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Farmers’ Union Department. ^ * • ♦ - This Department is intended for the use of the membei*s 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 HOW PLANTS CROW. tha:? the upper. What, then, do Are When the«eteni started upward. : \ 0 * rn from . th . ese Unexpected results? the rhot started downicarl. ihis imnte<liate!y began to branch and form other roots. Each of these took a dilferent direction. Soon the iittleV-ant was strongly rooted in the ground. Each rootlet carries a little soft point, called a spongkde, wn the tip, and through this constant ly absorbs or drinks in the water from the earth. Soon thousands of We learn first that the productive power of the soil is not in propor tion to the amount of plant food contained in it. but in proportion to the amount that is capable of l>ei?ig dissolved FARMERS’ UNION DIRECTORY .. . national. • ■ President—-Chas S Parrett, Union City, (Ja. Vice-President—J E Montgomery, _ Glfit-Aon. Tenn. in water. Ine b.»ttimi Secretarj'-Treasurer—R H McCul- land makes larger crojw, not because • it is richer in the elements of plant fowl, but b«'cau»e they are more I soluble than in the soil of the hill- IS CLEMSON COLLEGE A FARCE? Some ycars agLWi college was es tablished for the purpose of giving an agricultural education to sons of farmers and others who wished t ( i return to their homes with a techni cal and practical knowledge of farm ing and farm science^. For a very few years this was done with a tol erable amount of success. After that, however, iT seems that the study of agriculture Itecame dis tasteful to the faculty and little was done to make farmers of the boys i sent there for that purpose, and the result has been to educate our boys away from the farm, and send them toother states to make a living as the hired man of some ’firm or eor- pptali 1 m. Ir^teq 1 of their bei^g trained agriculturalists they were made trained electricians, mechan- \ Announcement p We b<>g to announce to the buying public that we have opened up a full line of General Herchandise Cl 'thin&. Shu* * Hats Caps, Groceries, Etc. Our sfo-k i< nmv * an«l our prices right. • SPEtdAI.^TJCES TO MEMPERS OF THE FARMF.KF” UNION. Come to se- 1 1 US A ht n in town. small hair-like kata fill all the soil. ’ -W-ain, the top auil will pro duce mt>re ra]»idly than the subsoil, because the plant foot! in it is more soluble, not because there is more This it * ' A little study will *show us that the principal ditference between these soils it in tha aMabanical con- and together they take a great quan tity of water. This water tve cal! sap. It runs up and down through the cell pores of the plant, water carries with it the food offer ed by the soil. These minute spongi- oles do not take in anything solid., 4 . - ,, They only take in that which ia <ieV t '"'’" k , ii Th f >“ k en from the solved in the water. This water , worn hdlstde .s hard: and the ctreu- goes rapidly up through the stems to the leaves. Here it meets the chlorophyll, a green substance formed by the action of the sunshine, which has the power of working it over, selecting such as the plant needs, and throwing off into the air that which it does not need. This waste ia thrown off through thous ands of little mouths, generally on the under side of the leaves. The lation of air, sunshine and water is hindered by this hardness. The bottom land is fine and loose, having been brought largely from the hills, floating i i the water. Hence aera tion can go on rapidly in such soils. The air, sunshine and water, and the combinations formed by these, cir culate freely through such soils and dissolve-the potash, phosphoric acid, lime and other substances in such quantities as to produce very rapid ! loch, lift 1-2 W. Broad street, Texar kana, Tex. STATE A. J. A. Perrilt r- 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 rf- Vice-president, Round, S. C. W. W. Smoak, Jr.—Sec-Treas., Walterboro, S. C. L. C. Padgett—County Business Agent, Smoaks, S. C. W. W. Smoak, Jr.