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. ? ' =*= Farmers’ Union' Department. THE USES OF WATER. Thes* are so numerous that we This Department is intended for the use of the members of £>raii plant food. Nothing can iIJriatett bielsiny r • * do this work except water. It LZ tk. o except _ » tt • • xi • j. i • » x ^ ^ requires large quantities of wat- the Farmers Union m this county and is open to then * USC er t0 dissolve many things. Second, water is the only car- manages tlie wa’er on his land will be almost sure to he a pros- U mIi . 4- it 4 . Porous man.- He turns what has \\ ill not be able to mention all ot t. rrn t u r . - <j.cvn oeen me gir*trr^i on ' | . tht farm into w. hat Divine Provi- > . it is the great Solvent' ( jence intended it should l>e: the —Agriculture Let your communications be in Saturday to insure appear, ance the following week - * * ry?r for the plant food. All plants take this food and make jtheir ghjwth from water. . Third, a large part of all plants expecting and hoping that th* pr< - for the CorAmon Schools. ' SMOAKS \ms (Written for La«t Week i 5tnoak«, .Julv Ll r i P»er\h<>df STATE fATOS’ UNION MEETING Of STATE FARMERS' UNION NEED WE5NES3AT AN3 THL3S ' PAY BEST EVER NEtl). grower «• spew ti 'A' n with the samples aid determine its grade. And that in case of different^ betwaan b r er and sellar that th« standard samples i& the-grade. ” dV 7H« PrSTk.T« NOW. is water itself. No plant live one minute without it. can The meeting of the State! Herwattei there will be three Farmers’ Union held in Colum- executive committeemen, instead bia Wednesday night and Thurs- ^ sev ®h. one froai •aeh of the day of last week w ill go down in; diatricka: . history as one of the best farm- J- Abi*etilie. Anderson, ers’ meetings ever held in this! ^ " er0 ’ <ec - Kdgtfleld, (ireenville. State. It was a fine body of Ureenwobd, Uurtas. Newberry, men who assembled there to re- Oconee, Pickets, Spartanburg, present the various GountyiU n ' on * Farmers’Unions over the State,' 2- Aiken, Kamherg. Barn- and th n v showed themselves pos- w ®*b Beaufort, Berkley, Calhoun, sessed of an intelligence that ar- ^ ar ' eston » Dorchester, gues well for the future of the Hampton, Lexington, Orange- State, in the matter of develop- burg. FARMERS' UNION DIRECTORY aml * ir ^ ~ ■ 1 he living waters be. NATIONAL. Plants there daily feed, PrfsIJom-Chait S Barrett. Uniun! An ' 1 f " ld City, (la. Where there it water there V.e.-rr«ident-J E Montgomery,! mM ' W life - " here th ' ;rc “ tdtwaou. IVnn. Secretary-Treasurer—R II McCul- !*ch, 116 1-2 \V. Broad street, Texar- * kara. Tex. STATk' Perritt — President, ;tra-te»il wet sp-*!! niil st. p. It n no.v I wettar than we have ever ..■» t it P«4- ;fore *nJ ro pn>» sbilitv t»f < !<‘Hr wt*ather yet. Tiie imp irtancf* ».t 1 drainage * an be- w.‘vr. v- ■ ^y <lbviou* » and every farmer ahi.u’d dram hi« i farm thi* winter. VVt- have seen ; held* that i drainage \ tu'd 1 ate none there must be death. i t*id far the di:v ni.g mat \ um. ^ Kt>’irth, if the water is held in Ln:,i Tear. <»«> >d dnu; age would in- fne farm it greatly enriches the,create t'.w \a ;e i f >n thu soil. Wat^r not onlv carries the c »unty «t>mt one-third. In fact! it t!ie rrea, litH* in our 3. Chester, Chesterfield, Clar endon; Darlington, Edgefield, wer e Florence, Fairfield, Dillon, Kershaw, *ry, Marion, Marl- ment of her people and her natural resources. In brief, resolutions adopted and the State Union > Georgetown, Horr placed itself on record as favor- Lancaster, Lee, ing the drainage of the lowlands boro, Richland, Sumter, Williams of the State, the erection of cot-> burg, York, ton warehouaea, the Torrens sys tem of land registration, the Audubon Society; the restriction gf undesirable immigration, the COLLETON DELEGATES. Vice-President, Those present from Colleton were: Pres. L. C. Padgett of corn exposition and the placing Smoaks, A. S. Yarn, Islandton, of standard grades of cotton at Jno. 0. Jaques, Jr., Cottageville, the various county seats of the W. W. Smoak, Walterboro. State. ... j J. 0. Jaques, Jr., was appoint- ELECTION OF officers. l e< * a member of the committee _ ^ ^ on education; W. W. Smoak was The following officers were on two committees-Revision of; elected to serve the ensuing the constitution sad press com- kei ‘Ut*rs. A. J. A. Lamar. S. C. E W Dabbs, Mayesville. J. Whitner Reid—Soc-Treaa., 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. L. C. Padgett—County Business Agent, Smoaks, S. C. 