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i y: X ers Union / This Department is intended for the use of the meinl^ers' bf i the Fanners’ Union in this county and is open to their x use r- • 7 ;> ■ - % * / ' Let your communications be in Saturday to insure appefitjv ance the following week 1 / \m klJ! | en enough water to assist in the projterl^ -taught' by campetentj rotting. If properly handled, the teaciry MANURES AND FERTILIZERS . (rotting. If pr »pej*ly handled, the teaen^rs. Manure is anything whidi has! urine v.dii gen^wflly supply this. * ^At the conclusion of the public once been a part of plants or anj-J When taken from the shed or nVetiifg. the Berea local held at. mils, or both, bu Js now decayed ^arn, the manure should be j e^eicutivesession. The members or decaying. Koiting vegetable! ^P : ’<^d 1 roadcast ui»on freshly ; are very hopeful that this meet- 1 ■ed ground, and harrowed in. ing will result rh an’increased memi>ership, and serve to revive] Unionism in the community. or animal matter of any kind is! plow more or less a manure. The worrl ’ U* this can not be done at once, • is generally used to mean 'h * re- then as sounds can be v More or fuse from dome'stic animals, j loss is going on/until this Hence we speak of horse manure,; done. /Fke advantages of cow manure, sheep manure, hog i spreading the manure are many manure, and so on. The general ar }d important We have spoken name of all these is lotyor stable 0 *’ the fermentation and its go<id . manure, sometimes called barn-| e .%t't3 upKi the soil in turning yard manure. When these-sub- ? f n se locked up stores of plant stances decay they become c--hi. ] food. We can see' at once that ble in water and then furn.'sh , thjj/ca& > be done better, if the ^ 'fenceofotfim,. Pittsburgh ^ _ \pded Fence When you want a wire fence, remember tbit-—you simply can t a ^ c>r d to get one until you have seen the strongest, simplMt 9 most durable fence ever made, the PITTSBURGH PERFECT WELDED FENCE One Solid Piece of Steel Throughout Mi so Bar* than other*; y*t it t* the best fence. ’Beet becauee It dots sway £kh all auperfluon* parM-^bett because it has no wrap*, tie*, twist* or clamp* -b*»t because its wires are electricallp welded.at every contact point, bast becanao the weld is stronfer than the wire. When w* cut oat those sapor- jv* added strength.andJoofJUf* and reduat^cost ■ plant food. Thus they cause plants to grow very rapidly Having once been plants, t are apt to furnish ail the kinds of food needed, and about the right quantity to each. /The void- ings from animals arg rich in the immure is nixed with all the soil than if it ho eoitBsed to narrow streaks and spots. Again, plant ro<»ts go everywhere through the soil, seeking fosd. If the supply of food is uniform, the crop will he so and the plants will be elements nefcded for plant-build- healthier. If the manure bn only ing. This is particularly true of in the row or hill, then only those the liquid. Hence, by Using some vegetable waste, such as leaves or straw, or even sawdust, to ab sorb the urine, we greatly in crease the quantity of stable ma nured We also improve the quali ty. The liquids are already dis solved . The solids must become so before we are helped by therm Farmers who fail to use the liq- 5“ KSTwrl th T ?“* r ! >»« Saturday Sept. 3rd. at-H the-best half. The se.ul ur ii'iuul o’clock, at the office of the county roots which are there can get any good from it. So we lose very much by using manure in drills or hills.