—County Or ganizer. G. W. Sweat. Conductor. Jos. Langdale, Chaplain, Weeks. Executive Committee—J no. 0. and de- S * far; ;med it 1 there to ics, ci\ il i ngineers etc. We make this statement fy sUiCfisful competition: as Col! -ton county is conci would have l><H*n better for have been no Ulemson college. Why? Colleton is an agricultural county and will always be so. She needs trained farmers and stock raisers. There is but one graduate of Clem- , college in Colleton county who is fo - ^ to ask questions of owing farming as a means for mak ing a living. There are dozens of Ter brightest young men in distant states making a success in electrica l and other engineering, but is this where Colleton needs them? Does she not need them at home to help improve conditions here? What about it, Mr Legislator? Are you going to to allow this to continue? We must keep our boys at home. Union Fanners Bargain House F. C. Bennett, Manager ^ • J Outer Ru-in< -s. Main Street NVxt to Brick "'tore. l " . Jaques, Jr.# Paul K. Crosby, S. J. part suited to the growth of the • plant is remmed. after lK.in« worked ^ Patrick C. K. Rotter A^O Breland. •turning loose” S - P - <' oodwln ' J • A - * llll9 ‘ «**■ keepers, _ over in the leaves, and flowing down .. . through the branches and stems dis- K ' f . - t. • La r i- . l i the b)cked-up stores of plant food. p<«>t 3 the right food just where it is P ' , , . , .Lin- . What Ve have said about the hills needed to build up the different partfhj . . , ., , , . . . . , , f and bottoms is also true of the soil of the plant. What is needed for ,, , , • i , i arwl subewl. In the part baosened up bark is left to make bark, w hat i» . .l u i , br the plows and the harrows and needed for wotsl is left to make ; F , .l ^ wood; that needed for the dowel's is sent to the flower bud! that needed for the seed is sent to make seed. No mistakes are made in this wonder ful workshop. The scarfet needed for the crimson hue of the rose bloom is not sent to the leaves, delightful oders needed to fragrance to the orange blossom are filled more or less with rottiag vege table matter, much of the plant food is readily aerated and turned loose. In the compact subsoil, or hardpan, the work of aeration has been pre- vented. The plant food exists there The abundantly, but is not soluble and is • not readv to help plants grow. Here give we have one of the greatest lessons tbit atienee has ever taught the farmer. We see at once that, if these things are trua, then the farm er has the key to success in his own hands. If he will pulverize the hill- .. —l sides as fine and as deep as the bot- part of the soil water. The carbon., ^ ^ he ^ ^ th( , m ^ as good never sent into the roots. The earthy matter, potash, phos phoric acid, lime, sulphur, and ->such like, mnst be in the water of the toil, dissolved, so that it becomes nitrogen, ammonia, and other at- ■oapheric food must go through the same channel. First dissolved in the earth or soil water, they enter the roots and dffe carried up by the sap circulation into the leaves. Then they are worked over, assorted, re combined, aad sent to build up the rough bark or to produce the subtle aroma of the gaudy-colored flower. Essentially the same processes are gone through with in buiWing the tiniest violet and the brawny oak. The sample we selected as a type belongs to the class of plants called exogens, or outside growers, because they build themselves by constanly putting on new growth on the out side, between the bark and the wood. The other class we call endogens. or inside growers, because they build themselves entirely from within by continuous enlargement of the em bryo. The first class can continue to grow indegnitely. The second can only develop what is found in the belong rich. Thvy will grow just crops. It is hard for the ordinary farmer to believe this. \ ^t it is true. It does not' rest on theory alone. Practice has proven it true in hundreds of places. Any farmer can try the experiment for himself. Now this will not be the work of an hour or a day; it will take time and labor to pelverize the hillsides as fine and as deep as the bottom lands, but it can be done by using good plows, rollers and harrows, and by the help of frost and sunshine, Per severe and you will succeed. You can greatly expedite the process by using all the decaying vegetable matter possible. Again, it will re quire some time for nature to do her part. Aeration will begin as soon as you begin, and keep along with you. Insoluble potash and lime and phos phoric acid will not all become sol uble in a day. They will do so rap idly enough to pay you for all your labor and patienes. “The husbandman waiteth pati ently for the early and the latter Meeting 1st Saturday in each month at 11 a. m. at the courthonse. LOCALS. Ashton—J. T. Polk, president; T. J. Simmons, secretar^treasurer. Adnah-J B DuBois, presi dent; A Q Lyons, secretary-treas urer. Bells—W. W. Bryan, president; H W Hudson Jr secretary-treasarterr Buok Head—J. A. Jones, presi den* A. D. Preveaux, secretary treasurer. O . 