The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-12-15
THE RSONIAN

love for farmers than most people.
He did not cuss out farmers gener-
ally and quit trying to help them.
He went right on doing everything he
could for them, Notwithstanding the
fact that men in the convention had
1nsulted his wife. And to show YOU
that farmers will do you right and
that they are appreciative, they after
ward elected that man to the legisla-
Uure and then to the senate, and thew
recently elected him unanimously to
one OF the most important offices in
his state. II he had followed the ex-
ample Of most leaders, insulted like
himself, he would have denounced
that convention and quit work for
the farmer for good. He was not
that sort of man, and you know the
rest.
Another incident: One summer not
Ions ago a young man who was 60
ing from his fathers home to a town
in another county, stopped for a
while at a prOtracted meeting near
my home. When this young man
(Who was a high roller) went into
the church, the brethren were hay
ing an experience meeting and, as
usual, the talks were very tender and
touching, there was brotherly love,
goOd fellowship, some tears, etc.
Finally that young man, just to pass
Off a little time and to see how much
feeling he could put on the brethren,
arose with the most serious and sane
titled look YOU ever saw, and his
voice trembling with emotion, exorted
the brethren for a while, until many
OF them were crying.
When the meeting adjourned and
the brethren had assembled on the
outside, as is the custom, for a part
ing word, they spoke of the young
stranger and unanimously agreed
that he was a good man. They de-
clared it would be impossible for any
one to have such a serious look and
talk with such earnestness and not
be a good man.
I had known that young man since
a baby and a bigger liar never lived.
SO much for not being carried away
by honeyed words and serious faces,
in church or in your conventions.
One more incident: In the days of
the Alliance the brethren bought a
warehouse in my county and they
elected the cleverest fellow | ever saw
co LIducS6I. he Knew just now TO
shake hands right He knew how to
''set 'em up to soda water, lemon
ade or anything else that suited your
taste. He was the kind of fellow
that gave you one or two claps on the
back, inquired after the folks and
you walked right into his trap At
ter he got in Office, he stole every
thing he could get his hands on and
left the state. Of course, his bonds
men had several thousand dollars to
pay They were to blame, too, for
there was not a single one of them
who had fair intelligence but knew to
start with that that fellow was a
grand rascal. But-they just couldn't
resist him as q hand-shaker and a
joIlier
| cite these incidents simply to il
lustrate the vital necessity of careful
ness and self-cOntrol in selecting the
officers you are going to choose in
December.
These men are to have in their
keeping the power for advancement
or retrogression of the Farmers I'm
ion in your community. Don't elect
the hand-shaker; select those who
are able and faithful. After you do
it, give them fair and square deal.
Forgive them small mistakes, if they
are not serious injuries to the or
ganization. When you balance up,