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A representative vote was polled
in this city in the election of last
Tuesday. The number polled by
Democrats was 118; Republicans
23. Macon received 120 votes
, while his opponent Bloodworth
received only 25. The county has
gone Democratic as usual.
Mrs. J. M. Hackney, and two
little girls, Faunie and Morris,
left Tuesday for several weeks
visit to Mrs. Hackney’s son, Bur
ton Berry, in Texas. Mr. Hack
ney accompanied them to Little
Rock.
REVELS.
By Our Regular Correspondent.
Lee Miller, and family, spent
Saturday in Augusta.
Miss Rosa Matthews, returned
from Augusta Tuesday.
Rev. Sawyers, of Wiville, at
tended church here Sunday.
Miss Iris Eaker was the guest
of Miss Mary Boyce Sunday.
E. C. Williams and Jim Stoker,
of Grays, were in this vicinity,
Sunday.
Misses Artie and Bertie Davis,
of the Point attended church here
Sunday.
Steve Davis, and family, of near
Augusta, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Kantrell.
S. L. Griffin, and family, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Griffin's mother,
Mrs. M. E. Anderson.
Misses Mollie and Amos Toller,
of the Point, spent Sunday with
Miss Mary Kantrell.
Victor Stephenson, and family,
were the guests of Walter Stephen
son, and family, Sunday.
DEVIEW.
By Our Regular Correspondent.
F. M. Rhodes, and wife, spent
Sunday with friends, at Grays.
J. W. Stack, and little son, of
Jonesboro, are visiting Mrs.
Stack’s sister, Mrs. McElroy.
The election passed off very
quietly with a large vote, while
many weak democrats stayed at
home.
J. M. Snowden, of Wynne, came
over Tuesday on business and
while here he visited his old
friend, J. M. Haggard.
The eight year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Miller, died last
Monday. The remains were laid
to rest in the Odd Fellows’ ceme
tery.
All members of Jordan Local
Union are requested to be present
the first Saturday night in Nov.
There is important business to look
after.
John King killed a seven
month’s old calf that weighed 336
pounds, when dressed. John says
all he needs is some one to cook
this fat calf.
I have learned from many farm
ers that about 80 per cent of this
year’s cotton crop has been picked
and ginned of this and the east
side of Cache Township.
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WE DO CLEANING AND PRESSING.
FOR A DIET THAT ‘’AGREES"
Simple Rule That if Followed Will
Save One a Great Amount
of Worry.
A little joke floating around in
the press is that of a man who had
consulted a doctor and was doubtful
of his skill because he did not forbid
him eating everything he liked. Its
opposite, said to be true, is of a
doctor who writes much for the pub
lic on the subject of what to eat, or,
perhaps, more accurately, on what
not to eat, says the Homeopathic
Envoy. He had written the usual
patter about hot-weather diet, stick
ing to fruit, “a little cereal,” veg
etables and water, and the like, and
then was observed on one hot day
with a big dish of ham and cabbage,
sausages, lobster and ale, which he
was stowing away as if he thought it
good for him. The average adult is
the best judge of his own diet; he
very soon learns what does not
“agree” with him, and, knowing
this, the consequences of eating it
serve him right. If anything does
“agree,” eat it if you like it.
PHILO80PHY OF PANICS.
A panic ifi an evidence of the dis
satisfaction of human nature in get
ting along with what it needs and of
a hot anxiety of getting more than
it needs. Prosperity does not di
minish the dissatisfaction or anxiety,
but increases them rather. There is
plenty of money, it is easily bor
rowed, this enterprise is suggested
and that, and soon these enterprises
fail, the supply of money is cut off
and there is your panic.
It is actually bom of prosperity,
or rather extravagance, excesses and
wild enterprises that go with pros
perity. Bad times follow good times
as the night follows the day.—Ohio
State Journal.
THE NEXT BEST THING.
She was a widow and he a bluff
sailor, who thought the world of
her; but not finding it easy to make
a landsman’s direct proposal, he de
cided, says a writer in the Kansas
City Independent, to address her in
the speech of the sea.