1 o o Bethel—C. H. Breland, president; Alloa Padgett, secretary-treasurer. Fu!l«r-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. i Mt. Carmel—E. B. Way, president; G. M. Bennett, secretary-treasurer. Saiders—W. C. Brant, president; J. K. Getsinger, secretary-treasurer. Horae Pen—Jos. Langdale, presi dent; C. N. Langdale Sec-Treas. Tsbor—C. B. Crosby, president; W. H. Breland, secretary-treasurer. perm. To this class belong corn, wheat, oats, and all the grains and j ~ , ure Provi- ^T’lJ 0 ^ ° th ‘ r Cl “ tlSen d^einonUiesideofthe indiatri- cotton, beans, peas, many garden ^ „„„„ ^ t( vegetables, and nearly all the fruit °us person and forest trees From what we have already said, it is clear that -the soil must first of all contain the elements of plant j in the air. toil Here we come back to the starting point.. Plants grow by being furnished with plenty of soluble food. The elements of plants exist in inexhaustible abundance every ’ and water. — ; — * i Wn6re in uie air« food in sufficient quantity. Secondly, 1 c*n be made soluble and avail- ,l . , , _li_ u.. j.-onor I Wv>n nlnwimr these must be in a soluble condition, or the plant cannot use them. The difference between a rich and a poor •oil is not in the quantity of the plant food, but in the solubility. Analysis shows that about the same quantity is present in sO sorts *1 soil. Takes cubic foot oC aoilfrom thepoorest-looking. able by the farmer. Deep plowing aiKprepeated harrowing will do the work. Inthiswsy the faraer will be sure to earn his bread, though it be in the sweat of hit brow.—Agri culture for the common schools. fails to perform as: ^ Hendersonville—G. E. H. Moore, president; 0. A, Speights, secretary- treasurer. Stokes—W. F. Copeland, president; J. B. Saunders, qecretary-tressurer Dry Branch—J. J. Miley, presi dent; J. L. Crosby, secretary-treas urer. Peniel—J. L. Hickman, president; G. A. Blocker, secretary-treasurer. Lodge—L. J. Jones, ^r„ 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, secretary-treasurer. Berea—D T Strickland, president; James M Strickland, Jr, secretary- treasurer. Omega—H. P. Martin, president; B E Griffin, secretary-treasurer. Hall—B G Weeks, president; I B Weeks, secretary-treasurer-1 ) THE INSTITUTES FOR FARMERS. We know there is not a man who attended the farmers’ institutes last week or any one of them, who did not go haok home with some infor mation he did* not have Inffore. These institute* art^doing a bigger ami hotter work fot-qgricultural in terests in this State than is Clemson college. It is in fact bringing the college to the door of the men and x>ys who cannot attend the college. Then the work done'here is along practical lines. For instance, how could Clemson college combat the wire-worm at that distance from where it is doing damage? No Jarmer who tries to better his condi tion should allow an opportunity to attend an institute to pass. LODGt HAPPENINGS* Lodge, July 11: We have been having some very wet weather, but the rain has stopped now and the weather much better. The I armors in thia section have very good crops now.^s far as bat ing is concerned. They also have a plenty of vegetables and some fruit, such as peaches, apples, eU. Rev G A Martin dined at the home of T H Caldwell Monday. We are sorry to report the illness of Mias Lucile Hiers, but hope she will soon be out again. L A and G W Heirs visited friends Ytear Ehrhardt several days ago. ReNT E W Peeples of Vamville, was a pleasant visitor in our section Saturday and Sunday. He preached an able and impressive sermon at Carters Ford church Sunday morn ing. • Mr and Mrs H M Bishop and- chil dren of Ehrhardt, visited Mrs Bish op’s parents, Mr and Mrs W * H Heirs, several days. W H Heirs had business at Ash ton Tuesday. L. A. H. LET US DO INSTITUTE WORK. We should like very much to make this page mean m >re if possible to the farmers of the county, and we believe a practical way to use it will each other, and tell experiences in overcoming this or that trouble, or doing this or that thing. Perhaps everyone in your neighborhood knows how you do things in practical ways, but per haps there are