Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1917 — FARMER PATRIOT OFFERS FREE SEED POTATOES [ARTICLE]

FARMER PATRIOT OFFERS FREE SEED POTATOES

Morristown, Tenn. —D. C. AT liters. a Cocke county farmer, is a patriot of the first order. He is a prosperous fanner and last fall he stored many bushels of Irish potatoes. Recently a buyer from the East offered Waters $2.50 a bushel for them. He declined the offer. Then he notified the neighborhood he had plenty of Irish potatoes for seed H nd that if any of his neighbors did not have the money to buy seed this spring he would give them potatoes to plant without making any charge. “Nbw “p - tato patches” are to be found everywhere in the community.