Thursday, August 1, 1912.]
THE CAROLINA UNION PARMER
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(jfaston Farmers* Union
Warehouse Company.
One of the Organizations Most Promising Business
Assets—Does a Splendid Business in Cotton, Am-
nioniated Fertilizers, Acids and Chemicals.
Since it was organized November
1908, the Gaston Farmers’ Union
Warehouse Company has saved thou
sands of dollars for the agricultur
ists of Gaston County and vicinity,
the future is bright with the
Pi'onjise of still brighter things to
aome. The concern is a member of
Farmers’ Educational and Co
operative Union of America, and was
ornied for the purpose of handling
Pe farmers’ produce, principally cot-
Pn. which they store and sell to the
OjO^^fous mills of this section, and
aus saving to the farmer the enor-
jPPPs and burdensome' commissions
p has for.years been paying to mer
chants, .The Union,has a large mem-
ai'ship, which is increasing with
jJ^aat rapidity, anci' according to Mr.
Ti. Liheberger, the progressive sec-
afary and treasurer, the Union does
hnsiness annually of over $100,000i.
'^li.ich
apcour
hem
IS,, to say the least, a most
aging showing, and goes to
onstrate what can be accomplish-
hy gp with the care-
luanagemen.t it has had hereto-
teli
and the loyal support of the in-
\Sent farmers, its business should
g hfihue to grow greater and greater
year. It is diflicult to under-
- hd. however, when the good work
fhat
apst
all
has been done and clearly dem-
^ated, why there is a farmer in
apio
inci
this
section who is not numbered
Pg its membership. The Union,
u^*^'P^ing many other things, finds a
^het for the farmer’s products at
® best prices, and pays him prompt
ly. It is an arrangement that comes
nearer striking the era of the golden
age for the farmer than anything
yet seen or read about, and the farm
er who doesn’t give it his support is
indeed short-sighted. The president
of the company is Mr. R. Lee Falls,
a prominent farmer of Gaston Coun
ty. Mr. Lineberger, the secretary
mentioned above, has been with the
company since it organization and is
one of the brightest young men of
this section.—From the Industrial
Edition of The Gaston Progress.
BIG UNION RALLY IN DAVIl>SQ^
COUNTY.
There will be a big Union rally
and basket picnic at Happy Hill
school-house on Friday, August 9th.
Dr. H. Q. Alexander, State President
of the Farmers’ Union, will be pres
ent and deliver a public address.
Speaking will begin at 10 o’clock.
Come and hear him; it will be a
treat that you can’t afford to miss.
Everybody come and bring well filled
baskets and we will enjoy the day to
gether.
After dinner the County Union will
hold an executive session.
ARTHUR L. LEONARD.
Secretary.
NORTH CAROLINA BULLETINS.
The Bulletins of the North Caro
lina Department of Agriculture are
valuable and are appreciated. The
Bulletin of the International Insti
tute of Agriculture is published
monthly at Rome, Italy, by a bureau
representing fifty nationalities (i. e.,
every nation in the world recognized
as a government except six). The
Bulletin is issued in English, Ger
man, French, Spanish, and Italian.
The number for June, 1912, contains
almost entire the Bulletin of the
North Carolina Department for Janu
ary, 1912, “The Influence of the Soil
Type on the Plant Variety.’’ It also
contains the February, 1912 Bulletin
®n “Cotton Culture in North Caro
lina.’’ Both these Bulletins were pre
pared by Mr. J. L. Bur.gess, the Agro
nomist of the North Carolina Depart
ment. Mr. Burgess is a graduate of
the State University and was in the
Agronomy service of the United
States Department Mr. Burgess is one
of the most efficient men connected
with the Department work.
r
YAKE COUNTY FARMHRS TO
HAVE PUBLIC MEETING ON
TORRENS SYSTEM.
working; Dr. J. M. Templeton, Presi
dent of the Wake County Farmers’
Union, a firm believer in the system.
The Torrens System interests ev
ery one who buys or sells land and
every one who borrows or lends mon
ey upon land.
All farmers are invited, whether
members of the Union or not.
W. A. Withers, Chairman Commit-
te on Arrangements; Elias Carr, R.
H. Jones, L. M. Smith, R. E. L.
Yates.
The A. & M. College Local Farm
ers’ Union, No. 1047, will have a pub
lic meeting in the court-house on Sat
urday, August 17th, beginning at 11
o’clock a. m., for the purpose of con
sidering the Torrens System for Land
Titles.
Good speakers will explain the sys
tem and among them will be Col. R.
R. Cotton, of Pitt, who was appoint
ed by the General Assembly to inves
tigate and report upon the merits of
the system and who was an earnest
advocate of it in the Legislature;
Henry E. Litchford, cashier of the
Citizens National Bank, recently
President of the Raleigh Chamber of
Commerce, who addressed the Bank
ers’ Association on the system; J. C.
Little, a member of the Raleigh bar,
who has considered carefully the le
gal aspects of the system and who has
had practical experience with its
IN CASWELL COUNTY.
The Farmers’ Union picnic at Pine
Forest school-house, near Milesvllle,
passed off quietly Tuesday with a
large attendance. The officers and
members of Pine Forest and Walk
ers Local, by whom the picnic was
jointly given, had made great prepa
rations for a large crowd, and we are
glad to say their efforts were crown
ed with success.
The speaking by Messrs. Harvey,
Featherstone and Combes, was good.
Their words were well chosen and as
a whole was one grand plea for the
farmers to stand by each other until
the victory is won.
We were pleased to note the mem
bers buying stock in the Producers
Tobacco Company., the Dry Prizery
of the Farmers’ Union, at Danville,
Va. Bro. A. Y. Miles, who was solic
iting stock, informed us early in the
day that he had sold twenty-six
shares.
The members of the Union over
there are live wires and as a result
the order is rapidly growing and with
a little more push they will be mas
ters of the situation.
The editor was on hand and many
new subscriptions and renewals were
added to our list.—Yanceyville Mes
senger.
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