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cents they can be a member of our organization, but since that time 

 during our farmers institute sessions, we have somebody that goes 

 around in the audience quietly and explains to them, whilst it has 

 been explained before by one of the lecturers, but explains to the 

 people the importance of being a member of the association. Now 

 then, last year we drew |90 from the county. 



My short term as a member of the Board expired a year ago last 

 winter. I believe Mr. Martin was present the night I was elected. 

 I stated there at that time the fact of my being a member for the 

 fourth time in the Board. I was elected whilst I had to go to the 

 telegraph office — I was elected the fourth time. Kow I stated that 

 I would prefer not to serve; the reason is not because the work is 

 unpleasant to me, but because I have every year to spend some of 

 piy own money in addition to the amount of the appropriation in 

 border to make my institutes a success. I won't have a failure if it 

 can be avoided so I went down in my own pocket. The committee — 

 our executive committee agreed to make good all the expenses I 

 had there over and above the appropriation from the State. They 

 agreed that they would make that up, v^hich they did. Take for 

 instance, one of my institutes last year, where I arranged with the 

 committee on program; I allowed the committee to spend what is 

 appropriated, twelve dollars and a half, and when I came to settle 

 with them, they had spent eighteen dollars there at Fayetteville, 

 and they asked me to pay the bill. There was |45 coming to me 

 from the State, and I had the programs to pay for, my own car 

 fare and hotel bills to pay, and sometimes friends came from a dis- 

 tance and I took them with me to the hotel and paid for their din- 

 ner, so you see where I was, Avith that ^45 where they had spent |18 

 as I stated. You may want to know how they could spend |18, 

 Well, they were determined to make a success of it and had to spend 

 it. The only trouble with us is, not because we don't have enough 

 people, but the trouble is how to provide room for them, so we get 

 the best and largest church in the town. 



There was a musician in the college, it was his home college 

 when he was a boy, one of the best musicians we had in the county, 

 so they got that man to come out and they paid him $10. It looked 

 like an extravagant sum, but I didn't regret it, for in that church 

 we lifted up everybody that was there, and so in that way it is a 

 great benefit to have an organization and these members of the 

 organizations will help you to make your institute a success. 



Now there is one question that I would like to ask my friend 

 Martin: You recommend to us to have our programs all printed at 

 one printing office, and the same program for all the institutes. Now 

 T do not see how it is possible to do that. At Fayetteville we have 

 several gentlemen who are loaders, who head the program of that 

 institute, then we have a Music Committee; now then it would not 

 be suitable to use that program we have for Fayetteville in other 

 places. 



The DEPUTY SECRETARY: Just let me make an explanation. 

 My recommendation was not that you should have the same pro- 

 gram for each meeting, but that you should have your program, for 

 example, your Fayetteville or your Marion or your Chambersburg 

 meeting separately — have a separate program for each meeting, but 

 have these separate programs all printed on one sheet or folder. 



