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w W? * ^ ' ‘Vfi Farmers’ Union Depatment. tf W This Deparment is ixitea 131 for tin usy oi' (\ie members of tr ■* “ ' * * the Farmers’ Union in his county and is open to their use r> ‘fv^ Let your communications he in Saturday to insure appear ance the following week SAND CLAY_ ROAD. WORK DONE IN RICHLAND COUNTY SHOWN TO BE MOST POPULAR REPORT FILED.. As is shown by the above state ments the sand-elay road seems to be the most adaptable material for all sections of the State. Supervisor Owens of Richland county has ex- ! ploited the sand-clay construction i and has a national reputation, t Commissioner Watson in his ar- Reports received from 3$ ccunty nual report to the letfislature will auogrvtsors by ;Commissioner Wat*, recommend a highway engineer, son^hdicate that there has Ix^m ! This engineer i-. to cost according to marKed progress in road building in , estimate* by the Commissioner not South Carolina during the past year, over $3,f»00 i»er year for salary and No reports have been received from ; expenses. The engineer would be at the call of the county supenisors when needed. Adnah—J. B. DuBois, A. B. Du- tne supervisors of Berkely. Fair- field. Lexington and Marion, al though work has been done on the highwty. in these counties. Rich- C0UNTY y N | 0N MEETING- tad county Ms the State in the, TheCoun P>rmer , Union number or miles of rosdw.y con-,^ a( theCourt Housemtll Mruete.ldur.nK the year m Propor- oViwk Ninetwn loc& | 3 were rep . t»n to the number of n,,^. of road. ^ fo|lows There are 700 miles of roads m Richland county, 400 of which are ^ improved, there being 100 miles ' built during the year 1909. The, •vemge <*>* of the road, in thisi & w H E W.Strick county has been approximately $350 ^ A J stwdy 1 *1 # Inl Bethel - J. A. Breland, J. M The total mileage of highways m w . . M w n . , _ . . w th.SUteinl909t.kinK the figure. M ' W Ulmer and J - W for 1905 for the counties that have! ^ / u . . ~ M not reported is 44,803. The mim- g arn0(t her of miles improved are as fol- * ’ , n .. ,, - ) Dry Brancn f. H. Caldwell. Edisto- B. A. Bennett, S. J. Pat J. T. l*olk. t R. lows: Macadam 105. ifravel 3,015, shell 62. and sand clay 3,213. This shows that the sand-clay road is fast becoming the standard road of the State. It is noteworthy in this con nection that Richland, Orangeburg, Lee, Kershaw, Hampton. Bamberg and Abbeville are the leading coun-. ties of the Strte in the construction [ of sand-clay roads. The varied lo calities of these counties show con clusively that the sand-clay road is applicable to all sections of South Carolina. Richland leads the State in sand-clay construction, having4<M> miles of finished roadway. Other counties of the State having sand- clay roads are as follows: Darling-1 ton 300 miles, Barnwtll 135 miles,' Abbeville 211 miles. Suint- r miles. rick and W\ C. Bailey. Fuller—Kd .Driggets, G. W. Crosby. Hendersonville Hudson's Mill -W. H. Ulmer, J. W. Smoak and B. K. Crosby. Hall I B Weeks. Horse Pen .Us Langdale, C. F. , Koger, B. I. Adams. s . Is'andtun !>>dge R. Bennett, Jake Carter, Maple t’ane J. O. Jaques. Jr, J. A. Willis. Mt* C inn. I \ W. Drawdy.E.B. 252 | Way. Ojik’^h L. ! Martin and l i i Smoaks A. 1 Sniders—,). M. Martin, K. Martin P. Smith. Breland, T. L. W. B. A Saunders, C. G. In 1904 there were 41.K2H htJos of, roadway in the State. Ot this num- Stokes—J ber over 1.8(H) miies were improved, Saunders. >f stone surface, t Tabor Waiterb.ro Jas. K. Peurifoy, namely, 09 miles « 179 miies »*f gravel and 1.575 miles! of sand-clay. The total aniuunt ex- ^B'x»U* r, K. W. Goodwin, John pended on labor and construction; 1 :i pended was $745,201.50 In lb09 over 1.30(t miles of the high wav s were . ipitv.d, toe i-i lowing THaieriaU b *ing u-sd; mi:ic- adam 29 miles; gravel (4 miles; aand-clay, 1,273 mile . a..d 17, miles. The total am «nnt ' f m ne / ex pended on the road' in money and labor during the year w ts $700,480.