The Robesonian., 1910-12-19

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FARMERS union MEETS. (
Annual coan,IvSe=:n1tion a,IS=:n11ttio In Greens
boro- Resolutions Memorialize
Legislature for Agricultural
E'4fnstruction. IN Public Schools.
The North Carolina Farmers
Union met'in annual session at
the State Normal and Industrial
college in Greensboro Wednes-
day and Thursday of last.Week.
sEahen fs3U # AZ IA q Est entlng
ALMOST every countysin tbe State,
SEbeing sfi&Egtt ut t e44eaas Ghas.g .gA.
Barrett Of Georgia, president Of
the National. Union, Was sLresent
to lend his aid to the work OF the
/ convention. II, n III ..s u T i i
| The election of officers resulted
as follows: H. G: Alexander,
AIecklenburg. president; j. NJ.
| Templeto Wake, vice presi-=
dent; E. C..-Faires, Kings Nouns,
i tain secretary y-treasurer; J. X
Green. general organizer; A. c.
Shuford, CataYha, Cata4ll9a, rehairman; F.
r. ". Ply1er, Union; W. H.:
Moore, Pirp I:M: Coggins, Chat
ham; Dr.. J. H. Smith, Surry, ex-
ecutive committee.
When the session of last De-
cember was held there were only
935 locals in the State; now there
are more than 1,500. The MEM
bership a year ago was 20, 600;
during the last year it has more
than doubled. Forty-fve coun-
, ties were organized; 20 more
have been organized since that
. time. Last year there was s3,-
: 63l. OF in the treasury, while to-
, day there is more than SIC, GOO.
, Agricultural education Was the
chief topic. The union believes
' that the best way Improve
agricultural methods and to up
e lift the farmer and his, sons and
| daughters is to provide training
! for them along literary lines and
also train him for farming; tc
t make of farming a profession,
: instead Of making its followers
e men engaged in drudgery. The
n principal things to be studied ars
: the soil, fertilizers, rotation Of
' crops, selection Of seeds and i'm
v proved methods of farm life.
/, The union is working with {
! view to having the State in the
near future make adequate pro
vision for the teaching o:
e branches in agriculture in one o.
,e more of State high schools il
J. each county, and thus have some
thing in the nature of count,
schools for teaching agriculture
3 The following resolutions wer'
n adopted: ~
# The North Carolina Farmers
If Educational and Co-Operativ
~ Union, now numbering $500
y farmers, IN it's session at Greens
4 boro, December IA, 1910, respect
d. fully nemorializes the Genera
A. Assembly to push with continue
h vigor the educational progres
II Of our State. To accomplish tn
III desired end of educating all ou
n people and properly trainin
RS them for the duties of life, w
V. earnestly urge:
as First, That the appropriation
! for our public schools be mad
~ as liberal as possible and ths
ry the present State law requirin
st the teaching. of the elementar
ze principles Of agricultural be er
~ forced.
~ Second. that provision /
~ made in our school system fc
er thorough training in agricu}tr1
m and home economics in the hig
de schools Of such counties as desil
,1o preparation in these importar
~ subjects.
a' Third, that in order to suppl
re trained leaders in all the State
he varied activities and to proviC
n Well-equipped teachers for OF
in schools, the General Assembly
,a- the State make ample pr0visic
'09 Tor the growth, enlargement ar
en- better equipment Of our hight
no educational institutions.
ID The committee that formulate
,de this report did. so after sever
49, conferences with State Superb
NY tendent ..oyner. President Hi
tn OF the \. & NJ. College, ar
lat President Foust, Of the Sta
Normal College.
The report Of President Ale
ander was along education
no lines and dealt with the grow
q and pYDonsiop Of tbo x7-orI- tn