those situated some distance away who do not know how to do what you do in the way you do it. Tell them through these columns. Let us use the page for practical ends. Who will be the first to contribute some query or experience? Go to The SAVOY GREEN GROCERY CO. For Stall-Fed Beef and Choice Lamb. Sunday orders de livered from 9 to 11 a. m. I Answer it Honestly Ar* *• Statement* of Citwen* Not Mor* Reliable Than Tbo*e of Utter Stranger*? TEji« i» a Tital q'ie*iion. It i* fraa^ht with interest to W ilter- boro. It permit* ef only ooe answer. , It eauuot Ik evaded or ignored. A Wmlteibo r o edria'-n *|>enk* here t*peak* for the welfve of Walterboro. A citiaen’s sta'e<n*nt Is reliable. An ut*;r stranger's doubtful. Home proof is the be-» proof. J 8 JaeksoO. f irmer chief •( politic, Walterboro, 8. 6 , »ays* T oaa recom mend Doan's Kidney Pills, b*vmg u*ed them with th« best of result*. My back was very weak and lame and l wa* also bothered by dull pains in my loins. The kidney vacrettqns ontaioed a aedimeut aod were so frequent in passage that 1 was obliged to arise severs! times at sight. Seeing Doan’s Kidney Pills highly advertised, I was ied to gtvt them a trial, procuring a b^x from the Walterboro Drug Co. They gave me prompt relief aaJ I coatinued osag them until 1 was without a symptom of kidney trouble. At the present time, 1 am in the best of health and wlllinJy giye Doan's Kidney Pills my endorse ment." For sale by al 1 dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Miltmra Co, Buffalo, Nsw York, sole sgents for tbs United State*. Remember the same—Doan’*—and take so other. PHONE 20x 8orene«» o* the m>i*H***, whether in- duoed by vlnVnt rxerciw* or injury, 4* qti'ckly relieved bv the kre uppliCatirn of rhvmherlatn’s Liniment This lini ment i« etpiai'v vsluab’e for mnnonlar rh« umativm. and a way* afford* quick relief. .Stld by *11 dealer* Homestead Notice State of South Uart’ioa, ) (>"*«non Collemn County, 1 Pleas Ki pawe.. ' Ptfuthrttkor K kee K oger I Homestead Notice is hereby given onto all whom it stay concern that It Lee Kocer ha#' tbi* day filed his peti-ron in my oflico to have a homeft?*,] exenqnioa net out ifo him. CL U HEXDSR80K, Mar**’- Jmm », 1»10. 76 41 ICE FOR SALE 52 * .5. . We. want the public to know that we have Ice on hand for sale all the time in large or small quantities. The world's most sncoessfnl medicine for bowel complaints is Ohtmberlsln's Calic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It has relieved more pais aad suffering, and saved mors lives than any other medicine in use. Invainab'e for oh 11 dres and adults Sold by all dealers. NOTICK. No'ioe is hersby given that A. K* Bsach baa seqairad tbs interest of G. A. Beech in tbs mercantile laisineee known as Beaeh Bros., la Walterboro. and here after said baslness will be run ia mm name Bsach Bros, by A K Beach as sole owner, the said A. C. Beach aaram- Ing all Habtlitlss of said bnainsss aod be ing authorised to collect all debts. 7421 NOTICED Notice la hereby givm that 1 fbrbid v under penalty of thn law, any treopas*- ing by atock apm my t*nn tn Broxton Townahip at Stephena X R wd* K. M. Thomas Huflln, 8 C , June 1, liHO. lyr " ■ 1 wTraesm—s—w———» PAP9RS WANTED-We nhall esteem 1t a special favor and will pay Lberally for tha following la*ues of Tba Prase and Standard, we (mat that some reader baa kept the** papers aod will, be able to fnrnish ns with tbs copies desired. Tb«*e nan era are for the fol- lewtng dates 1906: July 14, 9ft, Aug ust 9, September 18. Tba Prsea sad Mtandard. EXECUTOR’S NOTICE. On the ISth day of July, 1916^ 1 will make my final return a* executor of the estate of Joint B. Smith, and immediately thereafter will apply to Probate Judge for my Letters Dismissory as said ad minin'. trator. J. E. Smoak. Executor.. June 15,1910,. /JOTHLML U yes haae tiNA«aiac few, try Allmh Psahhms. ssiSSSwSSISbP 51 •gMyt. Atwsi* »* It to Praak S Paw STATE UNION MEETING- The State Farmers’ "Unioit will meet at the hall of the House of Repreeentativea in Columbia. Wed- 271)1 ^ will continue in session two days. Mat- lira. EXECUTOR 1 * NOTICX. Money Loaned On Real Estate. Long Time. Easy Paymants. . i r- ^ ^ Reliable Representatiyes Wanted. THE JACKSON UAH 4 TRUST COMPANY Ft Worth, Texas and Jacksoa, Mississippi 6. W. Gbiar iw The CONSOLIDATED PORTRAIT AND FRAME CO. of ready to receive sll mail orders sndtoe gv :sati>factioBoc money refuadsd^ We sre;