- 04. The cost of inamtenance of convicts varied from 20 cents to $1 par day per man. The maj <rity was from 20 to 4^ rents per day. There was a ratner Luge expendi ture. for equipneiU ru b, as r«*ail machinery and stock durin the year in 28 counties of the State. It will be shown in the report that it costs less to construct a m k* of sand-clay road than any other kind. The following comparative statement of the costs per mile of different material is of interest: Sand clay. $50 to $300; shell. $900; Williams — • ^ • • - - !Gve \ in it w'ai tbrom? If no you oh**,- t *k i ,,, cnrt-ful. Yon rNtnnoi be "i i'Mtt t'** eatlr. EicU cold it. o 'in m-* *< ImIiIm to anoiber and i.- *• i» htuMVM he harMer to care, it *.*ii will iit-e t bndji’erUiu’ft Uoagb >f-.. • <i» »if me i.iitmt y< u will be aaved iim-h tr* uHe. Solti by All Dtwieia. ASHTON I COAL ORGANIZED. Another local has been added to the number in this county. This time it is Ashton Local, organized Thursday evening with fifteen mera- •ois b> the tutuiity organizer. The mtt ting to organize was held in the hall of the local lodge, Knights of i’vthias, and was attended by a goodly numlter of citizens of the community. Enough members were received to secure a charter. The officers of this lodge are: J. T. Polk, president; J. L. Stan ley, vice-president; T. J. Simmons, — f sec-treas.; J. W. Bennett, chaplain: macadam,$2,250, and gravel, $2,500. J b. M. Garter, conductor and J. P. In 22 counties during the last ten ponds, doorkeeper. years, including 1909, the sum of $2*488,605.50 has been put into bet ter highways. The county of Beau fort spent $50,000 last year in build ing causeway bridges under a spe cial act of the legislature. The counties having the largest number of miles of macadam road way in the State are Abbeville, Chester, Greenville, Greenwood, Newberry, Spartanburg and Union. Inroads built of gravel, Abbeville, Cheater, Georgetown, Greenville, Kenhawand Pickens. The coat of mainteance in the dif ferent eoontiee is in important part cttfca report. In Richland county It toots only $10 per mile ianusUg, mile of read. During the yean Rtefiand county tm $200,000 in 'Mil The meetings o f this local will be held the 2nd and 4th Saturday af ternoons at 8 o’clock at the school house. OFFICERS FULLER LOCAL NO. 737. The Fuller Local No. 737 met in regular session, Saturday afternoon Dec. 10, 1909. After the regular routine of business was attended to, we entered into the election of of ficers which was as follows: President, C. C. Crosby, vice- president, A. F. Fisk; sec-treas, B. J. Crosby; chaplain, H. E. Crosby; doorkeeper, L. E. Crosby; Conduc tor. D. F. Fisk; business agents, G. W. Croebv and A. Driggers. a J. Crosby, See. and Traaa. .Jl Subscribe to The Plemmri Stand- “ M. Furchgott & Sons, 240 AND 242 KING SI.! CHARLESTON. S. C. ESTABLISHED 1866. ESTABLISHED 1866. FARMERS’ UNION DIRECTORY* NATIONAL. President—Chau S Barrett, Union City. (la. Y’icc-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. Perriti - 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. D. R i s h e r— Vice-president. Round, S. C. W. W. Smoak. Jr.- Sec-Treas., Walterboro, S. C. W. C. Brant—Chaplin, Ruflin. J. A. Willis- Conductor, Cottage- ville. L. H. Koger—Door-Keeper, Wal terboro. W. B. Easterlin—County Business Agent, Round.. W. W. Smoak, Jr—County Or ganizer. Executive Committee—G. A. Ben ton, W. C. Saunders. J. I. Seigler, T. H. Caldwell. C. F. Koger. Meeting 1st Saturday in each month at 10 a. m. at the courthonse. LOCALS. Adnah- J B DuBois. presi dent; Paul K. Crosby, secretary- treasurer. Bells—W. W. Bryan, president; H VV Hudson Jr secretary-treasurer. t>* Buck~Head-J. A. Jones, presi dent; A. D. Preveaux, secretary- treasurer. Bethel C. H. Breland, president; Allen Padgett, secretary-treasurer/ Islandton—W. M. E. Campbell, president; C. R. Mears, secretary- treasurer. Hudson's Mill— J. I). Hudson, president; II. A. Crosby, secretary- treasurer. Mt. Carmel E. B. Way, president; G; M. Bennett, secretary-treasurer. Fuller -C? C. Crosby, president; A. B. Dunn, secretary-treasurer. Maple Cane—J. F. Addison, presi dent, J. F. Seigler, secretary-treaa- rer. Sniders-W. C. Brant, president; J. K. GeLsinger. secretary-treasurer. Horse Pen Jos. Langdale, presi dent; G. L. Smoak, Sec-Treas. Williams—Dr. C. E. Kinsey, presi dent; J. F. O'Quin, secretary-treas urer. -> - Tabor-C. B. Crosby, president; W. H. Breland, secretary-treasurer. Hendersonville-G. E. H. Moore, president; O. A. Fpeights, secretary- treasurer. Stokes—W. F. Copeland, president; J. B. Saunders, secretary-treasurer. Dry