The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-01-01
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Stribling, Pendleton, S. G..

Stribling, Pendleton. S. G.
Atlanta, Ca, December lS.-Na-
tional President c.. S. Barrett, OF the
Farmers Educational and Coopera-
tive Union, has issued cali Tor raj
lies Of union members all over the
South.
There are now practically l,OG0,-
900 members Of the Farmers Union
in the South and West, and the OF
ganization IS rapidly growing and ex-
tending it's sphere Of influence.
4 Local unions in all the states will
hold their meetings on Tuesday, Jan
uary s.
Following the local the county and
parish unions will meet on Tuesday,
January Is.
All of these meetings are to be
held preparatory to grand rally OF
the Farmers Union to be held IN At
lanta on Tuesday, January p, on
the occasion of the meeting there OF
the national board of directors and
the state presidents of the union!
This meeting will be held at the
state capitol, and all interested IN
the work Of organization are invited
to attend. .... .. .
The purposes of these meetings are
explained in the following call IS
sued by National President C.S. Bar
rett:
President Barrett's Call.
.:Atwater, Ca, December II, 1906.
TO the Members Of the Farmers
Union. AS president of your organl-
zation, it is my desire to interest
everv member in the manner OF our
plans for the approaching year, and
to this end hereby call meetings, as
follows:
II. Of all local unions on Tues
day, January g.
.2. OF all county and parish un-
ions on Tuesday, January 10.
s:3. Of the national board Of di-
rectors, and Of all state presidents for
Tuesday, January 22, at 1000 a. m,
in the capitol building, Atlanta, Ca,
ana at the latter meeting all members
interested in the work Of the organl-
zation are invited to attend.
s.The general purpose Of these
meetings is to discuss matters AFFECT
ING the welfare Of our great organlza--
ton, and to outline in a general way
! the plan Of action to govern us'dur-
inc the ensuing year. In this work
am anxious to. enlist the sympathy
and support of every member Of the
organization, and to this end l have
called meetings Of the local unions
in order that the movement may start.
from the heart Of the members them
selves. So let every member assemble
at the local meeting place on the
date indicated, discussing among
themselves the work demanding our
attention and awakening renewed en-
for the coming year. Let the
county and parish unions do the same
thing at their meetings, and let the
result of all these deliberations be
forwarded Immediately to the respec-
tive state presidents.
ssIn this manner when the state
presidents and the national directors
assemble in Atlanta on Tuesday, jan
nary %. they will be in position more
than ever to truly represent the mem
bership of the organization IN con-
.sidering and formulating our general
plan Of action for the next year.
A Successful Year.
.sThe year just ended has been the
most successful in the history OF our
association. It's membership has
shown phenomenal increase IN every
direction. and it is now. generally con-
.ceded by all that to the Farmers I'm
ion stand for II cent cotton is due
y more than anything else, the fact that
ND to this time the average selling
nrice of cotton has been far In e2-
cess Of 10 cents. Had our organlza-
tion stood for ten cent cotton the
,nrice in all probability would never
haze gone beyond that figure.
GAS a result Of the uncompromls-