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' ..'V. * ' ' ' ■ i:. „ , t . This Department is intended for the use of the members 01 the Farmers’ Union in this cuunty amHis open to their use. Let your communications l>e in Saturday to insure appear, ance the following week. * MINIMUM JltlCE SECRET LOWEST FIGURE AT WHO COTTON WILL BE SOLD NOT MADE PUBLIC PROBABLY FIFTEEN CENTS. SHOULD BE REORGANIZED. The farmers of York county have made a serious mistake id allowing the countv organization of the Farmers' Union to fall through, and they should at once proceed with the woik of re organization . Birmingham, Ala. Sept. 10.— We are quite well aware of The feature of the closing session the fact that a great many peo- of the National Farmers' union pie are disposed to blame the waa the report of the educational committee, which was adopted, favoring c« mpulsory education, more country schools, longer terms an 1 more comietent teachers. Union with various shortcom ings; but we have no sympathy with any of the reproaches that have been offered • Without attempting to give our reasons in details, we want The coonty organizer will in vade Charleston county tomor row and organize a local on Ediato island. The organization over*hel-, to say that the Farmers' Union mingly voted to increase the has been of very great value and salary of the provident to $3,000 benefit to the farmers of the a year. Th.' secretary's salary south, and we believe right now. was raised to $1,S00, and the. that except for the intelligence annual dues of members were in-, with which the Farmers’ l uiou creased from tS to 16 cents a year. ! has been managed and its The farmers adjourned with- strength, cotton would right now out making public the minimum be selling at 10 cents a pound or price decided upon for cotton, less* * but it is almost universally un-, All other crafts, classes and derstood to be 15 cents. businesses are organized, and the — | farmers should be organized also. HALL LOCAL CHARTERED The Union, which has benefited The Hall local which which! b T al1 the experience of the was begun by the county organi- ft,1 d the alliance, is the zer, August 0, with only five organization the farmers members has grown till there are bav ^ ever • now eighteen members, and a' ^e hope to see the farmers’ charter applied for. This local l nioa of Vork count - v cum U leteI >’ feiH continue to grow, and a reorganized as soon as possible, grow much larger membership will result. Meetings aie held the 1st and 3rd Tuesday nights at the W O W halt. The officers are as follows: A V Riokenbaker. president. PD Bishop, vice president. E T Iliei>. secretary-treasurer, j T B Cain well, chap.ain • H L Bishop, conductor. 1 B Weeks, doorkeeper. makingTea hay. Let the peas grow till the pod< turn yellow, and then there is no hay more easy to cure well thaa cowpeas, not withstanding all the talk about the ditliculty in curing them. They will cure if you just let them, and do not go to monkeying]witb all sorts- of contrivances to spoil them. 1 bad a letter today from a farmer who said that he would not have barn room for his pea There is tolk of a local at Black Creek, and one between Round and Neylas. Now is a good time to organize. FARMERS’ UNION DIRECTORY- NATIONAL. President Chas S Barrett, Union City, Ga. Vice-President-J E Montgomery, Gleason, Tenn. Secretary-Treasurer—R H McCul loch. 11H 1-2 W. Broad street. Texar kana. Tex. STATE A. J. A. Perritt - ^resident, Lamar, S. C. E W IHbbs, Vice-President, Mayesville. 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. Robert E. Jones,—B u s i n e s s Agent. Walterboro. W. W. Smoak, Jr.—County Or ganiaer. Executive Committee G. A. Ben ton, W. C. Saunders, J. 1. Seigler, T. H. Caldwell. C. E. Roger. Meeting 1st Saturday in each month at 1<» a. m. at the courthonso. . LOCALS. Stokes \V. C. Saunders, Presi furrow*’ method of sowing oats - dent, E. B. Way,secretary-treasurer, is appropriate* The principle Maple Cane- J. E. Addison,* presi- involved is that the bottom of a dent, J. E. Stigler, secretary-treas- and we hope that it will include in its membership all of the best, most progressive and intelligent farmers of York county.—York- ville Enquirer. FURROWMTS. A further word as to the “open TERRY & SHAFFER. CROCERy DEPARTMENT SOME VALUES IN PLATES. AND RIB BELUES WHICH Will ASTONISH YOU. * -~ ALSO A SMALL LOT OF CHOICE BREAKFAST STRIPS. The Big Leader which draws the crowd this week is our new shipment of new Bice. The 8c. quality is a hummer. The rice we sell for 10c. is second to *o none while our 12 l-2c. rice will satisfy the most dainty housekeepers. Special wholesale prices on rice in 100 lb. lots and over. EGGS WANTED AT 25C. PER DOZEN.. a 11 w«md«r how we maintain this startling price, some complain but the fact remains, we do maintain it and you might as well take advantage of it. Yellow duebills good at six leading stores given for eggs. GOOD FIRST PATENT FLOUR IN w. 0 d e „ bbu. at $6.80 per bbl. UNDINE FLOUR, fresh shipment, $7.00 per bbl. TERRY & SHAFFER. ridge or r furrow is warmer than the toy. It is sheltered In prnctice this fact is applied as followp : The land is, broken with oue-or two-horse plows as is desired. If it is harrowed the harrow is inn in the