Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-07-31

follows: eve favor system of uniform
baiing of cotton into packages Of "a
inches wide by SO inohes long; that the
cotton be covered neatly aud securely
with any serviceable wrapping, our pref
erence being given to cotton wrapper;
that we approve the cotton union sys.
tenn Of marketing cotton"
Att II q. m. National President @. s.
Barrett made an address to the general
public in the court house. He stated,
among other things, that he had talked
Farmers Union 80 much thSt he had
about forgotten everything else he ever
knew. He said the Farmers' Union Of
the South now own and operate one
thousand warehouses of their own.
I'VE do not own or operate any
stores" he said. "The man who don't
stick himself is the one who is ALWAYS
saying the other fellow WON'T stick. The
old farmer has got enough partisan poll
tics. Ths Farmers Union stands for
more Improvement in rural schools. ONLY
one OF the whole number of the present
national officials of the Farmers Union
has ever held any political office or been
The following officers we're elected !:
President. o. p. Goodwin, of Laurens: :
vice president, T. T. Wakefield, Ander.
son; secretary and treasurer, B. +. Earle,
Anderson; chaplain, A. B. Black, Green.
Vile, State organizer to be elected by
the executive committee at later date.
Quite number of delegates have ex-
pressed their desire for the Georgia or
ganizer, Mr.. Davis, and 1t is probable
that an effort will be made to secure his
services in this State. Z
The other officers are: II. T. Campbell,
do9r-keeper; s. D. Wideman, conductor;
sergeants.a alarms. Executive commit
teemen: j. b. Pickett, w. l.. Anderson,
j. Q. Boggs, w. @. Brown, w. L. Ken.
nedy. Delegate to the national meeting
OF Little Rock, September 8: j. @. Strib-
ling, Pendleton. Delegates to the Cot,
ton Growers and Spinner Convention: /:
w. 9. Moore, T: T; wakefield, j. Bolton
watson, NJ. A. Mahaffey, J. B. Pickett,
Hopkins, g. D. Smith.
Oppose Pauper immigration.
July 2.-The State Farmers Union
adjourned to-day.
The following important resolutions
were adopted at the Friday evening and
onsuAaoy uhOkhluk B66blOuBs h6BOlVG0.
Ihet the constitution be so amended
that the annual dues be fixed at one dol.
lar and twenty cents instead of sixty
cents Rs now fixed by law, and that the
secretary be instructed to take the neces.
sary steps to have the local unions vote
on the same" 1t was introduced by G.
p. Roberts.
Hon. J. b. Watson submitted the re.
port on Immigration, which was adopted.
1t is as follows:
eve wish to go on record as being
unalterably opposed to the foreign pau.
per element being distributed among the
manufacturing interests In this State
and other Southern States, and ask that
the State support of the immigration bu-
reau be- withdrawn, and our State and
national representatives are hereby re-
auested not 70 encourage this pauper
immigration"
The following resolution is in keeping
with one adopted by the Anderson Coun.
ty Union:
"We obligate and bind ourselves not to
employ the hands Of our brother union
farmers without first obtaining the con.
sent of the former employer.
Second, that we regard 1t as disloyal
to our obligation and Bubversive of the
the spirit of the above resolutions, and
that we hold any and all men who de-
liberately and knowingly act contrary to
this action as not good citizens."
Another resolution is: "Whereas, the
Farmers Union has memorialized the
State Legislature on the repeal of the
lien law and have been ignored so far,
and furthermore, desire that such labor
regulations of farm labor be given to the
State, whereby some Legal stability can
be sustained; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the State Farm
ers' Union, take such action by resolu-
tion and memorial that will command
the attention of the Legislature at it's
next session to give such remedies to
meet the nnwholesOme conditions which
now exist"