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Pdekns County Unigp Colum J. T. BOGGoS, Rey. W. C. SHA BORN and JOEL MILLER, Codnttee in Charge.' F-.f . WHAT THE .FARMER'S UNION DID. ..-In its annual meeting In Fort Worth, Texas, the National Farmers Union did . wo par ticularly wise things. First, it re-elected Charles S. Barrett, of UnioG i, .9a., preslident, sec ond, a secret agreemetint was reached and fixed as the price ehe union will demand for its totton. - rlTo know Charlie Barrett well is to know a clean, square, reso lute, purposeful man. He has devoted every moment of his time practically from its first p ouny beginning to organizing and making great and powerful this organization of farmers. By his devotion, his steadfast adherence to high principles, he has-seen the organization spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from bleak Maine to sunlit Florida. He has kept his own head, a mighty level head at that on hic square shoulders, too and steer ed the union away from the fal lacies and political entangle nient upon which previous far. mers' movements have beer wrecked. Charlie Barrett is a plain min, but one of absolut integrity. That the great mass pa of f Armaers of this country be lieve in him is very clearly de monstrated by the fact tha they kept him at the head of th organization. The un ion move now to greater and wider scopE of usefulness. It has steerer clear of many breakers and pit. falls. It is wisely guided ani prese'nts a SOl-id, un brokun front. The e,-rranation of the union to k:ep the minirrmu; prieJ' a. n (1) for Cotton secre 1 is a v'ry wvise m-ovemen-.t, I eaves the enemries (f the organui zati(,u in the air, It dlisarims themj for fighting the uinion, ani gives into the hands of the ac'tual producers a very power ful and effective weapon. -Wall street must realize tha here is a new and potent forc< to meet. That it is no chaotic haphazard bod~y that work: without plan 01r definite purpose The union has shown that 1 has men of brains directing its destiny, and that it is perfectLa able to care for itself against th< mighty and ~hltherto scornfu .captains of finance. The Farmers' Jnion has mad the farmer of Aerica maste of his dwn affairs. It has place< him in an attitude of indeperi dence and freedom that he ha -never known before. Some men don't scrub out th bathtub after taking a bath, s Martha has to do It. When a dozen things crow at once, it takes-a level heade man to hustle and not get ral tied. There are various and severa kinds of undesirable trusts, bu trusting to luck Is the extrem limit. Hlow the women do hate t 'et their clothes all wet becanis John won't but the weeds aloni the path. ,$ e 6r 'One# ~ When hauling loads to n et, don' leave the stone in. the road with which you,blook the wheel. Thiolor it aside. A good deal Is written about the June bride, but the 'man who'marries in September, ifhe is the right sA, will nev'er have cause to regret it. If a man wears his trousers out at the bottom.he's.generally a vagabond; if at the knee he's religious, or a good orchadist; but if in the seat he's either aj wagoner or lazy as Pete TumbleI down. There are men who don't place a true valuation upon their wives until they have lost them, and are obliged to hire only moderately. interested house keepers to whom they must -pay real wages. We needn't go to dime novels for heroines. Look in the hot kitchen at that old lady whosIs secretly dying for a new m'ga zine, a picnic, or a dollar of her very own, an-d often lies down to lasting rest without getting it. Potatoes that have been well protected all through the season by the Bordeaux spray, are not so likely to rot in cellar or pit. If your potatoes are rotting, don't be in a hurry to dig them. Let them stay in the ground till they get through rotting. The first cold day will usually put an end to the rot, Ever hear of a man who spent half a day hunting for the larg est car of corn in his field, and then took it to the local paper with the statement that he 'iad sixty acres just like that It is a good plan to knwje- and note down the size ed evy field. Measure a clothesli.nt a stake at each edr, arrmA *re the fiel4 both w The'. y611 ran etmt emle c-ropR arM fas exaiatfy, Late* inl AAgi t o Farly pots awl de feA them at nee,:( let themn 'easmo-v and they will be, very durable, (Char o tar the, end wh'zi(b goes in the groiimd and therir durability' will is muech increased, W#hen an o1d farmier dies, one moan wvill say, "Well, I don't think he knew much about farming;''. but another wilU say, "I remember how he let me ride once when I was all tired Qut.'' See the point-remember the good points and forget the bad. NOTICE-There will be a r public speaking at Oolenoy Bap tist church the fourth Saturday 1in September, at 3 p. in., under the auspices of the Farmers Union. The public cordially In r -vited. A. M. SIMMONS. Just be Glad. s 0 heart of mine, we shouldn't Worry so! eWhat we've missed of calni we o couldn't have, you know! What we've met of stormy pain, And of sorrow's driving'rain, a We can better meet again, -if it:blowl iWe have erred in'the dark houxr we have known. 