The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-29
FARMERS UNION
Hold a Most Interesting Melting ID lhe
City Of Columbia.

A0s0 aAVss kasSsSSsAao aS'o
City Of Columbia.
FAVOR THE CORN SHOW
Several Important Resolutions Adopt
ed. The Membership Has Increas-
ed, Action of Senator Smith in
Cotton Report Endorsed. Death of
DR.. Seaman A. Knapp Deplored.
The South Carolina State Farmers
union, which met in Columbia on
Wednesday adopted number of
resolutions Of Statewide importance.
The union indorsed the National Corn
how to be held in Columbia, and urg-
ed upol. the local unions to cooperate
with the Columbia Chamber of Com
merce to make the show a success;
, Endorsed the action of Senator Smith
In calling the attention Of Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson to the evil ef-
fects of the premature report on the
probable yield of cotton, recommend
ed the work of DR.. Harvey E. Wiley
in his work of enforcing the pure
food laws; deplored the death of DR..
Seaman A. Knapp, the late head Of
the United States farm demonstration
work, and proposed monument for
him to be erected in Washington.
The sessions Of the Union are be-
ing held in the hall of the house Of
representatives. The first session
was held Thursday afternoon, COM
mencing at 4:30 o'clock 125 dele
gates from every county in the State
are present.
The following is the programme
for Thursday.
Minutes of previous meeting.
Election Of Officers.
Report of committees.
Report from national meeting.
Unfinished business.
4:3O D.. m.-Address BY Clarence
Poe, editor of Progressive Farmer.
The following are the officers Of the
Union:
President-A. J. A. Perritt, La
mar.
Vice President-E. W. Drabbs,
Route 1, Mayesville.
Secretary-Treasurer-J. Whitnser
Reid, Colunlbia:! 2
Chaplain--W. E. Bodie, Wards.
Conducto:--W. E. Hopkins, Hop
kins.
Sergeant at-arms-W. P. Caskey,
Lancaster.
Doorkeer er-A. P. Calvert, Abbe--
vile.
Executive committee-A. D. Hud-
son, NewbeNry, Route l; Douglas Nc
Intyre, Marion; L. c. Padgett,
Smoaks, Re ute 2.
The flowing committees were
named: Credentials-J. Whitncr
Reid, S. F. Parrott, c. W. Haddon,
and J. H. P,'ice.
Educatioa-W. A. Stucey, s. A.
Burns, H. W. Beall, J. o. Jacques, T.
L. Manninir: and c. G. McAliley.
Good of the order-J. Swinton
W1haiey.A E. Rogers. L, r. Frick
and J. H. Claffy.
Memoria Isl. H. Price, c. A. Nc
Fadden, ]. H. Adams, and W. Bright
Bowie.
Resolutinns-W C. Brown. o. P.
Goodwin, !. B. Sansbury, C. F. Ka-
ger, and c. P. Moorer.
Commit exc to meet, President W..
M. Riggs-.A. D. HudsonFW c. Fox
worth. %. ..2
Commit lee to meet Clarence Poe
L. C. Padsett, S. F. Parrott.
Press committee-E. w. Dabbs, L..
C. Padges, J. H. O'Neall Holloway.
Among he matters included in the
report of t he State executive commit
tee, the union was congratulated on
its good fortune in securing the SER
vices of J. B. O'Neall Holloway as
State orga nizer and general field rep
resentativA. The committee is graft
fed in stating that the work Of Mr..
Holloway. has bee9 so satisfactory
that several counties have been re-
vived and many reorganized. B. F.
Keller AMI E. w. Dabbs have done
some spec ial work, the former in Al
ken and Charleston counties. and the
latter in q illiamsburg conuty. The
result of these workers was satisfac-
tory.
The reroct of the secrebary-treasur-
er shows g. healthy cash balance in
the treasury after meeting all obliga-
tions up to the end Of fiscal year, end
ing June 80, 1911.
A. C. Davis, national secretary
treasurer in his report to J. Whit
ner Reid. State secretary-treasurer,
shows that there has been gratify-
ing increase in the membership in
our State The committee thinks this
increase is due to the representa-
tives str ,ssing the basic principles
of the organization, namely, educa-