The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, April 28, 1909, Image 3
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—-This Department is intended for the use of the • members of
the Farmers’ Union in this county and is open to their use.
Let your communications be in Saturday to insure appear
ance the following week.
SMOAKS UNION MEETS.
Smoaka, Apr. 24, Special—Smoaka
Union met Saturday, April 17th,
with five meaabcra present.
H W Smoak was elected delegate
to the county union at its next
meeting* .
The anion at Smoaka eeetns to be
on a drag. We organized with
twelve meiabera, and aeema to roe
that that ia about tbe crowd, but we
are sorry te aay that one half of
them have not been to a meeting
since. You can meet a fellow, be
witi say: "How is the union going
now?" "Oh, we are getting along
all right. Why don't you come out
and join with us?" The next thing
he will aay: "When is your next
meeting?" You will say to him
that it is the third Saturday or the
first, as the ease may be; will say
"All right, 1 will come and join. It is
the thing for the farmers to do;
we have got to get together or we
are gone." But lo and behold!
that is the last of it. You never see
him at the union and he never sajs
anything more about unionism un
less you jog his memory about it.
That is about the way things are go
ing around Smoaks. 1 guess when
the sun gets hot and things get to
moving around lively the union will
get its share, or at least 1 hope so.
J. VV. Kinsey
WHAT IS NEEDED.
While th^price of cotton is an im
portant consideration for the Farm
ers’ Union, it is not by any means
the most important. If the price of
cotton were doubled, which every
member of the union would be wil
ling to accept as satisfactory, it
would not then raise our productive
power, taking the people as a whole,
very much higher than it is at the
present time. It would ,.not equal
the imports of our food products in
any one year. It should be the ob
ject of the union to raise the pro
ductive power of its people very
much higher than even the doubling
of the price of cotton would raise it,
and there is not but one way to do
this, and that is to realize that the
union is a very important power for
that other and first object of its
organization, education of its peo
ple along the right lines, training
them, through organization and
working together, so that they will
be able to handle the many diversi
fied questions pertaining to the farm
whereby it can be made vastly more
productive than it is at the present
time. Education and co-operation is
needed not only for buying and sell
ing, but along the line which is most
important, and the most important
function of the union, along the
line of produciion, learning how to
produce so that we can have a maxi
mum production at a minimum cost.
~ Farmers' Union Sun.
BEWARE OF POLITICS. ,
Th# Farmers’ Union in South Car
olina is growing steadily and sub
stantially and ia rapidly becoming
n power for good in tbe agricultural
of the State. As this
ncreases so will politicians
their efforts to gain a f©ot
to use the organ*
fcation for their own miserable,
selfish ahns and purposes. We be
lieve that the rank and file of the
members believe, as we do and as
we expressed in our salutatory, that
the anion must be kept out of politics
iind politics out of the union if we
are to fulfill our destiny.
The recent collapse of the Cotton
Association has caused the daily and
weekly press to comment freely,
and we cannot refrain from re-
producing an editorial from the
Greenville Daily News of la.< week
and urge its i>crusal by every true
union man:
This paragraph appeared in a re
cent issue of the Newborn’ Herald
and News: "Harvie Jordan says
the Cotton Association is dead.
Wher. all the leaders got good jobs
it was no longer any need on their
part to keep it alive. So far as they
are concerned, it has served its pur
pose. and to them has served it
well."
While this is an unpleasant thing
to say, it contains a more or less
measure of truth. W T e have time
and again deprecated the fact that
polities almost invariably get mixed
up with associations organized for
the benefit of the farmer. A great
deal of good can be done by such an
organization as the Southern Cotton
Association, or the State Farmers’
Union, but the very minute their
leaders begin seeking office the
strength of the movement is dimin
ished. It is unfortunate that poli
ticians cannot be kept out of these
organizations, but thus far it has
been almost impossible to do so.
We believe strongly in the merits
of the State organization, and also
of the Southern Association, and we
want to see them kept alive and
vigorous. It is absolutely necessary
for farmers to have an effective
organization. There is much that
they themselves must do for their
own good, if it is to be done at all,
and they can get sufficient protec
tion in no other way. But they will |
never accomplish their greatest
good work until they succeed in
divorcing themselves from profes
sional politicians and: selfish seekers
of office.—Farmers Union Sun.
FARMERS’ UNION DIRECTORY
MATIONAL.
President- Chas S Barrett, Union
Cin
J E Montgomery,
ity, Ga.
Vice-President
Gleason, Tenn.
Secretary-Treasurer—R H McCul
loch, 116 1-2 W. Broad street, Texar
kana, Tex.
STATE.
B. Harris- President, Pnndleton.
S. C.
A. J. A. Perritt—Vice-President,
Lamar, S. C.
J. Whitner Reid — Sec-Treas.,
Columbia, S. C.
