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> ■— ■ ' I," 1 . J.l 1 , .. L',.™ Fanners’ Union Department. ’ w This Depannent is intended for the use of the members oi the Farmers’ Union in this county and is open to their use 0 Let your communications be in Saturday to insure appear- Q m • ance the following week * CLEMSON EXTENSION WORK. BY H. W. BARRE, .Botanist S. C. Experiment Station. BLACK ROT OF SWEET POTATO. One of the most wide spread and most destructive diseases in this State at present is the black rot of S f ar, which says: THE SMALLER FARM. How to make the farm more pro ductive, the farmer richer and the cost of living to city people less than it is. is pretty well solved by a Kan san, according to the Kansas City sweet potato. Th : s disease occurs (juite commonly and dt>es consider able damage on potatoes both in the field and in storage. The rot is caused l v a parasitic fungus which, under certain conditions, is able to pass from one plant to another and thus spread the disease. The trouble first appears as brown George I»gan farms 15 acres near Crane. He farms it so well that last year he received $5,4'o for his vege tables and fruit. Tnese 15 acres are part of the 64M acres his father tried to farm with the aid of a family of boys, and the bin acres never pro duced as much in one year under the old methods as the 15 acres yield or black patches or mottled, disco!-^ m j er t h e new ored areas on the surface of the po- , f George ^ one of the [j0gan tatoes. Quite frequently these dis- ^ ovs w ^ 0 on ^e R40 acres, he colored areas are observed in pota- | s;re has progressed some since that toes when they are dug, hut at this tj me ^ n( j progress is the key to stage the disease only seems to pen- the whole situation. - If there is to etrate the skin and is apparently do- ^ an “ exodv9 » from the city back ing no serious harm. Later the rot to farm, the farm must be small- extends into the potato and causes er tbgn j g now> ^ makp room for the affected area to turn black and a jj wbo 0U jr b t to go into agriculture, to emit the odor which is so charac- me thods should be improved and teristic of rotten potatoes. When such potatoes are stored in warm, moist places, the rot producing fun gus becomes especially active and by means of tiny spores, which are pro- made progressive so that yields will be increased Never has there been such impetus given to agricultural education as in the last few years. Many new FARMERS’ tlNIONf! DIR (KEY NATIONAL. President- Chas S Barrett, Union City, Ga.' Vice-President—J E Montgomery, Gleason. Tenn. Secretary-Treasurer— R H McCul loch, lit* 1-2 W. Broad street, Texar kana, Tex. STATE Perritt — President, A. J. A. Lamar, S. C. E W Dibbs, Mayesville. J. W’hitner Columbia, S. C. Vice-President, Reid— Sec-Treas., COUNTY. L. C. Padgett- President. Smoaks. J. D. R i s h e r — Vice-president, Round, S. C. W r . WL Smoak, Jr.—Sec-Treas., Walterboro, S. C. S. P. Goodwin—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. Goodwin, J. A. Willis, door keepers. 0 also snread bv the filaments of the! " , - n .. | Meeting 1st Saturday in each aiso spread oy me mamenis or me papers and magazines are' making I _ ont u t fungus growing from the rotten po- jj dear to everyone who can read tato directly into adjoining healthy display headings that the farm’s the potatoes. In this way the rot might p| a ce from which success beckons to spread to every potato in a bank. every young man who is willing to If slightly diseased potatoes are ; i earn t0 farrn _ Mo , in e (m.) Dis- stored in a place where coi d lions p a t c h. are unfavorable for the development _ REPORT OP BUCKHEAD LOCAL The members of the Buckhead No. 747, are taking a great deal of interest in the welfare of the farmers’ union at present. duced in small black pustules on the schools have talcen the subject up, surface of the diseased areas, spread ■ farmers’ institutes are preaching the rapidly from one potato