“Kate,” said he, “your boat is
drifting down the stream of life,
with no strong hand to steer it safe
ly past the rocks. May I be your
captain and sail it for you?”
“No, Jack,” Kate answered, with
an engaging blush, although in a
firm tone, “but you may be my sec
ond mate if you like.”
NOTHING GAINED BY DYING.
During a snowstorm in the High
lands the express wa6 held up for
an hour or two. The guard, a cheery
Scot with a pawky humor, passed
along the carriages trying to cheer
up the passengers. An old gentle
man angrily complained that if the
train didn’t go on he would “die of
cold.” “Tak my advice and na’ dae
that,” replied the guard. “Mind
you, we chairge a shillin’ a mile for
corpses.”
A PLOT.
Towne—I heard your daughter
urging the Kadleys to move into
that vacant house next door to you.
Browne—Ah! yes; she wants me
to let her take singing lessons, but
I’ve refused so far.”
Towne—Er—really—I don’t see
the connection.
Browne—Well, she knows the
Kadleys hate that sort of thing, and
she knows I hate the Kadleys.—
Catholic Standard and Times.
MILITARY MAN’8 HARD LOT.
"Do you think that the airship is
going to revolutionize modern war
fare ?”
"I don’t know,” answered the mil
itary man. “I haven’t gotten
through learning to ride horseback
and run an automobile. But I sup
pose I’ll have to learn to aviate
sooner or later.”
NO USE.
"Why don’t you ever write any
new jokes?”
"Wouldn’t be any use,” answered
the contributor to the humorous
weeklies. “These editors are a foxy
lot. They would recognize and
throw them out at once.”
HANDSOMEST ENGLISH WOMAN.
The Sketch, an authority on
beauty in London, says that the
countess of Westmoreland is the
handsomest woman of the "Ed
wardian era.” She is described as
"tall and fair, with lovely blue eyes
and golden hair and is very fond of
all outdoor sports.”
Farmers Educational
—AND—
Co-Operative Union
Of America
A Tribute to Father.
Nobody knows of the money It takes
To keep the home together;
Nobody knows of the debt it makes,
Nobody knows but father.
Nobody’s told that the boys need shoes
And girls’ hats with a feather;
Nobody else old clothes must choose,
Nobody—only father.
Nobody hears that the coal and wood
And flour’s out together;
Nobody else must make them good,
Nobody—only father.
Nobody’s hand in the pocket goes
So often, wondering whether
There’s any end to the want of those
Dependent—only father.
Nobody thinks where the money will
come.
To pay the bills that gather;
Nobody feels so blue and glum;
Nobody—but father.
f
Nobody tries so hard to lay
Up something for bad weather,
And runs behind, do what we may.
Nobody—only father.
4
Nobody comes from the world’s cruel
storm,
To meet dear ones who gather
Around with loving welcome warm.
Nobody does—but father.
Nobody knows of the home life pure,
Watched over by a mother,
Where rest and bliss are all secure,
Nobody can—but father.
—Selected.
Don’t Dump on the Market.
Some say they won’t hold their cot
ton anj more. If enough say that and
act we will see cotton sell for nve or
six cents, the old price received before
farmer! began to do business like oth
er business people. This is the year
to hold. The reason that cotton has
run down now is because they think
the farmers are going to dump again
this year, but just as soon as they see
that you intend to hold for a just
price, cotton will go up. If we farm
ers had the nerve that the bankers
had last fall, bulk our cotton and issue
script, say $30 to $50 per bale for
twelve months bearing interest, you
would soon see where the price would
go. Now, we can do that, but will we?
You know the bankers met and put
whatever kind of paper they had up
with a committee as collateral and
then issued a certain per cent of scrip
on that collateral and you know there
is no securtiy as good as cotton in
sured in a warehouse.
