PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKL*! FARMERS ONION Hold a lost Interesting Metiing is the City of Colonbia. 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 Farmer's union, which met in Columbia on Wednesday adopted a number of resolutions of State-wide importance. The nnion 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; ' Indorsed 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 a 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 coramitees. Report from national meeting. Unfinished business. 4:30 p. m.?Address fiy 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, Mayesviile. Secretary-Treasurer?J. Whltner Reid, Column la:'- ? Chaplain?W. E. Bodle, Wards. Conducto ??W. E. Hopkins, Hop kins. Sergeant- a.(.-arms?W. P. Caskey, Lancaster. Doorkeer 3V?A. P. Calvert, Abbe ville. Executivi committee?A. D. Hud son, Newbe ry, Route 1; Douglas Mc Intyre, M;.rion; L. C. Padgett, Smoaks, Rc ate 2. The tol. owing committees were named: Credentials?J. Whitner Reid, S. F. Parrott, C. W. Haddon, and J. H. P ice. Education?W. A. Stucey, S. A. Barns, H. iv. Beall, J. O. Jacques, T. L. Manninr-. and C. C. McAliley. iGood of the order?J. Swlnton Wlhaiey, A E. Rogers, L. B. Frlck and J. H. Claffy. Memorials?J. H. Price, C. A. 'Mc Fadden, J. H. AdamB, and W. Bright Bowie. Resoluti ms?W. C. Brown. O. P. Goodwin, . . B. Sansbury, C. F. Ka ger, and C P. IMoorer. Committee to meet President W. M. Riggs-A. D. HudsonrW C. Fox worth. Commit ee to meet Clarence Poe? L. C. Pad* ett, S. F. Parrott. Press ee mmittee?E. W. Dabbs, L. C. Padgei-. J. H. O'Neall Holloway. Among he matters included in the report of t h.e State executive commit tee, the u don was congratulated on its good f- rtune in securing the ser vices of J. B. O'Neall Holloway as State organizer and general field rep resentativ ?. The committee is grati fied in st; ting that the work of Mr. Holloway. has beer; so satisfactory that seve: al counties have been re vived and many reorganized. B. F. Keller an 1 E. W. Dabbs have done some special work, the former in Al ken and Charleston counties, and the latter in v\ illiamsburg comity. The result of :iese workers was satisfac tory. The rero:*t of the secretary-treasur er shows a healthy cash balance in the treasury after meeting all obliga tions up to the end of fiscal year, end ing June C O, 1911. A. C. Eavis. national secretary treasurer in his report to .7. Wbit ner Reid. State secretary-treasurer, shows th it there has been a gratify ing inert aje in the membership in our State The committee thinks this increase is due to the representa tives str?ssing the basic principles of the o ganization, namely, educa tion, cooperation and general up lift worV iamong the farmers in the the Stat?. The committee believes that the increase in those three States is due to emphasizing warehouse and general < ooperation. The u lion held a most interesting session Kit night. Among the in teresting features was the address of W. Is'. Riggs on "The Aims and Extent c f the Usefulness of Clemson College.' B. F. Keller, deputy or ganizer reported on his work in Chariest Hi county. J. B. O'X. Hol loway, d iputy organizer, made a very interesti ig report of the work he has done. His picture of the condition of many of the farmers is far from encoura ring and appeals most strongly for an active campaign for a more borough organization. The (fficers for the coming year were ele :ted as follows: E. W. Dabbs, Sumter, president; B. F. Keller, Col-1 I Ium, vice president; J. Whltner Reid, Columbia, secretary and treasurer; W. E. Bodie, Saluda, chaplain; con ductor, C. W. Suber, Columbia; ser geant-at arms, W. P. Caskey, Lan caster; A. F. Calvert, doorkeeper, Abbeville; H. T. Morrison, Charles ton, member of executive committee for three years. J. B. O'Nrall Hollo way of -Newberry was elected as a delegate to the national convention, which is to held at Shawnee, Okla., on Sept 5. 