The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-16
E.P. TURNER TO HEAD
LOCAL RETAIL CREDIT
ASSOCIATION FOR YEAR
FRED COOK ELECTED FIRST VICE
observation-disclosures HEND-
LEY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
C. G. GILBERT MAKES ADDRESS
Splendid Meeting Held Great Dlsap-
pointment That There Were Only One
or Two Housekeepers in Attend.
ance.

tai CreQlt ASSOCIATION neld thursday
night in the Elks lodge room, +. p.
Turner was unanimously elected pres
ident to succeed H. A. Porter, Fred
Cook elected vice president and H.
Cliff Hendley, secretary and treas
urer, and George Knebel, Maury Pigg,
r. j. Harlan, w. ID. Tucker and u,
Fl. Foster were elected as the board
of directors.
The office of secretary and treasur-
er has been splendidly held for, the
past year by T. K. Digger, who had
the work of the organization of the
association, and the thanks of the en-
tire association was extended to him
for the efficient manner in which he
filled the place.
The open session of the association
was one of the chief features of the
meeting. The clerks of all the
stores of the city, those merchants
who were not members and The lady
house keepers of the city were in
vited to attend this meeting for the
purpose of having explained to them
the new delivery system and man
power conservation by c. G. Gilbert,
chairman of the committee on com
n.ercial economy. Mr.. Gilbert is sec
rotary of the State Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION, in addition to the position
he is now holding for the govern
ment, and is thoroughly acquainted
with the labor situation throughout
the state and nation. He is giving
of his time free to his country in the
interest of this work and is meeting
with success.
In the beginning of his talk to the
merchants, Mr.. Gilbert gave an outline
of the war and what it meant to this
nation. He drew three very forceful
pictures. One of the Kaiser and the
German empire and its allies, another
of those countries who are playing
the neutral game and then he drew an
other picture, which he said repre-
scented the stand taken by this govern.
ment.
He said in part: What is mine, is
mine, and what is thine, is mine. That
is like the kaiser, and the principles
upon which he went out to win the
whole world, and the principles upon
which his lords of Huns devastated
Belgium and a portion Of France.
What is mine, is mine, and what is
thing, is thine. That element of peo-
pie represent these nations who are
playing the neutral game.
but that other class-what is mine,
is thine, and what is thine, is thine. |
This represents the United States at
titude in this war, and our President,
the greatest president that ever sat
in the white house, and beyond
shadow of doubt the greatest man in
all the world today, Woodrow Wilson,
has said to these people who are striv-
ing to throttle the world, that he does
not want anything except to see JUS
tice done, and to extend to all the
world that freedom of democracy
which this great country has enjoyed
Tor the past hundred years or more,
and set liberty upon pinnacle that
will shine out to all the world as the
efforts of Christian loving
and God fearing nation.
Through the conservation of man
power. Through the conservation of
'uel Through the conservation of all
kinds of foods, and all things, anG this
alone will our great cause be won.
rhe department is asking that you do
his and l believe you will do it; and
he department does not want the
merchant to do it all, we want and
huot hofC anu l. hho" "O aiO SoOliiS
o get it, and are getting the support
If every woman throughout this great
Mr.. Gilbert then devoted consider
,ble time to answering questions and
explaining how the best plans of de-
iteries could be devised. The plans
adopted by the Columbia Merchants
we're stated to him and he gave his
stamp of approval, stating /.
hat we would try it out for the next
hree or four weeks, at which time he
would visit Columbia again to check
Up and see how things were going.
The question of delivering soda
ountain drinks was discussed and Mr.. !
Hilbert stated that this feature of the
delivery system was positively against
he rules of the government and must |
De dispensed with. Drugs have the I
light of way all the time! but drug
fists sundries would come under the
ocular delivery system.
He was very severe upon the mat
er of taking out goods upon approval.
This feature of the stores practice
vas given a solar plexus between the
yes. He recommended that 1t be !
eliminated altogether IL possible, but [