The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, July 21, 1914, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 5
THE FARMERS UNION
TO MEET WEDNESDAY
DELEGATES FROM ALL PARTS
OF STATE EXPECTED
VISif TO CLEMSON
The Program Will Be Very Inter
esting-National President Bar
rett Is Expected
The annual meeting ot the State
Farmers' Union will be held in- this
. city beginning Wednesday. J. Whit
tier Heid, the state secretary, ls ex
pected heretoday to make arrange
. menta for thc delegates. E. w. Dabba
?f Sumter io st," tc president. A very
interesting program has beeb arrang
ed, including. a trip ; to' Clemson j Col
loge. lt is expactcd that between 80
and 100 delegates will be hero from all
parts of the state. .
It ls said that tho Anderron meet
ing will bo an Important ono. Many
matters of great importance 1 tn tho
members were left unfinished at tho
meeting held lost year., and those,
Tvlth'-n?w. matters; will be dlspf red of
hero. Tho attenJ"iL'jij in, Anderson ti
expected tq exceed thc. attendance at
any former' meet lng of thc ; union;.. ,
, President Barrett, bf the naumai
union is expected to bo present dur
ing the sessions.
. The Program.
; The following announcement < bon
been mado by order of ll"? state ox
ocuttve committeo of the union: '.
"It ls tho purpose of the o (Tl eera of
tho State Farmers' Union to make tyB
annual meeting a 'heart ' to
heart' conference on tho good that tho
farmers' union he-? done in South Ca.
olina and on phvns for its - increased
usefulness. To this end wo request
every local union in tho state to tye in
good standing-and to havo one- OP
more m cm h ora attend tho stn tc union
.meeting aa well as the usual delegates
to which .the county. Unions Arc cn
- titled; We have not invited" disting
uished speakers to address' the stato
union either on co^-dperatloh br, tho
many topics of good farming . 'that
make a farmers' institution' helpful,
behoving th8t in-thus turning aver tho
session*.br^heSme?tlhg to tho?e^rwb?
havo mado tho .'union what lt la, and
. wbo aro working for Its faituro, .more
good will result than by at? addresses,
hewovoi- brilliant or dlatiugulfibed thc
speakers' may. bo. This Anderson]
meeting, holdsnjthejcbunty wh?renj'
flret local ubloo waa organbted. :
South Ca rollh?. ?3 to 1-9 a mee ti nc c
and byf, and for tho people^ it rests']
ft-..
Thh
to be s
of todi
newspi
Nat
they p
merits,
goods.
And J
Pl
with thc rank and file of tho mem
bership all over the state to make it a
success that will mark, a long step in
?advance by the farmers' union in
I South Carolina. - .
Wednesday, July 22. 8:30 p. ni.
Enrollment of delegates, addresses of
j president, report of Beretary-treasurer
report of executive committee.
Thursday, July 23, 9 a. m.-What
thc union has accomplished since it
wes organized. 1. Exports from lo
cal unions. 2. Reports from county
un lom-.. 3, Reports from state offi
cers. 10 a. m. Visit to Clemson Col
lege. Return to Anderson bv 6 p. m.
Reporta concluded and remainder of
?tho meeting devotel to thc questions:
1. Is the union worth while? 2.
What is being done tn Increase its
I membership and enlarge its useful
[hesr.? (a) Discussions by local ?n
ilons; (b) discussions by county un
ions; (c) discussions by slate offi
cers.
Friday, July 24, 9 a. m.-Discussion
concluded. ' 12 p. m. Election of offi
cers an dln8talletion; place of mee}
,ing,; adjournment at will. *
CAPT. QUANT HERE
Former Anderson Attorn^ rind Fam
ily on Visit
Capt. Jesse S. Grant, formerly an
j Anderson attorney, but now of Okla
homa City. Okla., accompanied by his
family is here visiting his wife's peo
I plo. na pt. Grant married Miss Lillie
Fant, daughter of the late George
Font.
When the war with Spain broke out
Capt. Grant'raised a company of An
derson boys.-and'offered his services
to. hm country. Wbenhthe election of
officers took place. Capt. Grant was of
fered tho captaincy, which bo declined,
but agreed to accept the first lieuten
ancy. Capt H. H. Watkins was of
fered and accepted the command "of
the . company. Oh the death of Col.
Alston, Lient. Col. James H. Tillman,
took command of thc regiment, caus
ing two vacancies in the lino of offi
cers, resulting in tho promotion of
Lieutenant Grant to regimental adju
tant with the rank of-captain.
.Capt. Grant Inter went to tho Phil
ippines as-an officer and was made
'.governor of. Ley te, ono of the largo is
lands. ' Sovorary?ars later ho return
ed to ?the state and settled in Okla
homa, where he ls now general - coun
sel for ono ot tho big railroads.
I TO ASSIST IN MEETING
Her. J. T. M?nn Has Gone to Lee
C?nnty.
Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Mann left Mon
day for Lee county to assist Rev. A. T.
Rogers in a revival meeting. '.. ,
From there they go to Marion coun
ty, where they expect ta spend .about
VMa?l Sont to Belton, 'their hom o" ad
dress, will be forwarded.