to another. | doctrine of more scientific fanning Under such conditions the disease is a nd greater yields, and the news- of the rot, they frequently remain partly rotted until spring. The real danger of spreading the disease from one field to another comes in bedding ^ ,ca, ‘ uriion such potatoes. Slightly diseased po-. tatoes seem to sprout as readily as healthy ones, and the slips from such lWr1 ' also t ' T - v f 1 "' 1 ,hat 80 potatoes are diseased. The disease '^re has been very few turn- transferred with such slip to the coatsln this local. We advocate the field remains on the plant and at- formers’ union, givin* ,t the highest tacks the potatoes when thty develop. Pra.se wherever we go. W e have The fungus which causes black rot had some benefits froip.. it and fee[ I also lives over in the soil from year to year and whore potatoes are planted every year on the same land, the disease constantly gets worse. To prevent black rot then we must: 1. Secure disease free seed for ( Pl * AtoM planting potatoes on the' 5 ,ou ’ h »“ ld do 1 ' oureelf assured that there is much more in store for us, and we urge every farmer in Colleton county or even in the State of South Carolina to be come a farmers’ union man. Do not : hide behind the blinds and wait for same land for two years in succes sion. Quite frequently it is impossible to secure potatoes for bedding which are entirely free from disease. In such case it is well to use vines in stead of slips, for the fungus which causes the disease remains in the vicinity of the roots of the plants. It does not live in the vines and leaves, so vines grown from diseased pota toes, if planted on land which is free frbm disease, will produce sound po tatoes. Now, as I have said,,black rot oc curs on the majority of the farms in this State, and is responsible either directly or indirectly for the loss of thousands of dollars worth of pota toes annually, so it is well for every farmer to look out for it and guard against its. spread. If you have al ready bedded your potatoes and are not sure that they are free from dis ease, plant as much of your crop as you can from vines and on land not previously planted in potatoes. When you gather theie potatoes bank sep arately the ones grown from the vines and the ones grown from the slips and note the keeping qualities of each. Potatoes should not be banked for two years in succession in the same place, because the fungi which cause these rots will live over in th£ old banks and attack the new potatoes as soon as they are banked. Where potato houses or cellars are used for storing, they should be cleaned out and disinfected before the new crop is putin. This can be done by clean ing them out thoroughly and then spraying the walls and floor with a 3 percent aohition of formaline ora 1 per cent solution of copper sul phate (blue stone). some one else to do for you what It should be a privilege to every one to belong to the fanners* union and he should take advantage of it by becoming a member. This local meets only on the second Saturday in each month at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, except under such circumstances that provide for an extra meeting. All visiting brothers are cordially invited. A. D. Preveaux, Sec. Treas. Smoaks, April 15. NOT A CHEAP FERTILIZER. There seems to have been an im pression in certain quarters that the fertlizer purchased by the farmers’ union this year through its agent, the J. M. Witsell Supply Co., would be a cheap grade of fertilizer. Ac cordingly, C. C. Litchfield of Hen dersonville submitted samples of &- 2-2 fertilizer and and acid phosphate to the State chemist at Clemson Ag ricultural College. The analysis of these samples show’s that the ferti liser was better than what it was, sold for. *f^>r instance, the 8-2-2 an alyzed .956,- .220. .239, the 16 per cent acid analyzed .1721. J. C. Nettles. TO TRY FOR PRIZES. F. C. Bennett is getting ready'to compete in the crop contest for this county. ^ He wrill plant one-half acre of drilled and two acres checked com. and six acres of cotton, from which one acre will be selected as pAze acre. The hay will be cut from the com. Mr. Bennett has 50 acres of com already up and run round with harrow and has planted on the 8th and 9th, eighteen acraa of cotton. : V ' 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 Jr secretary-treasurer. 