COUNTY.
L. C. Padgett President, Smoaks.
J. 0. Jaques, Jr.—Vice-President,
Cottageville.
G. W. Sweat—Sec-Treas., Hen
dersonville.
W. C. Brant- Chaplin, Ruffin.
J. A. Willis—Oonductor, Cottage
ville,
L. H. Roger- Door-Keeper, W'al-
terboro,
W. W. Smoak, Jr.—Business
Agent, Walterboro.
Executive Committee G. A. Ben
ton, W. C. Saunders, J. I. Seigler,
T. Hi Caldwell, C. F. Roger.
A BOY S SISTER.
. Maud felt a glow of pleasure
when Mr. Wisner, who was ris
ing to go, told her how greatly he
enjoyed the evenings he parsed
at her house. It was flatteringly
pleasant to know that her so
ciety was found agreeable by
the very interesting young elec
trical engineer, who bad recent
ly come to town as manager of
the new trolley line of which her
father was part owner.
"I am a most domestic per
son,” he said, “and it’s a real
privilege to me to be allowed to
visit here informally.” He glanc
ed appreciatively at the pretty
pictures, quantities of books,
and vases of flowers. **1)0 you
know, this attractive room re
minds me of our old library at
home, where my sitter and 1
passed some of the happiest even
ings of our lives. We used to
play checkers, read aloud, and
have all sorts of good times to
gether. 1 always feel that 1 owe
a world of gratitude to that dear
sister of mine, woo kept me so
well entertained at home that 1
was never tempted to join the
boys who went down town every
night. There’s nothing like a
good sister to keep a lad out of
mischief, is there? I've never
had the pleasure of meeting yeur
brother. He is out of town now,
is he not?”
It was a carelesa question,
asked with no motive oilier than
polite interest, but it brought
the color surging into Maud’s
SELZ AND CODINS SHOES
«r
Children’*, Women’* and Men’s.
COLLETON-MERCANTILE AND
MANUFACTURING CO.
RIBBONS, RIBBONS. RIBBONS v RIBBONS.
White, blue, pink and brown taffeta ribbon, 4 inches wide at
15 cents a yard.
Handkerchiefs—Mens, 45c. a dozen; 10 cents handkerchiefs
at 90 cents a dozen. . . ^
DEACH DROTHERS
DON’T
Go off on your vacation or any kind of a pleasure
trip by drawing your salaiy in advance.
Save np tot it. We want your saving accooht.
COLLETON BANKING COMPANY.
JOHN F. LUCAS* PraaMmL A. L. FRASER, Cashier.
BEEF, VEAL AHD FOBS.
Customers can be supplied at all times with the freshest
and best at my Market
Highest Prices Paid Tor Beef Gattle.
H. A. FRANCES, . WALTERBORO, S. C.
ICE,
ICE,
ICE,
Have begun to make ice delnvery in town. Let us have your
orders.
Ice cream parlors, cool drinks at all times.
’Phone 70b.
JONES CARBONATING COMPANY.
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J. E EASTERUNG
Meeting 1st Saturday in e-ach face quite unexpectedly.
UNIONISMS.
Are you "sticking" yet?
County
o’clock.
A County organizer
elcted Monday.
The Secretary of the Cottaggtille
union begs to atate that this local
will meet Monday May, 3. at 8:30
oNfloek. a fuirimeb<h«ce ia requeat-
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The oats crop in Colleton is fine
this year.
Stokes local leads yet, but watch
out.- There will be others.
STOP BURNING OFF THE OLD
FIELDS.
How long, oh, how long, will our
farmers bum up every spring the
little fertility that Mother Nature
had laboriously spent the previous
twelve months trying to develop?
Turn out an old field, sick, famish
ing, naked, and Mother Nature
clothes it with a coat K pf grass to
h «l its son to 8 t°p the w <mndii«|, local
of it with gullies, and to feed it
with rotting vegetable matter
(humus) aa the only way on earth to
bring it back to life and strength.
And yet nine farmers outof ten will
go ahead and in twenty-four hours'
time burn off all the potential humus
that Nature has spent a year grow
ing for the salvation of the land.
"For the land’s sake" indeed we
must stop burning off our fields. It
may make tbe gram seem greener
this season, but in the end it means
that the land will become too barren
to g$>w any grass at all.
meeting Monday at 10
should be
month at 10 a. m. at the courth« nst*.
LOCALS.
Stokes W. C. Saunders, Presi
dent, E. B. Wa$ l seoretarv-tron?uror.
Maple Cane—J. F. Addison, presi
dent, J. F. Seigler, secretary-tivas-
rer.
Sniders—W. C. Brant, president;
J. K. Gefcdnger, secretary-treasurer.
Williams- Dr. C. E. Kinsey, presi
dent; J. F. O’Quin, secretary-treas
urer.
