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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
4
A MAJOR SINCERE APPEAL URGES MAURY COUNTY FARMERS AND CITIZENS TO BUY LIBERTY BONDS AS A HOLISTIC WAR EFFORT. THE PIECE PRAISES PAST SACRIFICES, HIGHLIGHTS NATION BUILDING THROUGH SACRIFICE, AND URGES SHARED RESPONSIBILITY ACROSS AMERICA AND CANADA FOR THE WAR CAUSE.
The passage praises Canada’s wartime contribution to democracy and Christian civilization. It notes about 400000 Canadians bearing British colors, with over 100000 killed, wounded, or captured, and asserts Canadians are kin and heirs to shared heritage with the British. It urges emulation of Canada’s service as a national example.
Wheat prices rise two and a half cents to $2.22 (July close) as harvest approaches. Hogs gain a nickel to $16.25. Sheep and lambs stay strong, eggs slide to 25 cents, and chickens hold.
Hogs steady to five cents higher with 3,000 head in. cattle receipts 200, market quiet. Sheep steady to strong with 2,600 head. prices 16 4 to 16c. Produce items list eggs milk butter and poultry quotes. Flour and grain prices from local mills use patent and second grades. Field seeds show clover, timothy, alfalfa and oats per bushel or per pound.
Nashville district shows quota of 1676 with 725 obtained and 55 needed by June 30. Honor roll lists Lauderdale Trull Dugan Rion Lynch Everett Baxendale Mahoney. Registration not a barrier to enlistment. counties to receive due credit.
The Bethel Hotel interior is being repainted with overhead walls in a deep cream or orange color and the walls in a contrasting shade. Painting began this morning and is moving quickly toward completion.
The Century Club and its officers subscribed 2500 dollars in Liberty Loan Bonds with 500 dollars bought by the club itself and 2000 by officers for personal use. Members in military service or training camps will stay on the roll without charges and will be enrolled upon return, not needing a new vote, except those serving the government outside the county. The club touts patriotism and progress as guiding traditions.
The annual clearance sale at P. Garber's starts Saturday morning June 16 and runs for about two weeks. A large page ad on page three promises big plain figures and easy shopping with many sales staff ready to serve a throng of bargain seekers across the county.
Thirty five members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union met at Mrs Joseph Hagey on the Mt Pleasant pike for an all day session. Twelve navy comfort bags were completed and filled with sewing items and First aid supplies for Uncle Sam's boys. A noon luncheon and afternoon tea marked the day with national colored ices. The group plans another all day session at a member's home.
At a First Methodist Ladies' Aid Society meeting the group unanimously agreed to purchase one $50 Liberty Loan bond and instructed the treasurer to contact their banker to arrange the negotiation.
W E Westover the U S Department of Agriculture alfalfa specialist toured Maury County with County Demonstration Agent McLean. He praised the county’s alfalfa fields as the best he has seen in the South with second crops ready to cut and yields of two tons per acre. Westover expressed a wish to live in the county, calling it the Dimple of the Universe, and noted plans to seed several hundred more acres of alfalfa this fall while corn prospects look strong.
The King's Daughters' Hospital requests donations of butter eggs and vegetables to help offset high prices and meet daily needs. The board urges residents with excess supplies to contribute and assures timely distribution to patients.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union voted to purchase a $50 Liberty Loan bond at its all day meeting led by Mrs. Joseph Hagey. The group declares its support in the war effort and in liberty and justice, against imperialism and autocracy. Marriage licenses issued include Hugh B Hayes to Lillian Inez Brown Mumford Cather to Willie Mat Sparkman J B Beckum to Mize Bettie Gilmore.
Shapiro acquires an interest in Barker Produce Co and forms the Barker-Shapiro Produce Co. The partnership with William Barker blends Shapiro’s market experience with Barker’s strong reputation and financial backing, signaling a robust regional expansion in the southern produce trade.
James C. Wooten Jr and E B McLemore Jr came home to bid farewell before new posts. McLemore heads to field artillery with a likely move to San Antonio and Fort Sam Houston. Lat Max Hardison also assigned to the same unit. Wooten selects count artillery and will head to Virginia.
A terse exchange reveals an inquiry about a resident at an apartment building. The caller seeks access and is directed to the janitor's wife on the first door, indicating a domestic or social inquiry within the building.
Sunday afternoon City Marshal McLean announced that the mayor authorized strict enforcement of the cut out law. Arrests and fines will follow for drivers with open cut outs as cars court cases show excuses are no longer accepted.
Cumberland Telephonos Company arranged to get its employees to buy Liberty Loan bonds. Three employees purchased bonds at the Columbia office. Frederick Latta manages the office, with Hooper and Vester Pelham among buyers.
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