The Burnet (Tex.) Bulletin editor
says that people want to pay high for
what they get, which is one way of
keeping money In circulation. He says:
"The average man on given occasions
acts curiously. Let cattle go out of
sight and almost every man will not
only decline to sell, but will bend his
energies to buy more. Let sheep reach
the top notch and every man who can
run sheep not only keeps what he has,
but buys more. Let horses sell for
twice what they are worth and every
man in the community becomes a horse
dealer. Let hogs go up and everybody
wants hogs. Cotton at 12c looks too
good to go, while at 8c the market is
glutted with the staple. Several years
ago when land could be bought for a
song nobody wanted it, but today with
the price almost prohibitive the coun
Farmers’ Organization.
It seems to be universal of all the
people who take an interest in ootton
to credit the influences exerted in fa
vor of the producer, for the compara
tively good price the lint has brought
during the entire season. This is true
with spinners, merchants, students and
farmers. In fact, I hear almost daily
remarks tending that way, some going
so far as to say had it not been for
these influences cotton would have
gone to six cents. The producer has
made himself felt and should be ac
cordingly proud of it; should resolve
to stand by these influences, be guid
ed by the sane leaders and support
such papers as have proven loyal to the
cause of the great army of cotton grow
ers. Of the 1908 crop let all resolve
the crop will be marketed slowly and
that every support possible will be
given those who are fighting for high
er prices.—Searcy (Ark.) News.
If you can arrange it so as to have
three or four of them hatching at the
same time you can double up the
broods with one or two hens and put
the others to laying again sooner and
the chicks will be easier cared for.
The plan of co-operative buying of
supplies which was recently started
1 by the fruit growers of Kalamazoo,
Mich., has proven so successful that
it is being adopted by farmers all
over the state. The Kalamazoo men,
through their agent, recently placed
their order for 90,000 boxes with one
firm, and the saving effected for each
individual member was so great that
all other materials and staple food
supplies will be bought hereafter in
this way.
It is easy to run up bills, but hard
1 to live down a bad reputation.
National Cotton Committee leauea
Address.
Is there any good reason why the
cotton producer should sell his pro
duct today for three cents per pound
less than he did three months ago?
We do not think there Is. We are
further removed from the panic now
than we were then. Business condi
tions have Improved in all lines. The
demand for cotton goods has increased
wonderfully in that time. While cot
ton is too cheap to sell the unusual
has happened in the price of grain and
meat. Corn has maintained its high
level up to harvest time, and is now
selling for $100 per bushel. Wheat
is worth $1.00 and flour has advanced
fifteen cents per barrel this week.
Meat is selling at mid-summer prices.
So it is with everything except cot
ton. There is no legitimate cause for
this lethargy and consequent loss of
many millions to the South. South
Carolina and Georgia will produce
much less cotton than last year. Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Ar
kansas are short, and Oklahoma crops
are late and very much less than one
year ago. Texas alone shows a small
increase, but her gains cannot make
up the loss in other States. The visi
ble supply was considerably less Sep
tember 1st. 1908, than it was Septem
ber 1st, 1907. The invisible supply
and mill stocks are smaller than for
years. The amount of old cotton still
In the hands of the farmers has been
much exaggerated. There is not enough
in their hands to figure materially in
the world’s supply. The stocks of
goods are depleted all along the line
from the local merchant to the factory
floors. A small visible supply, a re
duced invisible supply, a crop no larg
er if as large as last year, the re
tail merchant’s shelves bare, the job
bers shelves bare, the mill stocks de
pleted combined make a good showing
for higher prices. To make the situa
tion more acute, we have an Increased
demand for all kinds of cotton goods.
