Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-05-29
GOLDEN HOOP" OR
JOWLER, WHICH,
SHEEP ON EVERY FARM" is
NOW THE SLOGAN.
The Call Has Been Sounded by Uncle
Sam for More Wool to CIothe Our
Soldier Boys and We Must
Not Prove SIaCkers.

There will be a Mass Meeting OF
sheep growers and all persons Intend.
ing to raise sheep and all persons who
will help promote the growing Of more
sheep in Cumberland County, at the
Court House, at IL o'clock. Monday,
June 3rd.
There is a great wool shortage facing
the American people, more wool must
be produced IN order that our soldiers
may be clothed. There is only enough
wool this year to properly clothe what
soldiers will be called this year, prac-
tlcally no wool Will be made into cloth
ing for our civilian population. Next
to food shortage a clothing shortage
is the most serious proposition that
faces our opie.
There aie only two great fibers that
practically ~ clothing materials are
made fro: Gotten and Wool. Ihe
cotton prod. tion has fallen off gr, atty
IN the last Jew years on accounty of
the boil we-sl and also that much OF the
land IN the cotton coutry has become
by constant cropping, no
this staple cannot ne grown IKE lt
once. was. Gotten is now selling 3
time as high as few years ago.
The Government is calling on you
and me to raise more sheep, and 10
get about -at.once, not only as busi-
ness proposition, but a patriotic duty.
There IS no country naturally better
to sheep growing than is
c Cumberland county. We know that
there is no kind of live stock that pays
such handsome profit as sheep. We
have our troubles IN raising them, but
let us get together and organize so
that in unity we may have streng tn to
overcome our troubles. The idle,
lseless, roam ing dog is the sheep
covers greatest enemy, just as the
die, lazy Stacker is the greatest enemy
% society.
Something must be done Our
Jncle Sam says we must raise more
WOOL, or our soldiers cannot be clothed.
he call has come. Are we going to
e slackers? No, We are go,ng to
eS togtner on the first Monday in
une and have such sheep meeting as {
ill make the old ewes. hiding in the I
ed brush with a little lamb. away v
rom bloodthirsty hounds and ours, u
leat with JOY to know that her friends
ave at last arrived e
The government has asked me to 8
'omote the growing of more sheep in "
lis county and | am gong to do my p
vel best to do it and | want every IL
an, woman and child in Cumberland
unity to help me, for without your
operation could not do anything.
ant especially to invite the women to
ke All interest and come to this r,
Getting and I'm going to tell you "a
W to make money raising sheep. w
want every business man in the =.
lnty to take this matter under con. 49,
Grafton and help US, also want to a.
.a,nze boys and girls Sheep clubs. ou
lat we want to do ia to put some ,
'ep on every tarm in the county. A..
t is planned to have Mr.. r. M. ~,
rphy from Knoxville, head of live 80,
ok extension, with US to give an -,
ress. =,
low let US all come together and 49,,
sheep on every farm in the county II
where Drum and JowIer now rule Nj;
rene, let's put the Golden Hoof" 49,
is place. Let's put the crown on IT,,
Nanny's head and make her queen abb
he Cumberlands. fav
Harry Martin, :,