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Communicate with the county
Summer Dress Goods.
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.
organizer when vou wish a new on- xUocerics, 1 lav. Gratrrrlm-.e. etc. CairSrTiirwKIeTirtown.
ion.anywhere m the county? J
SILAS BUNKDL FARMBt.
There was business and bustle on
the Bunker farm. Not the hurry
and acurry of confusion; the running
hare and there looking for some
thing that could not be found, hut
the uninterrupted process of doing
something. Whan. Silas Bunker
brought out his plows in the spring
he was not compelled to take them
down to a hard place in the rood to
make them “aeour,” or uae a brick
bat to scour the ruat off the shear
and mold-board. Ho housed all his
farm tools during the winter, and
before putting them away oiled
them well or givethem a light coat
of paint It was one of Silas Bun
ker’s rules that when springtime
came everything was in readiness to
go to work.
Down in the lower field below the
meadow Clem Darter was plowing.
Clem had just finished a four
months’ term in the Agricultural
College, and on his return had hired
to Silas for the season in order to
procure funds to go back to school.
Bunker had always taken a great
deal of interest in this young man.
Clem was but a small child when his
mother died. His father had dis
sipated away his life as well as a
fortune which he inherited. It was
Bunker’s kindly advice that induced
Clem to take an agricultural course
at the State school.
Silas Bunker believed that the
human mind has just begun to
grasp it. It opens up a field for
discovery that has hardly been
"Behold Luther Burbank. His
discoveries and productions will con-
tinua to ba worth bilMsns of dollars
to this and future generations, and,
if he so derired. he could coin them
into milKoneef doOaa for himself.’’
Thus for hours would Silas talk
unti) the young man's soul became
enthused hi a career of that kind.
Four months in the agricultural col
lege only increased his enthnsiaem.
Although far the greater number
of students at the cottage had no in
tention of making farming their call
ing, Gem met a few who shared
with Silas Bunker in his comprehen
sion of its great possibilities.
Some of these young men had
already been sent out to deliver
lectures on the subject of diseases of
stock, and other topics connected
with farming. The course was not
alone a theoretical one. There was
a farm connected with the college on
which a regular system of experi
ments was carried out. Clem soon
learned that there could be as much
difference between a poor farmer
and a good one as between a poor
jnechanic and a good one. He now
more than ever grasped the idea of
{the greatness of the mission of the
Farmers’ Union, of which he was a
member.
It, too, was a school of education.
dawn of better days for the farmer! , n its local meeting8 the ^ ^
was at hand. He saw a Ifreat t most inte „ itfent fjirmers couk , en .
awakening on the part of the govern- j Ughten thoge whose
opportunities
ment to the importance of agr«cul- ka j no ^ j. 0 good, or who had
ture. Farmers themselves were
reaching out and demanding assist-
the
not improved them. It was
birth of a new joy when the young
ance which the government had ac-, man realized the magnitude of the
field for usefulness that lay stretch-
corded other industries. Special
trains were being run through the
farming sections and lectures de
livered on the best methods of farm
ing. There'was a gipwing demand
at remunerative wages for men
whose knowledge of agriculture
equipped them to enter into govern
ment employ in the agricultural
department. There was a bright
future, Silas believed, for p young
man who would prepare himslf to
enter this field ot useluln&s. At
his home, under the shade of the
cherry trees in the yard, and while
resting of the front porch, he had
talked these things to Clem who was
a frequent visitor of the Bunker
home.
The young man was an eager
listener. He was himself undecided
as to his future career. He inherit
ed in a small degree the failing of
hia father. He was somewhat
addicted to drink. He indulged this
taste, however, only at intel^vals,
and it could be said to his credit,
that as he grew older the intervals
were further awart. And Clem was
proud of it, but no one knew of or
realized the desperate struggle it
cost him to conquer his taste for
strong drink, no one but Silas Bun
ker. •
Silas was to him both as elder bro
ther and a father. To him the young
man had opened his heart and asked
lor counsel. In these friendly heart-
to-heart talks when they were alone
together, the young man threw his
devil-may-care manner aside and
talked aerioualy. They went ovfj*
ed out before him.
Silas Bunker was working in the
same field. He was driving a stalk
cutter of his own constrution. It
was made of a log about eighteen
or twenty inches in diameter and
three feet long. At about four
inches from each end of the log
heavy iron pins had been inserted,
allowing them to protrude about
four inches. To these pins, which
were equa-distant apart, and even
with each other lengthwise of the
log. heavy steel knives were fastened
by means of bolts. This log was
then put in a frame exactly like that
constructed for a log roller.
In fact, it was a short log roller
with the addition of these steel
knives, four in number. The; knives
were made of a steel bar about one-
fourth inch thick and three inches
wide. They were about the same
length of the log, and were kept
sharp enough for cutting purposes.
This machine was drawn bv two
horses cutting one row of stalks at
a time. The freight of the log and
the driver made it do its work pre-
fectly. It cost less than $5, and did
the work as well or better than
many $25 machines.
