Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-13
BIG PLANTERS ID COOPERATE IN
 FOOD CAMPAIGN
('9uo o5ed mo1J penu!9uoO)

and will be benefitting themselves
 doubly, first by growing their own food, and, second, by getting money from their excess food crops. Preachers Are Helping. At the meeting yesterday score or more planters made statements in
 which they gave figures to show how
 they would increase their acreage in food and feed crops. These increases ranged from 50 per cent to 1000 per cent for the planters themselves, be- ing in even greater quantity so far as the tenants and renters are concerned.
 It was made known at the meeting that every white minister in the city and county has jumped into the cam paign, and has brought the matter clearly to the attention of the members of his church. They will continue to discuss this proposition at their meet ings and services, and will be of al most limitless aid in the campaign. Every negro preacher in the city and county also will participate in the campaign, it being considered just as essential that the negroes of the rural communities help in this move ment as that all the white planters and farmers should assist. The chair man of each of the township commit tee will see that every negro preacher in his township breaches on the food problem Sunday, so that virtually every negro in the county will know what is being done and what he must do.
 Township Meetings Monday. There will be meeting in every township in the county Monday night at 7::3O o'clock. Every effort will be made to have every planter and farm CT, land owner and tenant, to attend these meetings, and in each case the township committee will have charge of the meeting. There will be speak CTS either from Pine Bluff or from the township itself. to explain the purpose of the meetings and of the campaign, and pledges will be dis tributed among the farmers to be
 signed by them and returned to the campaign headquarters here, at the chamber of commerce. Thousands of letters have been sent
 out by the campaign committee, and
 before the end of the week it is
 planned that every farmer in the
 county, big and little, white and black, will have received one of these and thus will be informed exactly
 what conditions prevail, what condi tions threaten and what steps must
 be taken to remove the great danger of some class of the people having t(
 go hungry.
 The Township Committees. At the meeting yesterday, the fo.-
 lowing township committees wer:
 named, each of the men giving h's assurance that he will devote his time and energy to prosecuting the campaign in his township: 1 Barraque-Dr. J. Cunningham, Dr A. D. Shope.
 Jefferson-R. w. Teel, w. w. Elem
 ing.
 Washington-Peter Winters, H. l.
 Phillips, John D. Reed. Niven-N. H. Wilson, ChaS. Bobo
 B. G. Bailey.
 Spring N. Bridges, H. G
 Hanna.
 Whiteville-H. M. Dial (Faith), W l.. Stone (Spring HilD. | Melton-J. A. McEntire, J. G. Hook
 CT, Dr. A. B. Patton. I Talledega-W. M. Hamilton. Victoria-Sam Knox, Dave Veil Clifton Murphy.
 Plum Bayou-J. M. Barrett, W.
 Payne, J. w. Gibson (sherrilD; J. P
 Walt, w. c. Crittenden, B. l.. Bowe
 J. s. Mcdonnell (Altheimer). Bolivar-J. R. Core, w. A. Clayton
 A. D. Wright, w. T. Webb. 1 Dudley Lake-Dr. J. D. Niven, D. D
 Tucker, Asa Watson, c M. Philpot.
 Dunnington-B. N. Word, w. W
 West, H. w. Townsend Roberts-Dr. A. D. Bum, A. Flow | Ter, r. P. Bridge.
 Old River-J. R. Frazier, L. w l Clement, w. R. Willis. Villemont-Dr. E. Notrebe, Jo' 1 Gocio.
 ! Richland-W. E. Jackson, E. F. Nc