> world is a hard road to tra
triving for success. The sue
ny* you will note* is a constan
xper.
wally* when a family move
>ick up a newspaper and loo
Sure* they can tell at a gla
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IIEUTENANT PORTE, the British naval officer who will attempt a. trans
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jf cess. Bte'bas. tried out the craft at Hammondsport, N. Y., and he
' says tito resulta are even better than expected. Ele hos carried aa
many as seven passengers in trial flights.. Lien tenn ut Porte and Peslgner
Glent? Q, Curtiss havo discussed the feasibility of holding a trial flight to
test the ability of the engine of the America' to run for twenty hours, the time
it must remain in the air in order to-reach thc Azores. Mr. Curtins said that
a duration test of this kind might be held on Lake Ontario or Lake Brie or
I possibly on the ocean if Lieutenant Porte thought bc had thc time.
PROMINENT MAN DIES
W. 8. Becker, Assistant President pf
V.- k W. Hoad Pass?s Away.
(By Associated Press.)
Ulueficld, W. Va.. July 20.-W. S.
Becker, assistant to President L. E.
[Johnson, or the Norfolk and Western
Railroad, died at his home here to
night shortly after 9 o'clock.
The funeral services will be held Ri
Uils city Wednesday afternoon,
t Mr. Becker was formerly general
- -iricrlntendcnt of the N. Sc, W.. west
on-division, with headq-mrters in this
city! He. rose from the position of
1 confidential clerk.
SIXTEEN MILLION POLARS
In Receiver* Certificates Issued, Re
dee m ab le August 1st.
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(Ry Associated Press)
. 8L Louis, July 20.--An order by
Federal Judge Elmer B. Adams giving
permission. to' Edward B. Pryor, re
ceiver for tho Wabash' railroad, to is
sue $16,000.000 in'., receivers . certifi
cates was filed in United States dis
trict court hero today. The certifi
cates ara redeemable August 1, 1916.
. The late Mr. Thomas J. Barrett of
fered the chancellor,of.the Excebquer
600.000 'f he would print a Pears' soap
advertisement on all the census
papera for 1691. The offer waa re
veh Everyone
cess ful husinei
it advertiser h
:s to a strang
k over the adi
nee who has t
licit Your Pat
LLIGENCl
LICENSE REVOKED
River Pilot Charged With CarlessKess
IN Repotted. I
St. Ixmls, July 20.-The license of
Captain S. E. Withrow as a river pilot
was revoked today by United States
Steamboat Inspectors Downs and1
Brewer. Withrow, who was in the pi
lot house of the steamer Majestic
j when she struck tho rigging of thc.
new in-take tower at the city's water-1
works at Chain-of-Rocks, near hero
I on the night of June 20, was charged '
witli carelessness.
Rig Roads Merge.
Albany, N. Y.. July 20.-Stockhold
ers of the New York Central Railroad
at a special meeting here today voted j
to apprcvo consolidation of the New
York (.rentrai with the Lake Shore and I
Michigan Central and other allied;
lines. .
Il A 8 NOT CHANGER
Victor H. Cheshire Requests Oppor
tunity to Deny Rumor.
Col. Victor B. Choshlre has handed|
I The Intelligencer the following state
ment with reference to eome rumors]
I he has heard*. .
"It is much more merciful to stab]
a man in the bosom with a dagger
than to stab his reputation in the'
back and lie on him. It ls being circa
lated over Anderson county Cat II
have turned against Blease.
The parties who originated this are a
I set-of contemptible liars, I am f<>
Bleasc and will vote for him on Au
l.gust 25th if I am able to . get to the I
ballot box. While I do not sanction
eveiything that the governor does, and
have never hesitated to speak out in
meeting when I cared to, Blease 1B my
map when he goes to Washington as
choice for the senate for the rcasuu
? that he will put South Carolina un the
(the people'f 'represen tv. li .-e."
English Agriculture,
As Somersetshire Is devoted chiefly
to dairying, cattle raising and sheep*
herding the Somerset horned sheep,
tho Devon long wools, and the bardy
Exmoor breed are there found In per*
fection, as well a* herds ot nonpedl
greed shorthorns for the, production of
the famous Cheddar cheese. Agricul
ture ls extensively carried on In Glou
cestershire and Wiltshire also, but Ona
j ?o6o i??t there find tba variety o' COU?
I ?rast.-London Mo LL
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o New York, July 1&- Ten o
o thousand dollars of a promised o
o fnnd of $100,000 was forwarded o
o today by the United Irish o
o League bf America to Joba E. o
o Redmond to be o? ed for the ,0
o nationalist cause In Ireland.* o
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A good 7-Jewel Elgin . Walxlfi??
Fitted in a Solid Sil veroni
Case for $5.50. Why poy?
others $8.50 to $10.50. l()H(
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GENERAL WOOD
|ln?i>ccTcd Camn nt Sun. ot Moiint'Un,
?ie?t of Honor at Bit,' Bn'l
(By Associated Preta.)
Asheville, N. C., July 80.-General
j Leonard Wood, chief of stu f, IT. S. A.,
waa the guest of Asbe'ille today,
[spending tho day inrp'.cttng Camp
1 Grove, the military car,p for students
.located on Sunset Mountain. General
Wood was tuet V tho mayor, GOVer
t-.c I3lj?t>'1
nor Locke Craig, who is spending tuc. f
summer hero, and other notables, ano . ?
escorted to the camp, where halton*1'. '
received with full military honora hy'-' :
the soldiers and students.
Tonight General Wood and thc Hn'- . ?
fleers ot the camp .were gueatc ot hon-.
or at a big ball. ,u
General Wood will leato e?rly*?'^^
morrow going to' Augusta. Gni.'JrtnQm >
Montgomery, Ala., where he twit in
spect other camps.