The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-08-27
AGRICULTURAL EDITOR OF TEN.
NEssEAN ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
DIMPLE OF UNIVERSE.
IS CAPTURED BY THE PEOPLE
Says That The Herald Has Fine APP
probation Of the Part That Agricul.
ture Plays in the Life of This Com
munlty.

covering" the farmers institute, pays
a glowing tribute to Maury county
and its people. Mr.. Casey says:
When a community Of honest.to-
goodness folks get together on the
idea that their community is the best
place in the world to live and work
and rear their families, nothing can
daunt their spirits and the whole
world will soon believe with the resi-.
dents of that place.
Such place is Columbia, Tenn,
and Maury county of which Columbia
is the .aoupty seat. A few years ago
the SPIRIT, Of The people was crystal
ICED into words and Columbia was pro-
claimed the "Dimple Of the Universe"
The people of Maury county had the
same spirit and they proudly Proclaim
ed the rich farming lands OF that coun-
ty the Garden Spot of the Earth"
Now others have taken up the slo-
gan, or the title, or whatever you are
inclined to call it, and the good word
has gone forth Everyone who enters
the confines of the little city of Column
bia becomes a booster for that town.
Every visitor who crosses the bounda-
ries of Maury county is instilled with
the spirit and he goes away to adyer-
tise the virtues of the place.
1t is doubtful if any one lives in the
state of Tennessee who has not heard
OF the "Dimple of the Universe" and
who does not know it's exact location.
The fame Of this town and county is
almost equally well known over the
state line in Kentucky, in Virginia, in
Alabama, in Mississippi, n Georgia,
in Arkansas, in Missouri and in Caro-,
lima. '.'
Middle Tennessee farmers journey
ed to Columbia about ten days ago
where they attended the Middle Ten
nessee farmers convention. They
went home Some thousand or twelve
hundred of them, singing the praises
OF Maury county as a farming terrific.
1y and of the hospitality of Columbia
and all its people ''' 7"n.f
This is the case every year. Farm
ers are the guests of Columbia annu-
ally where they hear lectures and
study better farming and exchange
notes onthe. farming game from be-
ginning to end. Not the least part of
the enjoyment and profit OF the con.
vention to the visitor is the pleasure
Of spending "a few days among the
good people of the "Dimple" and get
ting imbued with the progressive and
friendly spirit that exists there.
The county high school building, in
which is held the meetings of the Mid
die Tennessee farmers institute, is in
dicative of the progressiveness Of the
locality Modern and we'll equipped
in every way, this building has be-
come a real community center where
boys and girls from both town and
county come together to mix socially
as we'll as in the pursuit of knowledge.
The roads leading out of Columbia
take one through some of the finest
farming country and past some of the
finest farm homes in the Southland.
Several of the roads are called pixies.
That Is no misnomer either. These
pixies are real pleasure drives because
OF the scenery in beautifed farms
along the way, because of the fine
herds of pure-bred live stock in the
pastures by the road side and because
Of the luxuriant fields of growing
crops that wave in the breezes as the
visitor spins along.
Three years ago there was establish
ed about mile out of Columbia on
the Hampshire pike demonstration
farm of $50 acres, which farm is to be
under the supervision of the division
of extension of the University of Ten
nessee.~ There will be conducted
farm for the benefit of Middle Tennes-
see farmers, dealing with Middle Ten
nessee problems and conditions This
farm is, stocked with pure bred Short
horn cattle, a pure bred Percheron
sire and other animals which will be
used fofsthe lettering of the live stock
business in the great central section
Of the state. $50
One of the indispensable assets of
real live town is a real live newspa-
per- and in the heart of an agricutu-
raj community like Maury county a
paper which has the interests of the
farming population at heart is espec.
tally worth while. Such a paper is
The Columbia Herald, published by
Jim Finney. who takes more interest
in the advancement of agriculture in
Maury county than some of the sarm.
ers themselves. During the annual
farmers, convention there The Herald
Gevotes columns of space to the meet
ings and lectures. When there are is.
sues before the public concerning the