The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-07-12
'armer Union Bure Il Of
Information
Conducted by the
South Carolina Farmers Eduea-
tional and Cooperation Union.
BCommunications intended for this
department should be addressed to J. c
Stribling, Pendle' Oh, S. c.

oN AoOA AAAe u 1S So114S w DS - SA-1NN
rally and red letter day for repres-
entatlve farmers Of the State.
O. F. Pile, of Texas, Ben F. Griffin.
Of Arkainsas, and R. F. Duckworth. Of
Georgia, are to have talk to the far
mers Organization at the Greenwood
meeting, and We take this opportuni-
ty to put Green wood on notice to
spread herself, and make room, for
the signs are right for something do
ing at Greenwood at this July meet
ing Of the farmers. :
The speaking at Greenwood will be
public and everybody is, invited to at
tend. A special invitation is extend
ed 20 the yet unorganized class Of
farmers.
Whether delegates or not, we urge
it as a duty to all Farmers Union
men to attend this Greenwood meet
ing. New delegates have equal rights
with delegates to the floor, but none
save regular delegates can vote at
. this meeting.
Begin now to prepare yourselves to
put the right men in the right places
at the coming meeting. For your
success or failure depends upon this.
Vote for no man for the poor reason
that he is your friend or comes from
your section. Don't try to stop two
inch hole with a half-inche peg, nor
try to trot out a ten-cent man to do
a dollar job. Vote for the right man
for the place every time.
Announcement.
The editor of this Bureau is going
to make an effort to attend as many
Of the South Carolina Farmers Insti-
tutes this summer as possible, and
will be delighted to meet and talk
with the progressive element Of the
farming fraternity at these meetings.
Not with view Of teaching progress
sive farmers how to farm, but we are
out to learn what our up-to-date far
mers are doing and how they DO it,
so that I may tell others about it as
we pass around among them. If you
think our Farmers Bureau is on the
light track give us few encouraging
sords and if you think we are wrong
Iii any way point out the facts and
we will thank YOU.
No Doubt About This. ..
It is the want O. ill, not the want
of power that makes the farmer yield
tamely to graft and greed.
Does your Farmers Union local be-
gin to look like last years bird nest?
IF so fire it before insects and spider
webs cover it. Then 60 to work and
organize a new one and keep 1t as
! lively and hot as hornet nest IN AL
gust.
After analyzing all the more con-
servatiye and intelligent estimates
. Of the cost Of the present crop Of cot
ton at hand, this bureau can assure
/: the growers that this crop Of cotton
viii cost much more per acre to grow
than was ever known before. The ex-
tensive replanting with very costly
seed. the cold wet grassy weather,
with bad stands and costly labor COM
bine to make the cost per acre alarm
ingly heavy. Just here it is well for
our pricing conventions to weigh care
fully all these important factors OF
cost Of production before their pegs
are driven down at the figures for
this crop.
Take Your Choice.
The rich have the most meat. the
poor the best appetite. The rich lay
the softest: the poor sleep the sound
est. The poor have health, the rich
have delicacies. The rich kill them
selves through fear Of poverty: the
Door laugh and sing, and <Iove their
families too we'll to put the light out
Of their own life.
Tom Watson is Coming. /
You hear that rumbling noise IN the
elements about the Farmers Union?
Well that is warning that storm
is coming to this state in July: tor
Tom Watson is booked to address the
State Farmers Union at Greenwood
IS. C.. at II a. m. Thursday July %.
kInok out now for some home made
prophe to hop up. An article IN
the newspapers about the danger
ahead BY farmers organizations 60
ing into politics. as though farmers
were dangerous and it was the duty
of farmers to do the voting only