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This Department is intended for the use of the members of t & 0 • the Farmers’ Union in this county and is open to their use. Let your communications he in Saturday to insure appear- ^ - ance the following week. THE COUNTY FAIR. A great many persons you speak to about it say the County Fair is a mighty good thing and when asked: “What are you doing to make it a success?”—will say; “Oh, nothing. I have nothing to exhibit.” Now the success of the Fair does not de- pend on such men as this, but it result is a pleased oust omer and more general satisfaction all round. When a grocer sells 2. r »-cent coffee, he does not mix in some of his 40- cent grade; nor when he is buying a barrel of flour from the manufac turer does he expect to get the weight of the barrel in a finer grade of flour. Yet that is what numbers of southerh farmers are doing every depends upon those who believe it is season, a good thing, and who are working! I-et the gross weight of cotton to make it a good thing. bales include the maximum of bag- • ... ging and ties and not the minimum Of course the hair is going to be a . * amounbthat will hold it together, succws. The Superintendent has a „ is |M)5sill|v a sma „ it Itreat many entries already tux) • i* woMh „bs. w i, w . for a difTeivne inquiries are coming m on every mail. He has sold several concess ions and is arranging for a great many free attractions. So. if you hate the slightest doubt "in your mind that the Fair is going to' be a success, banish it. and come on in of^hO cents or $1 a bale on the ton crop is not a small item, lanta Constitution. *e eot- At- ROAD ENGINEER NEEDED Our mad building must be done and help push it along. This must by road men. If a school house is to be the biggest thing ever carried | be built in a ward, no one, ever out in Colleton county, and it will ’ thinks of telling the police juror be. It is a great thing for the coun- fnim that ward to take the money ty and will do much towards cement-! an ^ build the sohoolhouse. If a ing the different sections through c >urthouse is to be built, the police riendly rivalry. It must and will jury never thinks of telling the succeed. The more pushers it lias,l member from the county seat ward j Agent, Walterboro the bigger will be the success. to take the money find build the | W. W. Smoak, Jr. ... courthouse FARMERS’ UNION DIRECTORY- NATIONAL. President Chas S Barrett, Union City, Ga. Vice-President J E Montgomery, Gleason, Tenn. Secretary-Treasurer R H McCul loch. 116 1-2 W. Broad street, Texar kana. Tex. STAFF A. J. A. Perriti - ^Vesident, Lamar. S. C. K. W Dabbs, Vice-President, Mayesville. J. Whitner Reid Sec-Treas., Columbia. S. (' 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-1 ville. ✓ L. H. Roger Door-Keeper, Wal-' terboro. Robert K. Jones, Business' TERRY & SHAFFER * CHARLESTONS FIRST UNION- In both instances com petent architects are employed, who draw plans and specitications and W W Smoak. Jr. has organized a competent builders are selected to local union on Kdisto Island, Charles- follow the plans of the architects, ton county, to be known as Alpha Yet, in mad building, the average Local Union, No 701.This is the police jury appropriates so much first local union among farmers ever . money and puts it at the disposal of organized in Charleston county. It thtkpolice juror from each ward, education nor mad builder. County Or is composed of the leading growers of Sea Island cotton, men of intelli- who is, neither by training, a practical gence and influence, and from it we; and it is expected that the money to look for good and helpful work in behalf of the State Union and for garnzer. Executive Committee G. A. Ben-1 ton, \^C. Saueders, J. 1. Seigler,. T. H. Caldwell, C. F. Roger. Meeting 1st Saturday in each i month at in a. m. at the courthonse. ; i LOCALS. Stokes W. C\ Saunders, Presi dent, E. B. Way, secretary-treasurer. Maple Cane J. F. Addison, presi dent, J. F. Seigler, secretary-treas on «*• Sniders be spent by inexi>erienced hands the installment plan will ultimately i Sniders—W. C. Brant, president; the upbuilding of farmers’ interests result in a permanent system of J-K-Getsinger, secretary-treasurer, generally. We hope soon to report highways. The result is inevitable Williams-Dr.C.E.Kinsey.presi- the organization of a sufficient num-1 that the money, no matter how dent; J. F. O’Quin, secretary-treas- ber of local unions in Charleston, honestly spent, fails to realize the urer. county to make necessary a county results anticit>ated. In order to build have good roads you must them just like you would build a courthouse or schoolhouse or bridge. You must first get a competent en gineer to survey the ground and lay off the road and then secure the services of an expert road builder to organization.- Farmers Union Sun. Qv __ , MORE BAGGING ON COTTON. The process of reasoning which is leading so many thousand southern farmers to reduce the bagging and ties on their cotton below the aver- 1 see that the specifications of the age 6 per cent allowance is hard to ; engineer are carried out. Road follow. building today is a profession and a Manufactures and exporters ini trad* combined. You employ an buying cotton figure on 6 per cent i architect to draw the plans for a for tare. This amount to 30 pounds! house and a carpenter to build it on a 500-pound bale, or 26 pounds on and a mason to do the brick work. a 450-pound bale. When the bagging and ties amount to less than this, the farmer is simply cheating himself. The Progressive Farmer in point- You must put the same trained mind and hand to work on your public road if you desire results; men trained to do this work, men who know how to do it, men who will ing out the unreasonableness of spend the money, not only honestly, farmers following this course, says: i efficiently.