PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Fruit Growers' Association of Southeastern Illinois, 



Organized December 31, 1889. 



REPORTED BY N. XI. BURNS, SECRETARY. 





OFFICERS FOR 1890. 



President, -------- Israel Mills, Clay City, 



Vice President Clay County, - Thomas Lowry, Flora. 



" " Marion " - Allan Cope, Tonti. 



" " Jasper " - Wiley Henry, Newton. 



Richland" - R. T. Fay, Olney. 



Wayne " - E. C. Kramer, Fairfield. 



Secretary, N. M. Burns, Clay City. 



Assistant Secretary, ----- J. R. Brown, Hosier Prairie 



Treasurer, - R. Smith, Flora. 



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Pursuant to the call made for the purpose, orchardists from 

 Clay, Richland, Marion, Wayne and Jasper counties met in the 

 Opera House in Clay City, at 1 o'clock p. m., on Tuesday, 

 December 31, for the purpose of organizing a Fruit-Growers' 

 Association. 



Israel Mills was elected President, pro tern, and N. M. Burns 

 Secretary, pro tern. 



A committee, consisting of R. T. Fry, of Olney; C. T. Evans, 

 of Xenia and Anthony Doherty, of Clay City, was appointed to 

 draft the Constitution and By-Laws for the Association. 



