Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-07-29
FARMERS FARMERS UNION SESSION.
Much of Work was Secret-Largc
Attendance Of Delegates.
(The State, 23d. }

the House Of Representatives. There
were 100 delegates present and there
will be $50 to-day. ..
The officers are: B. Harris, Pen
dleton, president; J. w. Reid, secre-
tary and treasurer; w. f. Bodie,
chaplain; S. Quinn, conductor; Fos-
ter Calvert, door-keeper. The men,
bers of the executive committee are:
w. r. Parks, ]. c. Stribling, DR.. O.
P. Goodwin, J. Frank Ashe, l.. l..
Baker and T. G.. Willoughby.
While the committee on creden-
tials was reporting, the president
gave an account of his visit to Mem
phis to the National Convention. Mr.
Harris explained that this meeting
was for the purpose of devising ways
and means for financing the crop Of
1908 and 1909. He thinks the Far
mers' Union has the situation within
its grasp.
The organizers reported that they
had been busy. The membership to-
day is something like 10000.
ing from Anderson. Oconee and Pick
ems counties were as follows.
Anderson-S. A. Burns, J. b.
Douthit, J. Belton Watson, F. L..
Clinkscales, J. p. Green.
Oconee-T. ID. Alexander, J. ID.
McMahan, w. n. Bruce, John B..
Harris.
PicKens-.J. H. Miller, p. c. Car
ter, E. NJ. Balding, p. d. Dacus, j.
A. Williams
Officers Observation-Disclosures Adopted
The following officers were elect
ed yesterday by the State Convention
Of the Farmers Union:
President-B. Harris, Pendleton.
Vice President-A. J. A. Perritt,
of Lamar.
Secretary and Treasurer. w.
Reid, of Reidville.
Chaplain-W. e. Bodie, Of Saluda
Conductor-W. English Hopkins,
OF Richland.
Door-keeper-A. F. Calvert. of Alb
beville.
Sergeant-at-Arms-W p. Caskey,
Lancaster.
Executive Committee w. r.
Parks OF Edgefield, J. L. Keitt of
Newberry, Dr.. o. p. Goodwin of
Laurens, J. Frank Ashe of York, II.
c. Willoughby of Florence, l.. l..
Baker of Bishopville.
Among the resolutions adopted
were the following:
Whereas, foreign immigration is
being advocated for the South, and
whereas, our United States immigra-
tion commissi IN is investigating the
attitude of tn, South, and particu-
larly the attlt, de Of the agricultural
classes, theref, re, be it
Resolved, That the Farmers Edu-
cational and Cooperative Union of
South Carolina make known it's op-
position to the inducement, distribu-
ton and diversion of the present
alien influx from Southern Europe
and Eastern Asia, and urge our State
and national officials, especially Con-
gressmen and Senators, to prevent
the Southland being made a Dump
ing ground for foreign immigration;
and be 1t further resolved, that the
local presidents and lecturers en-
phasize this question; that copies of
this resolution be sent to the immi-
grafton commission at Washington,
ID. c., to our Congressman and to the
press"
Another resolutio along the same
line Is as follows:
Resolvc1, by the Farmers Edu-
cational and Cooperative Union Of
America, in and by the State Union
Of South Carolina, now in session,
do hereby memorialize and demand
that our next session of General AS
sembly that they abolish the State
immigration bureau, and request that
every candidate for the same declare
upon the stump in the present cam
paign."
On the subject OF a State fertilizer
factory, which has frequently been
discussed heretofore, the following
was adopted:
whereas, the farmers OF South
Carolina have paid this year $2,022,-
500 more for fertilizers than they did
five years ago; therefore, be It
Resolved, That we request every
union man present or absent to
question the candidates for the House
and Senate to try to pledge them to
a bill providing for the sale of the