The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-30
take CENSUS
MAURY COUNTY
MANUF ACTOR|ES
DR.. c. Y. CLARKE OF MT. PLEAS
ANT Is APPOINTED coUN.
TY CHAIRMAN.
TO AID THE GOVERNMENT
w. .. Hastings viii Furnish Cues
tionnaires and Represent War In
dustries Board in coIumbia-lm-
portant Undertaking.


manufacturing industries in Zone
Thirteen of Tennessee, composed OF
Maury, Giles, Marshall, Hickman
Lawrence, Hardin, Lewis, Waye and
Perry counties, is being made by
John Ruhm, Jr., zone chairman, who
has appointed as assistant in each
county.
In appointing w. d. Hastings, bust
ness manager of The Herald, this
morning to serve in the Columbia seq
ton in securing the information
sought, who has a supply of question
naires and is authorized to collect
the proper fee, DR.. C. Y. Clarke, coun-
ty chairman, said:
"We should all be glad to furnish
such information, as it is a fine
means of advertising our section,
and, now just at this time, it will
enable the Government to find just
where it wants anything in this great
country of ours. We have organized
this Zone, which comprises nine coun-
ties, and all County Chairmen are
urged to push the work in their res
pective Counties, but all manuiactur-
ers whatsoever can aid materially by
getting their questionaires and filling
them out and sending them to the
Chairmen of their particular County.
shall have placed a supply of these
questionnaires in Columbia, for the
convenience of all near that city.
These should be accopanied by the
proper fee, which can be ascertalned
by calling me up over either phone.
Il hope it will be understood that
we receive no compensation for SER
vices, and this fee is for the actual
expenses of the campaign, and it is
asked for by the head organization"
Concerning the census that is being
taking and the work that is ahead,
Mr. Ruhm has issued the following
statement:
Publication was made last week Of
an article by Mr.. ]. Z. Edgerton, State
Chairman OF the, Resources. and Con
version Section of the War Industries
Board, announcing my appointment as
Chairman of the Thirteenth Zone,
made up of the above named counties
in Tennessee.
BY authority given, have selected
the following named gentlemen AS
County Chairmen in their respective
counties:
Maury County-Dr. C. Y Clarke,
Mt. Pleasant.
Giles County-W. z. Romine, Pu-
laski.
Marshall County-C. A. Armstrong,
Lewisburg.
Hickman County,. B. Walker,
Centreville.
Lawrence County-R. B. Williams,
Lawrenceburg.
Hardin County-A. NJ. Patterson,
Savannah.
Lewis County-John w. Peery,
Hohenwald.
Wayne County Frank Eoyd, Way
nesboro.
Perry County-A. H. Wigs, Linden, |
At meeting held in Mt Pleasant
on August Goth, an organization was
effected; DIR. C. Y. Clarke being SCI
ected as Zone Secretary, and all If
the above gentlemen accepted.
The first work called for is the pro-
parations Of complete survey and
census of all manufacturing industri rs
and producers Of raw materials used
in manufactures, located or having op |
erations in our Zone. For this pur-
pose blank Questionnaires have been
furnished these County Chairmen, and
they are directed to have these filled
out, signed and returned to the Zone
Chairman at the earliest possible
date.
None of thees gentlemen will re-
ceive compensation Of any kind for
their services, but expenses must be
paid, and to meet these, it has Oeen
ordered that an assessment be levied
and collected from each concern on
the basis of capital invested.
The questions of what industries
will be allowed to operate, which can
be converted so as to continue to OPP |
crate, the rights to fuel. labor and !
general preferences, will all be de-
pendent on the report so obtained, !
and it is very much to the interest !
O fthe industries themselves to help
in every way possible to make this
work complete, and especially to have
their operations included. I there
fore hope you will not wait for the !
County Chairmen to find you, but
whenever possible to do so will go 20
them and volunteer the information
and contribution.
II any do refuse. either to furnish
or contribute. our instruc-
lions are to make particular report ,