The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-11
FARMERS
UNION NEWS
Practical Thoughts for Practical
Farmers.
Conducted by f. w. Dabbs, Pres
ident 8. c. Farmers Union.)
Some Random Thoughts.

The organization of q poultry as
in the right direction. Such an or
ganizatlon can do much to get us out
OF the all cotton net. want to warn
the promoters that such incidents as
vas related to me will not help the
cause among the farmers. 1t was
thus: fancier bought from a farmer
a chicken for $500 and sold it for
$4,000. If this farmer had a fifty dol
lar chicken he should have been paid
something more like its value.
When the poultry show is held if
Mr.. Fancier takes all the ribbons with
fowls raised by the farmer while the
farmer exhibits hardly get honorable
mention you will soon have no poultry
show worth the name as a county en-
terprse.
This incident has q parallel in the
case Of the farmer selling extra staple
cotton for the last sixty days at from
10 to IL cents and then the buyer re-
selling his lower grades of staple cot
ton at IA cents. while he holds the
better grades for their value. No won
der Mr.. Coker is discouraged in his
efforts to promote the growing Of
staple cotton when buyers knock it"
in such an effective way. Individually
the farmer may fight and overcome
disease in the staple cottons, but it
will take collective effort to meet the
combined assaults OF the buyers
price such as has been all too COM
mon the latter part of this season.
That was a good days work the
Chamber Of Commerce and citizens
committee did last Tuesday when the
County Board agreed to build the
Black River-Shiloh road in time for
the opening OF the tobacco market.
Mr.. Pitts will survey it this week, and
says he will begin work on it first of
May. and have it open in sixty days.
There ought to be fitting celebration
then for this Is one OF the improve
ments to the road system of the coun-
ty that has been on foot for many
years.
Sumter Is to be congratulated on
having such q live secretary as "E. ].
X" Four days after his attention was
called to this matter he had all the
data arranged and n committee OF
leading business men to present the
same to the County Board. If he can
put through the Sumter Shiloh -Olanta
and Lake City railroad as expeditions
ly as he has the public road he will be
some secretary" indeed.
Heavy rains Friday interfered with
the attendance on the regular meeting
Of the county union. Some routine
matters were disposed Of, among them
the installation of the newly elected
County Secretary Treasurer. l.. w.
Warren. His postoiiice is Mayesville.
Route l. and local secretaries can
make their reports TO him now.
Recent reports from williamsburg
show renewed activity In the union. a
committee was appointed to look into
at Kingstrec similar to ours in sum-
ter and To report to future meeting
The men behind it are a guarantee Of
it's success. From a. number Of 9TH
er counties there is gratifying in
crease of interest in the union.
! wish that our members I'm Sumter
county and the state would subscribe
to the National Field. the organ and
property of the National union, that
they might see ut first hand the
growth Of the union all over the Unit
ed States. There were coo delegates
i'm the Texas state meeting just few
days after we had our state meeting in
Columbia. T.. W. Dabbs.