Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-05
NAMES GHAIRMEN
/. IN FOOD CAMPAIGN
s. WATERS MeeILL. STATE DlREc.
TOR, PERFEcTs ORGANIZATION
FOR BIG DRIVE.
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN OCT. 2f-2S
Prof Morgan, Food Administrator
Urges Vigorous Work and Active
Cooperation Of Entire State
In Difficult Task.

Nashvilie-The campaign committee
Of the food pledge card movement in
Tennessee met in the senate chamber
1T the state capitol and was presided
over by S. Waters McGill, state direct
or Chairmen Of the subcommittee
were appointed, as follows:
On organization, W. e. Meyer Of
Carthage.
On publicity, James l. Finney of Co
lumbia.
On finance, John Howe Peyton of
Nashville.
On speakers, the Rev Rufus W.
Weaver Of Nashville.
On apportionment of territory to
speakers, ]. E. Edgerton of Lebanon.
The following members of the cam
paign committee were present,
Gov. Tom c. Rye, Rev. w. E. Meyer,
Carthage Hon p L. Harmed, Clarks-
vile; Hon. H. X. Bryson, commission
err Of agriculture; Rev. Rufus w. Wea-
yer, Nashville; Miss Sue White, Jack
son; James L. Linney, Columbia, and
James NJ Southall, Nashville.
Mr.. McGill outlined the work to be
lone and said the goal was the enlist
ment Of 100000 family units in Tonnes
see. The hope was to enlist 10000, 900
families in the United States, and Of
that number Tennessee's quota was
800, 900. He said Tennessee never had
rallied in any undertaking and he didn't
want to see 1t fail in this.
Rutledge Smith, chairman of the
state council of defense, said the work
to be done In this state was a diff
cult task, and that it could be done
only by hard work. He said the move
ment was a part of the national de-
tense, and that the government was not
asking anything unreasonable Of any
body; but everybody would have to
work, and work hard.
Prof. H. A. Morgan, state food adj
ministrator, urged promptness and Wig.
orous work on the part Of every NOM
her OF the committee, men and women.
The campaign in Tennessee will be-
gin Oct. 81 and end Oct. 28. Literature
on the plan of the campaign has been
sent from washington and will be
widely distributed in the state.
Gov. Rye is honorary chairman and
w. r. Meyer Of Carthage is general
chairman Of the campaign committee.
Names Food Campaign COMMITTEES.
The following campaign COMMITTEES
has been appointed for the Tennessee
food pledge movement, under the direc-
ton Of H. A. Morgan, federal food ad
ministrator for Tennessee:
M. M. Neal chief justice OF the Ten
nessee supreme court; H. K. Bryson,
state commissioner of Agriculture;
Bishop Thomas S. Byrne, Nashville;
w. Z. Meyer, Carthage; Miss Sue s
White, Jackson; j. |. Finney. Column
bia; Mrs. Jane F. Denny, Knoxville;
Perry L. Harmed, GAINESVILLE, president
of the state board Of education; Rev.
Rufus w. Weaver, Nashville; John
Howe Peyton, president of the n, G.
q st. L. railway; ]. e. Edgarton, Leb'
anon, president of the Tennessee Man
ufacturers' association; Thos. R. Pres
ton, Chattanooga; Charles w. Haase,
Memphis, and J. H. HOFFMAN. Fruit
land, president of the Tennessee Farm
ers' union.
Bankers Buy University Bonds.
The state funding board, consisting
of Gov Rye, Treasurer Dunlap and
Secretary of State Stevens, have sold
to bankers $1,0OO,OO0 in University Of
Tennessee four and a half per cent
bonds. This sale was at par with &C
crued interest. These bonds, proyid
ed BY the last general assembly for i'm.
provement and maintenance OF the
University of Tennessee, have been
advertised for sale at four, four and a
quarter and four and half per cent,
but, owing to the stagnant condition
of the bond market, no bids were re-
ceived.
The act provided that if the bonds
were not sold publicly the state fund
ing board was authorized to sell them
- v,r;.rnkn eo1a
The purchasers Of the bonds are
banking institutions of the state, about
Is in number, who we're represented
in the negotiations with the funding
board by I. B. Tigrett of Jackson.
Appointed To Governors Staff.
Arthur B. Ransom of Nashville has
been appointed on Gov. Rye's staff,
with the rank OF colonel.
Much remains to be done in the con.
version Of the First Tennessee infan.
try into heavy field artillery. Although
this organization has been permanent
" effected, there are still many gaps
to be filled, especially among the Off
GERS Of the regiment Only three out
OF the six new batteries created by the
change have captains, the other three
being commanded by first lieutenants.
Several Of the officers Of the regiment
were given temporary positions in GER
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