The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-12-08

adopted. 4
A call of the townships was
made for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the names of all that had.
reorganized and elected officers
pursuant to notice given by the
president through the columns of Z
the local papers. The report by 4
townships upon the question OF !
the reorganization and elections
of officers in the townshipsS
showed that only JonesyilletowHS
ship had held a meeting, raE
ganized and elected officers &ssl
follows. President. w. BapkH}
,koWleri vice a president, il Sc
SlIQia sscxe agys saF. 4 Hs G6iS
81 & IS essity o3 3 k0Wi iish = 81 81 81
"a 6giS, and the obj css3 c { S.
0essitg OF coll ectilg tls63 = = s.
per bale to defray expeuSe s
;Qtl.er counties had paid 40 Gslse
par bale that IL cen was adl i
sWaSs - a 17n las but tfiaS NO
one MIS- prevenGe from giving /
mo-. more or as muc.i as they desired:
That collector would be ap-
pointed to visit each member to
collect the assessment and he
would be paid 20 per cent, pro-
vided he visited each and every
member of the association in the
township. The plan for the
holding of three million bales of
cotton for 80 days for Is cents
by the members of the associa-
ton was read by the secretary.
A printed form of the pledge for
the holding of three million bales
had been distributed in the diff
ferent townships and the reports
of those who had circulated these
pledges for signatures and the
number of bales the signer was
willing to hold was called and
: showed that 582 bales had been
signed for, that there had been
but a partial canvass of the sever
! al townships was also shown by
the reports which was an indica-
. ton that only about one-third OF
the.number had been pledged that
would be. The president then
: announced that it was his pur-
I pose at this meeting to appoint q
collector of the three cents pei
J., bale assessment, but as there
e had been no reorganization II
y any of the townships except
$ Jonesville he would wait for the
e suggestion of the name of some
man by the delegates from tn
several townships. Rev. J. G
II Farr then offered a resolution
that those townships that ha'
not on the day fixed in the pub
; lished notice reorganized an
.f ~ elected officers meet at a con
- - venient place in their toWnshl
81 Friday, December Is. at 2o'cloc
,u ,s p. M, and proceed to reorganiz
40 40 and elect officers, which organ'
~ ~ zation and officers would serv
~ 10 for the year 1906. This resoll
w ton was unanimously adopted
W. Mr.. w. II. Jeter was calle
ne rs upon to address the associatlo
% % upon the subject of the impo
% tance and necessity of thoroue
81 81 organization. He said he hs
1lo 1o moved among the farmers OF h
le Il; township and had met with
81. 81. little encouragement that to hi
r Hr' it was a surprise that the Peep
10. 10 took so little interest. That tn,
~ ~ really did not seem to realize t
~, ~ necessity and Importance OF
ly' organization or rather that tn
eI, lend their aid to such an organ
r. 1Ige zation, although some did {
t1e, tho knowledge that they thought t
'iie organization had done some got
That the more he talked the |,
good it seemed to do, all of VIII
.os- was beyond his comprehensi.
on Mr.. Roland Hill and Mr..
Lbly H. Gist, both from the sa
, its township, seemed to be m
optimistic and thought the p