Clem whistled merrily as he work
ed, and Bunker was proud that he
had persuaded him to choose agricul
ture as his calling. He had tried to
persuade his own son to do so, but
the boy preferred a classical educa
tion, and someone of the profes
sions, and Silas did not inaist, al
though sorely disappointed. Now
the whole situation not forgetting to ^ Gem Darter had chosen ^he
take into consideration the tempts- c^eer which he had marked out for
tiona that would beset the young his son. Bunker’s heart warmed to
man in the different vocations of wards the jmug man.
life. ! Somehow or other, Silas felt that
Silas, being a true son of the soil,: the Farmers’ Iftiion was going to
was naturally enthusiastic in his bring about a great and rapid evou-
calling. He pointed out to Clem the j tion in farming. He heard that
possibilities of systematic and | there was a crisis approaching in
scientific fanning. He pictured to which the country would be on the
him in glowing words the nobleness border of revolution. He knew that
of the calling. "You will be,” he things could not remain as they
said, and hit eyes shone with the were. The public consrieoce was
earnestness of his soul, "in daily being aroused, and the farmers were
communion with God, through the growing restless under the extor-
immutable laws which govern plant tions of trusts and corporations,
life. . • The feeling was becoming general
“IttiHfcremove from you the that the government itself was un
will beaet you on able to cope with theee great indos-
svocations. Jts trial combinat*— r% ~-
to over- violated the li
It is a every effort ti
that the proved futile.
He felt too, that he was destined
to take more than an ordinary part
in this great mdustral upheaval. He
longed for a co-laborer, someone
who would assist him and complete,
the equipment which he lacked. He
knew that Gem Darter had a bril
liant mind and noble heart, and this
feeling made him more anxious that
Gem tiwuld take a fall course in the
agriculture college. These thoughts
filled hia mind as he drove mechani
cally back and forth each round,cut-
ting the stalks into short pieces,
which the plow would turn under
the soil. The two men'•worked
steadily, each absorbed in his own
thought. Who knows what import
ant part may be played by these two
simple minded farmers in the events
which are even now shadowed on
the wallt
FARMERS’ 'UNION DIRECTORY-
NATIONAL.
President—Gias S Barrett, Union
Gty, Ga.
Vk
ice-President—J E Montgomery,
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. O. Jaques, Jr.—Vice-President,
Cottageville.
G. W. Sweat—Sec-Treas., Hen
dersonville.
W. C. Brant—Chaplin, Ruffin.
J. A. Willis - Conductor, Cottage
ville.
L. H. Roger- Door-Keeper, Wal-
terboro.
W. W. Smoak, Jr.—Business
Agent, Walter boro,
W. W. Smoak, Jr.—County Or
ganizer.
Executive Committee—G. A. Ben
ton, W. C. Saunders, J. I. Seigler,
T. H. Caldwell, C. F. Roger.
Meeting 1st Saturday in each
month at 10 a. m. at the courthonse.
LOCALS.
Stokes—W. C. Saunders, Presi
dent, E. B. Way, secretary-treasurer.
Maple Cane—J. F. Addison, presi
dent, J. F. Seigler, secretary-treas-
rer.
a
Sniders—W. C. Brant, president;
J. K. Getsinger, secretary-treasurer.
Williams—Dr. C. E. Kinsey, presi
dent; J. F. O’Quin, secretary-treas
urers
Islandton—A. E. Rentz, president;
C. R. Mean, secretary-treasurer.
Dry Branch—T. H. Caldwell,
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. p ,
Walterboro—W. W. Smoak, Jr.,
president; Jno. W. Hammond, secre
tary-treasurer.
Bethel—H. W. Breland, president;
Allen Padgett, aeeretary-treaanrer
Bella—W. H. Saunders, president;
F. M. Thomas, secretary-treasurer.
Hudson’s Mill—J. D, Hudson,
president; Dr. A. Willis Hudson,
The low country needs a number
of locals. The union should be
strong down there.
Walterboro will welcome visitors
and applicants next Saturday after
noon at 4 o’clock.
Horae Pen has a live local. The
slogan of this locol is fifty membera
by January. It now has seventeen
Yea, but
they won’t
you’
join, to stay out.
‘stick.”
Maybe "they” will if “you” won’t
Seventeen locals in the county—
there should be thirty. Help us get
COLLETON MERCANTILE AND
MANUFACTURING CO.
RIBBONS. RIBBONS. RIBBONS. 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.
new ones.
Remember to elect delegates to
the coumy meeting the first Satur
day in June.
If you are not taking a union
paper, you are like a soldier going
into battle without ammunition.
The Union will be a failure • be
cause the Miiance and Grange died.
So will you because your father and
grandfather died. Try a new one.
We knew some local woul^d beat
Stokes. Loofc at Bethel—four lady
members! Wake up. Stoker, and
bring out your wives and daughters.