—Gov. Sanders, of Again we would urge our cotton Louisiana. growers to put on bagging and ties j _ to the full 6 per cent limit this sea- j NOTICE son. If vou put on less than 6 per i cent, it is simply a matter of giving All members wishing to order the cotton buver good cotton worth vetch, clover or other seed through 12 and one half cents a pound, when the union are requested to have he is paying you only for bagging their orders in my hands by Saturday, and ties averaging about:{ and one Oct. 2. Notify your local business half cents a pound. This is a matter agent, so he can notify me by above our farmers have been entirely too date, or send your order direct. Islandton- A. E. Rentz, president; C. R. Mears, secretary-treasurer. Dry Branch—T. H. Caldwell, president; Jesse Crosby secretary- treasurer. Weimer—D. M. Vam, president; J. E- Vam. 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 VV. W. Bryan, president; F. M. Thomas, secretary-treasurer. Hudson's Mill J. D, Hudson, president; Dr. A. Willis Hudson, secretary-treasurer. slow to understand. For years there has been complaint of insufficient covering on cotton. To remedy this defect, exporters have adopted the plan of adding secondhand bagging to the amount R E Jones, County Business Agent. TO ORGANIZE LOCAL The county organizer will be at Kicklighter. presi- Crosby, secretary- of 8 or 10 pounds and pocketing the Tabor church tomorrow afternoon, extra profit. (Thumday) at 4 o clock to organise ■ a local. The farmer had put in that much weight in lint cotton worth 12 .1-2 cents a pound. The exporter adds extra bagging and ties worth 3 1-2 cents a pound, and makes $1 a bale. The Progressive Farmer has made a valuable point which should not be lost sight of. It will not take a very sharp pencil to figure out that 470 pounds of cotton and 30 pounds of bagging will bring higher returns than 480 pounds of lint cotton and 20 pounds of bagging. ^ * Moreover, by this course greater protection to the staple is afforded, and it arrives at its destination—par ticularly if it bea remote foreign port—in much better shape. The UNIONISM’S Adnah John "dent; Paul K. treasurer. Meggetts S. J. Rumph, presi dent; E. L. Commins, secretary- treasurer. Edisto—A. G. Yarley, president; S. J. Patrick. s?cretary-treasurer. Berea -L. B. Linder,* president; J. M Strickland, secretary-treasurer. Adams Run—Dr J T Taylor, presi dent; S G Taylor, secretary-treasurer Plant winter cover crops. County union meeting Saturday, Oct. 2, at 11 o’clock, despite the circus. Rickenbaker, Presi- Hiers secretary-teas- Hall-A. V. dent; E. T. urcr. Omega—H. P. Martin, president; B R Griffin. Communicate with the county organizer if you wish a local in your community. The Princess Range stove people have arranged with their* local dealer, the Brown Furniture and Hardware company to make a big exhibit for them at the County Fair. Thefeatt* Met pretty peer n aft. . +44$$ ■ • * * *»'. £ '*>, o ' , • Bang—So yon hast succeed in mag back my winaMltf What js year fee? Sty gain—f for keeping faistpbont the*. Bj JjTiTiMMf Ml ay V h I.U tV THE FINEST SELECTION < >i THE NEW FALL STYLES i^ ki;\i>\ in Butterick Fashions V FALL ISSUE Price 25c , including ONE FREE PATTERN The Delineator also for sale. TJIE COMl’I.ETE AND ENTIRE LINE OE Butterick Patterns NOW IN STOCK ALL STYLES -ALL SIZES. E. T. H. SHAFFER, OUR COTTON BUYER, V WILL BE AT STOKES, S. C, ON r 4 Friday Morning. HOLD YOUR COTTON l/XTIL THREE AND GET HIS BID. Remember THE f DAY, at Stokes Every FRIDAY. At Walterboro EVERY OTHER DAY. TERRY & SHAFFER, c a Nervous Prostration *T suffered so with Nervous Prostration that I thought there was no use trying to get well. A friend recommended Dr. Miles’ Nervine, and although skeptical at first, I soon found myself re covering, and am to-dav well.” MRS. D. I. JONES, 5800 Broadway, Cleveland, O. Much sickness is of nervous origin. It’s the nerves that make the heart force the blood through the veins, the lungs take in oxygen, the stomach di gest food, the liver secrete bile and the kidneys filter the blood. If any of these organs arc weak, it is the fault of the nerves through which they get their strength. Dr. Miles’ Nervine is a specific lor the nerves. It soothes the irritation ami assists in the generation 01 nerve force. Therefore you can hardly mUs it if you take Dr. Miles’ XerviYie when sick. Get a bottle from your druggist. Take it all ac cording to directions, and if it docs not benefit he will return your money. 10 PERCENT If you are a member of the COLLETON COUNTY FARMERS’ UNION, Come Around and we’ll tell you more about it. THE H. W. COHEN STORE, “The Store That Always Makes Good. BEEF, TEAL AND FORK Customers can be supplied at all times with the freshest and best at my Market. Highest Prices Paid for Beef Cattle. H. R. FRANCES, » WALTERBORO, S. C. kill™, oouoh tunes Dr. King’s Niw Discom WBMLTmmimumimmLBL UNION COTTON SELLING DAYS; * • 'y Walterboro Tuesdays, Ruffin Deep Creek Lodge (A Stokes Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays \ V Ynar eomplasloo m wtU as your toapor Is rwMtorod miserable by a dls- offerod Mfor By taking Ckwaberlala’s fltourti aad Livor Tahleta voa can faa provo both Bold by all daalon. <> • 4 0 » See Local Business Agent as to Arrange raents. . . , 4.1.. La* ; *sl