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Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15
Farmers Educational
AND
Co. Cooperative Union
OF America
A Country Idyl.


Have you dug your grassf" asked
the city chap
OF The staring farmer man.
For he thought he would not crush
the swain
Beneath his social ban.
How was the crop when you dug
your grass?
Did the wceyils hurt your peas7
And did the canker worms destroy
Your young cucumber trees?'
Cd. r-sr
4 love. good sir. the country air:
From the town faln would fee.
And lose myself In rural dreams
Meath the potato tree.
l would pluck the turnip from itg
vine.
Thro the parsnip Acadow push.
And rest beneath the grateful shade
OF The onions bending bush
'Oh I faln would be- simple swain
Aud drive my yoke of COWS
And rDst a. noon beneath he shade
or 'ho rutabaga boughs.
ia hunt the woods where the co.
,uHuul grow
Tho whole of fho livcioug day.
Or start at morn with thc rustic hoe
To dig the bills Tor hay
And f uf MONDAY ! Grow mint
with ms labor strain aud rush.
! would m.N thc milkWcyda lurious
milk.
With 'hy ml hrooms lucious mush
! would pluck fhe pineapple from the
pine.
Hut nh, ha. your color ncdf"
but 100 good man f.ll with .Ickeu.
INK thud
Tint farmer man ,aus dead
selected
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15
The National MEETING.

The national convention OF The
Farmers Educational and Cooperative
Union OF America. held In Fort Worth
recently .hoVod tho organization 10
De- In excellent condition and capa.
bic OF doing effective work la the in
tcrc.f of 'he farmers during the com
ing marketing season
with 'hc spread OF the Union 10
groin tobacco and fruit growing
states. the work has naturally divided
itself into different departments and
The committees representing them
have outlined plans for handling these
various product which will. no doubt.
prove advantageous
The system for marketing cotton
.ecm- To- howe been advanced material.
lv md with me cooperation Of The
member hip me way BIS being opened
for direct sales 10 me mills. which
has been %" desire Of many members
FOR sometime past
Partisan POLITICS had no place IN The
convention and yet 70 was evident that
'he farmers now realize that much In.
jury has been done them by the ma
'ional and static law making bodies
and thar 'hcso injuries must be re-.
mcdi"d This. however is recommend
ud hy direct appeals to he congress
aud legislatures and not through the
endorsement of any political party.
All IN al. he national meeting has
added strength 10 the Farmers Union
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15
Where Bullets Flew.

DAVID Parker, Of Faycue. y Y
veteran OF the civil var, who lost a
t at Gettysbug. say: The good
Electric Bitter, have done ITS worth
more than five hundred dollar, to
me- spent much money doctoring
Tor bad case OF stomach trouble. 10
little purpose | then tried Flee.
trio If'tIers, and they cured me. |
now take them "a tonic, and they
keep me strong and well. SOC At
> h Orme's and Haynes a. Taylor.
drug stores.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15
Amendment OF the COnStitu-
ton to be Voted on Satur-
day, October 81. 1908:

Nc. !. That the word Farmer in tho
third declaration Of purposes b {
changed to Farming.
No. 2. That Article /. Section ?. be
changed to read as follows:
"a membership fee shall be paid
BY each male member. Said fee
shall be ived by the Boarl of
Directors for the State not hav-
ing State Union, but after
State Union has been chartered
the fee shall be fixed by the State
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15

The most interesting and animated
discus-!o ION OF the recent National
Farmers Union Convention was that
which followed he report OF the com.
mittee on minimum price OF cotton All
were agreed as 10 he principles in
volved and the price which ought 10
prevail. but az 10 the best policy 20
pursue 20 bring about the desired re-
suit there were differences Of opiu.
ion The question was discussed. how.
ever in a fraiornal spirit and no Bit
'o-uess was left as The result of the
contest. II seems 10 be not ques.
ion yet of getting what cotton f.
worth, but Of occurring the best price
possible until he farmers become wei
s.ouPh educated 10 know what II costs
20 produce 'ho atnp.e. Hence IL is
% be- hopes har The action of the con
von'iou will Io accopcd and Loyalty
-he,eJ to and that 10 one will crowd
.ho market. even should the pric. be
reached
rLaro must be- loyalty on fhe part
of The mcmI, hip If th. Farmers In
. is ever 80 succeed a- IL has the op.
rorfuni,y 10 do Personal mdeuor.
d,rcc and democracy are an right I'm
politics. bur 'he business organization
or institution which succeeds has
head which can originate policies and
direct thcir execution
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15
Statement Concerning Pres.
Johnson, Denied in Strong
Terms.
NEXT MEETING WILL
=. AMEND CONSTITUTION.
To WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:

To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
We the undersigned parties q
were present at the F. E. and c. L.,
picnic at Caldwell Springs on Sept. Is.
and heard the speech of Rev. Rob't.
Johnson and we denounce the state
ment that is being circulated that he
said, that any one who would join, or
who belonged to the Law and Order
League were low down son-of- bitches. -
We further say. that. it is a malicious
falsehood, with no other purpose, by
its designer. save, that to mislead,
and to destroy the influence and pres
tige of our worthy President.
John Tysee,
J, d. Clark,
:. r Brasher,
7 \. Ela.cher.
W. 2 L'nhrw.
J z. PLANT.
! Y. PLANT.
!. NJ. Rodgers,
D. r. Brown.
F. n Nott.
Chas W. Fox.
.. y. Riley,
R. 8 Elkrs,
R. NJ. Franks,
J. =. Rodgers.
A. Z. Brown.
b. Young,
J. A. Patton.
c. o. Pogue,
Jim Thomson.
Persey Brasher,
J, d. Hodge.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15
FOR AMENDMENTS
AGAINST AMENDMENTS

Saturday, the 3lst day Of October.
1908, has fixed by the Board Of Direct
ors as the time for voting upon the
above amendments.
TIME constitution provides that:
Tho report of said vote shall be
signed by the President and Secretary
Treasurer Of the the Local Union and
the seal Of the Union placed upon the
same and sealed up in the presence Of
the Union and at once placed in the
mails"
In keeping with the provisions quot
ed above, the President and Secretary
Treasurer will please fin out the blanks
below, and return this sheet to r. f..
McCulloch, Beebc, Arkansas.
We hereby certify that the above $
a true and correct report Of the vote
cast by Local Union No.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15

II you have had any contagious dis.
ease In the house follow the direc-
lions OF your physician implicitly in
The matter of tumigating the room at
ter the patient has been removed II
is generally cheaper to destroy all bed
clothes and clothes worn by the sick
one than TO run the risk of another
outbreak of the disease.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15
State Of
10 the Members of the Far
mers' Educational and Co
operative Union of America

Beebee, Arkansas, Sept. 9Th, 1908.
Brethern-The National Union n
regular annual meeting at Fort Worth.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15
FARMERS EDUCATIONAL AND CO.
OPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA, C0LU


1908, adopted the changes in the Con-
stitution that are being submitted 70
you for rectifcation.
The changing Of the word Farmer
in the declarations cf purposes to Farm
ing is merely to correct grammatical
error.
The charge in Section two, Article
is for the purpose Of eliminating that
portion Of the section which requires
the National Secretary Treasurer 10
refund 10 the State Unions all money
received from them prior to their or
ganization. in excess of the actual cost
of organization. Under the provisions
! of this clause as it now stands the
National Union can derive no revenue
from Territory in process of organiza-
cation but must depend upon organized
States for its support Should we at
tempt to comply literally with the pro-
visions Of this clause the National
The change in Dues as recommended
,,-
necessity. Thus far Your officials have
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great results 'ha' nave ATTENDED all
act 'aoor un'onS are que 10 the TACT
'ha' 'ney nave mao pehihu them sum-
Gent iuhds 10 warrant them IN attack
ing any condition. Brethren the raise
OF IL cents per member per annum
while II means so little 10 the lndivid-
u"' WIZ "'e' "'iuueu ~ ou' treasury
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Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15

BE thrifty and never put OF any
thing you see the time for. Do it now.
Save all your boxes; you will be sur.
prised to find 10 what use you can put
them instead OF kindling Mrs. A. 10
seph.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15

II is understood that The minimum
price OF cotton is to be kept secret
in the Union Now, let every local
enforce the order, or expel the offend
ing member
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15

Money is not the only reward for
labor Try doing your neighbor a
good turn and note the Improvement
in your heart action.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15

Before going 10 town or calling on
a enighbor shine your hoes. brush your
teeth and clean your finger nails. and
surround the four corners of your
mouth with "A broad smile. Everybody
will be glad to see you and hear YOU
as well
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15

Did you know that turpentme an
piled lightly with a brush on floors
and walls OF closets will destroy
uloths?
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15

Do not forget that you were once a
boy not so very long ago-and perhaps
the most pestiferous of the whole
neighborhood tribe.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15
No. 5. That Article II, Section ID

No. 5. That Article II. Section Il
be chaged to read as follows:
The President shall be the ex-
ecutive officer of the Union. He
shall preside at the annual meet
ing snd appoint such officers as
are necessary from the delegates
present to aid him in opening and
closing the annual meeting in rit-
ualistic form and preserving or
der and secrecy of the session.
He shall decide all questions of
constitutional law. He shall pre-
side at all meetings of the Board
of Directors. but shall have no
vote except in case OF a tie. and
shall perform such other duties as
may be required Of him by the
Board Of Directors. He shall
receive FOR his services a salary
of 50, 5000 per year, transporta-
ton and hotel expenses.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15
HARMONIOUS
MEETING

for It's own jurisdiction; provided
the fee in any State shall not be
less than one dollar
No. 3. That Article /, Section T. b,
changed to readas follows:
The dues for the National I'm
ION shall be 20 cents per year per
capita, payable quarterly. Each
State shall collect and must re-
NIT before the close of each quar-
or the dues for the current quar-
ter and upon receipt of said re-
mittance the quarterly password
shall be Forwarded by the Nation
al Secretary to the State Secre-
tary, n d by him forwarded
through the regular channel to
the secretaries Of all Local Unions
in good standing"
No. 4. That Sections s and :, page :,
be stricken out.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15

President
Sec-Treas.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15
explanator,

Fraternalv yours.
p. II. MCCULLOCH
Secretary-Treasurcr.
NOTE This letter ordered 10 be read
0 each Local Union by the Cccre.ary
or othe member of the Local.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15

COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
CHAs. w. Fox, ID. y. RILEY, ED FLANAR
EASILY.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15

No. 4. That Sections s and :. page :,
be stricken out.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-15

COUNTY BUSINESS ACT:
EUGENE GUESS, Tolu, kentucky
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

II has been stated frequently that
Courts of Justice in Great Britain ac-
complish the work of the sessions
more quickly and more effectively
than the Courts of Justice in the
United States-than the Courts of JUS
tice in New York at any rate. Figures
recently published in London corre-
spondence to The World prove beyond
all doubt that such a statement has
absolute foundation in fact. Judging
by actual results, there seems to be
no mistake about 1t.
The published figures show that
twenty-three Judges Of the Supreme
Court of England, with a population
of $4,000, 900, dispose of as much bus
iness each year as ninety-eight Judges
of the Supreme Court in New York
State, with population of 100000.
Elbridge l.. Adams, in a paper read
before the New York State Bar AS
sociation last month, gave as rea-
son for this disparity the fact that
the system OF English civil procedure
promotes celerity and simplicity OF
judicial administration. A case which,
in New York State, would take two
TO FIVE years TO dispose of would be
tried and finally determined on appeal
in England within from eight months
TO a year.
1t cannot be said that criminal
court cases are more thoroughly tried
in New York than they are in Eng
land British justice, in regard to it's
law courts, is world-famed for its
thoroughness and for the fairness of
its system The fault seems to lie
in the methods of procedure and
general conduct of business in the
New York courts.
II has been customary for Ameri-
cans TO derlde all pomp and cere-
mony in connection with public func-
tions. It has been considered desir-
able to do away with everything hav-
ing an appearance of red tape, every
thing that savored of "'frills," not
only as means OF arriving at the
proper democratic spirit of things, but
also as possible shortcut to direct re-
suits. Hence, in the American
Courts OF Justice, one sees little OF
that ceremony that may be said to
come under the head of "frills;" there
is as little routine as possible in the
actual conduct of business. The law
yers even refuse To wear wigs and
gowns In their aim toward simplicity
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

rister He is the man who does the
talking. That of the barrister and
1.-THE solicitor are two separate pro-
lfessions. The barrister's is regarded
as the higher of the two. The firm
of solicitors which has charge of the
preparation of the case employs its
favorite barristers, often senior
and junior counsel. and the Govern
ment, in cases of criminal prose-
icuution, has its own barristers
| Grown Prosecutors) and Crown Sol-
citors The barrister has the solicitor
who has prepared the case in court
with him, but the solicitor is there
as an advisory counsel as to mat
ters Of technique and detail. He can
not open his mouth in court-not
aloud, that is.
a case such as the Thaw case
clearly proven to the observer that
loose undignified methods (more
;often termed Simple methods" on
this side of the water) in court are
not calculated to hasten business.
There you had counsel on either side
actually haranging each other, facing
each other talking at each other,
without the slightest heed TO order.
and apparently ohlivious, in their
iheated moments, of the presence of
leither Judge or jury. There was Mr..
Jerome, leading District-Attorney in
the chief State of the country, at
times facing the jury, believing at
them, with never MAY It please
Your Honor, never single sion
of courteous acknowledgment to the
Bench! Then you saw him walking
up and down, haranglng a witness,
and still never nod, word or
sign to the Judge. Then he would
turn 70 the prisoner and speak at
him, At times he might Just as well
have been actually addressing the
prisoner. Is there any saving of time
in such procedure as trat? Just as
in the British Parliament, every
member who rises 20 speak must ad-
dress Mr.. Speaker and talk to the
House, as II were, through the
Speaker as the medium, 50 should
counsel in court address the jury
through the Judge, and question
each witness with submission to The
Bench.
There are some moments during
the Thaw trial when Mr.. Jerome ac-
tually had his back turned to the
Judge, and paid no more attention
to the Bench than if the court had
been congregation. If Mr. Jerome
had been pleading for Thaw's con-
viction in an English court he would
have been brought to order over and
over again, and in regard to much OF
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
A FRANCIS WALKER SAYS BRITISH
COURTS ARE SWiFTeR THAN OURS

Iand in their desire to see everything
Iunencumbered And only a few of
Judges regularly wear their gowns.
Yet the wheels of justice clog con-
stantly, and move not smoothly day
by day.
, The Thaw case was a splendid ex-
ample of the cumbersome methods of
court procedure in this State. Could
anything be more absurd in regard to
waste of time .han the system of i'm
lpenelling the jury? Indeed. enough
already has been said in the press on
that subject to render any further
comment superfluous. The jury sys-
TEN is admittedly clumsy in the mat
ter of its selection.
But the Thaw case showed more
to be at fault than that. 1t proved
beyond doubt that the custom OF TAX
ling an enormous amount of evidence
more or less irrelevant TO the actual
merits OF the case. is the chief trou-
BILE in the administration of Ameri-
can justice today.
Justice Bowling conducted the case
with much more dignity and more eye
Ito strict business than his prede-
cessor. in the first trial. He had the
extraordinary delays and follies OF
the first trial as an example TO be
avoided. But even in the second trial
a large amount of evidence was taxi
en- absolutely irrelevant to the case
Irrelevant that Is, as compared with
legal practices in England A very
large amount of Evelyn Thaw's evil
dence would never have been admit
ted in an English court of law. Meth
er would much of the evidence of
the alienists. And to the propound-
ing of hypothetical questions consist
ing of several thousand words, that
is new legal practice and, 50 far,
has not been adopted in England to
the writer's knowledge
OF course, there are many funda-
mental differences between English
and American law courts and their
procedure. The legal practices are
not the same. In England, and
Throughout Great Britain, the law
yer who pleads the case in court Is
mot the man who has prepared It
| Through all its legal stages in the
legal office. The offlce-lawyer, known
as the solicitor, is the man who pre-
pares the details of the case. The
man who pleads cases In the high
Ter courts there Is known as a bar
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
Rheumatism Curedin I'd hours

7. J. BlaclSmore. OF Haller &
Blackmore, Pittsburg, Pa, says: "A
short time since | procured bot
tie OF DR.. Detchon's Relief for
Rheumatism. 1t got me out Of the
house in "a hours. took to my bed
with rheumatism nine months ago
and DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheu-
matism is the only medicine that did
me any good. | had five OF the
best physicians in the city, but | re-
ceived very little relief from them.
know DR.. Detchon's Relief for
Rheumatism to be what 1t is repre-
sented and take pleasure in recon-
mending 1t to other poor sufferers" i"
Sold by The Dumble Pharmacy,
Druggist, Opp. Kerr House.
A campaign again tricky oleomar-
garien dealers Is on in Chicago,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

his defamation he would have been
told-to use the American vernacuar
to "cut 1t out"
Another cause for delay In the
New York criminal courts is that
counsel is permitted to harangue a
witness to any extent he chooses.
He endeavors to discredit witness
for the opposite side by probing into
the witnesses past, by tearing out
possible household skeletons and
barring the individuals career to the
public gaze. That is not permitted
in an English court. The witness
Is not obliged to answer anything
tn atis not directly relevant to the
case under hearing, and counsel on
the opposite side will take care that
that is not directly relevant to the
tom of English counsel to exact de-
tails of a witnesses career as evil
dence allegedly material to the case.
1t seems to the writer that busi-
ness would be conducted with far
more celebrity in the New York
courts If the Judges and Magistrates
were stricter in their rule from the
bench. The Presiding Judges allow
counsel far too much liberty. The
custom has developed, and proceed
ings will always be protracted so
long as 1t is extant. In argument
counsel should not foe allowed to
talk to or at each other, but should
be made to address the Bench, If
strict order is to be maintained.
There is far too little dignity about
the American Courts of Justice. The
Judges come into many of the Grim
inal courts unrobed: neither the pros
'ecuting nor the defending counsel are
robed or bewigged: and II the legal
practitioners rise to their feet when
the Judge enters, 1t is as much as
they do. In every country in Eur
ope the entire court is on its feet
when the Judge enters. There is
stIicter attention to actual business
there; absolute dignity in every de-
tail is observed. and the general de-
corum leads not to the protraction,
but to the despatch of business.
III lhC iONtl COuilS Htlc, llt CJH~
ditions are much worse. There Is a
loOseness and a lack of dignity and
decorum everywhere. In New Jersey
II Is no better. Go into a District
Court in New York or New Jersey
today, and what do you see? You
probably see a Judge who slouches
into his place; court officials who
skip about as If the place belonged
to them; crler who calls out
string of words which nobody can un-
derstand, and, when he has conclud-
ed his utterances, probably emits a
dark stream from his mouth into a
spittoon near by. There Is nothing
in the general atmosphere of the
court to impress the jurors with a
sense of their responsibility, nor the
public with feeling that this is a
place where justice is carefully and
surely administered.
The Judges and the other State Of
ficials are the men who should rectify
matters It is for, them to create
the impressive atmosphere, dignity
of procedure and a sound, orderly
method of business. AS 1t Is. there is
a decided lack of dignity of order and
of good system, and the State loses
rather than gains under the present
procedure "A. Francis Walker in
New York World.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
Valuable Papers.

Such as your will, Fire and
Life insurance policies, notes
and mortgages, should not be
kept about the house, where
they might be burned or stol-
en-, when this bank will take
care of them for you without
any charge.
You are welcome to use
our fire proof vaults at any
time whether you deposit here
or not.
Hundreds of your friends
are taking advantage of this
opportunity.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
HARMLESS AT That.

Biggs-Some one told me that Polk is
your deadly enemy.
Dlggs-Yes, aud I'm glad Of ii,
Blggs-Why?
Diggs-Because I'd rather he would
be a deadly enemy than lively one.-
Chicago News.