The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-05
Program For Three Days State
Meeting Given Out BY
Organizer.
Parade and Open Session ut
Auditorium Rink.
SOME PROMINENT SPEAKERS

Kentucky will be organized as n
state into the National Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union
OF America In a meeting here Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, at the
Auditorium rink. which will be at
tended by, delegates from each local
union In the twenty counties In the
state where the movement has gotten
footho.d. The membership now
numbers nearly 5000 farmers. and
I 800 Of these are expected TO attend
aside from the delegates.
National President c. S. Barnett,
Of Union CITY, Ga. will attend and
address the convention. as will ma
tional secretary McCuiloch: J y.
Montgomery. state president OF Ten
nesfee: w. A. Morris. OF Alabama.
chairman OF the national board of
directors; w. y. Evans. OF LOuisl-
ana: Il. Bunyan Carter. OF Missls-
slppl. and other prominent members.
Thursdays session will be open 20
the public and the program is de-
signed to eniighien the people on the
purpose OF the union. Friday and
Saturday the sessions will be secret.
Early Thursday morning the dele
gates will secure badges az the Com
mercial club rooms and proceed TO
First street and Broadway. where
they will form at $50 o'clock for
the march down Broadway to the
Auditorium rink. Each county union
will be headed by It's officers and a
banner with is name prominently
displayed Central Labor union and
the Locals OF Paducah viii form az
Fourth street and Kentucky avenue
aud march 20 First street and Broad
way. where they viii fall In behind
the Farmers union and the whole
parade will be headed by Deals
band
Reduced rates have been secured
by state Organizer II. l.. Barnett on
an steamboat lines and railroads.
The convention meets here on the
invitation OF the Commercial club.
Retail Merchants association, Mayor
James r. Smith and the Central
Labor Union. Mr. Barnett believes
that the movement. now covering 2S
states. Is sweeping everything before
II aud will sooner or later absorb
other farmers organizations because
It's object Includes all the products
OF the farm He says II Is a law and
order movement, which is seeking
the farmers interests in business
way.
state officers will be elected In this
meeting and constitution and by
laws. which already have been draft
ed. will be ratified by the convention.
The program for the three days
meeting is as follows:
Thursday. August q.
l. Onicers and members form at
9.20 O'Clock for march to Audi
torlum rink from First street and
Broadway.
2, Address OF welcome by Mayor
James p. Smith at 10 O'Clock In con
ventlon hall.
3. Response for convention by
the Rev Robert Johnston, OF Crit
tenden county.
4. Address by National President
G. 5. Barnett. OF Union City. Ga.
8. Address by w. A. Morris. OF
Alabama. chairman Of national board
Of directors.
Adjournment for dinner.
Afternoon Session.
I. Music by Deals band.
2. Speech by ]. Il. Montgomery
OF Tennessee. vlce-president Of the
national union and president OF Ten
nessee state union.
g. Music
4. Speech by w. b. Evans. of
Louisiana.
3. Music.
Adjournment.
Evening Session.
/. Speech by Il. Bunyan Carter,
OF Mississippi, and other prominent
speakers OF the union.
Friday. August Z.
Closed door session. Delegates and
members only allowed In convention.
The object will be to organize state
union and transact other business
that will be brought forward by the
organizers.
Saturday, August \.
Day will be devoted TO committee
work.
MIR. Carter Returns.
ID. Bunyan Carter lecturer of the
a.
cah today after visiting the county
union of Fulton county. He made
several speeches In different parts OF
the county and reports that the
farmers of that county are seeing the
necessity OF pooling their products
Delegates from Livingston. Critien-
den. Graves and several other coun