The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-19
FARMERS MEET
At PROSPECT
Annual Picnic of Marion
County Agriculturists
Thursday.
FIVE THOUSAND ATTEND
J. Wilbur Jacoby and Rev.
j. A. Sutton, of LaRue
Deliver Addresses.
Picnic is Record Breaker. Spring
Frys and Other Things Good TO
Eat with Out-of-Joor Amuscmcnts
for Feature Place I'm big Event.

The annual picnic of the Marion
County Farmers, held in the Cast
grove at Prospect yesterday, was a
record breaker both in point of at.
tendance and entertainment.
Early in the morning the sturdy
men who keep the wheels Of COM
ntcrce going began to assemble with
their families under the great trees Of
the grove, and by noon every nook
held its circle Of picnickers. Hamp
ers bulged with all the good things
from the farm, and from the evil
dencc at hand the chicken crop of
the county had been depleted by sew
eral thousand The spring fry was
the keynote of the picnic dinners and
the hospitality of the impromptu
spreads was extended to everyone.
Farmers gathered in groups and
discussed the crop outlook. the tread
OF events political, the general fman-
ciaI conditions and other topics of the
day. 1t was grand social and benc'
fcial conclave.
In the absence OF President An
drews. George Lawrence, Of Marion,
for many years prominent In agri.
cultural work in the county and
valuable county institute worker was
made president pro tenn. He intro
duced J. Wilbur Jacoby, of Marion.
who addressed the Assembly on "Thc
Farmer" Mr.. Jacoby's address show
ed his ability as a speaker and his
comprehension of the broad subject
with which he dealt. He belicv'
that the success and welfare of ar
community lies with IT'S farmers, that
they are the bed rock upon which
business and Industrial pursuits are
builded. He advised them to come
to full realization of their influence
and the power OF their position. and
to use it for the social. economical
| and moral bctterment of their coun-
try. The Marion county farmer
scarcely appreciates his advantages
He Is situated In lang OF great rich
| ness, a section in which the value of
the soil makes possible the small
farm. This means intense farming.
the highest development of every
| available bit of ground. and the study
of plant and stock evolution. He is
given time, by the concentration OF
interest, to develop his mind, and to
keep In touch with hte great world of
AFFAIRS. He is thinker as we'll as
worker.
Mr. Jacoby's only political refer
ence was n mere hint. He declared
the day of the party demagogue was
past, that the voters of today are
! standing for the man and the prin-
| ciple of politics rather than for the
party. Party lines are loosely drawn;
the Independent voter is the present
saviour of the nation; he II is who
VIII preserve the spirit of equality
that signalized the republic of our
fathers and bring about "a square
| deal for every man. No more, no
| less"
The marke facilities of the farm
er of Ohio was a subject for special
tongratulatory remarks. The ad.
dress was one of inspiration with
many practical thoughts TO engrave It
| in the memory of the hearers. Mr..
facoby was received with enthusiasm.
Rev. j. A. sutton, the marrying
parson OF LaRue,' entertained the
assembly with the following charac-
teristic and thoroughly appreciable
| address:
Brother Chairman, Ladies and Gen
tlemen:
1t certainly affords me great plea
sure to see and greet you, at this
| time, and with you enjoy the interest
| and festivity of this auspicious occa-
sion, and especially to meet with you,
| good farmers, tillers of the soil, whom
ex-Lieutenant Governor Harding calls
''plutocrats OF the earth. billionaires
of the goth century" The interesting
subject which has been assigned to
me is 'The Farmer of Yesterday. of
Today and of the Future" surely a
subject sufficiently large for any one,
even VIM. ii. Taft, The Nurmer OF
yesterday. or of the past, is the one in
which l was particularly interested,
for IL was during those years when my
farming was principally done, and,
strange as 1t may sound. the farmers
principal implement at that period
was the AK by which he felled the
AaI ka f.ta L.ot.