The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-01-12

~
soothing effects. Sold by j. +. Lewis.
Proceedings of Grant Parish
Farmers Union.
CoLFAx, La, Jan. 8, 1880.
The Uniou was called to order at 1880
am. by president u. w. Bruce, who APP
pointed r.. NJ. Young doorkeeper, and w.
5. Carr, chaplain.
The Union being opened in due form,
the committee on credentials reported:
We your committee on credentials beg |
| leave to report the same delegates entl-
| tied to seats in this meeting as were at
our last meeting, admitting g. G. Richards |
| from Ada Union in place OF Brlster, and
the following named delegates from Sum- |
merteld in place of old delegates, viz: 5. |
Bloxom, u. u. Fletcher, L. Lemoine and
j. b. Lyman.
The roll was called and quorum found
present.
The committee on credentials then
added H. u. Pruett from Ada Union.
Report adopted. i
Minutes of last meeting read and
adopted, when motion prevail ed to take
up the cooperation plan, which was dis
GUESSED ut length.
One pm. having arrived q recess until
Z:jU pm. Was taken.
i At $50 the Union was opened in due
form by he president, quorum present.
the cooperation plan was again taken
up, when motion prevailed that the
president appoint u committee of live as
a trade committee to make arrangements
with local merchants to take the trade
of the members of the Farmers Union
the present year. The president appointed
as said committee H. q. Goodwin, w. L.
Richardson, w. d. Irwin, S. BioAom and
K M. Deem. A motion then prevailed
that the president be added to said
COMMITTEE and SAID trade committee are
requested to report as soon as possible to
the subordinate Unions and also to pub
1 lish their proceedings for the information
of the Union members, when the follow
| ing resolution offered by H. G. Goodwin
was adopted:
Resolued, That the parish Union reiter-
l ates its request that subordinate Unions
subscribe Tor shares of stock in the State
agency plan, and earnestly recommends
that every Union that intends to take
= stock do 80 as early as possible.
w. d. Irwin offered the following which
was adopted:
oil Resolued, That this Union pay to he's
secretary the sum OF twenty go dollars
: Der 0QQum IIOI0 Iu0 uIbt Vi July AooS,
y and that he ba pad senl-annually.
The secretary reported that Of the
e38 70 collected at our last meeting e13 Is
was dues and fees for State Union.
III A motion prevailed to adjourn until
g. m. to-mor.ow.I
Friday, am. Gan. 4, 1889, the Union
was opened in dye form by the president
q quorum present. Minutes OF yesterday
= read and approe&d.
The following resolution offered by H
G.. Goodwin was adopted:
Resolved, That we change Article 10 o.
the by -laws,-reQuiring all the secretaries
of subordinate unions to bring up theil
IS books to the parish union for examine
n ton, so as to require only the books Of
those unions from which an appeal hai
been taken, or in which some irregularity
N exists, shall be brought up 70 examina
thion by the committee on appeals and
grievances.
u The committee on appeals and griev
70 ances reported as follows:
We your committee on appeals ant
grievances beg leave to make this our re
d mort. We have examined the secretary
l. book of the following subordinate unions
Big Creek union, quarter ending Decem
4 bor 81, 1885, We find the minutes OF BIZ
Creek union in good order.
d. p. MORRIS, Chairman.
/, Report received and adopted
D. Motion then prevailed that that tn
n president appoint committee of thre
:. to be styled central committee, who's
W duty it shall be to examine the books, ct'
of the local merchant, taking the Farmer
"a Union trade. The president apPointe
n. G. Goodwin, r. A. Brooks and w.
Irwin on said committee.
,s- A motion then prevailed authorisin
n the trade committee to put union ma
he in the store Of our local merchant as clerl
all The secretary then announced that
We had received the following amounts, an
or that Shady Grove union was behind an
OF had failed to send up her report, fees an
ID. dues, for two quarters: