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- ■ -•■■■• . e ■ ■ - M , 0 . • * : * " \ 4 |y Farmers , Union Department. BE UP AND THE DLAD PAST. AND M AVAILA BLE FUTURE. The following address was de livered at a meeting "of the Islandton I>ocal Farmers’ L : mon by l>ecturer A. S. Yarn, Saturday, Jan. 29. and is so good that we ask that there would ever be this difference: (lod would reserve to Himself His almighty power, to do His will in Heaven and in earth. His power to kill and to make aiive;His power to put in O motion the territic cyclone which sweeps the forest; His jKiwer to create the earthquake, which some day will shake this world from centre to circumference. And we see this same divine power displayed when de says to the heaving, rest- you give it space in your columns: , .... ... . . which there j s be thou still, and know that I am God. Another lesson we learn is the great importance of In the very beginning ! of the world’s history it was God’s There is a sense in wmcti there is no such thing as the dead past. F>ach day lives in the present, just as the present is to live in the future.; ® a< 'P- The influences, the habits, the memories of the past have come to stay. method to select from among the They so with u 8 through child " >n ° f "»»• '» 1, ' 4 ' ,er t0 each active day. and tert around us every night; and just what you are pro- lout His plans concerning man. t the great achievements of the past are the results of faithful leadershin. The position is one of dignity and A man to be a successful leader, must not only know how to leal, but he must have the ability to control men. These leaders we have in all the depart- them. In we took sit down and wa*«te the present, weaken the future by vainly today, my brother, is but the duct of pa^t influences and past i , , habits. Hut in another sense the i fearfu | 1 , r ”r': , ' h J ,l ‘ t> past is truly dead. Nothing in the whole realm of facts can be changed, The record is closed and sealed forever in tiod’s eternal book. , , ... t- j j . • 1 inents of life work, and there would The deeds once done are immor-1. tal in the molds in which they are n0 P ro K ress w, f out cast. Nothing, therefore, is more *' lec ' t,nK “ ar 1 |,ri ’ s ' d *' nl f , , .... . . ifrom our ranks the very best foolish or ftftilenthan for a man to- . , v., , , , matenalvw# had, a man who has the ( n ability to lead and control men. j u .u . .i - u k Hut mv brother, unless we rally <leavonng to change that which has , /. , . , ., if around him as our standard bearer; gone to the record invisible. If the , . . . .. . , , . . . . . unless we give him our undivided i>ast has been bad, let us repent and , , , - , . . j I . support, unless we hold up his liegmanew: if it has been good, let us , , ,, , . , . i . l *v. . hands, he must U* a failure. ^ take courage and make, the present , , . . . ... , , • Let us then be true to him, true better. We have pv the Divine , , . ' to ourselves, true to each Other, and Mercv entered upon a new year. ,, , t,. . , , , . above a , tx* true to God. Do this The past has revealed our weak- , , , . . and there will he no failure in our nesses, and snould put us on our ~ . ,• if ranks this year, guard. Tne future lies before us, . , , , , , . . , ■ . ■ . i ^ i; , 1 Ad us then t>e up and doing f U ;l of o;.p<.rtumtw« mi 4 rmlunl w llh o hoart for anylalo. with promt s. I knew not wliat is Still achieving, still pursuing, in the future for us, but Ido srou Learn to a.ho: and to wait.” that God is in it, and that is e. ough ti» make strong and brave, those who have faith, l^et there he no cowards or pessimists in our ranks this year. Sometimes, at the begin ning of a new year, we try to calcu late what the expenses will be to make the next crop; and what \y e have for sale at reasonable should come Uv us under favorable prices and on easy terms, improved circumstances, as a net gain. Hut and unimproved town lots and farms. we leave God out of the calculation, J' 6 negotiate loans on improved . .. t v _ Heal Estate. We will build you a and that spoils the answer. You re- k 0U9e on vour j ot ^ a i| ow y 0 u to NATIONAL LOAN & TRUST » TIFTON, CA. member God said to Joshua that he p^y f 0 r same on the monthly pay- must take one on the strongest for- 1 ment plan, provided you can make tided cities of the Canaanitea. The » small cash in advance payment. r “ w r to r? *""£iK mm the walls of the city, blowing the) gtron _ est j n ^ Id. Call world, uall on us or write and we will gladly and promptly supply your wants. We can furnish opportuni ties for you to invest your money where it will bring you in a large income while you sleep. Address judson L. Barnes, Manager. Vamville, S. C. ramahoms, according to orders, and God was to do the rest. The walla of Jericho feill down, the Canaanitea were put to flight, and Israel was the victor. So in the great cam paign of Gideon, thonsandaof strong men were left in the camp of Israel, but Gideon, with his three hundred brave men, went on to i.nmortal victory, because they weilded a weapon of strange temper. It was “the sword of the Lord and of Gideon,’* and in the wedding of it, man was the agent and God the power; and such a combination, my brother, can never fail. One man with God on his side, is more power ful than all the forces of earth and ^WhaTan’we to learn f.om these llas opened a HARDWARE THE PELLUM HARDWARE CO. <!• WALTERBORO, S. C. incidents in Bible history? Frst, we 'a should never make our calculations as to the future without taking God in the count and especially is this true of the farmer. God has honored the farmer above every other class of men. inasmuch as farming is the only worldly occu pation under Heaven in which God has declared Himself 8 to be man’s partner in making this earth yield her increase. God gives to man health and strength to till the soil, He gives him brain to think, and He sends the rain and the sunshine. When God had created all things He said to man, all these arc tha^^orks of my hands, take them and use them for my glory and your good, and I verily believe if this command had been carried out as God intend ed it, this world today would be a paradise and man would be God’s companion and friend, as in the be ginning. For God said I will make man after my own image. I will create him for my own glory. But and FARM IMPLEMENT Store on Walter Street, where they will be glad to welcome their friends from over the county when in need ot any thing in their line. In Front of Express Office W3 This Depi irment is iuteu lid for tho use of the members of % • .s* „ . “ ' • e* the Farmers’ Union in his county and is open to their use. Let your communications be in Saturday to insure appear ance the following week CKIIdron Cry • FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR I A If yon will just Uku Kodol now and tken you nee*i not fear or heeltate to eat all the jrood food that yon want, for Kodol will digest whatever von eat. Kodol is for weak end sour etomauhs Kodol ia pleasant to take, and it la guaranteed to relief at once. Sold by John M Kh-in PUmRmmmdy FARMERS' UNION DIRECTORY ^ NATIONAL. President—Chas S Barrett, I’nion Qty, Ga. Vice-President J E Montgomery, Gleason, Tenn. Secretary-Treasurer—K H McCul loch, IIG 1-2 W. Broad street, Texar kana, Tex. STATE A. J. A. Perritt — President, I. amar. 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. B. Easterlin—County Business Agent, Round. W. W\ Smoak, Jr.—County Or ganizer. G. W. Sweat. Conductor. Jos. Langdale, Chaplain, Weeks. Executive 'Committee Jno. 0. Jaques, Jr., Paul K. Crosby, S. J. Patrick, C. F. Roger. A. C. Breland. S. P. Goodwill. J. A. Willis, door keepers. Meeting 1st Saturday in each month at 10 a. m. at the courthonse. LOCALS. Ashton J. T. Polk, president; T. J. Simmons, secretary-treasurer. Adnah - J B DuBois, presi dent; Paul K. Crosby, secretary- treasurer. Bells W. W. Bryan, president^ H W Hudson .1 r sec r e t a ry -t r<' asu r er. Buck Head-J, A. Jones, presi dent; A. D. Preveaux, secretary- treasurer. Bethel C H. Breland, president; Allen Padgett, secretary-treasurer. Fuller—C. C. Crosby, president; B. J. Crosby, secretary-treasurer. Islandton- W. M. E. Campbell, president; C. R. Mears, secretary- treasurer. Hudson’s Mill—J. D. Hudson, president; H. A. Crosby, secretary- treasurer. Mt. Carmel—E. B. Way, president; G. M. Bennett, secretary-treasurer. Maple Cane—J. F. Addison, presi dent, J. F. Seigler, secretary-treas- rer. Sniders—W. C. Brant, president; J. K. Getsinger, secretary-treasurer. Horse Pen—Jos. Langdale, presi dent; G. L. Sflpoak, 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. Speights, 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, j I/xlge L J. Jones, Sr., president; P. M. Johns, secretary-treasurer. Walterboro—W. W. Smoak, Jr., I president; E. W. Goodwin, tary-treasurer. Edisto—A. G. Yarley, president;! S. J. Patrick, s *cretary-treasurer. Berea--L. B. Linder,* president; J. M Strickltind. secretary-treasurer. Omega -H. P. Martin, president; B R Griffin, secretary-treasurer. Hall—B G Weeks, president; t B Weeks, secretary-treasurer. Took AH His Money. Often all a man earns (joes to doettfr* or for medicines, to cure a Stomach. Liver or Kidney trouble that Dr. King’s New Life Pills wovld qoicklv cure al “ Indl- Jaun Debility. 25c at Joo M. Klein. “TheStoreThat Makesbood ' 'a . *. * . ANNOrNTKS.THi: AlMiiVAI. OF * FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN The Shoe Dei'artment is full of interest these <hiys. We have gotten in for this Spring the largest, ehoieest find best selected stock of : : e* Men’s, Women’s and Children’s Oxfords that this store lias ever contained. And we are «•* « most anxious that every shrewd shoe buyer in this section should come ami see what splen did styles, what large assortments and what tine values we are offering. The H. W. COHEN STORE “THE STORE THAT MAKES GOOD” cy liFMEMHEli! That our proposition to the members of the * , Farmers , Union" is still open to them. J 4 DEAR SIR — What is the reason we cannot do your Jcb Printing? We have a well equipped Job Printing plant in charge of experi enced printers, and we turn out firs^class work in every par ticular. We are constantly adding new series of ;ob type, which insures up-to-date printing. In addition to this, we guarantee that our prices are as low, or lower, than you can secure anywhere else. Now does it not strike you that it would be proper, all things being equal, to patronize an industry in your county? We are all working together for the upbuilding of Colleton County, and we should, therefore, stick together in matters of this kind, do you not think so? We shajl appreciate any business you might send us. With best wishes for your prosperity and a greater ColJe- i ’ ton, we are, Very tfuly yours, The nrw Jliii® run would qaicuiT ci sliftbt oo*l Boot for Dj*popou, yestioo, BilioosoMt, Oonsttpktloa, * dice. Vftlark tod Debility. S5c ot MLMNfi’S NEW DISCOVERY VO tavtr Stop TM Cm*. 4 f Press and Standard * !2H i >*.<« 1