The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-01
UNION ELECTS OFFICERS.
Second Days Session of Georgia Farm
ers It State Capital Repiete With
Interest.

The second days session Of the
Georgia division OF the Farmers I'm.
ion convened at Atlanta Wednesday
morning at 8 O'Clock in the Peachtree
Inn ball room with a delegation even
larger than that Of the first day and
for every delegate it was day of
hard work
The most important feature of the
day was the election Of officers for
the year. That election proved that
the officers elected a year ago had been
faithful TO every trust imposed in
them, for it was a reelection through
out, not one of the officials finding the
slightest suggestion Of an opposi.
ton, The officers reelected are:
President-R. F. Duckworth, of Pike
county.
Vice President-W. P. Quinby Of
Barlow county.
OSSlCldlS oAO 4AOoSoANA % - 1~A
ron of Upson county.
State Organizer-J. L. Lee of De.
Kalb county.
State Lecturer-G. NJ. Davis of
Floyd county.
State Business Agent. G. Eu.
banks of Polk county.
Conductor-T. n. Bazemore OF Tay.
lor county.
Doorkeeper-J. W. Burns of Barlow
county.
Chaplain-Rev. J. c. Venable Of
Gwinnett county.
Sergeant-at-Arms-R. A. Wilbanks
of Gwinne:t county.
In creating the executive commit
tee, the organization showed its sat
isfaction with the work of the mem.
bers of that committee of the pass
year, so it is that J. H. Hoyle CT Up
son county; S. J. Smith of Forsyth
county; w. V. Martin Of Tiff county;
w. T. Hogue of Haralson county and
]. D. Anderson of Cherokee county,
were retained for another year, Mr..
Hoyle of Upson being again the chair
man.
The feature of Wednesday Morn
ing's session was the report of Pres
ident Duckworth. 1t was a paper IN
which the life and the history CT the
order in the state were reviewed. It
demonstrated that every officer of the
association had placed within the
hands of the president every detail
of the work which had been effected.
Reports Of committees and officers
were more than satisfactory to the as
sembly. Especially interesting was the
annual report of ). M. Davis of Floyd,
the state lecturer. That report showed
that Mr.. Davis had visited during the
year every county in the state and
that in making these visits his average
had been one each day for the year.
State Organizer Lees report indi.
Gated that there were 456 unions IN
the state year ago, while there are
now a thousand and eighty-dve unions
with charters, while there are many
more organizations awaiting that same
charter.
The line dividing the Southern Cot
ton Association and the Farmers In
ion appears to be growing stronger.
State Lecturer Davis, in speaking OF
the situation, said:
"Our organization has taken no OIL
cial action, and will probably take
none, in regard to any relations which
do now or may hereafter exist between
our body and the Southern Cotton AS
ISOLATION I may state, however, that
We will have no kind of afiliation with
them. We will run our affairs in our
own way, and they can run theirs as
they see fit. Our aims and theirs seem
to be different. In any event, l want
to say in the most positive manner
that We will have nothing to do with
this organization
And I may add continued Mr..
Davis, that my duties have called me
in the last few months in every Sec
ton of the state, and nobody pays any
attention to this organization. I have
found that all the members of the Or
sanitation are dead except the ofhc:rs
and those who have quit