The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-08
FARMERS INSTITUTE
TO CLOSE SESSIONS
THIS AFTERNOON
ADVISES ta Fight Short Weights and
UHsan5tary oceriss-Announce
rent of the Prize Winners In the
earn Display.

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probably three thousand farmers in
attendance. the Middle Tennessee
Farmers Institute convened Wedues.
day morning, afternoon ana evening
IA the nall at the house Of representa-
lives at the capitol far the second
Gay of the session.
From the beginning Of the moutns
/ exercises TO the last feature Of the
/ evening program, the capitol audito-
rum was crowded to overlooking and
many were unable to get seats, The
interest manifested II the proceed
/ iugs is marked.
a few minutes after $50 O'Clock
the institute was called to order by
/ the president Sam N. Warren, imme-
diarely after which came the invoca.
tion Of Dr., Lin Cave, pastor of the
Woodland street Christian church.
Farmers from all over Middle Ten
nessee as we'll as from other parts OF
the State, are here this week attend
ing the institute and all express hem
selves as being highly pleased with
the hospitality Of Nashville.
The corn club display is attracting
more attention than any agricultural
feature ever held at Nashville. Ex-
hibits from Upton county on the vest
and Hawkins county on the east. and
ali the intermediate points, are on the
racks and il is unquestionahly the
best exhibition ever held in the State.
J Indications are that the present of
fcers will be reelected for another
year: Sam Warren, Maury county,
president: Henry Clark, Bedford
county vice president, and Bob Gala
ger, Bedford county, secretary, all are
one term men,
The Home Making section of the
| Tennessee Farmers Institute held
three interesting sessions Wednesday
in the assembly room of the Hermit
/ tage Hotel Miss Virginia Pearl
! Moore, chairman Of the department
presided al each session.
DR., Lucius ?. Brown, State Pure
Food and Drug Inspector. made a talk
on the absolute necessity for the en-
forcement OF the laws regarding the
purity OF foodstuGs, He also spoke
Of the short measures that preYailad
and urged the women To take IN an
active crusade against the dishonest
merchant.
The following resolutions we're
unanimously adopted:
We, the members Of the Home
Making Section Of the Middle Ten
nessee Farmers Association, approve.
heartily Of DR., Browns plan to keep a
list OF grocers, bakers and butchers
who observe the laws Of sanitation in
their establishments, and those meT-
chants who give correct weight goods
When such a list is prepared, we. the
members of the association, will CO.
operate with DR., Brown by patroniz-
ing only such merchants as are on the
White List We will further use our
influence as individuals in the COM
munity in which we live to get our
friends to uphold us in our efforts for
an honest deal from the merchants
We patronize"
Cham pion Prizes.
Grand champion ten ears of corn
in mems section to T. L. Huffman,
Normandy, Bedford county, won on
Huffman corn. Prize loving cup, Civ
en- by Nashville Board of Trade.
Reserve champion on ten ears of
corn in mems section to Gil T. Blu
ford. Pulaski, Giles county, won on
Boone county white corn.
Bernie Huffman, Normandy, Bed
ford county. in boys section, Won on
ten ears of Huffman corn, Prize. low
ing cup. by Nashville Board Of Trade.