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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. THE COTTON AW CORN WIRE WORM. The following paper has been pre pared by Prof. A F Con rad i of Gem- son College, and will be of the especial interest to the fanners of the infested wire worm sections of the county. Prof. Thomas has been spending several days at Sniders recently and has selected five fields there for conducting the experi ments for the college in its effort to determine the cause of this pest. The article follows: The cotton and com wire worm is a very destrutive insect pest princi pally in Colleton county. It does its principal damage during the month of May on lean, sandy uplands. In vestigations carried on by this station during the past season showed little or no damage on bottom land, while some of the infested up lands are almost entirely devoid of humus or decayed vegetable matter. It is doubtful if any repellant could be devised that could avoid this injury, that is a repellant that could be used with profit under farm conditions. The problem of controll ing this insect lies in intelligent farm management. It scould not be expected that any plant can with stand an insect attack on soils almost totally deficient in organic matter any more than a weak, ill fed animal can withstand an attack of disease. Those sandy uplands above referred to should receive a supply of well to handle them besides getting soil for inoculation purposes. This mat ter of getting humus into the soil is the first step. Therefore, get a cover crop on that land and before planting time arrives next spring further recommendations will be made. This insect is under experi mentation at the present time and a number of field experiments will WT conducted in Colleton county during next season. A. H. Conradi. A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK. • And often, as I have traveled in the still watches of the night, no sound but the rumbling wheels under me, no company but my tired thoughts, lying wide-eyed and wake ful. I have seen a vision. I have seen the vision of debt banished from the farms of this Nation. I have seen a vision of poverty, of the torn dress of the mother r ^the_thin body of the child, obliterated by the magic of well-won prosperity. I have seen a vision of the curse of ig norance banished, giving place to schoolhouses on every hilltop, giving the men and women of to-morrow’ the golden keys to a useful and a productive life. 1 have seen a vision of wrongs righted, of oppression FARMRS’ 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. STATE A. J. A. Perritt — President, Lamar, S. C. E W Dabbs, Vice-President, Mayesville. 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—Conductor, Cottage ville. L. H. Koger—Door-Keeper, Wal- terboro. Robert E. Jones,—B u s i n e s s Agent, Walterboro. W. W. Smoak, Jr.—County Or- crushed under the heel of equity and truth. 1 have seen a vision of peace: ifa ^ ,zer ’ and plenty and smiling contentment Executive Committee resting like a blessing over the home of the humblest farmer in this broad rottol vegetable matter. The writer cuuntr , , have ^ , vision „ f the has been told that some farmers haul the mould from the forests and scatter over their sandy uplands with good results. This is tine way of getting humus into Che soil. Another and better method is to use well rotted stable manure. Seme farmers have a limited supply of this but being kept in the open it dries out, in which case it does not rot so well, besides losing some of its value. Such manure should be G. A. Ben ton, W. C. Saunders, J. I. Seigler, T. H. Caldwell, C. F. Koger. Meeting 1st Saturday ifi each mighty arm* .“vaster and more won- mon ^h at 10 a. m. at the courthonse. derful than the hosts of the Isra- LOCALS. W. F. Copeland, elites as they marched in triumph, . ... ^ • from the dominion <»f Pharaoh, going , S ‘ ok J -s ”''' K CopeIand - F ros '' from strength, to strength, from L. B. Way, secretary-treasurer. conquest, to conquest, and uimn the Maple ( ane—J. h. Addison, presi- banners of that army. Hashing in- dent, J.L. Seigler, secretary-treas- letters of tire, was the emblem of rer - the Farmers’ Educational and Co- 1 Sniders-W. C. Brant, president; operative Union of America. Con- J. K. Getsinger, secretary-treasurer. elusion of the annual address of President C. S. Barrett at National carefully kept in sheds until hauled Famier3 . Union me ,. ting . Birmin on the land where it is incorporated with the soil as soon possible. Even where these above mentioned sources of humus are available, it does not follow that the same crop can be grown on the same land suc cessfully year after year. It "is necessary to begin to build up those soils by intelligent rotation of farm crops. There should be a crop on the field! all the year round,—not all money crop but fertility crops as well. Some farmers may look at this advice with scepticism, but such is not tolerable in the light of experience elsewhere. Before the boll weevil reached Texas, farmers were skeptical about such proposi tions. Many of them claimed that they could raise nothing else but 1 cotton, but the boll weevil came and gave them the choice between rota tion and starvation. Those farmers met the emergency successfully but at a great cost. They have discon tinued to depend on one crop. They make their land work harder for them than ever before. If one crop fails they have others and by this system of rotation they are able to keep up the fertility of the land and and each crop does better than the cotton crop before boll weevil days. The boll weevil is coming our way slowly. When it gets to South Caro lina it should not catch our farmers napping. We should learn by the experience of others. Let us pre pare for it so that when it comes we will not suffer the loss that Texas fanners suffered ten years ago. In the mean time our lands are built up and we are raising