The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17

A committee headed by Mayo
J. w. Woosley visited the brancl
7 plant of the Brown Shoe Co. a
Charleston, ILL.,, few weeks ago. O
this committee there were DIR. w. M
Turner, president of the Lions Club
Mr. Harris Parks of the Farmeri
Exchange Bank, Assistant Post
master Harry Vincent, H. M. Oliver
druggist, and ]. V. Verhine, of the
Morgan-Verhine Co., the Union City
Big Store.
The plant and the various indus,
tries and business houses of Charles
ton were visited with very fiattering
results. The plant there employs
535 men and women and has pay
roll of $11,200 weekly, with a pro-
duction of 5000 pairs of shoes daily.
In three years time the Charleston
branch had paid out nearly one mil
lion dollars to it's employees.
This was the result of the findings
and Union City was told that we
would get the same kind of p plant.
Since then the report comes to us
that we are to have plant increased
to produce twenty-five per cent more,
or $500 pairs OF shoes q day.
OF the largest subscriptions, one
was $4,000, made by Mr.. Hugh
Smith, who is the owner-manager of
the Coca-Cola Bottling Works in
Fulton, Dyersburg and Union City
Another was $4,000 by J. P. Verhine,
the well known Union City merchant
and head of the Morgan Verhine Co.
One of the specially high points of
the campaign was a subscription by
DR.. Malcolm G. Gibbs, Of Washing
ton City, owner and proprietor of |
tho Peoples Drug Stores, thirteen |
separate establishments and a ware
house, description Of which is made
in a twenty-four page advertisement
of the Washington Times DR.. Gibbs
subscription was $1,000. The tel
eSFa1n feau as IOllOWS:
Mr.. ]. w. Woosley, Union City,
Tenn: Your telegram arrived after
l left my office If not too late glad
to subscribe one thousand dollars
($1,00O) to the fund.
M. G.. GIBBS.
Washington, Nov. II.
The organization which conducted
this campaign, announced before in
the papers, was as follows:
r. H. Rust, director; H. M. Oh ,
lver, adjutant
Advisory board: J.. P. Verhine, I.
5. Kirby, c. H. Cobb, E. P. Grissom, =
W. E. Hudgins. .
Finance committee: H1gh Smith, :,
I. A. Beck, c. E. Beck, Harris Parks,
Hunter Elan.
w. F. Tate, general secretary, and
I. o. Vincent, chief clerk. :"
j. w. Wocsley, general chairman "
ivic committee.
Four divisions were DESIGNATED as
ollows: Blue division, DR.. M. A.
'lanton, major; red division, B. F.
Toward, major; white division, WA. W
majcr; green division, N
has. Dietzel, major. lc
Under the blue division the cap
iins were as follows: H. P. Moss, D. Fl
[. Shatz, c. L. Andrews, s. D. Woos- sc
", w P. Bradshaw. Red division W
Y d. Keiscr, C. E. Beck, w. M. Tur- M
er, A. F. Tittswcrth, Rcagor Mot ci
W. White division, E. R. Adams. M
!. A Beck, E. T. Mitchell, J. c. Bur-
ck, Jr., w. G. Reynolds Green
vision, J.S. O'Sullivan, WE. Jack
N, Ed Kirkland, G. C. Clogs, H. A.
These captains in turn \
I'd charge of a squad of five men
ch, and the squad commanders
ch had charge of nine men, max gr
6 total organization Of 1899 men. III
MR.. RUsT's STATEMENT. 49,
Following is a statement of the
rector general, Mr. R. H. Rust. fol
charge of the Union City cam SUE
ign for a Brown Shoe Co. branch It
,tory: to
The drive to raise 500, 100000 as Fla
bonus to bring a branch factory of to
g Brown Shoe Company to Union zac
y went over with bang" and ing
a huge success. ant
In view of the limited time in Co,
ich we had to raise this bonus it as
truly remarkable how heartily the ON
'ple of Union City responded. The a !
TX and file of the citizens of Union A
are to be congratulated on this emo
c accomplishment of theirs. This of
axis volumes for the progressive, Tha
erprising and aggressive spirit of exp
future Union City, and augurs alta
i for future public achievem nts day