Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-18
FARMERS UNION
OF STATE MEETS
HERE NOV. 18TH

The annual convention OF the Geor-
gia Farmers union to be held in At
lanta on Tuesday, November rs, is
expected to bring together the
largest gathering of Farmers union
members ever held in this state.
The sessions will be held in the
house of representatives in the state
capitol and will run for two or three
days. If a night session is held, the
convention probably will finish III
two days. If not, it will last three
days.
Each Farmers union local in the
state is entitled to delegates baseu
upon it's membership. Sometimes the
locals in a county will get together
and send one set of delegates to rep
resent them all. II is certain that
every county in Georgia will be rep
resented at the convention in A.
lanta. The expected attendance is
from 400 to 500.
Charles S. Barrett, national prest-
dent of the Farmers union; J. Fl
Mills, president of the Georgia
Farmers union, and Commissioner
J. j. Brown, Of the state department
of agriculture, will be the principal
speakers.
One of the important matters to
be discussed at the convention will
be campaign to raise Georgia's
quota of the fund to build in Wash
ington a great agricultural temple
IN which all farn) organizations in
the country will have legislative
headquarters Several thousand dol
lars already have been raised III
Georgia without special effort. 1t is
probable that President Mills will
be authorized to devote the month
of December to canvasstng the
state.
Reports will be made on the op-
Grafton of cooperative warehouses
in several counties owned by Farm
ers' union members, and also on CO.
operative drying houses for potatoes
and the new grain elevator to be
built at Dublin by Farmers union
members.
| The Dublin grain elevator is one
OF the most important cooperative
projects launched by Georgia farm
ers in recent years. Upon the sue
cess of its operations will depend
the building of other elevators over
the state. The principal drawback III
raising grains and other food crops
| in Georgia has been the lack of stor-
age facilities. Corn, wheat, velvet
! beans and other grain crops need SCI
entific handling by special machinery
| to put them in shape for the COM
mercial market, and must be stored
in proper warehouses or elevators
| to protect them from various de-
structive insects. The Dublin grain
elevator is expected to provide the
farmers Of Laurens county with a
place where they can store such
crops as corn, velvet beans, peanuts,
etc, take insurance on them and use
their storage receipts as bank col
1 lateral if necessary.
| There probably will be outlined at
| the Atlanta convention the legisla-
! tive program of the Georgia Farm
ers' union for the coming year, and
especial emphasis will be laid upon
| the necessity for closer cooperation
| than ever before.
/ 1t is generally expected that ]
| Fl. Mills will be reelected president
| if he consents to serve another term.
His Administered ton has been very
successful and satisfactory. The
other state officers are James D
Weaver prominent Terrell county
planter and banker vice president
and Andrew J. Fleming, secretary.
| Mr.. Barrett and Mr.. Mills win
leave Atlanta Monday for Memphis
to attend the annual convention of
| the National Farmers union. which
now S organized in more than TWEEN
| ty states with a paid-up member
ship Of more than 100000 farmers,
It's territory is the south and west
Other Georgians going to the Mem
phis convention are L. r. Tillman,
ReidsviIle; w. D. Dixon, Dublin; F.
r. Bridges, manager OF the Dublin
grain elevator.