The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-06-07

held with Mrs. Morgan lat that time
our county chairman), Mrs, Smith and
Mrs Bond were our speakers, The.
ministers of the town at their church
services urged the Importance Of hav-
ing this work done. After this GER
tain days were set aside for the regis
tration with committee in charge to
aid the women in signing these cards
A committee of intelligent negroes
took charge of the negro sections Sc
curing the name of one hundred ne
gro women. All these cards were
forwarded to the county. chairman in
Columbia.
+ Our next work was to advertise and
have the Food Conservation Cards
signed. 81 AS IAN advance 1dguard u we
placedifood plaeardsin the most prom
inent places The . ministers urged
the people TO sign ! the scards LATTER
which committees took sections of the
town making aihnuse to house canvas.
In the alast week short talks we've
made atsseyeral sofi the county schools
By Mrs4 Jahnt Emerson and Mrs. g.
Dan Smith. Cards4were left withathe
teachers3to be- distributed. In Sandy
Hook the. Girls, Canning club took
charge, of the cards. The, merchants
in the county did their part toward
explaining i to q their customers 4 the
idea Of having the CARDS and the i'm
portance ilof, keeping the pledge. & liz
both these campaigns were fairly sue
cessful.
Our next call came for December,
which was to help furnish lunches for
one thousand soldiers at twelve
hours notice. Committees were i'm
mediately formed to canvas the town
and country for this. Our people
gladly promised to help; altho the
call has never come we stand ready
to fill the promise at twelve hours
notice.
Last spring before the Womar's
Committee of the Councillor Defense
was formed war gardens and canning
club work was successfully carried
thru in Mt. Pleasant and Sandy Hook
with the assistance of Mrs. Bryant,
the county Home Demonstration
Agent and Mrs. e. DanSmith. ha
Various organizations Of the town
have taken over war-work and are
ready to give an account of what they
are doing or intend to do.
Reports are submitted by Mrs. E.
Dan Smith for The Kings Daughters,
Mrs. Ed Orr of the w. c. T. u, Mrs.
Tate Jenkins of the Guild of the Epis-
copal church and the U. D. c., Mrs.
Burnett of the War Savings and Thrift
Stamps, Mrs. w. V. Wilson of the
Presbyterian church, Mrs. John Wal
ton for Rockdale and Sandy Hook,
Mrs. Jeff Gray, Y. w. C. A.. and Mrs.
Frank Wheeler of the Third Liberty
Loan and Mrs. Gilman for The Red
Cross.
MRS. JOHNSON,
Chairman for Mt. Pleasant of Wom-
ans Committee of The Nation
al Council of Defense.
w. S. S. Report
War Sayings-s10, $1,000.
Thrift Stamps Mrs. Gil
man, chairman Mt. Pleasant Third
Liberty Loan, Woman's Committee to
April 22.
Owing to my absence from Mt.
Pleasant | was late in forming my
committee. We began work only last
since then we have had
subscribed s5S50.O0.
We hope this is only a beginning
and not the end of our campaign.
MRS. FRANK WHEELER, CHI.
Red Cross Report
The Mt. Pleasant Chapter Of the
American Red Cross has sent to Div
ision Headquarters since September
10Th last nineteen boxes of supplies
containing z26 sweaters. 1s9 pairs
socks, mufflers, 80 pairs of wrist
let's, helmets. Fl operating hobes.
20 operating caps, Jos pairs Of paja-l