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PAGE SIX
Os Interest to the Wealth Creators
All Officers are 'Re-elected by Tarmers
The second day’s work of the con
vention of the Georgia division of
the Farmers’ Union was begun in the
ball room of the Peachtree Inn at 9
o’clock Wednesday morning, and for
th ree hours the delegates were bus
ily occupied in the transaction of
genuine hard work.
Probably the most significant ac
tion of the morning session was the
unanimous and enthusiastic re-elec
tion of the prseent officers, as it
showed the faith of 80,000 Georgia
farmers in the men who have
conducted their organization since
the last meeting.
Delegate S. E. Leigh, of Coweta
county, renominated the incumbents
in a neat speech, reviewing the work
which had been done during the last
twelve months. Seconds came from
every part of the house, and one dele
gate from south Georgia caught the
house by saying: “I second Mr.
Leigh's motion. Our officers have
done well. As one of 80,000 working
farmers of the state, I am willing to
entrust the affairs of this organiza
tion to the present officers, and I
move that they be re-elected by ac
clamation.” This was promptly
done.
The re-elected officers are:
R. F. Duckworth, of Pike, Presi
dent.
W. P. Quinby, of Bartow, vice
president.
J. L. Barron, of Upson, secretary
and treasurer.
J. L. Lee, of DeKalb, state organ
izer.
G. M. Davis, of Floyd, state lec
turer.
J. G. Eubanks, of Polk, state bus
iness agent.
T. N. Bazemore, of Taylor, con
ductor.
J. W. Burns, of Bartow, door
keeper.
Rev. J. C. Venable, of Gwinnett,
chaplain.
R. A. Wilbanks, of Gwinnett, ser
geant-at-arms.
And the following executive com
mittee:
J. H. Hoyle, chairman, of Upson.
S. J. Smith, of Forsyth.
W. V. Martin, of Tift.
W. T. Hogue, of Haralson.
J. D. Anderson, of Cherokee.
The meeting of Wednesday began
early as the members of the conven
tion realized that much work was
to be done. In addition to the dele
gates who reported at the opening
session, a number of new faces were
present.
New Delegates.
The new delegates registered at the
Peachtree Inn included T. A. Branch,
of Greensboro; D. E. Carmical, of
Fairburn; R. B. Gaston, of Carroll
ton; J. W. Rowe, of Rentz; J. W.
Green, of Glenwood; J. G. Smith, of
Upson county; J. T. Dickey, of Syc
amore; J. C. Gilbreath, of Dalton;
G. B. Aldey, of Iron City; W. V.
Martin, of Tifton; J. M. Craig, of
Cartersville; J. J. Price, of Cordele;
M. V. Peavy, of Vienna; R. M.
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Fullington, of Pinehurst; V. A.
Stuart, of Spring Place; J. H.
Jackson, of Cornelia; J. W. Burns,
of Adairsville; J. J. Ivy, of Fayette
county; T. R. Hendrick, of Cochran;
J. F. Phillips, of Hart county; T. J.
Davis, of Taylor county; J. J. Mapp,
of Jackson; T. J. Biles, of Spalding
county; V. L. Collier, of Pike coun
ty; W. M. Megahee, of Megah ee; G.
W. Newton, of Moultrie, Willie Gay,
of Soperton, and J. F. Curry, of
Montgomery.
President Duckworth made his an
nual address to the convention, in
which he reviewed the work of the
year. He stated that the union was
in the most pleasing condition and
that the Georgians enrolled among
the members numbered more than
80,000. The address of President
Duckworth was received with much
applause and the greatest gratifica
tion at the nourishing condition of
the union.
Committee On Shipping.
The committee on shipping, stor
ing and marketing of cotton, which
was called for at the meeting of
Tuesday afternoon is composed of J.
G. Eubanks, H. H. Blackman, I. F.
Coleman, J. B. Cheatham and J. W.
Parham. The additional member of
the committee which is to memorial
ize the legislature for the passage of
the dog tax law, is Dr. Dickey, of
Turner county. The other two mem
bers of the committee were announc
ed Tuesday afternoon.
During the morning H. C. Bill
ings, of Augusta, of the committee
from the Georgia Federation of La
bor, addressed the convention. Mr.
Billings called attention to the neces
sity for sympathetic relations be
tween the federation and the Farm
ers’ Union. His remarks were fre
quently interrupted with applause,
and at the conclusion of his speech,
R. T. Nisbet, of Cobb county, a for
mer state commissioner of agricul
ture and state senator, moved a vote
of thanks with the recommendation
that the union co-operate with the
Federation. The motion was unani
mously passed.
In this connection, it may be men
tioned that Mr. Billings was the in
troducer at the last convention of the
Georgia Federation of Labor, of a
resolution recommending close affil
iation between the federation and
the union. This affiliation has al
ready gone to the extent of a prom
ise on the part of each organization
to use the goods produced by each
other, and to demand the federation
and the union label.
The meeting heard a number of re
ports from various committees.
Among others, the committee on fer
tilizers made an elaborate report
which will be given out later.