-Agriculture for the Common Schools. - (Continued next week.) COUNTY UNIOtlji MEETING The county. Farmers Union FARMERS’ UNION DIRECTORY 1 NAT10N.U,.. ' President—Chas S Barrett, Unior City, Ga. Vice-President—‘J E Montgom^ , Gleason, Tenn. ' Secretarj-Treasurer- 1PH McCtl-; loch. IIH 1-2 W. Bmadsirgtl,Texar kana. Tex. „ ! STATE Perritt btfsrtroabsj,*' v - r BROWN FURNITURE & HARDWARE CO. if V A* PreokJeriCi Vice-President. A. J. A. Lamar. S. C. E W Dabbs, Mayesville. / : J. Whitner ' ^Reid—Sec-Treas., Columbia, S. Q . /. % ‘' f . /COUNTY. L. C. Padgett—President. Smoaks. J. D. K i s b e r — Vdce-preeident, Round/s. C. / . Wf'w.- Smnak. Jr.—Sec-Treas., voidimrs mav be kent together or !" /or tnec juntj W^terWo. h. t. \oiaings i..a\ oe M.pi i nu >i SU j )t . r -, jv;,.,,. \ V1 th the following /. „ . , " , _ , seperate, but neither sliould ever 1 0 ^ c rs . in ] dsUgates present-''/ L - ( - 1 a<l«vtt-e.ounty .Busi t. be lost" If both are together, we have complete manure, most every pkint, am kind of soil. \\\ l\t shown that a very preserved a perfect or suited to al to" every e already name*.- President, L/C. Padgett. Secretary - Treasurer, \V. W/ bnu a«\, Conductor, G. W. Sweat. : County Business Agent,' 1/ C small amount ;t , / , f of«.needed constituent -vvill vx-1 -i,,;,s. p.o,o-)dvfin. ' * . . , ., ert agreat,innueuce:r.-thcgr<mn i • u.m s - 1 • Goodwm. J. A Wi of any plant. Small quantities of some soluble-manuT ’ l>oorkee>)er, Ihscussion was had on several .juu'.i.c.mVpoi’tant -subiects bv/ several re may thus 1 Agent, Smi*aks. S. C. G. W. Sweat, Conductor. Jos. Langdale, Chaplain, Weeks, i Executive Ommittoo -.Jno. o i Jaques. Jr., Paul K. Crosby, >. J. F. K“g*.*r. A C. Breland, i loor- <is. / . , „ „ . j membe rs. increase thv crop. Sometimes we | h >ViW decided b/invite the get two or three times the yielu - S ia;e President. A. by adding a small quarftity ot present at th Saturday in *achj . J. A. Perritt. if meeting, in October, with.two,other meetings the eoJuly—/me mamire. The Soil of rnvi field or farm in may be So iii.'iovd by i>revious;.»- hail'work or bad. cropping ;lmt it al ii en( Urs*.n V flle.. The Union/went on recorri /bh centa a hundred id/y before an*l : jme h&s no availaUe :<«•( kinds. There may be \ ieniifu. r . lvunr supplies of mintu-al subsumces, llic!<inkr goitan. but a Uu-r. of ammonia, and the crops will t»e poor. Supi,/ v nfed’an»i the crops will be at bmoaks >ne Friday as lor keepers. Meeting 1st month at 11 a. m. at the courth-.nsle. | LOCALS.;' Ashton—J. T. Pf>!k, president; T. J. Simmons, secretary-treasurer. Adnah—J I? / DuHois, i-resi- dent; A 0 Lyons, secretary-* r•-us urer. / - Bells -W. W. Bryan, president; H W Hudson Jr secretary-treasurer. “THE STORE THAT MAKES GOOD.” hollll- The following delegates wore prestiVt: . • *' * | Buck Head—J." A. Bethel C. H. Bi t land. J. Wr dent; 4. U* Ptev vejlux. Jones, presi-' sccretary- tiful. A jieldo! wheai-e-eijai^- (j ri , g | JV j \y U'wcr treasurer. init fifty cOj*». tackinp tte a>f.-|. D-y iirancli-j. J. llicrs. j Hcthel -C H Brclan,! nr ~id™t- muma. miKhtonly bcaWct...vi!Cl.l t H , lv A v i, avis . C . F. AlUn -aditctt ‘ a crop of ten-or twelve bushels K •- Alien raagtu,/*ec retary-treasurer. J. M. Benton. I Fuller—C. C. Crosby, president; Hendersonville-G. W., Sweat. B - J - Crosby/secretary-treasurer. • . .11 I Koger per acre. I se some stable man-, Hudsons ure, costing about three dollars per acre, and the yield is 6ften run up to twenty or thirty bush els per acre. We thus have a . Omega-H.