May be Smoaks needs the presence
of the “fair sex” at her local meet
ing. Tryjit. and report, when you
get a chance to adjourn.
What was the matter with Bells.
Weimer and Williams, that no re
presentative was present at the last
county meeting?
Bro. Peurifoy has excellent re
results in his vetch and oats, also
his “furrow” oats. See his field
when in town. It will pay you.
Adnah—John Kkklighter, prod-
dent; Paul K. Crosby, secretary-
Every extortion of the corpora
tions, every effort of the trusts to
evade the optratioae ef the law is
additional evidenet of the aeeeedty
of aoeh sa oryariartiofi as the Far
mers’ Union,
The wagon of C J Beach in the
May Festival parade would has done
credit to any State Fair. He is a
c?
live young farmer.
CONMinEE MEETING.
The committee from the County
Farmers’ Union appointed to pro
vide for the County Fair Association
Is hereby called to meet at my
office Saturday, May 22nd at 10
o’clock a m Full attendance is urged.
Jas E Peurifoy.
Chairman.
HORSE PEN LOCAL
The Horse Pen local met Saturday
day afternoon at 4 o’clock in open
session, at which addresses were
made'by Bros. W W Smoak Jr. and
Jas E Peurifoy of Walterboro.
There addresses were listened to
with rapt attention by a goodly
number of farmers. After this the
local went into executive session,
and several candidates were initiated.
Unionism is on a boom in this sec
tion.
RUFFIN LOCAL
Ruffin, May, 8.—The Bethel local
union No. 597. Held its regular
meeting Wednesday evening at 8
o’clock. We received six members
of whom four were ladies. Sjy, Mr
Editor, can you beat that?
Three committees were appointed
one on order, investigating and an
executive.
As ther£ was no futher business
we then adjourned till the next re
gular meeting the first Wednesday
evening in June at 8 o’clock.
Allan Padgett.
Sec-Treas.
LETTER FROM ORGANIZER. -
Mr Editor: Through your columns
I wish to urge any community desir
ing to organize a local farmers’ un
ion to communicate with roe. I
shall take pleasure in arranging a
date for public speaking and organ
isation.
A local can be organized with five
membera, and a charter secured for
$15.00. If fifteen members join a
charter can be Obtained for the ini
tiation fee of $1 each, but a fewer
number can obtain a charter by
paying the charter fee of $15.00.
Colleton should have a great many
new locals, and I hope to institute
them in the near future.
Yoon for Unionism,
W W Smoak, Jr.
County Organiser.
Walterboro, May 10,
BEACH BROTHERS
DOETT
Go off on jour vacation or aaj kind of a pleasure
trip bj drawing jour salaty in advance.
Save up for it. We want your saving account.
COLLETON BANKING COMPANY
JOHN P. LUCAI* P-edbet, , R. L.
1
BEES 1 . VEAL AUTfi FQBK.
Customers can be supplied at all times with the freshest
and best at my Market
Highest Prices Paid ftr Beef Cattle.
H. A. FRANeCS, e WALTERBORO, S. €.
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.
'H.
J. E EASTERUNG
Blacksmith and
Wheelwright
Special Attention Given
to repairing buggies, wagons and farm implements. Let
me set your cotton sweep. Horse-shoeing 25 cents a foot.
3 x
Farmers Should Use
Stationery.
Let us quote you prices on what you wish.
250 note heads and 250 envelopes printed
for $175—enough to last the average
farmer a year.
The Press and Standard.
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way announces very low round trip rates to Louisville, Ky,-
from all points. Tickets will be sold May 10, 11, 12 and 13,
1909, limited lor return leaving Louisville not later than mid;
night of May 22, 1909.
Round trip Rates from Principal Stations as follows:
Abbeville £15.85 Charleston $20.80 Newberry $16.30
Aiken 18.70 Chester 15.85 Orangeburg 18.40
Anderson 15.85 Columbia 16.80 Prosperity 16.45
Batesburg 17.95 Gaffney 14.80 Rock Hiff 15.85
14.95 Greenville 15.10
18.40 Greenwood 15.85
19.00 Lancaster 17.05
. . ^ I5-85
For tickets, detailed information, etc., apply to Southern
Railway ticket agents or address,
J. L. MEEK,
Asst Gen. Passenger Agent.
Atlanta, Ga.
Blacksburg
Blackville
Branchville
Yorkville
Spartanburg
Sumter *
Union
14.20
>8.25
14.85
J. C. LUSK,
Division Passenger Agent,
Charleston, S. C.
TO THE BUYING PUBLIC:
Read the Following Quotations
and Let us Serve You:
Early June Peas 15c per can.
Rose Bud Peas 10c per can.
Fish Roe 18c per can.
Choice Pripe 20c per can.
Choice Roast Beef 15c per can.
Grape Nuts 15c per pkg.
Egg-O-See i 2 1-2C per pkg.
Dncd Okra 5 i-ac per pkg.
HYRNE’S STORE.