The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-08-01
FARMERS UNION HAD
VERY BUSY SESSION
PROTEST AGAINST CHANGES IN
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Other Resolutions Passed-GOY. Blease
and Editor Poe Speak--Meet Next
in Charleston.

ion during the second day Of the two
days annual session, which closed this
ervn5ng. Today officers were elected
ana Charleston was chosen as the
place of meeting for next year.
A protest was recorded against the
changes made in public school text
books, recently, by the State board OF
education, committee was appointed
to draft a bill upon the rural school
problem, the Torrens system of land
registration was endorsed, Clemson
college was asked to employ more fer
tilizer samplers, it was decided that
the president should appoint a legis-
7ative committee, the movement to es-
-tablish a State tuberculosis camp was
recommended and addresses were
heard from Governor Blease and Clar-
ence Poe, the latter being editor OF
the Progressive Farmer, of Raleigh.
Officers Elected.
The new officers are: President, Z.
W. Dabbs; vice president B. F. Keller;
secrstary-treasurer J. Whitner Reid;
chaplain, ". E. Bodie; conductor, G.
". Suber; sergeant t-at-arms, W. +.
Caskey; doorkeeper, A. F. Calvert;
member Of executive committee for
term of three years, H. T. Morrison;
delegate to the National Union meet
ing, September 5, at Shawnee, Oklaho-
ma, J. B. O'Neall Holloway.
The textbook resolution was draft
ed by Major John G. Richards, Jr., OF
Kershaw, and introduced by Delegate
Courtney, of Aiken It was as. fol-
lows:
Resolved, That We do hereby earn
estly protest against the wholesale
changes in the public school books by
the State board of education at its
recent meeting, as such changes were,
I'm our judgment, unnecessary and I'M
pose a burden upon that class Of our
citizens least able to bear such bur
sden.''
Wednesday night the organization
refused to pass resolutions On the
same subject, which were more CEN
serious in tone.
Other resolutions adopted were as
follows: By H. ". Beall, of Mayesville.
Endorse tuberculosis Camp.
'Resolved, That this body do hearth
" endorse the movement now On foot
TO establish in our State a camp for
tuberculosis, and that We agree in
dIv1dually and as county unions to
try to influence our respective legisla-
tive delegations to aid this cause by
an appropriation
By ". A. stuckey, of Bishopville:
~@Rasolued, That Clemson college be
asked to increase the number Of fer
-Gilizer samplers
BY A. D. Hudson, Of NeWbeTTy, for
the committee: whereas, the farmers
and landowners are entitled to get
credit as easily as city p7operty-hold-
ers and owners of manufacturing
properties, and, whereas, this is not
true now, but would be helpful all the
time, and is especially important now
that the farmers are trying to arrange
TO finance the coming cotton crop;
><"Therefore, be it resolved, That we
"neartily endorse the Torrens system
of registering land titles, by means of
(which farmers who wish may get their
lands registered and guaranteed, so as
= to make the property easily negotiable,
and avoid the necessity of paying
heavy lawyers fees, each and every
> time a title is passed upon.
~Resolved, That the president ap-
- point legislative committee Of three
= persons to look after all legislation in
which the Union is interested for the
next twelve months"
dIharlestOn's Invitation.
* The Invitation from Charleston came
bv telegraph from A. W. McKeand,
secretary of the Charleston Chamber
of Commerce, and was presented by
H. T. Morrison, president Of the Char
r.
lows:
t<Charleston desires the next meet
ing of the Farmers union. VIII offer
every convention convenience. Hold
lit in the city or On the Isle of Palms,
rs you desire Charleston district
T1eesSs the convention for educational
purposes, possibly more than any 9th
|ssr. Urge upon them that we want
sthem- All organizations join in this
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