The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-05-09
FARMERS UNION NEE state

Thursday Notable Day in Lum-
berton-County Meeting of the
Farmers Union-Some Speak
ing Dates That it Will be Well
to Remember.
Thursday last was a notable
dayfor the Robson County Farm
ers' Union. President w. S.
Cobb is not content with being
one OF the most successful farm
ers in the State; he wants to
make every Farmers Union man
in the county a successful farm
er, and to that end he always
tries to make the county meet
ings of the union profitable in
every way. For this meeting, as
mentioned in Mondays Robson
ian, he invited Congressman
Goodwin to deliver an address on
agricultural education and this
address was heard by a large
crowd that filled the court room
at the court house. That address
is printed in full elsewhere in
this paper and it will repay read
ing. At the afternoon meeting
a committee was appointed to
convey to Mr.. Goodwin a vote of
thanks.
Mr.. Godwln's address was de-
livered at II a. m. AT Lao o'clock
in the afternoon a meeting of the
Union was held in the court room
and it was also attended by a
large crowd. President Cobb
presided and a majority of the
So Locals of the county respond
ed to the roll call. After some
discussion of purely Union mat
ters, Vice President w. K. Gull
breth, who had been appointed
to make a report on fertilizers,
made an interesting talk and
made some recommendations
that will be considered by the
executive committee. Mr.. Cul-
breth, who is also president Of
the Cooperative Milling Co..
which will build and operate a
-four mill at Pembroke. stated
that the material for the mill
building is on hand, that the ma
chinery has been shipped and the
mill will be in operation in a few
weeks. He stated that any who
subscribed stock might dispose
of it if they did not care to pay
their subscriptions, as many in
quiries for stock had been receiv-
ed since the books had been clos
ed.
Prof. ]. R. Poole, county SUP
erintendent of public instruction,
who, at the request of the execu-
tive committee of the Union, was
sent by the board of education to
a conference on agricultural edU-
cation atLittle Rock, Ark. recent
| ly, was called on and made a few
remarks about his trip. He stat
ed that he had been sick and not
able to prepare an account of his
trip. but would publish some
thing in regard to it in The Robe
sonian in the near future. He
touched briefly upon the great
interest that is being manifested
in agricultural education and
said that his hearers had no idea
of what had already been done
by the Union along this line.
! At the conclusion Of Prof.
Poole's remarks President Cobb
called Vice President Culbreth to
tle chair and made a motion
that the Union demand Of Supt.
Poole that he allow no man or
woman to teach in the public
schools of Robson who is not
prepared to teach agriculture, and
the motion was unanimously car
ried. In making his motion Mr..
Cobb stated that the man who
does not know on which end Of a
mule to put the bride has no
business in Robson county, nor
the woman who does not know
how to cook.
An offer made by the editor OF
The Robson of a Farmers De-
partment in the paper, to be
edited by some man selected by
the Union, was accepted. The
editor for this department. in
which will appear all matters
pertaining to the Farmers Un-
ion, will be selected by the ex.
ecutive committee. A vote OF
thanks was extended to the ed
tor for his efforts to cover m It
ters of interest to Union mem
bers.
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