The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-28
THE FARMERS
Nine Thousand Meet Sat
urday in z w a h | e n S
Grove Canton Gro
GERS Organization Con-
demmed.

The goth annual picnic of the Farm
ers' Reunion association was held In
Zwahlen's grove, southeast of Louis
Vile, Saturday, with the largest at
tendance in their history, the crowd
being estimated at about 5000,
Osnaburg, Nimishillen, Paris and
Washington townships supplied the
majority of the pleasure seeks and
from early in the day there was a con-
tinuous line of vehicles of all descrip-
ton pouring in from all directions.
In addition to these, busses. car
riages and automobiles met the cleo
trio cars at Louisville all day. Al
though the gathering was for picnic
purposes only, the grove very much
resembled a county fair Although
they were not on the bill many
farmers brought choice samples of
fruits and vegetables. No prizes
were awarded, but the board of direct
ors passed judgment on the speci-
mems and labeled the best
The excellent program which had
been arranged by H. H. Sponseller
and ]. j. Snyder was started at at 10
O'Clock and with an intermission for
dinner was continued until 2:30.
All the attendants had come pre-
pared with baskets loaded with good
things and dinner was eaten under
the trees and on the benches around
the speakers stand. Along the road
were refreshment stands of all kinds
so that coupled with the privacy of
the country they had all the luxuries
Of town.
Among the speakers on the pro-
gram was Charles L. Speaker, candi-
date for Congress from Lisbon. His
subject was, "The Duties of the
Hour" and he was frequently inter-
rupted by the applause of his enthu-
siastic audience.
In the afternoon short business
meeting was held in which several
committees reports were read. The
resolution committee, composed of j.
w. Monnot, mine owner, ]. M. Slus-
ser and Louis Hang read the follow
ing, which was received with enthu-
siasm and unanimously adopted and
copies ordered spread about the coun-
ty. t,ra
Resolved, That we, the farmers
of Washington, Paris, Nimishillen and
Osnaburg townships, in session Aug
ust 25, at their Goth annual picnic, in
John Zwahlen's grove, do emphaticaI-
ly condemn the action of the grocers'
organization, of Canton, o., in that
they demand the city council to pass
such ordinances that will compel the
farmers who offer the produce of their
farms to the consumers of Canton, to
pay license for this privilege; it is
un-American, because it is the few
debating to the multitude, and we
would ask such honorable council to
give deaf ear to their request and
to declare to the people, this Is
free America We call upon the con-
sumers of Canton to unite with us in
great injustice to our mutual inter
ests."
AS a mark of the appreciation by
the members of the present state of
affairs all the old officers were re-
elected as follows:
President J. J. Snyder; vice presi-
dent, s. L. Lang; secretary, H. H.
Sponseller; assistant secretary, e. M.
Hahn; treasurer, Peter Yoder; direct
Ors. Paris township, John Mong, Hen
ry Schory, George Kreiger and Sam
uel Croft; Osnaburg township, Amos
Coy, Joseph Croft, John Dagger and
Charles Dewalt, Washington town
ship, Tobias Stuckey, A. ]. Shaffer.
Ephriam Piokens and Nathan Grimes;
Nimishillen township, Joseph Folk.
Joseph Yoder, Henry Folk and Ira