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Farmers’ Union Department. This Depamient is intended for. the use of .the mem hers of the Farmers’ Union in this county and is open to their use Let your, communications he in Saturday to insure appear. picnic *r PENIEl. A farmers union picnic will-be held at Peniel Thursday. July 14th, It is the purpose of this local and the cit-1 jzens of the community to have one of the farmers' institutes held at this! place. The delegation to the county meeting will be instructed to extend an invitation. r ance the following week f PRESERVATION AND IMPROVE- On the other hand, it is a'most MFNTflF THF QAII always true that the larger crops IVIlNI Ul inL oUlL. !y ou m ake land yield this season, the We find part of the land in origin- larger still it will yield next year, a! or second growth. The first has 1 Soil is generally ruined by washing, never been cultivated. The second The soil which contained the soluble has been cultivated until more or piant food has be*m carried away by less exhausted. Worn out is a the rains. If this be true, then the c >mmon expression used to describe first thing to do to begin restoring it. Then it ftas been le^t unculti* such lands to fertility is clearly vated until another growth of trees shown to be-stop the washing. This his come upon it. Another part of can be done by plowing deep and on the farming lands are "worn out,” badly washed, and almost useless for fanning purposes. We have land of all grades between these—good, bad and indifferent soils. How shall we manage each of these varieties so as to get the larg est yields at the least expense of labor and money? First, we will take the forest land. To use this for growing crops of such sorts as we cultivate, we must first remove the crop of trees. The usual wav is to cut them down with c axes, leaving the stumps to rot at their leisure. This is not the best way. Stumps are in the way of good farming, and take up much “room, sometimes nearly one-third of the space. The best improved im- pliments are useless in stumpy fields, it is therefore important to remove the stumps, but it is quite expensive to do so. It is much easier to dig up or blow up a tree than a stump after the tree is cut. The heavy top helps to pull out the roots. So we advise taking the tree out root and branch. The cheapest way to do this is by the use of dynamite cartridges. One side of most trees has a missing root. Into this vacancy drive a crowbar, made for this work, two feet deep "under the tree, this hole place dynamite, and the a level. We sometimes put it this way:— ,Plow deep and on a level. And in peace and plenty revel. Plow deep enough to break the hardpan. Then, by plowing on a level across the path of the water that is trying to make a gully, you will soon be able to stop all washing where it has begun, and to keep it from beginning in other fields. This can be successfully done in all rains except waterspouts or cloudbursts. The hardpan is generally the first cause of washing. If the soil is porous, the water will sink rapidly and not be apt to wash. Each square yard of soil will hold the water that falls upon that square yard, if no other gets upon it. The theory of level plowing is to keep all water w'here it falls, and thus prevent* any gathering from any other places. To do this we take a spirit level and ran some guide rows to plow by. It is generally found surticient to have these guide row’s about every three feet of perpendic ular fall in the fields. They should be run exactly level. No fall should be given anywhere. The idea is to keep the water where it falls. Nev er three; er i et collect anywhere, and into | \\' e ^o no t neec j broad, high banks called levels, nor do we need to ter- is important TO ELECT DEIECATES. The county union Saturday will elect delegates to the State union meeting to he held in Columbia the latter part of .lulv. This county w ill FARMERS’ UNION DIRECTORY 1 entitled to six delegates, and it is ; hoped the best men in the union will NATIONAL. be elected to attend this President—Chas S Barrett, Union meeting. City, Ga. Vice-President—J E Montgomery, Gleason, Tenn. Secretary-Treasurer loch, 116 1-2 W kana, Tex. STATE Perritt — President, R II McCul- A. J. A Lamar, S. C. E W Dabbs, Mayesville. J. Whitner Reid Columbia, S. C. WALTER BORO LOCAL MEETS: The meeting of the Waltcrboroj local was held Saturday afternoon. Broad street, Texar-! Only routine matters wore discussed The follow ing delegates were elected to the county meeting; I). L. Smith, i Jas. E. Peurifoy, J. P. Thomas, J. F. I Brant, E. \V. Goodwin, J C Draw’dy.! Vice-President, -Sec-Treas., tree is easily and cheaply blow n up. race the land from one level to an- There is no danger in the use of this other. All that is needed is to plow method, hy the guide rows, and to .keep the The whole body of most trees can guide rows to plow by. This saves bemused so as to pay for the cleaning the