The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, September 15, 1909, Image 7
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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and take
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>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
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Stokes
SELLING
Tuesdays,
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Fridays
Saturdays
See Lccal Btsiness Agent as to Arrange
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meats.
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