Branch—J. J. Miley. presi dent; J. L. Crosby, secretary-treas urer. Smoaks—L. C. Padgett, president; J. W. Kinsey, secretary-treasurer. Lodge-L. J. Jones, Sr., president: P. M. Johns, secretary-treasurer. Cottageville—Dr. W. A. Kirbye, president; H. W. Ackerman, secre tary-treasurer. Walterboro—W. W. Smoak, Jr., president; E. W. Goodwin, secre tary-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. Under,* president; J. M Strickland, secretary-treasurer. Adams Ron—Dr J T Taylor, presi dent; S G Taylor, secretary-treasurer Hall—A. V. Rickenbaker, Presi dent; E. T. Hiers secretary-teas* Dealers and Importers. Of Dry Goods, Silks, Dress Goods, Rugs, Mattings, o ^ Lace Curtains, Notions, Hosiery, White Goods, Domestics, Gloves and Fancy Goods— Also a complete line of Ready-to- Wear Garments for Ladies, Misses sind Children We invite you to visit our Popular Department Store when visiting our city, and thus save partly or iu whole your traveling expenses. Otherwise, send us an order or write for samples. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. All purchases amounting,to $5 00 or over de livered to you free of charge. OUR ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE BEGINS JMONDAY, JANUARY 3rd. 1910. This is the greatest event of the year to supply yourself with desirable merchandise at a great saving. We will also start on January 3rd a Sale of New (7oods for Spring][of 1910, which liave been received lately. Order now. 1 Omega—H. IR Griffin, ac P. Martin, preridwt; FARM BUSINESS HOMES. Every farm home should bo a business house within itself. I am ashamed of the fact that 1 never knew anything of my father s bus iness except to labor with muse'e until I was grown In age and fleshy volume. And I know the same fact to bi* true with almost all of my farm associates. They only knew manual labor, and that not very skilfully, except the power within the muscle. This fpower is, of course, a very necessary essential in successful farming in this day and time. Even though i we are pos sessed of the skill and knowledge of the “know-how-and-why,” wv must be able to take hold and skilfully do in order to teach the “know-how-and why” to our fellow farmers and make it stick and take with them. I do not mean that a farmer should turn his business absolutely over to his boys, or to anyone of hia boys but I do moan that he should make his home and his farm a bus iness establishment in which ho is the teacher and the boys are the pupils. And to make the principles practicable, the boys should be per mitted to transact a part of the farm business. Of course, this should always be begun, and, to an extent, continueil,'’under the direc tion of the teacher of this estab lishment. 1 dare say that 95 per cent of the boys on the farm have never sold a bale of cotton, held re sponsible for the calculation of its value or bought or sold barely any thing from or for the farm. Thus the boys become their own men, as the saying among the boys; get married generally, if. they continue to farm, knowing comparatively nothing of the business to be carried on in successful profitable farming. —Farmer’s Union News. A Wretched Mistake to endure the itching, painful dietreae ot pile* There's no need to. Llstea: -I suffered mock from Piles," writes Will A. Marsh, of Biler Oitv. N. C., *11111 got a bos of Boosleo's Arnioa Salve, sad was soon cured." Bures, Boils. Ulcers, Fever Bores, Ecsena, Cu's. Chapped Banda. Chilblain* vanish berore it. S6e at Joo. M. Klein. I ATTRACTIVE LUTE OE a DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR, SHOES AND HATS, BLANKETS AND 'COM FORTS. COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF CHOICE GROCERIES. HYRNE'S STORt Walterboro, South Carolina. I JEWELRY, WATCHES, CLOCKS, ETC. J. A. WlsSTERBERG, Jewelry Store. Main Street, Opposite A. Wichman’s Storey WALTERBORO, S. O. BEEF, VEAL AND PORK Customers can be supplied at all times with the freshest and best at my Market Highest Prices Paid for Beef Cattle. H. 11. FRHNCBSe « WftLTBRBeRC. S. C. ufflfflr OHIISrwn Ory m riiTcacrt m ■e^-J. W . • mi .V,i '*• la V.'' ... tW - * 1 „ ^ ± ■ » .i , ■ ii.. M ^£V. M ' <■ ~ \ ’■ r ^4MSr IB H