The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-19

and we pledge ourselves to do our best
to extend the circulation of their ex-
cellent paper" The brethren had so
many kind words for the paper that
we may have been in danger of being
Spoiled" as somebody suggested. The
only trouble is that the editor will now
overwork himself in the effort to make
the paper worthy of what was said
of it.
COMMITTEES.
In every organization the commit
tees do the chief part of the work and
it will doubtless interest our readers
to know who served on the committees
this year. They were as follows:
Committee on Credentials.-H. T.
Jones, J. M. Mitchell, r. III. Lane.
Committee on Demands and Res
olutions.-W. A. Graham, T. E. How
ard, G. W. P. Gates.
Committee on Business Agency
| John Graham, Nathan Williams, III. A.
Cutler, J. M. Mitchell.
Committee on Lecturing.-H. M.
Gates, J. G. Balm, J. II. Caldwell, W.
S. Mercer.
Committee on Constitution and By
laws.-J. ". Denmark, T. J. Oldham,
J. G. Lasley, Robt. Cooper.
Committee on Publication.-C. III.
Poe, T. P. Johnston, j. W. Seawell.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The brethren early reached the con-
| clusion that the 1901 session made no
mistake in the selection of officers,
and the entire 1901 list was reelected
for the ensuing year as follows:
President-W. B. Fleming, Ridge
way, Warren County.
Vice-President-T. P. johnson, Sal
isbury, Rowan County.
|Secretary-Treasure and State Bus
mess Agent-T. B. Parker, Hillsboro,
Orange County.
Lecturer. @. Balm, Wade, Cum
berland County.
Assistant Lecturer or Steward
Jno. M. Mitchell, Wayne County.
Chaplain-Rev. W. S. Mercer, Moy-
ock, Currituck County.
Doorkeeper-Geo. T. Lane, Green's
boro, Guilford County.
Co--oo-4 ~ 49, d II To-o A,
rora, Beaufort County.
At the close of the session, Presi-
dent Fleming announced the follow
ing judiciary committee: John Ora
ham, chairman; H. T. Jones, Wayne
County; John Knox Hughes, Orange
County.
WHO THE OFFICERS ARE
The rank and file should always
know as much as possible about their
leaders, and while we are not prepared
to give biographies of our officers, a
line or two regarding each may not be
out of place.
President Fleming is a quiet, "sol-
id" man of sterling common n and
high character. He is a good worker
but pushes himself forward, as
Bro. T. J. Oldham was saying Thurs
day. (And, by the way, just what we
have said and quoted here about Bro.
Fleming is equally true of Bro. Old
ham himself.) President Fleming is
a good farmer and his speciality is
dewberry raising; Ridgeway, his sta
ton, ships more dewberries than any
other town in the South.
Vice-President johnson is a farm
er and real estate man; a native of
Ohio. In farming his speciality is
fruit; in principles his speciality is
prohibition"
Secretary and Business Agent Par
ker has served four years and so far
as we have been able to hear, not a
single complaint against him is yet
forthcoming. Everybody likes him,
yet he uses none of the arts of the
d~emagogue in making his friends.
They like him because he els sincere
and sensible rather than "smart" and
snowy, firm and friendly rather than
tremendously afable, safe and bust
| ness-like rather than tricky and sharp.