The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-07-26
LARGE ATTENDANCE
At FOOD MEETING
MIDDLE TENNESSEE
FIVE OF FORTY ONE AID.
ILLUSTRATORS ANSWER
ROLL CALL.
Able ADDRESS BY DR.. COLBY
Paints Graphic Picture Of the Con-
ditions In France, Declaring That
He Cannot Touch Wheat Bread
Since Seeing Them.
Tuesdays Daily Herald.)

Twenty five of the turty one county
food administrators OF Middle Ten
nessee answered the roll call whea
the meeting assembled in the County
High School this morning. Several
others were delayed because of the
lateness of train No. 3. 1t is expected
that about thirty will be in attendance
this afternoon.
Promptly at 1890 o'clock the meet.
ing was called to order by j. |. Fin
ney, Assistant to the Federal Food Ad.
ministrator of Tennessee. Mr.. Finney
delivered a brief opening address in
which he paid tribute to the zeal, the
fidelity and the patriotism of the
county food administrators.
The roll was then called and the
following members of the staff and
county food administrators answered
present:
H. A. Morgan, federal food admin
istrator; j. |. Finney, educational d
rector; Albert l.. Love, executive sec
rotary; Charles Clay Trabue, state lie
gal representative; O'Bryan Washing.
ton, chief of enforcement; John Cla:.
ence Joyce, inspector; T. G. Cunning
ham, Bedford ;P. II. Dake, Cheatham;
Doak Aydellote, oCffee; G. P. Bur
nett, Cumberland; James Drake, De,
Kalb; Lockett Doak, Davidson; viii
e. Walker, Franklin; w. l.. Aberna,
thy, Giles; A. H. Grigsby, Hickman;
j. T. Richardson, Houston; C. w.
Cowan, Humphreys; B. L. Quarles,
Jackson; F. M. Wilson, Lincoln; ID. B,
Clayton, Marshall; T. j. Petway,
Lewis; John P. Graham Maury; j.
Moore King, Rutherford; T. w. Hunt
err, Sumner; p. ". Burnley, Trous.
dale; H. F. Bailey, Van Buren,; Edgai
Pearson, White; Homer Hancock, Will
son. r. H. Watts, of Williamson coun-
ty would have been present, but left
Saturday night for New York to Ibid
goodby. to his nineteen year old sol
der son who sails for France.
After the roll call DR.. Morgan de
livered a brief but pointed address
He stressed the necessity for stimu.
i lating production. He urged the need
for lining the land SO that legumes
would grow, which would then be
followed by fine yield of wheat. He
told the administrators that they were
to appeal as far as possible to the
patriotism and loyalty of the people
and not attempt to drive them.
DR.. Everett Colby of the United
States Food Administration, was then
introduced Mr.. Colby was a member
of the food commission from the
United States that visited France and
England last winter to ascertain true
conditions in those countries. he
painted a dark and gloomy picture OF
the suffering in bleeding France. He
declared that after seeing the starved
children and the half fed women ht
felt that he could never eat another
piece of wheat bread until the wal
was won. DR.. Colby is a most inter
esting speaker He paints graph;
picture and should be heard tomorrow
night by the largest crowd that has as
sembled in Columbia since the wa
began.
At the conclusion of DR.. Colby's in
' spring address the meeting recessed
until 1870 o'clock this afternoon whei
the following program was carrie'
out:
reinforcement of Rgula
tiOns. Charles G.. Trabue, State lie
gal Representative.
| Address-Poultry and Eggs. ALDER
L. Love, Executive Secretary.
Address Sugar Hamilton S. Wool
+ wine, Chief Sugar Division.
Address-Wheat, Flour and Mil
Feeds. ]. l. Finney.
Report from County Administrator
n on Local Conditions.
e Suggestions for Zoning Middle Tel
L nessee.