War
Loan Organization OF this district was
recently in South Carolina visiting
the school superintendents and prin.
cipals and completing plans for OBJ
I; servance of the day. He was assisted
by Miss Katherine Wicker and Miss
Lots Erwin, field directors for South
Carolina, both OF whom are still here.
It is the desire Of the War Loan
Organization to have an active saw.
ings society or thrift club in every
room or grade in the school in South
Carolina.
Recent records compiled in Wash.
fngton, D. c., show that from the first
of this year to the first OF November
s9S9,23O63 was invested In Treasury
Savings Certificates, War Savings
Stamps and Thrift Stamps in South
Carolina. For October the total ex.
ceeded $4,000, being nearly $4,000
more than the September figure.
Among the South Carolina cities
and towns in which North and South
Carolina Day" will be observed are:
Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg.
Barnwell, Batesburg, Beaufort, Belton.
Bennettsville, Bishopville, Blackville.
Branchville, Brunson, Camden, Car.
Isle, Chesterfield, Cheraw, Clio, Clin.
ton, Glover, Conway, Darlington. Den.
mark, Dillon, Easley, Edgefeld, Fair.
fax, Fort Mill, Fountain Inn, Gaffney,
Georgetown, Greer, Hampton, Honea
Path, Johnston, Jonesville, Kershaw,
Kingstree, Lake City, Lancaster,
Latta, Leesville, Lynchburg, Liberty,
McColl. Manning, MT. Pleasant, Null
lins, North, Ridgeland, St. Mathews,
Seneca, Simpsonville, summerville,
Timmonsville, Walhalla, Walterboro,
Westminster, Whitmire. Williamson.
Winnsboro, Woodruff and York.
Certificates Of Achievement have
been engraved and one will be given
to every South Carolina pupil as soou
as he buys, out Of his savings, q Wal
Saving Stamp. A larger certificate
has been prepared for those rooms Or
grades or which every pupil is q mem.
Der Of saving society or club.
Indications are that North and
South Carolina Day" will be unusually
successful here, particularly in view
of the Endorsement of the savings
movement recently given by the South
Carolina Teachers Association which
adopted resolutions urging that the
teaching of thrift and the sale OF gov.
ernment savings stamps be given a
definite and permanent place in the
schools Of the state and that the
president Of the association be auth.
orized to appoint committee Of seven
to make definite plans for the teach.
ing of thrift and savings in the schools.