Islandton—A. E. Rentz, president,
C. R. Mears, secretary-treasurer.
Dry Branch-T. H. CaldweTl,
president; J. W. Avant, secretary-
treasurer.
Weimer- D. M. Yarn, president;
J. E. Yarn, secretary-treasurer.
Hendersonville—G. E. H. Moore,
president; M. H. Carter, secretary-
treasurer.
Smoaks—L. C. Padgett, president;
J. W. Kinsey, secretary-treasurer.
Lodge—L. J. Jones, Sr., president;
P. M. Johns, secretary-treasurer.
Horse Pen—Jos Langdale. presi
dent; G. L. Smoak, secretary-treas
urer.
Cottageville—Dr. W. A. Kirbye,
president; H. W. Ackerman, secre
tary-treasurer.
Walterboro—W. W. Smoak. Jr.,
president; Jno. W. Hammond, secre
tary-treasurer.
Bethel—H. W. Breland, president;
Allen Padgett, secretary-treasurer
OFFICER^OF^RUFFlir.OCAL.
Ruffin, R. F. D. 2. Apr. 23. Edi
tor of Press and Standard:—The fol
lowing are the officers of the Hud
sons Mill Local Union.
J. D. Hudson, president; A. W.
Hudson, M. D., sec-treasurer; T. L.
Hudson, vice president; J. E. Ben
ton, Chaplain; J. B. Ulmer, conduc
tor; J. W. Smoak, door keeper; J. S.
Ulmer, business agent.
Yours truly,
A. W. Hudson M. D.
Sec-Treas.
will welcome
visitors Saturday afternoon at 3;30
o'clock at K. of P. hall—also appli
cants.
That is a bad report coming fron#
Smoak’■ Union. What ia the matter,
Mr. President? We are expecting to
aee a mighty fine union at Smoaks.
We move the appointment by the
County President of a committee to
prepare plans for a County Fair As
sociation till the next meeting of
the County Union.
An enthusiastic unionist said to us
a few days ago that the union mem
bers in his community are already
making better fanners tium the
non-union men. If tilings keeps up,
the union will be a fine thing for
this eoonty.
Yon should not deity under any cir
cumatance* in cmm of Kidney and
Bladder trouble. You ahould take some
thing promptly that vou know ia te
llable, something like DeWItt’s Kidnev
and Bladder Pllla. They ate u,.equaled
for weak back, bucaache, inflammation
of tbe bladder, rheumatic nains, etc.
When you ask for DeWitt’s Kid dot and
Bladder Pllla, be sure you get them.
They are antiaeptio. Accept bo auheti-
tntea:iaaiit upon getting the right kind
Sold by Walterboro Drag Oe.
CE. DURANT
Cottage Yllle, §. e.
Civil Engineer and Land
Surveyor—Authorized by
Clemson College. Subject
am
to engagements any w)k
at any time. Catt'dr write.
e^LflMVomxua..
"No, Arthur i-sn’t away. Lie h
out a i;(x>il <if»al. 1 hope he will
he home the next time you
come.”
A moment Uter when Mau l
stood alone, hei cheekc were still
burning and she felt uncomfort
able, as if she had been sharply
reproved. is he remembered
with painful clearness the many
evenings that Arthur fidgeted
restlessly about the room while
she, engrossed in a novel, had
only Iwoked up long enough to
inquire impatiently why he
could apt sit still.
“Because,” be had replied that
very evening, “it makes a fellow
nervous to sit around with noth-
iug to do and no one to talk to.
Father is always busy upstairs at
his laboratory work aud you with
your everlasting reading, it’s a
pretty dull house^ifiki I think
I’ll go out where there’s some
thing doingHe had gone and
Mr. Wisner had come and had
been greeted with bright vivac
ity that might have surprised
Arthur, who had left his sister
too absorbed in her book to
notice his sulky departure.
“I haven’t the least idea where
Arthur went,” she said to her
self, drearily. “I iiiver know
where he is evenings. Mother
wouldn’t have been so neglectful.
She would have kept him happy
at home. 1 haven’t done what
she would have expected of me.”
Her eyes filled with tears as
she thought ot that dear one, who
io years gone by had filled the
home with the sunshine uf love
aud harmony.
“O mother, forgive me,” she
said softly. “I’ll try to do bet
ter; I’ll try to do better.”—Kil-
bourne Cowles, in the Advance.
Blacksmith and
Wheelwright
Special Attention Given
to repairing buggies, wagons and farm implements. Let
me se* your cotton sweep. 1 lorse-shoeing 25 cents a foot
Farmers Should Use Printed
Stationery.
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Let us quote you prices on what you wish.
250 note heads and 250 envelopes printed
l° r *i-75—enough to last th«s average
farmer a year.
The Press and Standard.
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