trouble of running them again. of the land, and have a good profit. These broad, high banks of earth we Very, many forest trees make lumber j n go m apy fields are not only that is salable, and the unfit for use | ess but harmful. We lose that sawing make gaod fire wood. Economy should begin here and continue through all farm work. Whatever will burn will rot. What ever will rot will enrich the soil. Tnerefore, nothing should ever he burned on a farm. This syllogism does not overstate the facts. Mat ter that has once been a vegetable will help to make a plant grow again. Rooting vegetable matter is too valu able to lose. We should not burn off the new ground, then, as is the cus tom. Let the twigs and leaves rot. This may require one or two years’ delay, but the money gained is worth more than the time lost. Take five years from the time you begin to clear, and the land, where the time is given for all the waste to rot and be plowed in, will yield more than if the usual burning off and immediate planting plan had been followed. This will be tree if we should lose two years and make only three crops, with the trash all rotted in, against five crops on the burned-off land. ■ Fire is a great enemy to the farm, and has done almost as much damage as washing. Millions of good trees have been destroyed by fire. On many farms the timber was worth much more than the land cost. If this method of clearing is not adopt ed and the stumps are. left, they much land. They furnish beds for i the growth of all sorts of noxious weeds and brambles, which fill the fields with millions of seed to be* killed next year. If from any cause , president; C. R. Mears, secretary- COUNTY. L. C. Padgett-^-President. Smoaks. J. D. Risher — Vice-president, Round, S. C. W. W. Smoak, Jr.—Sec-Treas., Walterboro, S. C. . S. P. Goodwin—County Business Agent, Walterboro, S. C., R. F. D. 1 W. W. Smoak, Jr.—County Or ganizer. G. W. Sweat, Conductor. Jos. Langdale, Chaplain, Weeks. Executive Committee—J no. O. Jaques, Jr., Paul K. Crosby, S. J. Patrick, C. F, Roger, A. C. Breland. S. P. Goodwin, 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 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, the water should ever collect against treasurer. them to any considerable depth, thte are apt to break and cause dam age. The object is to prevent water from collecting, not to hold it after it has collected. After all the deep plowing is the most important thing. The leveling is only designed to help the deep plowing hold the water. Many seem to think that the leveling is the principal thing and the deep plow ing of less importace. Here is the foundation of good farming: First, make a deep soil; second, keep a deep soil. This is not all of good farming, but there can be no good farming for an appreciable time without it. Perhaps we shall say a great deal more about keeping a good soil later on, when we can more readily grasp the higher secrets of soil fertility. One word here, which is import ant enough to repeat over and over: Never stir your soil when it is wet. If you do, when it dries you will have sun-dried brickbats instead of productive soil. These clods are worse than useless to plants, even V W V#* (TV. Vises* S w should not be pernfftted to Bt&y. though they be as small as number many years. They occupy too much room and prevent the use of good tools. This is not all the damage. Every stump is like a little housetop, starting the water to wash the land. When they are taken out, they leave a deep, loose .place, which belns greatly to hold all the rain water and thus prevent washing. Thege stumps make excellent fire woo<^ worth the cost of taking them up. Good ter racing or level plowing can not be well done m stumpy Adds. If the land be roQint or hilly, this very Im portant, but of this we wfll apeak more fully in oomidering the wefn- outhfad.' I seven bird shot.-Agriculture ‘for ' the Common Schools. COUNTY UNION TP MEET. The next regular meeting of the county union will be held at the court house next Saturday at 11 o’clock. It is expected that a full delegation of representatives of the various locals in the county wfll be present. Matters of great import ance to the members will probably be brought up and discumsd. The 1 union raUiee over i of thsos things to MEETING ATMT. CARMEL. There was an unusually interesting: meeting held at the Mt. Carmel local Saturday afternoon. Bro. Jas. E. Peurifoy of Walterboro was present and delivered a very helpful address to the large crowd of union men present. This local is taking on new life, and seems to be doing good work. E. B. Way is the popular ai d faithful president. PICNIC AT SNIDERS. Following a custom of many year?, the people of Sniders will hold their annual picnic and farmers’ day at the Sniders Cross Roads, Thursday, July 7{h. If the custom of previous years is kept up, this will be one c f the biggest days in the county. There will be several thousand peo pie present, doubtless, and a fine din ner and speeches will be the order of the day. FOR THE COUNTY MEETING. Bros. R. E. Jones, Jas. E. Peuri foy and W r . W. Smoak, were appoint ed at the last meeting of the cotinty union to arrange subjects and speak J ers for the next meeting to be held here Saturday. This committee have arranged to have the following sub jects discussed: Unionism in Colleton—Pres, L. C. Padgett. The Union as an Educator—A. S. Vam. Co-operation—Jas. E. Peurifoy. 