The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-02
OFFICERS RE ELECTED
BY Georgia Division of Farmers Union.
No Afiliation With the
Cotton Association.
Cotton Association.

ion convened at Atlanta Wednesday
morning at 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 a 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 ia
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.
Secretary and Treasurer. L. Bar.
ron OF Epson county.
State Organizer. L. Lee of De-
Kaib county.
State Lecturer-G. M. 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.
ChapIain--Rev. ]. C. venable of
Gwlnnett county.
Serg eant-at-Arms-R A.. Wilbanks
OF Gwlnnett county.
In creating the executive commit
toe, the organization showed its sat
isfaction with the work of the men,
bers of that committee Of the past
year, so it is that j. H. HoyIe OF Up.
son county; s. J. Smith of Forsyth
county; w. v. Martin Of Tiff county;
w. 4. Hogue of HARRISON county and
]. d. Anderson of Cherokee county,
were retained for another year, MI
Hoyle of Epson 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 of the
order in the state were reviewed 1t
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 j. 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 1856 unions in
the state a year ago. while there are
now a thousand and elghty-fve 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 ofi-
eial 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. may state. however, that
We will have no kind Of atfliation 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, 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. l have
found that all the members of the or.
ganiEation are dead except the ofic;rs
and those who have quit"