The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-26

The A. S. Of E. COLUMN


"ploncus fourth" and the weeds
rushed me 10 the field. and the
thfesher men rushed me up % thresh
my wheat. SO did not find time TO
write up the A. s. OF f. column,
Perhaps my readers have been
rushed until they needed a rest
Bot the rushing time will soon be
over and the people are talking
I bafbecues
learn that the r. +. and c. W.
will give one at Graves School
/ House, on Saturday. the 10th inst.
the " o. W. on Wednesday, Aug
|us, 9TH. and the Ba2tists vil give
another Boz the near future.
Perhaps by that time the people
uill have had enough bafbecues Tor
one season, 90 Ne have not yet de-
cided sheiher we shall have an A.
/ s.. of p. barbecue OF not. bat we
. hope our friends aud ueighbors will
enjoy themselves and be- ready ior
some good speaking and a tofsard
movement. as soon ss che ush b
over
while getting ready Tor the tor.
ward movement vould @ not be- veil
/ tor each member to hunt zap has mcm
bcfship card and read b carefully.
so that be- can tell his neighhou and
friends shat is ou if
Recently conycrscd With a friend
vho thought oar society waa too
much Tor business. and that &c
should have a iraiemd plank in caf
/ platform. asked him u be- bad
ever read our constitution and he
said. no. While se have diatrbut-
ell thousands of Up-to-Daie papers.
/ ] tcel confident that the plblic does
not knov bali The good things our
society teaches 90 they vould hock
90 our standard at every meeting.
The hfsi PARAGRAPH 0n The back
/ ol each members card says, The
members OF this society are expect
. "a to extend iraicuai care io one
another Boo sickness. misfortune of
distress. and 90 their families la
/ bcreavcmcui.
I The second paragraph says,
MEMBER should favor each other
in their business relations, and they
should never 80 10 lav over their
I didcrrnccs until an other means oi
IaFrecmcui and settlement have been
exhausted In an such cases the
society recommends arbitration
IN setting forth the object OF the
A.. S. ol r.. our committee among
several other things said, owe aim
90 establish Institutions of learning,
go that iafmrfs and their sous AND
daughters may be- educated Boz fcicn-
iifc and intensive farming, the best
methods 3i marketing. and The gen
eral lvanccment 10 agriculture.
TO improve our Highways. % pro.
mote social intercourse. to settle dis.
plica without recourse 90 Av. to
promote iarmru- Insurance. life.
hre and crop.
] COR Order oi Business says. that
ue shall ask many questions al each
regular meeting. OF thc local unions.
and these are some oi them
"Docs any member ku0v % a case
/ oi sickness or distress or death .n
the ueiPh1orhool that needs special
attention 70
"Has any member anything that
be vishcs io sellf'
docs any member wish 20 cm-
pioy a hand 20 workf"
"D0cs any member vish a I0b oi
work OF know ol person vho iorsf '
Have our members looked after
these things, or are our critics ouly
looking ior something to crucisc9
. II we meet regularly and live up o.
the teachings oi our society there is
GO reason Why farmers should not
boz the most prosperous people iu the
world.
/ Have you watched the 0fgauira.
ton and pledPIng columns in Up-to.
Datc2 Kentucky organized twenty
nine unions Boo the month Of May.
/ Kansas twenty. and ether states
falling a little behind The north
vest is organizing and pledging
thousands OF bushels OF wheat.
Pledging is the real work OF the
battle. The only vay 90 gain The
price Is 20 tie up the wheat and hold
Il of the market. Watch the hands
Of the Up-,o.Date. North Dakota.
Kansas and Oklahoma are 90 a race.
See who wins.
Many a wheat head bowed 20 the
sickle during the last month. Whose
wheat vas II, the growers or the
speculators1 So far as profits are
/ concerned, Il belonged 10 whoever