The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
Meeting Of Executive COmmiiie Of
Farmers Union at FarmViIle.
Concord, Va, Sept. 9th.

A meeting Of the executive commit
tee Of the Farmers Educational and
Cooperative Union was called to or
der by Mr.. r. E. Blackwell president
over the Peoples National Bank Of
Farmville, Thursday, September Ord,
at 100 p. M Minutes Of last meet
ing were read and adopted
The following members were pres
ent: T. B. Rogers, Of Amelia county;
j. w. Cawthorn, of Appomattox
county; T. W. Evans, alternate for
j. j. Wood, of Campbell; D. n. Gan
naway, Of Buckingham; C. x. San
derson, of Cumberland; Z. W. Hud-
gins, of Dlnwiddie; Il. E Blackwell,
of Lunenburg; j. j. 5. Cook, of
MecHenburg; j. W. Goodwin, of Mel
son. r. w. Fuqua, of Prince Edward;
j. B. Weems, of Nottoway. b. f.
Earle, national organizer for the State;
w. II. Keyser, State organizer; Thos.
II. Steele, of Coscord Local, were
present at the said meeting.
Arrangements were made for the
publishing of an official organ, and
the advancement Of education along
cooperative lines. The following
resolution was offered, and the secre-
tary urged to communicate with the
county and local Unions and urge
their assistance in getting the follow
inc report in by the 10th of October
or before.
Order Of report: Number of local
Unions in counties; names and address
ses of the presidents Of the county
and local Unions; amount Of tobacco
free from mortage or loan;
number of members of each local;
number and names of subscribers for
the support of the official organ. The
same to.be forwarded to the secretary,
on or before the date named.
I'm this meeting fourteen resolutions
were passed, and below are some Of
the most important ones:
Resolved. That we use our hest en-
deavors TO organize the trucking and
otheragricultura interests of the state,
i'm order that they may cooperate
with us in the general body i'm the sup
port OF our official organ and the adj
vancement of education along co-Opera-
tive lines.
Resolved, That We request our next
Legislature to appropriate fund 10
crush and grind raw limestone, and
furnish the same TO the various farm
ers in the State at cost, by and under
the Agricultural Department Of the
State. and that the Corporation Com
mission establish freight rate on the
the same AZ is done I'm the state Of Hi
nois.
Resolved, whereas, the Inauguration
of the warehouse originated ln TINS
State. about seventy yearsago has pau
perized the people as shown by statis-
ties of taxable vauables by the coun-
ties which have raised tobacco TO the
exclusion of other crops because the
farmer surrenders the title TO his to-
bacco when he turns it over to the
warehouse man 10 be sold at public
auction like dead mtn's property,
therefore, we instruct this committee
TO use their influence to persuade the
farmer from using the warehouse sys-
tenn. A resolution was passed, where
bv the colored farmers are 10 be or
ganlzed also, as large percentage OF
the agricultural products of the state
result from the labor Of the colored
farmers. 1t was decided TO provide
for them an auxiliary membership, by
which they will not not come into di,
rect social contact with the Union Of
the white farmers, but will derlys such
help from our efforts as may be IN
instice due them. T.. W. Evans,
Thos II. Steele. Cor Secretary.