The Mississippi Union Advocate and Southern Farm and Home from Jackson, Mississippi • 1

8 a OTV ol aii THE MISSISSIPPI -TT oJ CT PP1 Ni 1 8c HOME gOR GO DTCOU T-: 1 i iE 7 ANDk kJ Vol. 3. JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, MARCH 25, 1908. No. 8 TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

Brethren, if you will notice the figures opposite youf name on your paper you can easily learn when your time is out and when to renew. If, for instance, the figures are 3-6-8 your subscription expires 1 the 6th day of the 3rd month 1 of 1908. and renew, as late rulings of the postoffice department i limit the time for us to send the paper without your newal, and we are very anxious that you do not miss a single copy. on I Please notice this 1 re OUR NEW LECTURES. Believing that the lecturer is to the Union what the preacher is to the church, the executive committee has put into the field a large force of lecturers, regardless of cost and largely as an experiment, arid want to warn these lecturers that the treasury will soon be emptied, unless they produce results.

The Union made putting in the field such men as M. A. Brown and H. W. Bradshaw, because they took in new members wherever they went, and the fees and dues paid in by these members more than repaid the state the expenses of the lectures.

For instance, my lecture at Flora on the 12th inst. netted the treasury some $13 besides the monthly dues that will follow, and that was nothing to the effect following lectures by others elsewhere, for Brother Jas. Duton, for instance, called for converts at the close of one of his lectures and forty-two Mississippi farmers answered the call, and Brother A.W. Myers could no doubt beat that. Such results encourage the lecturer to go forward with his work and also encourage the committee to keep such men in brethren, please understand that I am not intending to criticize any man in the field, but to warn you that your brethren expect certain things from you and sincerely hope they will not he disappointed.

Remember it is requi red of any man in any station position to "make-good." "Put xfif "make good'' or step down out. the field. Now WARNING TO UNION MEN. State President, A 'systematic effort is being made by interested parties to discourage our members and if sible cause them to holt. Those who are constantly eirculatmen ing discouraging ancJ pesimistie dope are not your friends, and are not sincere when they tell you that they want you to get high prises for your cotton.

I warn you against the man who claims to be your friend, but can nothing but failure for you and your organization. C. R. HIGHTOWER, i sec GREETING FROM THE NATIONAL BOARD. 1 sent a committee to Washington i to urge upon National Board of Directors of the F.

E. and C. U. of A. desire to submit some facts and 'suggestions to the members of the Union, and ask their careful consideration and support of the I same.

In accordance with resolutions 1 passed at Little Rock, we have tie Rock and the Memphis conj ventions. The committee reports a decided indifference on the part of Congress to pass the measures asked for. Other interests, opposing our Brethren, this indifference of Congress, and of legislatures, will continue until you, by personal letters and resolutions to legislators show as much insistence for our demands as are shown by other interests in opposing them. Every farmer, whether in or out of the Union, is to blame if he has not written, personally a letter to some Congressman or legislator in support of our demands. Your Union oficials, state or national, can do little in matters of legislation unless you will co-operate with us by supporting our demands in every way in your power.

Brothers, write to your Congressmen and Senators, forward your resolutions, and we will get all we demand. Fail to do so, and we shall get nothing. An army, no matter how large, is no good if its soldiers fail to fire at the command of its officers. This is campaign year. Our organization must be carefully steered through the maelstrom of politics.

As an organization, we must keep out. As individuals we should attend the primaries and conventions of our respective parties, and demand that resolutions he adopted, and planks be inserted in platforms pledging the parties to the support of our demands. We should see that each party goes squarely on record regarding proper monetary measures, a general parcels post, a postal savings bank, gambling in farm products. The time to get legislation is at the primaries and conventions. Don't fail to attend them, and there secure pledges for our relief.

Notwithstanding the unprecedented fight against 15-cent cotton, the prospects are brighter than ever to get it. The manufacturers and speculators are making it appear that the financial depression and the closing of mills will curtail consumption to sxich an extent that cotton will not advance. Let us Avam you against this misleading statement. The mills must have our cotton to fill their contracts. The supply now in their hands is very short.

Our farmers are showing a wonderful determination in holding, and we feel assured that we shall win this fight. The. cotton warehouse- is proving the bane of the cotton gambler, and the salvation of the southern farmer. Let us continue vto hold, and continue to build more warehouses. Another matter on which we feel that all American agree is the fight that has been begun for a graduated land tax.

The day is past when the accumulation of large bodies of agricultural land by either corporations or individuals can be allowed to proceed without a vigorous protest. men can This fight is now being made in the legislature of the new state of has taken the lead in more than one reform. The National Legislative Committee recommended that the Union farmers of every state be asked to indorse the matter of American soil for American home builders. Our brethren in Oklahoma are endeavoring to enact such legislation as will help to make it easy for every industrious man to secure a reasonable portion of this earth 's surface on which to build a home and maintain his family, and to do this it is necessary to make it hard for any individual to hold control of a large area for the purpose of collecting tribute of his fellow man. This is just as important to those in the older states as in necessity is even more urgent.

in the older states. Oklahoma is to be in the lead in this matter, and she is entitled to the support and encouragement of those in other states. If Oklahoma can succeed in enacting such a law, we in other states can use it as a precedent, and can have the benfit of their experience. Let it be understood right now that a law of this kind can not be passed now in Oklahoma without a hard fight. If you favor a graduated land tax, send a letter or a resolution from your local to T.

