The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-04-26


Tennessee, and the United States de-
partment of agriculture, Maury coun-
ty has made a notable response. AT
eighteen community meetings about
5000 persons heard the messages of
the speakers authorized by the gov
eminent to present the appeal for
increased production of foodstuffs. j..
M. Dean, district agent, under whom
the drive was made, expressed him
self as being delighted with the re-
suits obtained and said that if all
other counties in his district do as
well as Maury county has done, the
food production problem will be won
Committees in each community
were appointed to secure signatures
to the following pledge:
"In order to perform my duty to
my country in winning the great war,
| hereby volunteer as farmer to
plant, cultivate, harvest, and other
wise care for the following approx
mate acreage of food and feed crops
and to raise live stock as indicated
below for the support Of myself and
family and to market as food for the
nation and all dependent upon the
nation for support: (The following
crops with blanks to show acreage in
1917 and 1918 follow-Corn, rye,
wheat, oats, barley, peanuts, soy
beans, cow peas, potatoes, sweet po-
tatoes, sorghum, hay crops, pastur-
age, alfalfa, clovers, home gardens,
sows to be bred, dairy cows MIXED
cows bred, lambs produced, hens, etc.
This is all can handle with my
present supply of land, teams, tools
and other equipment. / will make any
needs for extra help at certain sea-
sons known to the County Agent and
will cooperate with other farmers
when necessary to increase food pro-
duction and eliminate all possible
waste. | will do everything possible
on my farm to prevent waste or de-
strGction of crops in fields or in
storage. NJ
81 make this voluntary offer to the
United States government in order to
do my duty in This hour of need" e5i
The following farmers have signed
the pledge tthe pestpffice IS given.
but Hot Ale j'il route or39eommun,'
ity): ttsStH III
Columbia ID ifoin
Haywood stephenson, II. is Freei
mon, A. f. Sowell, Jr., W. u Thompi
itsi, j. Hugh brown, D. F. fulton, c.
n~Fries oasugsswsss Fox, W.;p stephL
snson, Ida ArlnsLreng, A. JfMurphy,
pssM. WatkinssSJ N. Stephenson 9
ssyayilllana c. Campbell, Mfs Eliza
Latta,i.WsT T. Mitchell. ]. MaHukaby,
Sam Head, Ewing Thompson, &c.
Rea, L. II. Erwin, J, NJ. Elliott, T. J.
Troop, "A. y. Murphy c. X. Baker,
BOYD johnson. Ben M. Alien, Bill
Johnson IT. Maly berry. e 1s0b
u w. c. MaybefrS J.. II. Masberry, S.
NJ, West j. l.. Chamberlain & Son,
N. w Kinzer, Joe w. Jones, J. F.
Walker, J. M. Russell, E. G. Kinzer,
G. G. McFall, 0. G. Langston, J. J.
Amick, E. G. Gardner, w. ]. Murphy,
Green Bros, w. c. Huffaker, Milus
M. Potts, r. G. Layne, j. H. Woody.
J. f. ADDISON, Howard Kinzer, A. c..
Nichols, Hensley Jenkley. ]. F. Grim
nett, j. H. Jones, II. l.. Baker, j.. w
Brown, w. |. Jenkins, S. r, McDon-
aid, M. p. Kinzer & Bros. a4 ~
F. f. Lovett, Fred Crawford, e. w.
Farris, N. r. Evans, e. f. Marshall,
e. A. Mitchell, G. G. Hardison, G. M.
Daimwood, H. II. Borum, Jno. r. Cox,
Joe S. Allen, Jno. w. Allen, II. T.
Sellass, A. II. Fleming, w. T. Shart.
Mt. Pleasant
J. w. Hinson, G. C. Douglas, J. M
Bailey, Wallace Morgan, S. B. Nc
Cormack, Geo. Ambrose, Walter
White, Charles Patterson, G. H. Sim
mons, Ed. Lawrence (col). Hester
Lawrence (col), Larry Ridley (colD,
Gabriel Ridley (col), W. j. Attkis-
son, j. M. Attkisson, Mrs. Maggie
Morrow, c. NJ. Murphy, B. E. Bennett,
J. C. Nelson, l.. w. Wood, r. n. Pugh,
J. Il. Wallace, J. E. Spencer, Frank
Watts, H. G. Attkisson,
L. A. Wiltshire, w. NJ Renfro, C. j..
Wiltshire, W. c. McNeece, j. A.
Sneed, J. f. Petty, Win Shapman,
Jasper l.. Held, d. NJ. Brymer ]. NJ.
Fault.
Williamsport
]. F. Stockard, ]. H. Bratton, j. F.
Porter, J. B. Dobbins, Herbert Elan,
J. n. ANDERSON, W. Thos. Harris, b.
+. Anderson, c. W. Hamilton, B. E.
Collier, A. E. Moore, II. " Porter,
n n IL T1.1 80,