better and more com and cotton in spite of the wire worm which is causing such conster nation among some farmers today. The first thing to do this fall is to get cover crops on those lean soils to furnish humus next season. There we a number of such crops that can be utilized, for example crimson clover, vetch, rye, etc. Whether the clovers and vetches will do well on any of those soil, where the others mentioned have not been tried, it may be begun by planting ■nail areas and in this manner learn ham, Ala., September 8-10, 1909. TO MEET FAIR WEEK. The Executive Committee of the State Fanners’ Union is called by President Perritt to meet in Colum bia on Friday, Nov. 5, of Fair week. The meeting will be held in the office of the State secretary, com mencing at 8 a. m. Ip the evening of the same day, at 8 o’clock. Presi dent Perritt desires to hold another meeting to which all county union presidents and as many others as will attend are invited, as matters of importance affecting the interests and welfare of the Farmers’ Union organization are to be considered, among them being definite plans to ' build cotton warehouses for use by next seaaea. the fertifsar asestier^ the planting of leguminous crops, ami the advisability of establishing an experiment station in some one j of the counties of costal plain belt. • All who propose attending this meet- j ing will please notify the secretary of the State Union — Farmers Union Sun. 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. Caldwell, president; Jesse Crosby secretary- treasurer. Tabor—C. B. Crosby, president; J. J. Crosby, 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, i Hudson, Hudson, OMEGA LOCAL MEETS. The Omega local held a very in teresting meeting Saturday after noon. In addition to the member ship of the local, there were quite a number of visiting members, among whom was Brother Jas. E. Peurifoy of Walterboro. After the regular business of the meeting was attended to, Brother Peurifoy was called upon and delivered an able and timely ad dress on the principles of the order, and on He work ahead of the union _ _ ^ in this county. He was followed dent; S G Taylor, secretary-treasurer with rapt atten&on by those present, and it is expected that much good will result from the meeting. -i _ _ TO ORGANIZE LOCAL The County Organizer will hold a meeting Thursday afternoon of this week at 3 o’clock at Red Oak school house between Round and Neyles for the purpose of organizing a local. He will be pleased to see every farm er in the community present, wheth er they join or not. Hudson’s Mill- J. D. president; Dr. A. Willis secretary-treasu rer. Adnah -John Kicklighter, presi dent; Paul K. Crosby, secretary- treasurer. 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- Hall-A. V. dent; E. T. urer. " Rickenbaker, Presi- Hiers secretary-teas- Ome$a—H. P. Martin, president; B R Griffin, secretary-treasurer. «—« The next county meeting will be held Saturday, Nov. 6th, and every union in the county should berep- rr sen ted, as several matters of great importance will come before the union at this time. THE H. W, COHEN STORE, “THE STORE THAT MAKES GOOD.” For startling values in good first-class, de pendable and UP-TO- DATE Mens’ and Boys’ Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Shirts, Etc., of various makes, styles, Materials and colors; be sure to seethe splendid and complete lines we are showing for this fall and winter season. THE H. W. COHEN STORE r REMEMBER, our proposition to members of the “Farmers’ Union” saves you money every time you buy here. Stopfoin one of tbe Little Tablets and the , :adache NEURALGIA wmi ky m ter and tht rum or RHEUMATISM and SCIATICA Wanted the public to know that we have a most complete line of all kinds of builders’ material, such as DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, SHINGLES, MOULDING. BRICK, ^ LUMBER, ETC. ' o At prices to suit Let us know your wants. C. A. SAVAGE. laoofacturer of Roagh aid Dressed Lumber. 25 Doses 25 Cents # ■ Your DruggiM Mill Df Mile* A no-Pun Plllt •nd W t* autfortied to rrurn tbt price W the tew pachayt lonlv) if n f»iH to hrnrfn you. UNIONISM’S The Omega local is one of the live ones in the county. It is rumored that Mt. Carmel will have a local in the near future. It cannot come too soon. Unionism was never more alive in any county than it is now in Colleton. In union there is strength. BEEF, VEAL AND FOES. Customers can be supplied at all times with the freshest and best at my Market. . Highest Prices Paid for Beef Gattie. H. H. FRRNeES, - WALTERBORO, S. O. The new pass word ha* been dent j We are sorry for the weak-kneed by the county secretary-treasurer to fellow who doesn’t have to sell cot*; the locals entitled to receive it. . i ‘ 0, \ b " t , U ru f hi "* in u j-“‘ “>e Mr- , ket for fear it will go lower. It is As many of our people as possible just such cowards as these that are ., . .« 0 . . ,1 , keeping the price down near the 13 should attend the State hair to be * held in Columbia the November. Walterboro should have-one of the best local unions in the county and if she keeps on she will have in the near future. There are at present twelve applicants for admission at the next meeting. The cotton merchants, the gamb lers and the famine crop report are all on the bull side of the cotton market and the price is steadily ad vancing, notwithstanding we are in the midst of the ’’distressed” debt paying period. If you are out of debt and do not have to sell cotton, can you give just one little sane, sensible reason for selling Carolina Union Fanner. cent basis now. It would be hring- first week in ing 15 cents this month, if we had enough farmers in the South that had the courage to do a man’s part and hold this product until the spin ners are ready to use it.—Carolina Union Farmer. now?— Thers’s noth! Inf so good for a throat as Dr Thomas’ Boise trie Coras It la a few boors, pain la soy part OIL Believes say