The courier-index., 1921-06-17
Lee County Farm Bureau
 Organization Perfected

The Lee County Farm BureSw was perfected at a meeting held in Marianna on last Friday. c. VI Watson from the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, explained the aims and workings of the plan and after his talk c. k. Yancey was elected as chairman and ]. Marshall Hewt itt secretary. On account of tho rains several committees were nos represented. While the member ship at present is only a little over fifty, this is a nuclus around which an organization will be built which, will stand for and foster the best ideals every tried out in any csm- munity.
 A director has already been elect ed or will be selected as soon as T. meeting can be held in each school district in the county. It will be the duty of this director to repre- sent his community in county meet ings and to enliGt the membership of all farmers and business men in his school districc in particular and the county in general The director is elected for one year by the mem bers of his distr:ct and all the direc- tors in the county will meet and elect an executive committee which will have the handling of all finau- ces and dictate all policies, etc., of the association
 The membership pledge which is being signed. runs for five yearx The dues are $10.00 annually, which is spent as follows: National fed eration dues, soc; state dues, s2.0g; subscription to paper, soc. This leaves $7.O0 to stay in the coun- ty to be used as the board of direc- tors see fit.
 There are community clubs at the following places in the county: Sa- lem, Gill, Moro, Brickeys. Ronda and Aubrey. Others will be organ ized when possible. It will be the aim of the Lee County Farm Bu- reau to revive these clubs and assist in putting over any program plan ned by any particular community, such as sweet potato curing houses, cream shipping stations, strawberry associations, or any other matter where cooperation is essential to success.
 It is to be hoped that this bureau will have the support of every man, woman and child in Lee county. If | the bureau fails it will not be a failure of the plans but failure of the people The bureau is an established institution all over the Northwest where they have over E. 000,000 members. There is woH- derful opportunity in this plan for us all to better our conditions if we 1 will pull and plan for it's success. Do not sit idly by and say it will. not amount to anything. Tie worst man we have IS the indifferent feb- low who waits 10 see If it Is g0Ss-.sS
 to work. If it works, he gets in, if it does not, then he says, "I told | | you so'" We must get it out of osr heads that miracles are to be pes formed. The days of miracles have passed. The Lord helps only those who try to help themselves. If you live in Lee county you cannot heR- | this bureau without helping yourself. This applies, no matter what ysur vocation may be, farmer, merchant, lawyer, doctOf or preacher.
 If there is any question any one would like to ask in regard to the working of this organization, they should get in touch with some of the officers of the bureau or the | county agent. Any of them will be glad to explain any feature that is not quite clear. If your community is interested in some particular uR- | dertaking, why not call on the farm bureau to assist in putting that thing over? Remember that s9 per cent of the organizations die for the lack of something to do. This must not be the case with the Lee County Farm Bureau. Let's put it to work and by so doing make it | success right from the beginning. The farm bureau is pushing the Marianna Sweet Potato Growers Association. At a second meeting of the growers in the county agents office on Tuesday of this week, seventy-five acres of sweet potatoes were signed up under an iron-bould contract, similar to the one used. by the California Fruit Growers Association. Not over half of the growers interested were present and it is almost a sure thing that 15e acres will be signed before the month is out The organization work was taken up, a president and five directors were elected and an application for a charter will be sent in within few days. The farm bureau bears the same relation to this potato association that a com mercial club would to a cotton fac tory if one would start to locate in Marianna "Get up on the Farm Bureau" If you are not ''up," you are liable to be down" on it.