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THE .CAROLINA UNION PARMER
[Thursday, December 10, 1912.
The Annual Convention.
Another Annual Convention has
passed into history. The anual meet
ing of the North Carolina Farmers’
Union held here last week was, in
many respects, the most important of
its kind ever held in the State. Al
though the attendance was much
smaller than expected, every organ
ized county was represented and the
delegates remained until the session
was over.
It was the pleasure of the farmers
10 have fair weather and a hearty
welcome, and they did not fail to
take advantage of the hospitality of
fered them while in Raleigh. Every
official member of the organization
was present, including two of the
National officers—President Barrett
and Secretary Davis.
From the opening session Tuesday
afternoon until' the final session
Thursday the deliberations of the
Convention were watched with inter
est by outsiders, which goes to show
that the outside world is waking up
and is beginning to realize that the
Farmers’ Union in North Carolina is
an important factor in the develop
ment of rural conditions in the State.
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
the Convention was opened in public
session with prayer by Dr. T. W.
O’Kelley, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Raleigh, and the address
of welcome was delivered by Hon. J.
Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State,
who represented the State; Major W.
A. Graham of the Agricultural De
partment and Dr. D. H. Hill of the
A. & M. College, spoke for their de
partments, and Mr. A. L. Cox spoke
for the Chamber of Commerce and
the city of Raleigh, while Dr. Temple
ton spoke in behalf of the Wake
County Farmers’ Union. The address
es were responded to by Dr. Alexan
der in behalf of the farmers. All of
these addresses will be printed in a
future issue of this paper.
The first executive session of the
Convention was held Tuesday night,
when the reports of the State officers
and the standing committees were
made. The President’s address and
the report of the Executive Commit
tee are printed in this issue in full
and are commended to our readers.
The address of the State Organizer
was printed in last week’s issue and
these documents should not only be
read by the Farmers’ Union members,
but should be preserved for future
use. The report of the State Treas
urer and of the Warehouse Commit
tee will be printed in full in the min
utes and we hope to give, in a future
issue, some of the most important
items in these reports.
The annual election of officers,
which took place Wednesday morn
ing, occupied very little time as all
of the officers were re-elected unani
mously, and the only ballot taken
was that for members of the Execu
tive Committee, which was occasion
ed by the nomination of an addition
al member. However, the old board
was re-elected by a very large ma
jority. The following are the of
ficers:
President, Dr. H. Q. Alexander,
Mecklenburg County.
Vice-President, Dr. J. M. Temple
ton, Wake County.
Secretary-Treasurer, E. C. Faires,
Moore County.
Organizer, J. Z. Green, Union
County.
Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Duke, Franklin
County.
Executive Committee: W. B. Gib
son, Statesville; W. G. Crowder,
Cary; I. P. Coggins, Bear Creek;
W. H. Moore, Bruce; C. C. Wright,
Hunting Creek.
Following the election of officers,
there was a short address by Presi
dent Dabbs, of the South Carolina
Farmers’ Union, and also an address
by National Secretary Davis. On
account of the limited time, the ad
dress of Mr. Davis was delivered on
the instalment plan and was not com
pleted until the evening session. This
address will be printed in full in a
future issue. President Barrett’s ad
dress in the afternoon was one of the
features of the session, and we regret
ohat it is impossible to reproduce this
entire address. The reproduction an
type of such an address as Barret;
delivered is an impossibility, but we
are giving here a fairly good repor
of his speech, but as stated by Pres!
dent Alexander following his speech
President Barrett is the only man in
America who could deliver this par
ticular address and, as stated above
to reproduce same in print, is an im
possibility.
President Barrett’s address was a
heart-to-heart talk, and one of a kind
that the head of a family would make
to the home circle. It bristled with
suggestions of what the farmers
should do, and the head of the Farm
ers’ Union did not hesitate to criticise
things that had been done and to
point out what he considered mis
takes. He urged the value of the
Farmers’ Union, told what it had
done, declared that the great need
was that of co-operation. With em
phasis he declared that the Farmers
Union had proven the greatest or
ganization that the farmers had ever
had, that it is the greatest in the
world for the farmers, and that it is
growing.
Introduced by State President.
President Barrett was happily in
troduced by Dr. H. Q. Alexander
President of the North Carolina Far
mers’ Union, who declared him
man of national reputation, one de
voted to the betterment of the farm
er, and one who loved the Farmers’
Union and its cause.
Must Know How to Obey.
President Barrett began his re
marks by declaring that what is nec
essary is to know how to obey, that
there is a value in obedience, and
that while this might not be under
stood at first, it would be in time.
His work as head of the Union, he
declared to be one that gave him con
cern, that it meant responsibility to
be at the head of the greatest organ
ization of farmers ever effected. He
recounted visits made to many sec
tions, that in all parts of the coun
try there is being developed a great
er interest in the organization. As
part of his work in looking after the
interests of the Union he declared
that his visit to Colorado was to see
put on the chain-gang one of the of
ficials who had proven unfaithful,
that this man whom he strongly de
nounced was paid $14,000 a year and
had done things that caused indict
ments against him. “We will land
him in prison yet,” he declared, and
added: “The meanest man I know
of is one who having the opportun
ities of the Farmers’ Union will not
do right.”
