Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-05-28
HIGHLAND COUNTY FARMERS
UNION COMPLETELY Or
GANIZED-. w. HEVEN- {?
Err, PRESIDENT

The Highland County Farmers I'm
Ion has completed it's organization
and is ready for business, says ]. H.
Meier, Assistant Secretary of the Au-
gusta County. Farmers Union, who
was commissioned by George II,
State Secretary, to lead the
work in Highland County
The progress in unionizing the farm
ers of Virginia during the last year
is simply amazing. Already sixty
counties are organized and others are
following rapidly.
COUNTY HAS SEVEN LOCALS 4
Highland went over the top in
~tarting her first Union year with
seven locals, Mcdowell, HightoWn,
Mill Gap, Trimble, Crabbottom, Mon
terey and Doe Hill. All these locals
have received their Union charters on
which the names of the charter mem
pers are written, and they are the
names of the men who are the most
progressive and broadminded farmers
in the county. They were the first
to realize the duty toward their neigh
bors and fellow farmers to join that
strong and growing Farmers Union,
in order to meet the powerful organi-
cations of business and labor success
fully. Their names will be preserv-
ed for the future and the next >gener-
alton will look with respect to those
men who were the pioneers of the
Highland County Farmers Union.
PROMINENT MEN AT THE HEAD
OF COUNTY AND LOCALS
At the organizing County meeting
at Monterey on May Z, the following
county officers and directors were
elected: ]. W. Hevener, president;
| ]: H. Hiner, vice-president; E. D.
Swecker, secretary-treasurer; ]. H.
Armstrong, Howard Wilfong, D. O..
Bird, ]. M. Carson, George e. Sweck-
er, ]. H. Mackey and Jared Hiner, Di-
rectors of the County Union.
The president, vice-presidents and
secretaries of the locals are: Nc
DoweI: j. H. Hiner, W. R. ,Hicklin,
]. H. Armstrong. 49,.
:. Hightown: ]. w. Hevener, W. F.
Jones, G. D. Dudley.
Milf Gap: C. C. Burns, D. o. Bird,
Sullie B. Rexrode.
Trimble: ]. M. Carson, ]. A. Hi
ner, o. Roy Dickson.-%
Crabbottom: R. H. Crupmett,
Walter Mullenax, E. D. swecker.
Monterey: R. C. Jones, ]. L. Hi
ner, l. L. Beverage.
Doe Hill: Jared A. Hiner, A. S.
Jones, A. ]. Blagg. -
AUGUSTA co. FARMERS UNION
CoNGRATULATES SISTER UNION
The Highland County Farmers I'm
ion was represented by j. w. Heven-
er and J. H. Armstrong at the wool
meeting at Staunton and received the
hearty congratulations of the Angus
ia Union. Mr.. J. H. Armstrong will
represent Highland on the Wool Pool
committee which is going to handle
the wool from Augusta, Highland,
Reckbridge, Rockingham, Craig and
Bath counties.
= The Highland Unin farmers are al
so invited to take part in picnic
which is to take place in the month
of August near Stanton in Gypsy Hill
Park. One or more speakers of ma
ton wide fame are invited to speak
on this occasion.
GOV. DAVIS OF VIRGINIA WILL BE
INVITED TO ADDRESS THE
HIGHLAND FARMERS UNION
Efforts are being made to invite
Governor Westmoreland Davis to ad-
dress the Highland County Farmers
Union some time in July. His visit
should attract large crowd, and will
be combined with a farmers rally
and membership drive. Every High
land Union farmer is looking towards
this event with the utmost interest.
The Farmers Union is not for the
sole benefit of the farmers as a class
only, but will give full attention to
the entire development of Highland
County, and in due time will consider
better schools, better roads, better
public service and better representa-
ton. Let every farmer help his
County Union in it's good work. All
aboard the Farmers Union train,
scheduled for: Better Farming, Bet
ter Living, Betted Citizenship, thro
Cooperation. Xxx