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- year: A. J. A. Parritt, Lamar, presi-, dent. E. W. Dabbs, Mayesville, vice president. J. W’hitner Reid? Columbia, se cretary and treasurer. W. E. Bodie, Wards, chaplain. W. E. Hopkina, Hopkins, con ductor. W. P. Caskey, Lancaster, ser- geant-at-arm». A. F. Calverl, Abbeville, door keeper. A. J. A. PtrriU, the president ^f the State union, was elected as a delegate^jto the national con vention, which is to meet in Charlotte the ftr*t week in Sep tember. The followiig were elected as members of the State executive committee: A. D. Hudson, Newberry, district No. 1; Douglas McIntyre* Marion, dis trict No. 2; L. C. Padgett, Smoaks, district No. 3. INCREASE CLEMSON SCHOLAR SHIP. . The State Farmers’ union will memorialize the general assem bly to increase substantially the number of agricultural scholar ships at Clemson College. A resolution, by the committee on memorials was favorably report ed upon by the State convention. The additional scholarships are asked for because of the increase in the funda derived from the fertilizer tag tax. DRAINAGE RESOLUTION ADOPTED. ‘‘Whereas eae of the most vital problems facing the people of South Carolina today is the proper drainage of the coastal area of this State; and “Whereas upon investigation it has been found that the drain age proposition in South Carolina is one t^iat represents^ lass cost in the end than in Illinois. Oregon or California; and “Whereas^ it is possible to ac complish the drainage of the ter- mittee. TORRENS \m SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY RICHLAND COUNTY DELEGATION IN STATE FARMERS’ UNION CONVENTION. Meeting 1st Saturday in each o j month at 11 a. m. at the courthonse. LOCALS. Ashton—J. T. Polk, president; T. J. Simmons, secretary-treasure^^ Adnah—J B DuBois, presi- *n. *»• dent; A Q Lyons, secretary-treas urer. Bells—W. W. Bryan, president; H W Hudson Jr secretary-treasurer. Buck Head—J. A. Jones, presi dent; A. D. Preveaux, scoretary- It is possible that thg Torrens system of land registration will be made an issue among the members of the State Farmers’ union with regard to the election of the memben tf>f the general assembly from the variou» coun- treasurer. ties of the State. j Bethel—C. H. Breland, president; A resolution was presented to Allen Pa<1 tt wcreUn-treasurer. the State coivention by the Richland County delegation, ask-1 Fuller—C. C. Croeby, president; ing that Hie Slate Farmers’ B. J. Crosby, secretary-treasurer. W«n<Hon-W. M. E. Ounpb.ll. on memorials recommended that P re » ldrot - c - R - each member of the union re quire all candidates for the house and senate to express themselves in favor of such a law. It will be well, therefore, for the candidates for the legislature to study this question and decide before August 16, whether or not they will favor this system. Tne following is the report of the committee on memorials: “We, the committee on me morials, consider the resolution presented by the Richland coun ty delegation at to the Torrens system of land registration one of great importance to the farm ers of the State. While we pass favorably on the aforesaid reso- tion as to the spirit and impor tance of name, we beg to place the matter of a memorial te the legislature before the conven tion and we beg to suggest as a more effective way that we take the matter up systematically in our local and county unions and require the candidates from the various counties for the legisla ture and senate to express them selves as favorable to such a law J?*? before we ii6S>idi,idu^l»oteri treasurer. units, ip an area representing GO miles back from the coast line in this State al aminimum tax on the landfor thepurpose: therefore be it “Resolved, That the State de partment of, agriculture draft a measure to be presented s4 the next session of the gener&r as- serably providing for the system atic dramage ef the territory in this State heretofore referred to. ” This resolution was proposed by A. D. Hudson. FIXIN# A GRADE. E. W. Dabbs' resolution, as louowi, was adopted: — - —- ■ 4 upon our HMVS! £.1 give them our support The following is the resolution as presented by the Richland county delegation: “Resolved, That we, the Rich land County- Farmers’ union, urge the State union to advocate the Torrens system of land ignation and ask the legislature to pass such a bill. That candi dates for the general assembly be pledged.to support the bill" To tto nones. «r i Hudson’s Mill—J. D. Hudson, president; H. A. Crosby, secretary- treasurer. Mt. Carmel—E. B. Way, president; G. M. Bennett, secretary-treasurer. Sniders—W. C. Brant, president; J. K. Getsinger, secretary-treasurer. Horse Pen—Jos. Langdale, presi dent; C. N. Langdale Sec-Treas. 