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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
4
The program runs June 23 to June 29 with daily canvassing and meetings. Sunday messages will be delivered in churches, June 24 to 29 will include house to house canvassing, June 28 is National War Savings Day, and June 29 covers reports and tabulation of results.
I F H Fries NC Director of War Savings calls ministers and Sunday school superintendents to present a War Savings message in every church on June 23. Township canvasses will follow for pledges. Citizens urged to gather at schoolhouses June 28 to record attendance and pledge outcomes.
North Carolina War Savings director F. H. Fries announces a statewide drive during War Savings Week starting June 23 to fund the war effort. Stamps cost from 4.17 to 4.19 monthly in 1918, redeemable at 5.00 on Jan 1 1923, with 4 percent interest and tax exemptions. Purchases limited to 1000 per person, but others can buy for family members. Subscriptions via schoolhouse meetings on June 28.
A speaker argues that unity and harmony in a democracy fuel strength, while internal discord weakens the nation. Citing Russia as a warning, the text emphasizes free speech within proper bounds and rejects autocracy and anarchy as threats to orderly government.
The text urges moral awakening and cooperation in a democracy to protect the nation during wartime. It stresses equal rights in government, responsible public service, and loyalty to defend freedom, warning against ignorance and prejudice that aid the enemy. It notes election year politics and continued home front commitments.
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