The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-08-11
ADDRESSES TO THE
NEWBERRY FARMERS
DELIVERED IN OLD COURT
HOUSE SATURDAY.
President Harris, of State Farmers
Union, And Mr.. G. M. Davis,
Of Georgia.

Addresses in the interest Of the
work Of the Farmers union Of New
berry county were made in the old
court house on Saturday BY Mr.. G..
NJ. Davis. Of Marietta, Ga. and Pres
idrni Is. Harris. Of the State Farm
crs union. Mr.. Davis is now in
charge Of the agricultural dcmonstra-
tinn work being conducted in the
State OF Georgia by the United Stat
cs government. Before entering up
Oh Tins demonstration work he was
for three wears State lecturer in
Georgia for the Farmers union.
President Harris and Mr.. Davis
have made addresses in several cnrm-
ties in Snnth Carolina along the lines
Of ttrir addresses here on Saturday,
and they will visit other towns and
cities in the State.
The meeting in the court house was
not largely attended. The addresses
were gool President w. G. Brown,
Of the county union, presided.
Mr.. Davis was The first speaker.
lie spoke for nearly an. hour, and
he held the close attention Of every
body present during every minute Of
his address. He is an attractive
and forccful speaker. and If he should
come to Ncwbrrry again he would
have Il much larger audience. lie
said that he had come for the purpose
Of maxim" an effort 10 encourage the
Farmers in organiZatinn If a little
! l"orr ginger was put in the union
movement, ne said. there would be
n" section Of South Carolina mor-
-aMizrd this time next year, During
the period Of lis existence the organ
izati"n had done remarkably well.
Those who had not joined. who meas
urcd up 10 the standard set for mem
brrShip. ought to belong. "Iis sue
c"SS means your succcsS,' he urged
lie said the union ought to put two
or three good men in the field, 90
IN" from community to community,
-cltin" the farmers together and in
~truciin" them in The principles Of
thc union. lie told Of the history of
the union in his county in Georgia
| how il began with his local uninn
whose membership numbered Fifteen
and how the organization had grown
until in his county there were thirty
two local unions and 1900 members.
"lf you will gel one or two or three
good men, going from community to
community, talking the thing up, in
season and out of season. he said,
"you will arouse an interest ynu have
never had BEFORE -
Mr. Davis dealt with some Of the
more important things in which the
union was interested. II had start
rd in Texas when Gresham organized
,, the first local union among his neigh
borS. Others heard Of it and sen,
FOR him 10 come and organize them.
Wherever he went he left union,
and from that bc"innin" the move
mont had spread all over the South
crn States. When the union was
born cotton was Sclln" al seven
cents II pound. Rut one pur-
,'"~r Wa unprrmn>t in the minds e
It's Ori"inaiur$---io "ci Il reasonable
prnH for their co.'on And that to-
'ar was the rh!rfcSt s"bjrct with the
union. The South produced pracli-
rallv the whole cotton crop Of the
world. England and continental f.u-
rope had spent millions in seeking a
new source Of supply, bnt had failed
TO find il. The South had mono
poly Of cotton production. but con-
dilions had come about which had
practically taken the pricing Of cot
tom ont Of the hands of the Southern
r"nn!". Th" union wanted 10 climi-
ratc som" of these conditions, and
4"t IN" fiXin" Of thc price Of cotton
right here AT home. That was one
feature and one Of the main features