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. Croeby, secretary-treas urer. Peniel—J. L. Hickman, president; B. -H. Graves, 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. ^ Ediste—A. G. Yarley, president; S. J. Patrick. s?cretiry-treasurer. Bares—D T Strickland, president; James M Strickland. Jr, secretary- treasurer. .. Omega—H. P. Martin, president; B R Griffin, secretary-treasurer. Hall—B G Weeks, president; I B Weeks, secretary-treasurer. tmimmiw rofmMKim The *etk>n of the South Caro lina Farmers ynion yesterday in ingocfing the work of the Audu bon eodety end —king for the hunter's tteenee reeordi what a “people bask !*«■»« about it Evety an important n u nt of county. Mr* J M Smoak ho* j .st returned home from an extended to her . daughter, Mrs J K Counts of Greens-, Rev MeFarlsn is an able preacher^ During the meeting he made many friw>l» and admirer*. ~Miw~I.aura Breland of Walterooro is visiting Misses Kvbeeenand Alexins Saul* of Smoaks. j MieeRebecca Saqls attended the. S. C. ltaf*ti.<t AasemMy at Furman University last week, j Mr and Mr* Ja.« Barnes of Jenny a, S. C. ( visited R W Baraes last Satur day till Monday. ’ Mr Isaac May is <iuu** ill. Mr May was struck down w tth ulyais while on U* way iiom the field to the houiM. Thomas }!!•( k t.".d Mi.--. Rena Wolf >f Ruffin iJten.i.-vl hui t h at Smoakti Ja«t ^undav * * , The talk of * *nk being put up at Soue'd. t u ’ •!, i\surr*< , ted again, dt I* very much nee led and we hope the enierpL e a .* meet with success. A* time i« sear-e to plow I must ring off. Uncle Jack, wi.i .nly say to you this writing that this week is a good one. You ought t » Ik- here flying around the maids anl kitchen this week. You are missing a lot, be- foud. but is iuself part of-plant life. Often a soil seems very jxior bec«iuse it will no longer produce good crops. All that is lacking is a sufficient quantity qf water b \ c> Mr* Smoak visited many ^*6 you know during h.g meetings places of interest. Perhaps one G f ■ the rations is goodcst and msida look the most interesting occasion* was I * oodt ' r - 0f Cours< ‘ 1 want to in£orni the celebration at Guilford battle |' ou there is no such thing oyer ground. This was an annual celt- hore " an ^ unsightly maid. I This fact has been know n thousands of years. In order to remedy this trouble, numerous methods for supplying the need ed water have been used. Our earliest historical records tell of men practicing irrigation or arti- ficial watering. In many parts of this country it is largely used now. Millions of acres of land on the great western plateaus and in California are utterly worthless without water given in this way. But when the wat er is thus supplied these become the most productive soils w’e have. “ ‘ There are three principal ways of doing this. First, we take running streams, and by using dams and ditches turn them from their natural bed or channel and carry them by gravity over the fields to be wat- bration. The attendance was unus ually large. Special trains and auto* carried thousand*, while many coun try people went in buggies and cov ered wagons. The address of the day was made by State Auditor Dr. Dixon. Perhaps the greatest fea ture of the occasion was the unveil ing of Peter Francisco’s tablet or monument. It will be remembered that Peter Francisco is the noted pri vate soldier who slew in Guilford battle eleven of the enemy’s soldiers. Peter wa* not only a giant in stature, but was powerful and courageous. His tablet was unveiled by his great granddaughter, Miss Carrie Fran ered. To do this successfully,-cisco, of Knoxville, Tenn., and Mas often requires very large outlays of money and skillful engineer ing. Canals have to be made hundreds of miles long and large enough to carry large rivers. Smaller and still smaller ditches are carried from these until final ly the water is turned in small streams upon the fields. This method is largely employed in growing the fine fruits and grapfes in California, and can be made use of wherever the coua- try is broken and the streams have a good fall. Even whete we have rain adds very much to the yield. A second method is to use windmills and steampumps and raise the water from wells, lakes or rivers, and then distribute it much as above described, the chief difference being in the method of obtaining the water. This method is generally used where there are no streams with sufficient fall, or on the plans where there are no streams at all. The water thus obtained is frequently measured out to the customers at a certain price. By these tolls the expenses of the system are paid. Private-water- works may be often utilized to greatly increase