At the Tuesday afternoon meeting
some of the reports of officers are
worthy of careful notice.
J. L. Barron, secretary and treas
urer, reported that when he took
charge of the finances of the order
a short time ago, it was in debt S6OO
and that at this time there was
SI,OOO in the treasury with no debts
on hand. J. L. Lee, state organizer,
presented one of the most interest
ing reports, which showed the mar
velous growth of the union in Geor
gia during the last twelve months.
Mr. Lee’s report stated that one year
ago, there were 446 chartered un
ions in the state, while at this time
the chartered unions numbered 1,085,
with several in process of organiza
tion.
G. M. Davis, state lecturer, report
ed that since December last, he had
made an average of one speech a
day. His work had been in every
part of the state and he had, with
Organizer Lee, instituted a number
of new unions and revivified others.
Dr. Davis stated that the outlook
was most promising, and that there
were very few farmers in Georgia
whom he had seen who did not at
once become members of the union,
or express the warmest sympathy
with its purpose. —Atlanta Journal.
GOV HOKE SMITH MADE AD
DRESS TO FARMERS.
At the meeting of the Georgia divi
sion of the Farmers’ Union Tuesday
afternoon, held in the hall of the
house of representatives, some
business was transacted, but
the greater part of the session was
occupied with addresses from Mrs.
W. H. Felton, of Cartersville, and
Professor A. M. Soule, dean of the
department of agriculture of the Un
iversity of Georgia. Both addresses
were much enjoyed, and a vote of
thanks was tendered to Mrs. Fel
ton.
Professor Soule spoke upon the
general subject of agricultural edu
cation, and advocated the establish
ment of schools throughout the state,
where the teaching of scientific agri
culture should be the chief feature.
His address was much enjoyed.
The delegates from the Georgia
Federation of Labor, which was to
have visited the convention during
the afternoon, requested that they be
allowed to defer their visit until
Wednesday morning. The request
was granted.
A number of the officers of the
Union submitted reports, all of which
showed that the order was making
rapid strides in Georgia.
The executive committee of which
J. H. Hoyle, of Upson county, is
chairman, reported that thorough ex
amination was being made of the
books, and that so far everything
was in excellent condition.
Graduated Scale.
A resolution was adopted calling
for the appointment of a committee
one from each congressional district,
to fix a graduated scale for cottons.
President Duckworth announced a
part of the committee as follows:
J. 11. Cantrell, of the Third district;
M. F. McDaniel, of the Fifth; W.
P. Walker, of the Sixth; J. S. Da
vitt, of the Seventh; E. A. Chandler,
of the Eighth; Mr. McGee, of the
Tenth, and J. S. Wilkes, of the Elev
enth district. A resolution was adopt
ed to appoint a committee on the
shipping, storing and marketing of
cotton, and President Duckworth ai>
nounced that he would name the com
mittee later.
Also, a resolution to appoint a
committee to memorialize the legis
lature to pass a dog tax law. Presi
dent Duckworth named as two mem
bers of the committee S. E. Leigh,
of Coweta, and M. F. McDaniel, of
Rockdale, and announced that he
would name the other committee
man later.
Night Session.
The night session was taken up
with an address from Governor
Smith, who was happily introduced
by Delegate S. E. Leigh, of Coweta
county.
Governor Smith referred to his re
cent campaign for governor, and
stated it was his earnest wish to sec
carried out by the legislature every
promise he had made embodied in
the Macon platform. He expressed
great confidence in the legislature
now in session, and believed that
these promises would be fulfilled. He
stated that the railroads would soon
be brought to pay their just share of
the public burdens, and referred to
the fact that the blighting effects of
the free pass system were things of
a past regime.
Governor Smith expressed his hap
piness at the present prosperous con
dition of the Georgia farmer, and
made an eloquent plea for better ed
ucation throughout the state.
The governor was given close at
tention and generous applause.—At
lanta Journal.
UNION GIGANTIC SUCCESS.
The Farmers’ Union is going on
from one grand triumph to another.
It has carried the warehouse move
ment to full fruition and thereby ac
complished things that were declared
an impossibility two or three years
ago. Among the greatest of these is
securing loans of $35 to S4O on a
bale of cotton stored in correctly
built and operated bonded ware
houses at 6 per cent interest. Be
fore another crop is made and sold
they will have established a staple
minimum price of not less than 11
cents for cotton. The Farmers’ Un
ion is the greatest organization the
world has ever known and to it the
South owes a tribute of respect and
confidence co-equal with that it owes
the fast melting ranks of the “boys
in gray.”—Nacogdoches Plaindealer.
SHORT OF FARM HELP.
Complaints about the scarcity of
farm hands to assist in harvesting
the crops are now coming from near
er home. It is nothing new or
strange that there should be a short
age of such help on the prairies,
where the demand for labor is much
larger and the supply smaller. T<>
hear of similar embarrassments right
here on our New England farms,
where not enough help can be had
for harvesting the hay crop, is some
thing different and more remarkable.
The harvest, indeed, is plenteous,
and it would seem as if labor should
correspond.—-Boston Herald.