The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-07-05
MAURY HAS GLORIOUSPART.
IN GREAT WAR SAVINGS DAY

ward to register themselves for mill
tary service, was the occasion Frida,
when the whole population of thu
United States responded to the cal
for every responsible individual tc
pledge purchase of War Savings
Stamps.
individuals Of all classes Wed with
each other in their demonstration OF
patriotism and willingness to do their
duty. Particularly impressive was
the response of the colored. popula
ton. While the colored population
taken separately probably did not
pledge 500 per capita, the total pledg.
ed by colored persons alone is we'll in
keeping with their earning capacity
and property holdings as compared
with that of the white population. AS
an instance, in the Concord commun
ity of the Eighth district, all the ne
groes employed at Harlan's mines
pledged their per capita allotment,
making total of $500. In the Blue
Springs community of the Fifth dis
trict $500 was pledged for colored
population of 125, most of whom are
children. In other negro communities
equally as good showings were made:
In the Hampshire district IA negroes
pledged s1,190. e7os %tA
In taking the pledges the commit
tees met with many surprises. Com.
,munities in which 1t was thought that
there would be difficulty in securing
the allotment in many instances. over
subscribed ,while,tin ether commune
ties that, we're thought to be well, able
to orersubscribe, allotment was barely
reached or showed deficit The same
circumstance applies to many indi-
,viduals. 4 Persons who were allotted
small amounts in many cases doubled
and trebled the amount it was thought
by the committees that they would
take, while other more substantially
conditioned persons failed to give
pledges for as much as it was thought
they should. But as a whole the
pledges were in keeping with the es-
Inmates Of the committees, and the
only explanation of the failure to
reach the quota remains that the To-
cal census takers failed to find as
many people in their communities as
the government census shows for the
county.
One of the best meetings in the
rural sections of the county, which
was attended by the writer of this re-
port and which probably is typical Of
dozens of other meetings, was that at
Stiversville in the lower part of the
Fifth district The local committee
up to the day, of the meeting was
doubtful of the ability of the people
to Pledge their quota of $4,000, but
after further consideration. in which
Chairman M. e. Digger made a care
full estimate of the financial strength
of the citizenship. 1t appeared that the
doubt was not we'll founded, and at
the meeting eight citizens pledged
two-thirds of the quota while the re-
mainder of the population pledged
enough to make the total $500. And
best of all the spirit of the people was
magnificent. They were ready to make
any sacrifice and to do anything the
government may want them to do 10
win the war. Several boys from that
community we're in Columbia leaving
for military training camp, and the
folks at home were determined TO
back them up to the last dollar. THIS
community is mentioned merely as
being typical of the other meetings
throughout the county.
Chairman Eugene Anderson of the
Ninth district. including the city of
Columbia was elated over the fact
that pledges in this district totalei
$4,000, or more than $50 per capitol
on the basis of the government Gen.
sus. In many of the well-to-do resi-
dence sections of the city pledges
averaged from $50 to $40 per capita,
while in practically every community
in the city and Ninth district the ex-
pected amount was pledged. THIS
result applied in many instances TO
sections with large negro populations.
Chairman Anderson's report for the
Ninth district, which is incomplete, is
as follows:
City Of Columbia
First Presbyterian Church-Quota,
s2 s2O. raised s1e.60s.
Court House Quota. $40, Raised.
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