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Farmers Union Bure u of Information ?Conducted by the? South Carolina Farmers' Educatlonal and Co-operation Union. (^"Communications intended for this department should be addressed to J. C S:ribling, Pendleton, S. C. At the second annual meeting of the South Carolina division of the 1*aimer s Union held at Greenwood 25-27 of July, about 850 members were present in executive session. 1 hose men of the farms wore upon their countenances a determined look that means much. They feel coniidcnt ol their ability to maintain the posit it ion they have taken in managing their own affairs in their own way and their success verities this opinion. National President C. S. Barrett of | At water, Ga., addressed the meeting at 8 o clock for a period of two hours. Among other things, he said the union was now move harmonious than any others farmers' organization had ever been in the south before. The average growth of the union is now over .'{,000 members a day, some days it reaches 5,000 {ind 6,000. new members. The enrolled membership now is over one and a half million. None of .the state organizations have any debts and there is more or less money in the treasury of every state organization. The national treasurer has considerable money to his credit. One of the most important things in connection with the .Farmers' union is the tale now current that the organization is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Much has been said about this matter of affiliation with the general fedcra\ fcion and the attitude of many good and conservative men on the outside h.m hns been undecided towards the or& ganizatdon ipemling a stateinjwit of |?j its position. President Barret was asked this question: "Is the Farmers' Fidueational and Cooperative Union affiliated with the American Fedcra tion of Labor?" The answer was "No," and in his address .to the meeting here lie cautioned the members to "go slow about affiliating with any organization." lie further said: "Why shold we affiliate when the Farmers' union is now strong enough' and powerful enough to accomplish any tliimr that it wants to V that is .just and right?" The second session of the Farmers' union opened at f) o'clock last night. Pres. O. P. Goodwin called the meeting to order and introduced Hon. G. M. Davis of Atlanta, (4a., st-ate organizer of the Georgia disvision. Mr. Davis was the sole speaker of the ievening and spoke for about two bom's. He made a good, sound, practical talk, and one that the delegates have talked about more than that of any other. ITe spoke of the harmon> ions working of the Georgia union and told of the magnificent appropriation by the state of Georgia for U agricultural district schools and urgPr, ed thai South Carolina take steps ? along th's*same line. He said: "You I know everybody says the farmer won't stick, but the farmers of Georgia who won't stick to the union get stuck." In regard lo the high price of cotton, he said that 2">-cent cotton would ruin the farming interests of the South, ll .vi.u!d cau-o ;he mill p',.ple t*. i,ui' s| Mining a:*d ail go to producing t??n. I Speaking I politic* and nuicls / mooted rue*'.Yn of ooli.ir r.lining ) the orunni/-. ion of anv organization 1 r ,h;il nllows'jM lilies, Mr. I >:i \ i I "That a< i!u national govtrnuiiat has, instituted a strict quarantine against' cattle ticks, so the Farmers' union had instituted a strict quarantine! against politics." At the dose of his! speech the evening meeting closed. I The first meeting today was called to order at 1> o'clock. The court house | was well filled. Hon. T. T. Wakefield of Anderson, president of the Anderson county union and vice president of the state ^ division, introduced the following* resolution as the work of the committee on the operation in cotton baling, handling and marketing. The resolution is as follows: "We favor a system of' uniform haling of cotton into packages of 24 inches wide by 3(5 inches long; that the cotton be covered neatly and securely with any serviceable wrapping, our preference being given to cotton wrapper; that we approve the cotton union system of marketing cotton." > At 11 a. m., National President C. / S. Barrett made an address to the general public in the court house. He stated among other things that he had talked Farmers' union so much that he had about forgotten everything else he ever knew. lie said the Farmers' unions of the south now own and operate 1,000 warehouses of M their own. "We do not own or operate ^ any stores," he said. The man who 'wt don't stick himself is the one who is tt,W?;-saying the other fellow won' suck. 1'he old farmer has got enou?? ol: paitixiva polities. The Funnel union stands for more improvemen in rural schools. Only one of th whole number of the present nations ollieials of the Farmers' union has e\ ei lield any political ollice or been i polities. The following ollleers wer elected at an executive session thi <iI'teriioon: president, 0. P. Goodwin, Lauren! Vice president, T. T. WakelieU Anderson. Secretary-treasurer, B. F. Earh Anderson. Chaplain, A. B. Black, Greenville. A state organizer is to be electe >.v the executive committee at a late date. Quite a number of delegate nave expressed their desire for th (leorgia organizer, Mr. Davis, and i is probable that an ellon will be mad to ssecure his services in this stat< J lie other ollieers arc: II. T. Camj bell doorkeeper; S. W. Widemai conductor; J. Wade Dixson, and K. Hopkins, sergeants-at-arms, exe< utive committeemen, ,1. B. Pickett, \\ Ij- Anderson, J. <\ Hoggs, W.' ( Brown, W. I,. Kennedy. Delegate t the national meeting at Little Kocl September 3, J. <\ Stribling of Pe, dleton. Delegates to the Cotton Grow ers' and Spinners' convention, W C Moore, T. T. Wakefield, J. Belto Watson, M. A. Mahnffey, J. B. Pick ett, (). \\ Goodwin, W. L. Andersoi W. K. Hopkins, C. D. Smith. Installment Sociability. 1 he city of Klmiro, where one n Mark Twain's homes is situated, ca supply first hand some examples c that noted humorist's particuln brand of wit. An Elmira lady tell the following story which was relate to her by a member of the Twain fan ilv: Mark Twain sauntered in one da from having performed the duty of. formal call and was discovered by hi wife to be innocent of either collar < tie. ' Do you mean to tell me that yo went calling in thai condition?"' "Dli. 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