The Green Forest tribune., 1902-11-15
HORTICULTURIsTS AWAKE!
Green Forest Association is on
 the Stool of Do- Nothing.

est Horticultural Association must wake up and attend tn, meetings CT else the society i going to go dead, and that with out further notice.
 There has not been a represen. tative meeting of the members fol more than six months and the at. tendance has kept dropping of until the call for the last meeting did not bring out a quorum 1 Now, this is exactly as it ought not to be. Itseems that the mem bers are willing to let any sort ot an excuse keep them away and it is doubtful if a half dozen could offer a reasonable explana : tiOn for the absence from several meetings passed. It is lack of interest, that is all there is to it, and it is nothing less than 8 shame that such a condition should eX- ist under the circumstances. Right now when preparations should be being made for the meeting of the state society here and when hundreds of opportun- ities are presenting themselves for the advancement of fruit in terests, our society becomes al- most too dead to skin! It is a deplorable state of affairs and caustic remedies must be applied at once, or else tacitly admit that all the energy and enterprise our community has ever possessed has gone out.
 If there is not a better showing of members out to the meeting on next Thursday afternoon than has been for some time, it looks as if the organization will have to go by default, and if the necessary ar- engagements are made to entertain the state society, few indiyid- uals will have to shoulder the re- sponsibility and hold up the good name of the town and community.
 As this state meeting is brought here solely in the interest of fruit developments, 1t is certainly not only becoming the people who are enGaqed in this line of industry, but it is certainly expected of them that they take the lead in the matter of entertainment, and THE TRIBUNE insists that our farmers wake up and carry this meeting to a success.
 There are sixty -seven names on the secretary's register of the membership of this society and more than half of them live suffi- cienHy convenient to attend a meeting on short notice. Tine folIowine members either live in or near town and will all doubt less see the call for the meeting next Thursday afternoon and IHt TRIBUNE is going to presume tha' all of them will either attend this meeting or send in their excuses l. B. Reeves, E. s. Foreman, l. i S. Shibley, J. II. Puckett, .. II Smith, Frank Jageman, ;. A Sfandlee. w. A. Butt, B. l.. Field' CT, James Wilding, A. M. Brad shaw. G. R. Blasingalne, 5. 5 EsIinger, H. H. Stanhope, .. D Grim. I. r. Shahan, G. W, Bags dale, Mrs. H. s. Coleman, Bettif Ragsdale, Irwin Whitaker, j ane' Mc7otire L. J. Leatherbury Wm. W Craft, T. K. Hubbs, A. 5 Grim, Ira Watt, W. R; Philips A T. Russell, Mrs. J. H. Ramsey Mrs. I. B. Reeves, Mrs. A. M
 Webb, c. c. Haflick, Mrs. < '. Y Y Foreman, A. J. Tabor, Dr. C. V Poynor, Mrs. A. J. Tabor, l.: '
 Porter. J. l.. Graham, j. l.. Ltus sell. Lee Smith, s. c: stan4oPe9 ' Prather, A. J. Cox, ". A. Rus cell T. s. French, Wyatt BraWiey
 ! .9 Lawrence. J. A. HargroYe
 W. R. Norris and William Dunn
 There are many more peopt.
 whose names'ought to be on elii
 list and who should attend tAe7