'l When our tears fell with the Sshower, B All alone! - Wore not shine .and shadow bent, a As the gracious Master meant? Let us temper our content Wtth His own. 4fi t our f6olish tears, - hiteomb~K Riley Tsi!erldeb, The young paole of this c - inuanity. enjoyed a nice -enter bainment at the home of Mr. and 'i.'W. L. Morgan last rhursday pilght. Some enje able g"n "wiere 'Indulked iA; and some nice music fuitshsd by P6. c McD. Baker and the noted entOrtainer, E. - Pickens. Those pArtaking of the pleas ures of tie occasion were Misses Lillife 1ooughs, Coda *eid, Ada Gandlock, Belle and Mary Olardy, Ola and Elsie Morgan, Lula.. Baker, Lizzie Entrekin, Mary Farmer, and Messrs. McD. Baker, E Pickens, Brown Gaud ock, Garland Seaborn, Stan ley, Ed. and Frank Farmer, Jason Entrekin, Lyston and Stanley Morgan, Davis and Ted Mauldin. Earle Seaborn, of Greenville, is on a visit to his parents. Oscar and Lyston . Morgan, of this community, started to school at Pickens, Monday, J. H. Seaborn and wife visit ed relatives in Oconee, Sunday. Rev. Leo D. Gillespie and wife are on a visit to their parents, Wade Boggs can be praised for having the best turnips, and he believes in keeping them clean, for he works them three times a day. Jason Seaborn visited rela tives in Oconee, Sunday. J- H, Rm gh made a flying trip to ( srmrille Last week" 1taidi r-fghs and Calvin Garrio.. !who ha- brn home C;6a have returnral to their lJph I&mirgh., a bright Y(0n5 man of Pra.ers, is going to whorA a'pt LAlikry, Justloe and Mercy. At .arville, Indiana, the oithe-r ilay a young lady was Iitemitly whippeil of justice. Chargni with diskobedience and vlolation of parental authority in going out of evenings, she was ordered by a Poliee Magis trate to be publicly whipped with a rawhide, in the hands of her mother, whicj order was executed promptly. By contrast with this start ling severity at the law's hands, on the same day JUDGE TOL BERT, at Mangum, Oklahoma, dismissed the case of a man charged with murherously as saulting and- beating. another, with the recommendation that the prosecuting witness read the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians, which deals with charity, the greatest of the virtues. By that 'portion of soripture we are instructed that charity is long suffering and Is kind. Charity is merciful. In deed, charity is love. Justice, we observe, goes by extremes, and In extremity it commits its gravest errors. On the side of beating a young fe male, though, we believe it has erred farther than in inidulging the limit of mercy to a man in a murderous passion. Had the man been flogged and the, girl forgiven a more sub stantji and .b more temperate an iete justice would have *attane~,It :1t digerri e901 b foil A nice Fair Leatheradalea Southern C0w Boy ,"Pat'' paddle, Xexlcan Cow Boy "PAt" 499ble ( ~c0,leJa Tree Nafdle, feg.Rilde Blak and Tan lding Bridei at Steel Yards and Scale Beamn, .f ~Goods arriving daily. We are always glad to look al of pir friends, and they a're condial Yours for Honest W. E. Freerr "At the Old A new lot of Free Pictures jnst ai EXCUIR Pickens ti SEPTEMBER John opark Train Leaves 8plc Round I DO YOU TH-AT WE HAVE THE MOST IN THE 001 We will be glad to show are in need of anyth B(GLT & Pickens, tern p er justice. Sometimes mercy cannot go too far, while Oaj on the other side even the doc- Un brine of the thirteenth chapter ni of the first Corinthians may be ind~ misapplied when invoked to ca stay altogether the stern hand B of law and discipline. of I FOR SALE--One Dearborn dul rolleit-top desk, almost new, and fo at two-thirds its value, If sold at sak( once. N. 0. Ballinger, Pick ens, S. C.s - ~ thq Statement of the Condition OF THE o PICKENS BANK located at Pickens, B. C., at the osoe of business, Sept. 11, 1908: Resources. Loam"n" and son*""":::::-.0": Ov.rdrafts.......... .... .7 Banking house----..........,12.75 Furniture and Fixtures......17.98 Due fromi Banks and Bankers 2,189.79 Currency ........,.... 800.00 Gold..-............. .....100000 i C naa d ED lik ~f , we wUld 1 T owIng low PrIoes -.40.25 2 Girths, at .. 2 *rth Saddle at 9.00 Cover, at. 8.00 $1.000 1.25 750. $1.10, $1.85. ter the pleasure and interest Ly inivted to Interview us. dealing, ian & Co., Stand." 'rived. Call and get yours. SION! J Iasev 19th 1908 S Shows CS7 P. f rip 50c KNOW JOMPLETE LINE OF JNTY. 7 our stock if you .ng in this line. : CO., s.C. Liabilities >itol stock p aid in..$ 20,600.00 Sivided profits, less cur mnt expenses and taxes paid 24,008.87 , to banks and bankers... -508.6 i'vidual deposits subject to heck.--. -..---........122,619.19 hier's check- .--........870.07 ~ate of South Carolina, county of kens. efore me came I. M. Maul ,cashier he above named bank, y sworn, says that the going statement is a true condition adbank , as shown by the books of I. M. MAULDIN, Cashier. worn to and subscribed before me, 14th dy of Set.1908. 0. 1. BE D KCS, [Seal] Notary Public fr S. C. root-Attest,: J. MoD. BRUCE, H. A. RICHEY, Director. Creasing the H rb. o, he liner was rollie . t lovely bride, 'r *p ; ()' sep4 Wy remains io d~ hAe burial," 8 Dromise. Thec mr'e, 'n$ ually rack," sti'oaned agai.