The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-08-15
B. M. c. SECRETARY
DISCUSSES TOPICS
Items OF Interest. VIII Have Fair in
October. Wheat-Growing Cam
paign On. Other Topics.

October. Wheat-Growing Cam
paign On. Other Topics.
Upton county now has 925 boys in
the army. These are our bravest
and best. They are physically well
nigh perfect, and nearly every one
Of them left home and friends with
out murmur and went out to offer
his life in defense Of liberty and civ
ilization. 1t is no small task in
which they are engaged. Ii is the
most gigantic task to which bBEnan-
ity ever set her hand. World prob
lens are to be Strengthened out and
world liberty made safe. Autocracy
is to Be beaten in its last stand. The
rule of the people IS to be made SUI
preme. The ideals of the Hofenzoi-
Terms are not in keeping with the
spirit Of the times Of the principles
81 Christianity Many Of our boys
are now on the firing line and the
frightening casualty list will soon
tell of their noble sacrifices and
deeds of heroism. But the end is
not yet, and recent plans of our gov
ernment will call much larger
number De our men into the service.
In view of all these facts, the duty
Of the citizen at home is clear. Our
patriotism must find expression in
obedience to every call of the govern
ment. We must conserve foods,
feeds and fuel. We must produce
to the limit those things that will
support the soldiers on the firing line
and the civilian at home. Mr.. Ber-
nard Baruch, chairman Of the war IN
dustires board, says: "The United
States must prepare for privations,
Jp % this time no man or woman
has lacked for anything because OF
war conditions. 1t will be otherwise
ii the future. And the problem IS
not alone one of fuel and steel, for
ordnance and ships; it includes cloth
ing, shoes, foodstuffs = everything
that man is accustomed to utilize
for his comfort and living" Let
linton county people stand together
al one man. Let's use Upton coun- 4
tn products and trade with Upton
county people. Let's save the ma
tior's man power and transportation
facilities. Let's keep very close to,
gether IN these days "a sacrifice ana
service, and when peace comes we
will be greater and better people |
than we have ever been before.
ESD. c. N. Volz is again on the |
~naa iob IL the lat district, and we /
NAV look for better roads than we
have had in some months. ii we can
have some rains in the late summer
and fall, SO that the necessary drag
ring can be done, we may go into
fhe winter with our roads in good
rondition. The automobile IS very
hard on the roads, and during the
remainder Of the summer and fall
4he drag ought to be used on all
Tipfon county roads after every ram.
The secretary Of this club was IN
conference with the Memphis Office
of the u. S. department Of labor one
day last week, and our plans for en-
forcing vagrancy rules was commend
ad The government is expecting ev-
crv man { do his duty these days.
We have also received Instructions
from that office to enroll 30 labor
ers. linton county's quota for war
working industries. Our instructions
contain this sentence; ssYou must use
great care to see that no farm labor,
q labor working on railroads or IN
mines Is disturbed" This demand t
IS for unskilled labor and is to be
taken from the unemployed and from
nom essential occupations.
A very interesting meeting Of farm
ers was held in the rooms OF TINS clu0
last Saturday afternoon. The food
situation and our duty under pres
ant conditions was discussed, and
Some plans Of organized effort were
adopted. R. X. Mcbride, Nj A. Walk ;
"a. r. v. Downing, Josh ]. Miller
and w. A. Shoaf were appointed !
committee to see about larger acre
age Of wheat for the coming season.
Conferences win be held in various
community centers Of the county,
and some good results are expected.
The following meetings have been ar
ranged for: II
gsift. I D. M. next Sunday after :
noon. and Charleston at the same
hour ~
me-. Carmel, Monday night at $50.
These are not to be speechmaking ,
but conferences of farm !,
srs with a representative Of the food !
administration present. They will :
- Of vital interest to our people.
We are to have fair, or rather an
aericultural exhibit, in Upton county :
his year. Al meeting was held IN
M club rooms Tuesday night of this
yeek. and It was decided to have an
,xhibit Of agricultural products IN ;
~ courthouse and yard at some time 9
4 October. The date and arrange
nents have been left to committees +
The following committees were ap-
,ointed:
Finance-F. R. Fisher, $. R. Shell.
on. r. S. Calhoun, a. B. Cobb and
1. A. Walker. n
Executive-J. Winfield Darby. n,
/ Murphy, E. H. McFadden, Jas. ].
filler. Robert Miller, ], H. Lowen-
aunt and R. " Downing. I
These committees win make plans Z
81 the organization, and more de- \
allied report win be given later IN & &
IL -4a4eal