'The convention adjourned Thurs day night after one of the most har monious sesnlons in the whole his tory of the order in this State. Mat ters of great moment were discussed and a business plan for handling the coton crop was adopted. Clarence H. Foe, editor of the Pro gresive Farmer, of Ralel?h, N. C; delivered an address on "Sducation and Cooperation," and explained' the working of the Torrens system of registration of land titles. The un ion indorsed the Torrens system. A strong committee was appointed on bbe cotton marketing plan. On farm life and school the fol lowig committee was appointed to report at tie January meet he delivered a speech o the House of Commons which had been carefully prepared. He stated that Great Britain proposed to stand for wihat she considered her rights and to maintain the balance ol power in Tu rope. Further testimony to the gravity of the situation Is given by the fact that the prime minister had taken the leader of the Opposition into the Government's confidence, and Mr. Mr. .'Oalfour's declaration was no less firm than Mr. Asquith's. The prime mjnisterls statement is couched in strong terms. At the very opening he said: "It is obvious that this Moroccan question has reached a point at which it will become increasingly difficult embarrassing and anxioua unless a solution is found." Later he said: "We thought it right from the beginning to make clear that failing of a settlement such as I have indicated, we must become an active party In the dis cussion of the situation. That would he our right as a signatory to the treaty of Algeciras, as it might be our obligation under the terms of our agreement of 1904 with France. It might he our duty In defense of British interest directly affected by further developments." In promsing the support of the oposition to the government Mr. Bal four said: "If there are any who supposed that we would be wiped off the map of Europe because we 'have our dif ferences at home, it may he worth while saying chat they bitterly mis take the temper of the British peo ple and the parlotism of the opposi tion." Such plain speaking on a question frought with possibilities of a great European war has not been heard in the British Padliament in a great many years. The outcome of the siuation appears to rest almost wlhol ly on Germany's shoulders. If as some German papers say, Germany has reached the stage of national de velopment where the necessities of her population demand that she en large, and imposes conditions on France which Great Britain thin* threaten hey Interests, the only re sult, so far as those best informed see it, will be the oft-threatened and long averted European war . The majority of the German news papers profess to think that Mr. Lloyd-George warning was not ad dressed to Germany, but a sort of general proclamation of principles. The prime minister made it plain, however, that Great Britain would not consent to some of the ideas of Germany. Great 'Britain feels that Germany thought she co?ld take ad vantage of the crisis, and that Eng land was busily engaged ki home af fairs?too busy to pay attention to other questions. The politicians and the public earnestly hope that Ger many's programme is not one which may bo impossible. The British prime ministers statement In the House of Commons was greeted in Paris with the great est satisfaction). The ?jpinion ex presed fo-night is one of confidence in a satisfactory settlement of the controversy between France and Germany. Premier Caillaux conferred with I M. Desolyej., minister of foreign af j fairs, and afterwards with the minls i tern of war, marine, public, works and finance. Later M. Caillaux said that prudence and cool heads were morethan necessary to all parties. The Temps say that although the French ambassador to Germany, and Baron Von Kiderlen-Waechter, the German foreign secretary have taken on a tone of greater cordiality, they have not resulted in advancing the situation. Very Old Town. Near Osimo, in Italy, Professor Hall 'Osso, has discovered the re mains of an important Gallic settle ment datin.; back as far as the year 1G00 B. C. The buildings are circu lar In shape and contain numerous domestic ucensils. weapons, earthen ware olvects, etc., denoting the pas sage from the neolithic to a more ad vanced stage of civilization. Praise Sonthern Press. Mayor Gaynor told a number of editors, representing the Georgia Weekly Press association, who called Monday in New York, that the pa pers of the South were well edited.. "You tell the truth," he said, "and. your papers are moderate In tone." The mayor's secretary took the par ty to Coney Island on a big sight seeing automobile ri4e.