Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-08-21
TO MEET.
STATE ASSOCIATION FOR
SEPTEMBER THIRD
IN RALEIGH.

In RALEfGH.
The Good it Has Done and WHY
the Farmers Of the State Should
Stand United.
Telling OF the work accomplished
by the Farmers State Association
and Of the annual meeting this year,
the following address has been is
sued t. tue farmers Of North Caro-
liua :
At the January meeHng of the
North Carolina Farmers State Asso
citation, q resolution was adopted
that the annual meeting Of the asso-
citation be beld the third Tuesday in
August. Commissioner S. l.. Pat
tersnn, who is a member Of the Elk
ecutive Committee OF the a~ssocia
ton, Informs rs ,bat he will be away.
engaged in institute work at tina,
time, and the following week will
be, in atten1acce at the meeting OF
the Cotton States Association OF
Commissioners of Agriculture, in
Nashville, Tenn. Therefore, it is
thought best TO hold the annual
meeting OF the State Farmers Asso
cia,ion on w eduesday, September 3.
in the auditorium OF the Agricultn
raj Building 10 the CITY OF Raleigh.
beginning at II o'clock q. tn. II g
to he hoped that every county il.
TIE State will he represented at thai
meeting. We hope to secafe re-
ducel rates over The different rail-
ways tor the occasion.
When this association first met in
September, 1901, to take into cot
sideration the cotton eeed situation,
aud devise. plans by which a better
price could be Obtained for them,
and by resolution declared that nn
der existing conditions cotton seed
should not be sold kfor less than rs
cents per bushel for cash. nor tx
changed for cotton seed meal for
less than 1888 pounds of meal for
one ton of seed, it demonstrated the
power OF concert OF action for by
that resolution it established a price
that resultedein untold benefit to the
cotton farmers Of the South. Whi}e
some derlded the action OF the con
v%ention, and said that it was con-
posed OF people who did no, know
what they doing, others had
confidence in their Judgment and
stood by the action IF the as ,ocia
tion. The farmers who refused te
take part in the meetings and con
tinued to sell their~cot,ou as fast al
ginned, received from eighteen te
twen.y-one cents per busbel to-
! them. while those who abided by
the action of the association re
ceiyed from twenty five cents Il
twenty seven cents per busbel tto1
theirs. This very fact should give
tue farmers of the State con6dene'
in the association and cause them II
take active part in its workings.
For the purpose of a complete or
ganization and thorough representa-
ton at the State meeting, we. sug
gest that township meetings berhelt
on Saturday, August %, at the usua
place for holding township meetings
and that county meetings be Ahele
Saturday, August 80, at the cour
house at IL O'Clock, and th~en.selec
delegates to attend the State meet
ing.
This associ alton ia of too much i'm
portauce to the farmers Of the Stal'
I tor it's meetings to he neglected b,
their Let themshow their interes
in the work, aodstheir'determinatlo'
to succeed by attending these meet
ings in large numbers. The secre
} Etary will gladlysfurnish constitution
and membership rolls tc any o de
Esiring them. Remember this assoei
Eation is in the interest of all classe
| Eot farmers, whether cotton, tobacco
Egrain or truck farmers, therefore al
are cordially invited and ~orged't
attend.
Respectfully,
J T. B PARKER, Secretary,
'Hillsboro, N. G.
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