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. E. Addison secretary-treas- rer. Sniders—W. C. Brant, president; J. K. Getsinger, secretary-treasurer. Horse Pen—Jos. Langdale, presi dent; C. N. Langdale 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; 0. 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. Peniel—J. L. Hickman, president; G. A. Blocker, secretary-treasurer. Smoaks—L. C. Padgett, president; A P Smith, secretary-treasurer. Lodge—L. J. Jones, Sr., president; P v M. Johns, secretary-treasurer. Walterboro—W. W. Smoak, Jr., president; E. W. Goodwin, secre- tarjtetreasurer, Edisto—A. G. Yarley, president; S. J. Patrick, secretary-treasurer. Berea—D T Strickland, president; James M Strickland, Jr, secretary- treasurer. Omega—H.-F. Martin, president; B R Griffin, secretary-treasurer. Hall—BG Weeks, president; Weeks, secretary-treasurer. 0 IB . NOTICE. There will be an Important meet ing of the F. E. C. U. of A. held at the court house Saturday, April 23. at 3 o’clock. All members are re quested to attend and all union brethren are alto invited. E. W. Goodwin, Sec. “The Store That Makes Good” GREATER THAN EVER! Our Display of SPRING SUITS for Men and Boys is now complete, also our line of Fumishiiigs for Mankind for summer wear, such as : : • Oxfords, Hats • Underwear Dress Shirts Neckwear, Etc. ami for snappy styles, materials ami varieties they cannot he eq ualled in Colleton County. REMEMBER! We insist upon “flaking Unod" every sale that is not satisfactory. Hence, you can always depend on getting good, ,i ■ i. STBoust ft eaos.'. first-class dependable merchandise when you buy here. In plain words, we guarantee to give you 100 cents value for every dollar you spend in this store CAN YOU ASK FOR MORE? The H. W. COHEN STORE “THE STORE THAT MAKES GOOD” REMEMBER! That our proposition to the members of the “Farmers’ Union’’ is still open to them. 4 LADIES AND MISSES HUMMED HATS AND LADIES GOAT SUITS. £rcfoss:or.a! JT/otJcc#. L-OOOC We have just received a most complete line , of ladies and Misses trimmed hats and ladies Cc»at Suits ever shown in Walterboro. These goods were purchased at a bargain, and our customers will receive the advantage of our low buying. PRICES VERY LOW. QUALITY FIRST CLASS: Let us show your our line before yc% go elsewhere. M. KOHN, Walter Street, Walterboro, S. C. ’Vi H. W. BLACK SR, DENTAL SURGEON 1 haye reoju ned my dental office, and have associated with me PR. JOHN H. BAKER. All work given prompt attention. Office over Finn’s Jewelry Store. Office Hour#: 8.90 am to 2 p. m. 3 to 6 p. n». ’Ppon* No. 07*. Walterboro, @1 C JAM. K. raOBXPOT. JINK ■.TWlxfOT PKURIFOT BROTHERS. tttoraey* and Counsellors nt lew* AA OVER THE FRCSS AND StANOASO. WALTERBORO. - - - SPRING SUITS JUST ARRIVED OFFICE OF Dr. A. J. Anderson DENTAL SURGEON Office Hours: “ 3 p. m , o p. m OPPOSITE Farmer* and Man ham* Bank. ’Phone l(V>a. WALTERBORO. R. C. Just Arrived a full line of the newest and most UP-TO- DATE Men’s and Boys’ Spring Suits. Also a complete line of Ladies Washable Suits; Ladies Skirts. Prices to suit the times and our motto which is: “CHEAP EST IN TOWN ” -LET US SHOW YOU OUR LINE, NEW GOODS, STYLISH GOODS. H. ZALIN, THE CLOTHING STORE. ii d. mm Halt! EatuU, Brokerage nod I UHii ranee. LOANS N^OCTIATKD Moused to Hent* Opposite the Market, walterboro. ». c C. E. DURANT Civil Eng’r and Land Surveyor- I will be in my office on Sat urdays and all other days when not at worlun held. Office between Klien’s and Farmers* and Merchants' Bank ’Phone 27B, Walterboro, S. C.- -512 jfe. i.'iX