The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-02-06
COMMITTEE HERE
ASSEMBLE FUNDS
FOR TENNESSEE"
City and County Being Combed BY
Patriotic Women and Children
For U. SIS. Tennessee"
FUND is WANTED FOR
ENTERTAINING BOYS
Five Teams Working In City Of Paris
Under Direction of DR.. C.
L. Powers, Chairman.

Henry County has been asked to
contribute $3.50 toward the $35, 900
testimonial fund that Tennessee is
this week pledged to make the u. S.
$. Tennessee the happiest and most
home-like ship in the American navy.
Grove School, on Tuesday morning
promised one hundred dollars of the
county's apportionment, which Col
0. c. Barton supplemented with a
fifty dollar donation The other
schools of the town are likewise in
terested and are busy with prpagan-
da to subscribing notable portion.
Dir. G. l.. Powers, county chairman
of the drive, has chosen an energetic
and efficient corps of assistants in the
town, who began Monday morning to
solicit Contributions from the general
public. He spoke at Puryear We'd
nesday night in the interest of the
campaign, and goes tonight (Thurs-
day. to Henry.
Vice chairmen of the work are Mrs
c. w. McGehee, Mrs. c. L. Tilley,
Mrs. s. c. Pullen, and Miss Lucille
Lamb for Paris; Miss Lula Paschall,
Puryear; City captains of the fund
drive who selected their own work.
ers are: Mrs. o. K. Warmack, Mrs
A. A. Oliver, Mrs. Joe Gray, Mrs.
Charles Williams, Miss Ruth Looney.
The $4,000 amusement fund for
the battleship Tennessee will be in
vested in bonds of the State of Ten
nessee, and the income from these
bonds will be spent for the benefit OF
the enlisted men on this ship for
their entertainment, instruction, and
morale, at the direction of Capt. R.
H. Leigh, Skipper" of the worlds
biggest and best battleship, because
it was he who originated the idea OF
Tennessee's, thus expressing her ap-
probation of the 1850 loyal sons who
will man her, seven of whom are ma
tive Henry countains.
By using the original donation as
only sinking fund, the perpetuity
of the gift is established, and will
be as lasting, and more far reaching
in it's enjoyment than any silver SER
vice, which it is customary to present
to states battleship namesake.
It is planned to establish a Tennes-
see Day on board the vessel, to make
that day gala occasion, when the
hearts and thoughts of the Tennessee
lads will be centered on "the land of
all the world"-fair Tennessee.
Other purposes of the income, are
for prizes, awards, etc., for distinc-
tion in athletics, for merit points and
the like.
Our state pride is revived in this
opportunity to participate in purely
state drive. We are state who be-
lieve firmly in state sovereignty and
are appreciative of any distinction as
a state. That is why 1t was no trou-
BILE to recruit Tennesseans to man
this super dreadnaught, that Is why
j. T. Dumas, Maurice Alexander, Leo
McHugh, Millard Kesterson, Carl
Blackwell, Manley Core, Chesley
Dinwiddie, Everett Mcdaniel and Jas,
Douglass were anxious and willing to
give the two years service to the
United States Navy on board the
Tennessee is why Tennessee
will raise the required $4,000, why
Henry County, tho she didn't raise
her anti-tuberculosis quota, the more
the pity, will raise the asked for
$3.50.
The Tennessee will not only be the
greatest and most powerful ship in
the world, but she will be the first
ship in any navy to be manned by
boys from a single state or province.
She is 625 feet long, 90 feet wide,
and displaces $4,000 tons. She car
,ries IL fourteen inch rapid fire guns
that fire 1400 pound projectile, %
miles. Even the potato peelers,
dough mixers, washing machines, ev-
cry device on the ship, which is cleo
trically propelled throughout, will be
driven by electric power generated
on the ship.