“Back to Land” a Fallacy.
Speaking of the talk of “back to
the farm,” or as he put it, “back to
the land,” he spoke of the value of
co-operation between town and coun
try in the way of “get together” ef
forts, but that as to the “back to the
land” talk that there had been much
of this for the past five years, but in
all this time he had not heard of
more than a half-dozen going back
to the country from the town. “Do
any of you know of first-class men
going back?” he asked.
“I do,” answered one in the au
dience.
“Who?” queried Mr. Barrett.
“I am that man,” was the answer.
“Listen, my boy,” cried out Presi
dent Barrett. “I said first-class men.”
And then there was much good hu
mored laughter.
Should All Pull Together.
Continuing, the speaker said that
there seemed no reason why the town
and country people could not pull to
gether, that this would be a thing of
value to both. Co-operation is the
need, and because the town people
are not at farmers’ meeting is no
sign that they are not in sympathy
with such movements, but that they
are busy with their own affairs. What
the farmers should do, he declared,
was to get busy with theirs. North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
and Alabama, he declared, is the
garden spot of the country, and that
in the next twenty-five years this
would be shown that these States
form the best part of the United
States. Co-operative work is that
which will aid the farmers. The
Farmers’ Union is doing work for
this aid in meeting other great prob
lems. Before its organization no one
was talking of the rural problem, but
now every one is and the Farmers
Union is responsible. It has done
good work and is worth a hundrec
times its cost.
Some Tilings Accomplished.
President Barrett told of some of
the things it had accomplished for
education, that its work had been o:!
value in getting increased appropria
tions for schools, that the Farmers
Union in Georgia, as in other States,
went to the Legislature for more
money for schools. “And we got it,”
he declared. The Farmers’ Union is
now at work for an anti-gambling
bill, and it is the direct cause of the
bill for the establishment of a bu
reau of markets. Its work for a par
cels post was referred to and Presi
dent Barrett said it was partly re
sponsible for this, that this was one
matter in which the towns had not
seen the question as did the country,
and that it would never have come,
but for the Farmers’ Union. The
Union had proven its value in mak
ing better citizens, better schools,
better roads, and in the enforcement
of law.
Let Them Make Money.
“One thing it must do is to make
money for its members,” he declared.
“We feel it. The farmers will en
dorse whatever they think is right
and often times they get into the po
sition of being engaged in putting one
rascal out and putting another ras
cal in. But the only way now to
satisfy him is to make money for him,
and hand it to him. If the Farmers’
Union does this he will say, “Good,
good; she’s worth while now.” The
Union has done some wonderful
stunts, and as I talk of these I won
der that we are yet alive.
The general work of the Farmers’
Union, and the better conditions
which the farmers sought for their
homes was told in an amusing anec
dote which showed how one man be
came converted to the cause of the
Union. It gave the view that by co
operative effort the farmers could
come to the front in business and en
joy the best things in life. “This is
what we are up to,” declared Presi
dent Barrett, who went on to say that
the farmers were not blaming the
other fellows who were going to the
front, but that now was their time to
move to do the same thing.
Politicians Not Wanted.
The speaker told a laughable anec
dote of how he had broken up some
politicians at a Farmers’ Union meet-
ng in his remarks which came first
)y telling of the fiattery usually
handed out to farmers. He told also
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Nlatftxews, N. C.
Governor Wilson Will Be Inau^-
rated President March 4, 1913.
Account of the above historic event which, as
we all know, will be the grandest occasion our
Southland has enjoyed in 20 years, the Seaboard
Air Line Railway is making preparations to take
care of the great multitude of people who will
attend same
Special trains, special Pullman sleeping cars,
special coaches will be required in large num
bers. If you expect to attend this great event,
you should get busy. Clubs, societies, schools,
and other organized bodies of all kinds expect
ing to attend should get in line at once. Write
the undesigned, who will give you important
information and take care of you or your party
m best manner possible. H. S. LEARD,
Div. Pass. Agent, Raleigh, N. C.
Cliristmas and New Year Holiday Ex
cursion Round Trip Fares Via
Southern Railway.
Account Christmas and New Year holidays
the Southern Railway announces the sale of low
round trip tickets from all stations.
Tickets will be on sale on December 13, 14,17,
19, 20, 21. 22. 23, 24, 25. 31. 1912, and Jan. 1,1913.
In addition to above dates, tickets will also be
on sale from Raleigh on December 18 and from
Durham on December 15,16 and 18. 1912.
Tickets will be limited returning to reach
original starting point not later than mignight
of January 6, 1913.
For full and complete information, ask your
agent or write J. O. JONES.
„ „ Trav. Pass. Agent, Raleigh, N. C.
S. D, KISER, City Ticket Agent, Raleigh, N. C.
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