The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-07-23
FARMERS TELL OF
COUNTY COUNCIL
EFFECTIVE WORK
Initial Meetings Being Held Over
County By Mr. Patrick Devel-
oping Enthusiasm.
"oRGANlZE OR QUIT" is
ATTITUDE OF OUR FARMERS
Other Meetings To Be Held Next
Week Announced Together
With Committeeman.
(By J. A. Patrick)

The County Council is making
good progress. To date fine meet
in 5 have been held at the following
pisces: Shells Academy, Oak Hill,
Birds Creek, Elkhorn, and Manly
vile. The attendance has been
good considering the many disturb
ing influences, such as rains, court,
etc. Those in attendance have
shown keen interest in the County
Council. Present conditions ON the
farm are very convincing evidence
of the fact that we need must have
some form Of farmers organization.
We will be able to get results for our
selves when we combine our influence
to do things for the farmer.
The meetings have been a disap
po:ntment in that we have not had
some of the speakers we expected.
We can't say though that the alb
sence of competent speakers has in
any way cast a damper over the
movement for a County Council. This
deficiency has been we'll supplied
with local talent. Such men as
]. E. J. Littleton, R Riley, J T Van
dyke, j L Clendenin, w H Hobby,
A P Diggs, Joe Stewart, Jerry
Speight and others have gone to the
meetings and boosted for the County
Council The influence of such
men is equally, If not more, produc
tive of good results than the long
winded remarks of spell binder.
So, in all of our meetings we have
merely talked the County Council
over. We have tried to know what
the County Council is and what it
will do for Henry County farmers.
Every man has felt free to say
what he thought. 1t is certainly
encouraging to say that the farmers
are thinking well of the County
Council. Ninety five percent of the
farmers in the meetings held have
shown their approval by agreeing to
become members.
The men in the different commu-
mites who have taken their time to
work up the meetings have rendered
a very distinct service to the farm
ers of the county. Such men as A
P Diggs, Dan Beasley, w H Shell,
Joe Stewart, Ed White, W M Call,
s E Huddleston, J Thompson, Jno
Richardson, L Thompson, W W
Clendenin, and Pleas Fitch.It would
be interesting to hear some of the
farmers talk about this County Coun
Gil.
All of us say, 1--WE must organize
or quit" Another man says "The
farmer is not the man he used to
be. He will have to organize. Sew
en- sticks are stronger than one
stick" Still another says, ~ know
this is a good thing. believe the
average farmer will see it that way.
The only proposition is to let him
know what it is in the right way, and
he must accept the County Council"
Another farmer says, "We are ready
to organize" A farmers wife
gives out a statement full of mean
ing. 1t should be the keynote OF
this County Council. She says,
"This is an organization for all of
us. We should not allow few of
our best farmers to promote and
maintain this organization at their
own expense and time and the rest
of us on the outside reap the bene-
fits along with those within the or
ganization. Everyone of US should
get in and stay in" The above
statement brought forth hearty APP
plause from the whole house. An
other man was heard to say that 1--WE
could do ourselves no harm by be-
longing to this organi7 ,tion, and we
put ourselves in shape to improve our
conditions"
Dates and Places for This Week.
Tuesday July 27, Oak Hill, 10
m, Vernon Pressnell, Mr. Ratterree
and Esq Jas Williams, committee;
Tuesday July 27, Fairview, 2 p m,
j w Odom, Mr. Weldon, G Robins
and Fulton Dortch, committee; Wed
nesday July %, Buchanan, 2 p m,
A G McGehee, Esq Clements, Esq
Ligon, Ernest Jackson, Dave Hutson,
committee; Wednesday July 2s, 8 p
m, Puryear, Prof White, ] E ] Lit
tleton, DR. Burton Love, Manley Mea-
dows, Committee; Thursday July 29,
Mill Creek, 10 a m, Henry Hooper,
Robt Caldwell, commit e; Thursday
July 30, Jones Miss, Ed Paschall, Mr.
Edwards and Mr. Hart, committee.