M. Jeffords. Elgin, Oklahoma, who will see that it is properly presented to the legislature of Oklahoma. Any resolutions to Congress may be sent direct to your Congressman or Senator at Washington, or to R. T.

Duckworth, Union City. Georgia, Chairman of the Legislative Committee. C. S. BARRETT.

National President. r. h. McCulloch, National Secretary-Treasurer. W.

A. MORRIS, I. N. McCOLLISTER, W. S.

MILLER, S. L. WILSON, T. M. JEFFORDS, National Executive Committee.

SMITH COUNTY UNION. Smith County Union will meet at Bunker Hill local on April the 8th, and a full delegation Is requested by the president, Bro. W. M. Walker.

By Invitation of the president and secretary, Brother Tom. Haynie, will be with us at that time. Come one, come all FROM THOMASVILLE, RANKIN COUNTY. We have been organized about ten months and have a membership of 28. We have ordered one carload of fertilizer from Mt.

Pleasant, and are highly pleased with it. Rankin coanty Union meets with ours on the 17th and 18th of April and we would be glad have you with us at that time. Let us know and we will meet you at Star and bring you out to Thomasville local No. 1317. Try and be with us on Friday as that will be a public day.

Hoping that you may live many years and have health and strength to carry on the good fight you are now fighting, I remain Your friend and brother, T. L. COOK, President. I will be on hand, brother, if well T. S.

H. enough to come. FROM OSYKA, PIKE COUNTY. Dear Brother Tom: I have been requested to Invite you to come to us at Gray Coat local union in Pike county on April 24th or 25th. We will have at that time a school and union picnic and everybody wants to hear Uncle Tom speak on union matters.

The purse will be made up, you bet, to pay your expenses and somebody will take good care of you. Now, brother, no getting off, for no excuse will be accepted. Let us know through the Advocate all about it. Your true blue union brother, AMOS J. ROBERTS.

Answer: I have written you privately brother, and now I announce so all my Pike county friends may know that I am coming to you If God gives me strength to do so. I am now crippled up with grip so that I can scarcely get about and have had to give up appointments and disappoint my brethren in several counties, but surely I will be well soon. Sickness alone has made me miss several appointments in Pike county and while there I want to make up for lost time and if the brethren wish to do so, they can arrange for me to speak at several places while there. In fact the people In old Pike county treat me so well that I would love to stay there a week. I want to go to Emerald, and New Zion and Sartinville and all over the county.

God forever bless my union brethren and sisters in good old Pike county. I am coming to "Gray coat wearing my gray coat and do battle for the union that is the only hope and salvation of the farmers of America. T. S. H.

Seigers, Miss. Mr. Tom S. Haynie: Dear friend: We are to have our picnic on the first day of April, and are very anxious for you to be here. Now, don't disappoint us? Come and give us another talk.

You did not stay long enough before. Very truly, MACEDONIA LODGE, Per (Mrs.) Whittington. March 16, 1908. The Advocate is requested to announce that DeSoto County Union No. 38 will convene with California local No.

429, April 3, 1908, 10 a. m. Fraternally, ALBERT MYERS, Corresponding Secretary. FROM WINSTON COUNTY. Dear Brother: Winston Couny Union met on March the 12th, and we were very sorry you could not be with us, buc thank God that good old brother, M.

A. Brown arrived on the 11:30 train and after taking refreshments, made us a soul-stirring speech as he always does, -and thereby review the brethren greatly, and made good and DISTRICT LECTURERS. The following are District Leoturers and their assignments fo, the present: J. W. Jacobs, Chickasaw, Webster.

T. J. King, Carroll, Holmes. E. T.

Keeton, Tate, DeSoto, Tunica. Rev. R. A. N.

Wilson, Batesville Tallahatchie, Yalobusha, Grenada. J. W. Boatwright, Marshall, Tippah, Benton, Union. John L.

Lindsey, Newton, Neshoba, Leake, Scott. J. D. Dutton, Forrest, Lamar, Jefferson Davis, Yazoo, Atalla and Choctow. B.

N. Edens, Ittawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Alcorn. J. W. Anderson, Jones, Clark, Wayne.

E. L. Pate, Freedom Lee, Clay Mangum, Magee Pearl River, Harrison and Hancock. G. Hightower, State President Calhoun, Robt.

lasting impression on the outsiders. I heard several merchants say that his arguments would be hard to answer. After the union closed I took Brother Brown home with me and I certainly enjoyed his company very much. I carried him back to Noxapater Friday morning. secret lecture which was grand.

I wish every weak member could hear him, for I think that they would gain strength. I do not wifch to appear dictorial, but It appears to me that the executive commitee has not done you or the un- ion people justice by not placing you on the lecture bureau, so you could go where the brethren want you and the state pay for it. However, Brother Tom, If after we have paid our dues we chnnot get you and the state pay you, just come along for we are not busted yet and will attend to the mat- ter. Winston County Union meets at Shilo church une the 25th and 26th and we to invite you to be there, so come along old brother and we will foot the bill. Your friend and brother, L.

L. PARKS, County President. Dear brother, after thanking you for your invitation, wjll say that I gladly accept and will be there If God gives me strength to get there. The executive committee and myself are working, I hope, in perfect harmony for the good of the order and if they prefer, as they have a perfect right to do, to other men as lecturers, I am not making any kick. That night he gave us a And now, Brother Haynie, I NOTICE.

Through error it was made to appear that local secretaries should not send in their second quarterly dues until April 5th. It should have read April 1st. Kindly act accordingly..