-P. Martin. David ; treasurer. profit of of ten to twenty dollars » Martin - „ • 1 HmWa Mill-J. D. Hudson, per acre, or live hunclrcd tOial^Stakes -T. M. Smith, ft. Cad- presic|cnt; H. A. Crosby, secretary. For Men and Boys’ Fall and Winter CLOTHING Lodge-R. Bennett. Mt. Carmel-W. A. Kinard. Islandton—W. president-C. R. M. -E. Campbell, Mears, secretary- A.f Mi ! thousand dollars, from thy use of i ded one hundred and fifty dollars. . vValtefboro-R. E. Jones, This wonderful change was q ( ' r ; t c in te-w Goodwin, brought alH>ut in part by supply-: ‘ Snl( i er8 ‘. L. Q. Givens, D. ing the lacking constiiuent u,n Crosby. Arthur Hbrmlon, J. plant food, but this was not ad j^j nar( j - // ^ that was done. There were in Tvhnr—C/iY rVr^hv J • the decaying manure microbes ^ ‘ • which caused a process of fer-, mentation to liegin in the soil.; • This created acids an,I Rases. 1/ U N | 0 M RAUT AT BEREA which helped to decompose thex plant the soil Vble used by i made soluble, and Hfe power of years, attracting s«much en tile soil to prpdufe crops is/ neat- tion, and wb .ch ;» destirc-ij go ly increa^- 1 ' Ti' i* A i.w ntation ^ f < f treasurer. 1 Mt. Carmel—R B. Way, president; ' We are Exclusive Agents for Strouse & Bros, “High Art” Clothing, and Secret an.’-treasurer. “Hawes” guaranteed SB 00 Hats. G. M. Bennett, Sniders—W. C. Brant, president; J. K/Getsinger, secretary-treasurer. \ Horse Fen -JosyUangdale, presi dent; C. N. Langdale Sec-Trea« Tabor—C. B. Crosby, president; W. H. Breland, secretary-treasurer. Hendersonville -G. E. H..M<*ore. j Our special proposition to members of the “Farmers Union” is again offered J . for this Fall and Winter’s buying. chanefs t si i v . '. U • l * 1* v aS .11. t ;V-’ chsr. wiio frxin the use e; uyds .'oenetils fa. xcos-t of p ..a! ; ’ • 1 i get /iu i .11 lv m}■ - ney - .. I ; •>'. • ■ \* i. ;often ; • th* j . », -- ure }■ ut in the i.efJs: 1 J.e soluble pari is always ire aluable I - even lartner. The meeting was / n W; u./’A . ball, wh>j a- - v. J. .very. |Xt k Bvcrel-di y-tr*a>- Dry Branch— dent; J. L, Cr. urer. o p,, r , ■! — J y Hickrifin, pro«<lTt; 1’.. il. Gta.t/, .'A. , vi'vt.ar;.-tre*'u:er SUMMER SCHOOL CLOSES ■* 5S */ // , tThe summer school -.for the colored teachers of Colleton coun ty, which opened for its three weeks session Aug. 15. with Prof. I). R. McTeer, principal, has closed with success. Great in terest was manifested through out the session. . The first day, when we as sembled in the school building, x we were delightfully entertained by addresses and speeches by the different teachers and friends. First, was a welcome address by Mr. A. B. Singleton, followed with-a response from Prof. J. B. Green/ Then tie Rev. J. T. Martin, pastor of the.M.F,. church si.-oke very st<«*ngly' ulong^ the line; “TheTeachers Responsibili ty.’’ At that time Prof* W. B... West (white! of Columbia, was : pi'esent, iuv >a., i^d by Dr. H. W.. Pdaek;. Cuuntj Supminten- dent rffEducation. Prof. West was then intr^vluved, and sjHike wry timely and teid great stress on the fact that the teachers should prepare themselves for their high profession. Every sentence was pregnant with ad- . vive and thought. Dr. Black then frpoke. e\! i-osing his de sire'; and feelinys t /ward the col- Xii'v'i teache sand nv-nds in Col- letoti county. v j ,,/ Ajtor wh.eh I’. /f. McTeer, in *his own usual ua , resjionded most elorjuently Pn/f. McTeM ^a man c<iual to id! eirrergeiicies. lie uaadled the ‘■ub.ieets