Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-07-05

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!. FARMERS UNION BUREAU. j.
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What is the Farmers Union?
The Farmers Union Is covenant
among farmers for their mutual ben
eft. Any harm in that? Wise men
have said that when farmers are
prosperous all other legitimate
occupations receive their share Of the
farmers uplift. Then why is 1t that
any right-thinking man should not
be willing. to lend Q helping hand to
the Farmers Union?
If your union has last years bird
nest appearance, better kick it off
the limb and round up new one,
and be sure that the material will
not take the dry rot, and then mind
the flies and vermin off the new one.
Our county unions will soon elect
delegates to the State Union, July
1921. Round up your best men as
delegates. Let your delegates be of
that kind of patriotic, liberty-loving
farmers who never allow their preju-
dices or personal interest to lead
them away from their duty-men of
pluck and grit that know the law and
good for the Farmers Union and
have the backbone to stand for the
good Of the union, even against
friend or foe alike.
Farmers Union Il Connecting Link.
The power and influence of the
nf 10 q,
Union has now come to be recog-
nized by all other organizations as
an indispensable connecting link be
tween farmers and all other indus
trial and educational organizations.
When the chamber of commerce Of
town desires to promote any new
proposition for the public benefit,
they have learned The advantages
there are in calling a conference with
the farmers organization. Two Of
the high officials Of agricultural col
leges OF two Southern States re-
Gently stated to this scribe that the
Farmers Union was very import
ant connecting link between farmers
college work and the farmer The
union is the prime mover and co-ope-
rator In State and government farm
demonstration work, the autO-good
roads and other associations realiz.
ing that unless the union stands for
good roads that these good roads as
sociations are an uphill pull, The
very name, Farmers Educational
and Cooperative Union" is sufficien
guarantee Of friendship and co-opera-
tion In all better school movements.
Union Principles.
Suppose the churches, the State
and national government, and all the
hundreds O. secret orders and all
only those labors in which the sacrt-
fee is not greater than the wages in
dollars, where would our civilization
be to-day? Would our nations en-
blem be more appropriate or, accept
able to our people for the eagle to
c&r1y a d@i'ar III !ts heak than to
balance To scales Of ju9ticc enG
right from 'u laws Unv Farmers
lNtona arr "nicd upon to DO tot
o. rbarttahla w0rk We have quite
z 50t Of 3ih$.Antai farmers vl0 1re
too cowardly to Join the union lor
fear of not pleasing some one in
other occupations-these sordid, in
active towards are made happy by
favors resulting therefrom without
any effort on their part. GO after
these neighbors and show them thai.
their permanent prosperity depends
largely upon the general prosperity
of his neighbors, and he will be with
you. If he points out mistakes that
the union has made, tell him that
he 1s the very man we need to come
right along into the union where i'm
provements are always welcome, and
that the improvements cannot come
from the outside.