the yield of vegetables in our domestic gard ens. * The third method of irrigation, if we may be pardoned for a somewhat new use of this term, is to irrigate from below, instead of from above. By this we mean that we may plow fhe soil so deep and pulverize it so fine that capillary attraction will bring up the water when it is needed, provided we have taken care of the fall of water in winter, when we did not need it The heat of the summer sun and the pumping power of the plant root will great ly assist in bringing up the wat er. If the land has been proper ly plowed, the plant roots will grow very deep in the soil—from three to seven feet, and as each of these is a skillfully made pump, all of them acting at once, will be able to bring up great quanti ties of earth water. A great advantage irt this method of ir rigation is that, besides helping to secure all the water needed, it will help in very many other things. It will prevent all wash ing and leaching, and will make the soil deeper and richer from yeartoyear. All the time tt will be yielding larger and larger cropa. Keep in connection with the earth wator below, and this water will, by made this assertion not lorg since, and an old widower was here and he said that he conceded the truth of the assertion. It doesn’t take an eye good enough to see a red bug on a fodder stock to see it, either. Mr. Editor, Uncle Jack want* to know whj your correspondent is. He says perhaps he is a miss or a widower. I don’t reckon he would fancy me for a miss. Well, Uncle Jack, I’m neither amiss or widower. I am one of the boys that likes to read your letters. Would be glad to talk with you. Uncle Jack seems tY think I’m al most a prophet. Well, 1 have been _ | predicting rain. All I have got to de this season is to say rain tomor row. A. P. S. ter Robert Porter, great grandson of the distinguished hero of the Rev olution. Mrs. Smoak had the pleasure of attending a picnic given j COUNTY MEETING NEXT SATUR DAY The County fanners’ Union will meet Saturday, August 6th at the Court Bouse at 11 o’clock. A full attendance of delegates and members are urged to be present at the opening of theses- by a millionaire at White Oak. Thousands of people attended this picnic. The cost is enormous, the decorations costing thousands of dol- lar*. everything to eat and even dishes, etc., are given free by this millionaire. Married at Columbia, Mr Charley sion promptly at the appointed Phillips to Miss Leila Garris. Mr time. ^ Phillips is a drummer of Newark, N. Th# following is the program J.. and Mi* liarri. ia the accom- of speaker for this meeting: pushed daughter of S P J Garris of 1 ■ The Union as Educator-A. S. Sn j. 04k ' , i , • o • o I Why Members Stick- Sam B. 9 Smoak* Literary Society met Sat urday night and discussed the query. The judges rendered their decision after a careful consideration in favor of the negative. Dr Thomson made an able speech on the negative. Prof J C Rushton made an able speech on the affirmative, each speaking in behalf of his profession. Mr E Hiers and sisters of Ashton visited A C Hiers last Saturday and Sunday. The protracted meeting was held at Smoak* last week. Rev Allan McFarlan of Branchville assisted Rev J E Rushton. The meeting was good. Yarn. Why Members Stick Saunders. The Golden Rule—J.^C. Good win. Coker College for Women * A highly endowed iostitotioa of higher learning. New building, new famitars and equipment. Superior fncuiiy. Muaic, Art an-1 expraetion. Annual internal income makes pomible the ad ran tags* of lb* high prlond college at cheap rates. Next Keaton opeua September 22nd. Address COKER COLLEGE FOR WOMEN * HARTSVILLE. S. C. JUmXmm PUm CALUMET and GOLD MEDAL FLOUR PER BARREL . Guaranted None Better at Any Price. Gem Flour per barrel af!t_l ___$6 and $6.25 24 lbs. Flour from j_-90c to $1.10, guaranteed Grits per sack.. * $1.85 to $2.10 Grittper bushel $1.00 and $1 20 Beat DS Butts meats -i2 l / 9 c to 15c per lb. Best DS Plates meats 14c to 18c per lb. Men’s Ready Tailored Suits_• -$5*oo to £16.00 Youths’ and Boys’ Suits $3*oo to $ik.oo A line of Ladies’ Goat Suits and Skirts, Waists, Underbodies, Supporters, Corsets at a Bargain. / « - We guarantee satisfaction to the buying public, and wish our Union members and all farmers, workmen and laborers to nuke this store their buying headtpiarters whiladn (own. Union Fanners Bargain House F. C. Bennett, Manager Center Burin wa. Main Street Next to Hrick Store. 1 G. W. Gofer * *»k' L'l 'll taadVwSr The Wo SIR MW! LIED AND Art now rsproaontinf AMD FRAME 00. ol Kin Wo 1 Ernest Ackcnro til nut nvauMB coufioN ncnxE covamt tor ‘ » 1 Vi. jib & t tj, »l MB