th’OHghout the session iiT a ver\ satisfactory and ciedit- i able manner. Lew Peels, pas tor of the A. M. R .church at St. George, was o^e of our visit- **rs, and he sp*ike to us very 1 Cmely. Subject; “Tliouroughness | of Preparation. Revs. Martin, Baker, and Tur ner were with us during the three weeks session, and manifested great interest in the subjects taught. On Thursday bight an excellent program was rendered at the M. E. church by the teachpFs of the institute, which was one of its. •crowning features. „ Friday being the last day, the Teachers Association was organ ized, with the following officers: ] President. Prof. D. R. McTeer, 1 Vice-president, U B. Green; Sec retary. Mrs. U. Dorman; Assist- ar.t Secretary. MissJ.C. MitchellC Ti*. usurer, Miss M. K. Geiger, Teacher. [RROR IN MR." WALKERS’ VOTE / *»: / II i: b «» & % IQs >c; n*xt ilost enuid ).ot or Pudge it, oi w. caddren. ■ ; tpulur !. j res. r *.f ivgrt.t w hb was ?; t akers. President* »-l- - . >r., prt -tretsv ■ they County union, <’ I/O it; E rt-asurer. • ist > A j* G. Var’oy. pro- i- r.t, J. I’atr:. r.. - ^rerar;ym-x-iir. r a • I) f Ftrii+dand, pres' 1 !.*; Tkr an <• ••!•/•?• ne '-(P’S O 11 y., nv c:;ee »' f \ •e' / * tecordine; ':/»/ COITI- \\uiker.' Hi lb in Belis when He i* 1 i Hud- Ja:!> •; M Strickland, Jr, 6 8ecri-tary- trthsurer, Omega.-H. F Martin, pf^iter.t; B K 1 it ifbn, secretary-trHuuVer. Hall—BG ^rt^ident; II? Weeks, N?orct arv-t rea; ureV. iart. As sson as . , - , , get wet this part is dissolvtvl in- at: .1 W. W. Srnbak were^ prese -to the water, jf water-’» and made addresses on Unioni&dh* permitted to run through, it car- The meeting opened with^ prayer vies this away with it. Millions by Rev. Eix;e Myers'of YorK- of dollars worth oi the V<3k v best wile, who vus at lif home cn a plant food is lost in Jms way brief visit. , every year. It either s/jaks into Mr. Padgett made a/ery help- the earth or evaporates into the ful and inspiring address, show- .pr roriu FFCTIVAI air.. In either case the farmer ing what the Union/has accom- ivt vKUin rLollTAL loses it.“' * plished and whatsit can accom-d The Ladies of the Ashton Union There would be just as much plish in this sosalf. He was fol- Sunday Schdol_will give an ice business sense in a farmer throw- lowed closely by those present, ing five and ten dollar bills into tvho pronounced his talk as being the fire as there is in permitting one of the best they ever heard, his manure ^ be ruined in this Mr. Smoak dwelt rather on the way. ' > educational feature of the Union, Manures of all kinds should be and urged the parento present to kept under shelter, and only giv- see to it that their children, were ‘ flf 4 - < il 1 l'». Fe:k>». 1 D«H*tO*S . S: d rs.lt; K thii. ^». i;< •» ’ ^ therefore', ti i* tomuM’ xjlH tan-U \ nis near*/? < ; ponent by i/g M - .•I r mcr. '.vpli i'71 votc-s. Him - • iSOOt *— . ■ -— 81 cream festivalJFriday night. Sept. Vth. The proceeds will be given to the building of the Baptist church at that place. All are store that MAKES GOOD.” PO!£ AT TABuR There will b.e a jr;irt Sunday s h h'I and Farmers’ l : ni*mpicnic at Tabor church Tnursday of this week.. The exercises for the morning will be given over to the Sunday school and in tpe noon tt> the Farmers Several sneakers have beek vited aqd will be present.^A large crowd is expected. • > - "1 have a world of confidsose tn (/'bsmbeiUio’s Cough Remedy for I have nted it with perfect success.” write* Mrs Ml Baiiord, i'oolssville, Md. For sole by sU dealets.