The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-23
CALF Of CHRISTMAS
SEALS OPENS SOON
-opAIsE 500, 900 FOR FIGHT ON
! TUBERCULOSIS. THE NEED Is
GREATER THAN EVER.

That the annual sale of Christmas
=. n finance the great crusade
o;rst tuberculosis will be resumed
o. Georgia on a large scale during
t ~ forthcoming holiday season. has
taon announced by the crusade against
t,horculosis in Georgia, the name un-
w. which the several organizations
uel "od in anti-tuberculosis, work
eng enS"s nnited for this and other work
NAY" nay is already well-known to the gen.
,ai a. nnhlic. the work of the crusade
era .a;nst tuberculosis, both nationally
"5J in the several states, is financed
a e exclusively from the proceeds
a" che The sale of Christmas seals. This
u t of securing funds for the tu-
Innn,losis campaign has been growing
~ favor since 1907, when they were
f e. used in this country by Miss EN-
H., Bissell of Delaware. Three
4 aiy dollars were raised the first
;laor In the following Christmas
Sooson the sale of seals was under
+eken on a national basis, and $780,
600 was raised. From year to year
t tHo sale has grown by leaps and
bnnnds until in 1919 the total sum OF
"a 100000 was raised for the crusade
saainst the great white plague.
Georgia has always responded with
her usual public spirit and generous
enthusiasm to the annual appeal, and
the officers of the tuberculosis crusade
are expecting bigger results this year
than ever before. In 1918 the sale OF
seals was Suspended on account OF the
war, Last year it was not pushed SO
aggressively as it had been annually
before, yet $4,000,000 was raised with
the effort put forth.
The Christmas seals have become
an established and almost universal
feature of Christmas mail. No Christ
mas card or gift, package or letter
is considered quite complete without
the Christmas seal. 1t is nearly as
common as the postage stamp. Inc
seals cost only a penny apiece, which
makes the outlay very small for any
individual, but in the aggregate they
mount into millions.
This years sale bears the famous
double barred cross of the antl-tuber'
culosis movement throughout the ma
ton, the two bars signifying the two
main arms of the work-preventlve
and curative. Heretofore the seal has
borne the emblem of the Red Cross
which aided in the sale of stamps by
furnishing the funds to pay for print
ing and distribution, but now the
movement has grown to the point
where it can walk alone, and the REQ
Cross has withdrawn its financial
sponsorship.
For the state of Georgia a total IN
round numbers of 100000 is expect.
ed this year. Special emphasis is LAID
upon the fact that 80 per cent OF the
proceeds of all seals sold in Georges
will remain in Georgia to finance the
anti-tuberculosis work in Georgia
This is a larger percentage for loca
use than is allotted in any Other
movement.
A new feature of the sale this veal
is the use of "health bond" instead
of seals for persons who wish to bu!
seals in large quantities. The bonds
come in denominations of S., $40
$25, $50 and 500. They are print
ed in exact imitation of a regular
bond, and bear coupons which pay th'
bearer dividends in the form of re
suits accomplished in the prevention
and cure of tuberculosis, with alliet
lines of work.
Local committees in the principa
cities and towns of Georgia will han
die the sale of seals locally. They viii
go on sale the first of December ant
continue thereafter until Christina
day.