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-Tress. Williams—Dr. C. E. Kinsey, presi dent; J. F. 0’Quin, v 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. M. Johns, secretary-treasurer. Walterboro—W. W. Smoak, Jr., president; E. W. Goodwin, secre tary-treasurer. Edisto—A. G. Yarley, president; S. J. Patrick, sxretary-treasurer/ Berea—D T Strickland, president; James M Strickland, Jr, secretary- Hall—BG Waaka. pnaident; IB Go to The SAVOY GREEN GROCERY CO. For Stall-Fed Beef and Choice Lamb. Sunday orders de livered from 9 • v to 11 a. m. ■ * * , » * PHONE 20x ICE FOR SALE We want the public to know that we have Ice on hand for sale all the time in large or small quantities. cir.z / 1 * ;! 1 ABOUT ADVERTISING—XO. 8 The Cellar Hole and the Sewer Hole By Herbert Kaufman. A coal cart stopped before an office building in Washington and'the driver dismounted,-removed the cover from a manhole, ran out his*-chute, and pro ceeded to empty the load. An okl negro strolled over and stool watching him. Suddenly the black man glanced down ami immediately burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter, which continued for several minutc.n The c..rt driver looked at him [n amusement. “Say, Uncle, he asked, “do you always laugh when you see coal going into a cellar?” The negro sputtered around for a few moments and then holding his hands to his aching sides managed to say, “.Vo, sah, but / )cst busts when I sees it gain down a sewer." The advertiser who displays lack of judgment in selecting the newspapers which carry his copy often confuses the srwer and the cellar. x All the money that is put into newspapers isn’t taken out again by any means. The fact that all papers possess a certain physical likeness doesn’t by any means signify a similarity in character, and it ’s character in a newspaper that brings returns. The editor who conducts a journalistic sewer finds a different class of readers than the publisher who respects himself enough to respect his readers. What goes into a newspaper largely determines the class of homes into which the newspaper goes. An irresponsible, scandal-mongering, muck-raking sheet is logically not supported by the buying classes of people. It may be ]>erused by thousands of readers, but such readers are seldom purchasers of advertised goods. It’s the clean-cut, steady, normal-minded citizens who form the bone and sinew and muscle of the com munity. It’s the sane, self-respecting, dependable newspaper that enters their homes and it’s the home sale that indicated the strength of an advertising medium. No clean-minded father of a family wishes to have his wife and children brought in contact with the most maudlin and banal phases of life. He defends them from the sensational editor and the unpleasant adver tiser., He subscril^es to a newspaper which he docs not fear to leave about the house. Therefore, the respectable newspaper can always be counted upon to produce more sales than one which may even own a larger circulation but whose distribu tion is in ten editions among unprofitable citizens.. You can no more exjvect to sell goods to people w’ho haven't money than you can hojve to pluck oysters from bushes. It isn’t the number of readers reached but the number of readers whose purses can be reached that constitutes the value of circulation. It’s one thing to arouse their attention, but it’s a far different thing to get their money. The mind may be willing, but the pocketbook is weak. ' , If you had the choice of a thousand acres of desert land or a hundred acres of oasis, you’d select the fertile spot, realizing that the larger tract had less value because it would be less productive. Just so the advertiser who really understands how^he is spending his money does not measure by bulk alone. He counts productivity first. He takes care that he is not putting his money inte a sewer. % * . • (Copyright, IMS, by Trfbnn* Company, Chicago.) Money Loaned On Reel Estate. Long Time. Easy Payments. Reliable Representatives Wanted. THE JACKSON LOAN & TRUST COMPANY Ft. Worth, Texas and Jackson, Mississippi } G. W. Glover Ernest Ackerman INGE, 8. C. ikb KILL™ COUGH MB OURS INC LUNGS """ Dr. King’s AND Are now representing The CONSOLIDATED PORTRAIT AND FRAME CO. of CHICAGO. We are now ready to receive all mail orders and we guarantee all work to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. We are* backed up by' the company^with the above guarantee. 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