same direc tion as the furrows, so as not to fill these with soil. Then the seed is sown with drill run id the bottom of the furrows. ^ The rows of grain with usual plowing will thus stand about fourteen inches apart and be crop and wanTed to know if they j abbot four inches below the tops would keep well stacked. He | of the furrow ridges. really answered his own question as he said that a neighbor bad stacked some when well wilted and limp and they heated and steamed. But to his surprise he found that they cured perfectly. If he had opened the stacks and tried to cool them off, he would, doubtless, have had mouldy hay. Mow the peas in the morning, and, if possible, put a tedder be: hind the mower to keep them tossed op and hasten the wilting, Rake the morning mowing into windrows that afternoon, lorn them the next morning and let lie till afternoon - while cutting more. Cock them that after noon and when the hay in the oocka can be taken and twisted hard, and no sap runs to the twist, haul them in. if to go into atacka, make the stacks well, and ra,ke dewn the sides, hot cover tops of the stacks with straw or dry hay. This hay will enre, even if the stacks h»at . Pot some rails under the stacks to keep the hay off the ground and prevent its absorbing mois ture from the ground and you have as rood hay as in the hern —Raleigh (N. 0.) Progressive Fanner. The slight protection thus secured is sufficient to prevent injury trom cold during any ordinary spell of winter weather. UNIONISM’S Don’t forget to pat in winter cover crops. Observe the cotton selling daya Now is a good time to sub scribe to those farm journals. The time of the county meet ing has been changed from 10 , to 11 o’clock, the first Saturday. Let the question of winter cover crops be discussed at every local in the county * Walterboro local meets Satur day at 4 gO p. m. Members are urged to he punctual. o Omega local met Friday night. It ie taking in some new mem- Iki iMt Mwk Iks VWMi )JO«be«tilT Remember to elect delegates to the next county 4 meeting. Every local should be reppesent- ed. C M Grace, a good Union man, brought «• a potato last week white* weight S lbs 7-eunces.Oui rer. Sniders W. C. Brant, president; J. R. Getsinger, secretary-treasurer. Williams-Dr. C. E. Kinsey, presi dent; J.E. O’Quin, secretary-treas urer. - x Islandton- A. E. Rentz, president; C. R. Mears. secretary-treasurer. Dry Branch—T. H. Caldwell, president; Jesse Crosby 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; E. W. Goodwin, secre tary-treasurer. Bethel—H. W. Breland, president; Allen Padgett, secretary-treasurer Bells—W. W. Bryan, president; F. M. Thomas, secretary-treasurer Hudson’s Mill—J. D, Hudson, president; Dr. A. Willis Hudson, secretary-treasurer. Adnah -John Kicklighter, presi dent; Paul K. Croaby, secretary- treasurer. •j Meggetts—S. J. Rumph, presi dent; E. L. Commins, secretary- treasurer. Edisto—A. G. Yarley, president; S. J. Patrick, secretary-treasurer. Berea—L. B. Linder,! president; J. M Strickland, secretary-treasurer Adams Run—Dr J T Taylor, presi dent; S G Taylor, secretfcry-txeasurer Hall—A. V. Rickenbaker, Presi dent; E. T. Hiers seeretary-teas- urer. o 'Omegm—H. P. Martin, president; B R Griffin, secretary-treasurer. A man wbo» livna right has morn pjwar in hit dtenea thaa anothor hat by hit wurdt.—l'hil- MRS MARY CARTER DEAD. I 1 Rufhn, Sept. 9,—Special: An angel of death visit«*d the home of Thomas N. Carter and took away his loving wife Mary. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Hudson and was horn Peb. "th 1S74, married July 20th 1893 arK l departed this life Sept. 2nd 909. She had been in failing tealth for about a year, but tad been confined to her bed only eleven days. Mrs Carter leaves a bus. Mind and five children, father, mother and two brothers along with a host of sorrowing rela tives and friends to mourn her loss. All was done for her that human hands and loving hearts could do but to no avail. We know she is relieved of all her pains; we must submit to the Blessed Master’s will, who doeth all things well. Interment took place Friday morning at Bethel church with which she united herself in youth. After the sad service con ducted by her pastor Rev C W Burgess in tne presence of a large and sy m P athizin g crowd of relatives and friends her body was laid to rest, where she will rest kill awaken ed by the last tfuinpeL The summer's heat and the winter's PER CENT ips Brooks. If you are a member of the COLLETON COUNTY FARMERS’ UNION, Come Around and we’ll tell you more about it. " 4 / THE H. W. COHEN STORE, “The Store That Always Makes Good.” blast may grave but fe her rest k heart bi knocks at cions hom< en link, mother. Sleep on (tear; they We know But God around her not disturb s»ad and when death of a pre fora gold, a precious *8 „ <» and take * 0 _ ; _ >vethee best [udson Jr. BEEF, VEAL AND FORE. Customers can be supplied at all times with the freshest and best at my Market Highest Prices Paid for Beef Cattle. H. A. FRANCES, • WALTERBORO. S. C. UNION COTTON DAYS; Walterboro Ruffin Deep Creek Lodge *•• •„ Stokes SELLING Tuesdays, Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays See Lccal Btsiness Agent as to Arrange J ■ . • ■ meats. • * 1 i . y ! I 111 i I ‘ST 1 s$if8r ■'1