The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-02-03
WAKE UNION MEETS FRIDAY.
Every Member in the County Should
Attend This important Meeting
Efficient Work of Secretary Iyey.

Attend This important Meeting
Efficient Work of Secretary Iyey.
The Wake County Farmers Union
will meet in the courthouse in RAJ
leigh on Friday. February 4th, at
II o'clock. A large delegation is ex-
pected to be present. We understand
that this meeting is strictly a bust
ness session and matters vitality af-
fecting every member will be dis
cugsed and acted upon. Some COM
mittees appointed at last meeting will
have interesting reports. The Coun-
ty Business Agent. Mr.. II. G. Gulley,
Of Raleigh, r. F. D. f. is expected to
have something worth while to say.
Mr.. G. l. Smith, of Goats, n. c.,
perhaps the best posted farmer in
| the State. on the subject of Home
Mixing of Fertilizers" will give an
interesting lecture with the use of
| the blackboard.
DR.. J. M. Templeton, the silver
| tongued orator of the Farmers I'm
ion, will have something to say. We
have heard it said of DR.. Templeton
that at the State meeting in Green's
| boro, by his flights of eloQuence and
well-put logic, he captured the whole
city, including the staid and digni-
fed Judge Ewing. Meetings such as
this must be exceedinly helpful to
| the members.
The report of the Executive Com
mittee, who have recently examined
Secretary Ivey's report will be of in
terest to all members Of the Union.
The report follows:
Raleigh, N. c., Jan. Z, 1910.
Ito the Wake County Union:
4 I'VE, your committee, beg leave
to make the following report:
Il. We have examined the books
of our Secretary-Treasurer, and find
the records full, neat and complete
ii 2. We have examined the financial
part of his work and find it correct
this being kept in very efficient
and neat form with itemized state
ment herewith attached showing
balance on hand to be $39.34.
8. We commend to you the very
t efficient work of our Secretary ant
Treasurer during the past year fol
' | his faithful service. He has ever hat
9 a watchful and listening ear for thu
{ best interests of our organization.
al Respectfully submitted,
a JAMES HOLDER,
T. M. FRANKS,
Executive Committee"
Bro. w. B. Upchurch was detaine'
! lat home on account Of sickness.
II The Apex Journal commenting o.
IMr. Ivey's record as Secretary, pay
;, him the following just compliment:
III "Mr. Thad Ivey, who, since its OF
Examination in 1908. has been Secre
Itary and Treasurer of the wax
County Farmers Union, has. wit
= the report of the committee follow
ing completed successful year
this position. A word in praise
Iour efficient Secretary should not
o. amiss at this time.
gel Mr.. Ivey has made an enviab
OF record as Secretary Of the Unto
to In the clerical work attaching to b
Ms position, he has proven himse
Ipainstaking and entirely accurate;
n the outside work he has been fait
of full and loyal. 1t was through I
m efforts that the Raleigh Chamber
re Commerce was, prompted to start
Ia Investigation of the methods used
certain Raleigh buyers, by Whl
farmers were mulcted out of tn
v. hard-earned money by being prac
.Ically forced to take less than mari
price for their cotton. In and
of the Union he has defended 1t,
no one can accuse him Of neglect
'ge. .ne POI - nth this nositio
sti- ou'Aoo