In our opinion this is the opportunity
of the South to assert herself and
bring general prosperity to her citi
zens. This is a time when concert of
action will count for much. Cotton
today should be selling for 12 1-2 cents
if natural conditions had anything to
do with its price. It is now selling for
less because growers are pessimistic
about the price and sell too freely. The
slow marketing of the crop will cer
tainly advance the price. Fair values
will benefit every interest in the South
as much as it will the cotton produ
cers themselves. We feel that every
patriotic citizen should and will co-op
erate with u» in our effort to market
this crop as the world needs it, in
stead of following that most senseless
policy of giving the world a twelve
months’ supply in three months. The
farmers who are not members of our
organization, the supply merchants, the
cotton commission merchants, the
country and city banks, and the pro
fessional men should co-operate with
us, but they cannot do so effectively
without organization. We therefore
appeal to all these interests to co-oper
ate with our holding agencies or from
organizations of their own, appoint
committees to confer with like com
mittees from other bodies and let that
general conference be known as a cot
ton congress. This would unify every
Interest in the South in one harmoni
ous co-operative plan for general pros
perity of our common country. Each
farmer, each business man, each pro
fessional man, each commission cot
ton house, and each bank could invest
in a few bales of cotton at the pres
ent low price and put such cotton into
a dead cotton account, thus taking it
off the market indeflnately. Such ac
tion would result in advancing the
price of the remainder of the crop un
til it will sell for more than the whole
ernrv
With the price advanced, this dead
supply of cotton could be sold for a
profit on the investment. Such re
sults can be secured by oo-operation,
and we urge upon every southern man
who loves his home and his country to
get busy. We believe that not a bale
of this crop should sell for less than
12 1-2 cents.
The Farmers’ Union.
National Cotton Committee.
G. R. Hightower, Sec.
Memphis, Tenn.
The next annual meeting of the
American Association of Farmers’ In
stitute Workers will be held In Wash
ington, D. C., Nov. 16-17.
One of the ugliest acts of Journalistic
ill manners was the act of the news
papers in prying in and claiming to
have found out the minimum price
for cotton set by the Farmers’ Union,
and publishing that price to the world
in unseemly haste after telling the
world that the farmers were trying to
keep it a secret. We guess the farmers
will stand for it, though. They have
a reputation for licking the hand that
smites them.—Abilene Farmers’ Jour
nal.
It is all right to have an aim in life
provided we don’t aim too long With
out shooting.
Have strictly Farmers’ Union pic
nics. Let all net proceeds of stands,
ets., go to the Union treasury to help
pay speakers and other necessary ex
penses. By so doing the outsiders will
help keep the Union going and they
should help some. If the members of
the Union are benefited by the organi
sation, everybody else, except the
grafter is likewise benefited. Be up
and doing, "the fields are ripe unto
harvest.”—Union Advocate, (Okla.)
It takes hard work to grew corn—
and character.
Th« Folly of the Southern People.
Tb.e agitation in the South for Mv.
eral years has caused many people to
inquire into the cause of the condi
tions here. Cotton being the basis of
nearly all prosperity in the South we
naturally look with a Jealous eye on
the fluctuation in price, adding to or
taking from its value many millions
of dollars, often in a single day. Why
should it be worth $10,000,000 more or
less today than it was yesterday?
Every business man in the South when
asked the cause will tell you that
speculation did it When asked how
speculation can add to or take million*
of wealth from the people in so short
a time only one in a thousand will be
able to talk intelligently about the
hows and the whys. This lack of in
formation and careful study on the
part of so many of our people is large
ly responsible for much of our trouble.
Manipulation fixes the price of cotton
under the present system of marketing
A few individuals who dominate the
exchanges can subtract millions from
! the value of our chief commodity at
will. Public sentiment in the South
however, is a very important factor in
market values. Public sentiment i*
the heavy artillery with which the ex
changes bombard the market. They
dare not run counter to this sentiment
very long. The first thing, therefore,
undertaken by the manipulator in a
bear raid on the market is moulding
of a pessimistic view as to trade con
ditions and the constant agitation of
the bumper crop idea. When the South
j is thoroughly saturated with these
i ideas they raid the exchange markets
break the twice, and public sentiment
j in the South allows the spot market
Here to follow, not so much because
we have to, or because true conditions
justify it, but because a pessimism
possesses the people and they become
panicky and sell, and the selling sus
tains the fictitious price caused by the
bear raid on the exchange market.
Thus a manufactured sentiment
costs the South millions of dollars
every year. Thus sentiment fixes the
price of cotton. Thus sentiment pre
vents the carrying into effect of the
only sane method of marketing cotton
—that is to feed the markets of the
world as the world needs the cotton.
What of the Southern man in any
calling who talks down the price of
cotton and contributes his share to
lower values? He unwittingly plays
the role of a traitor to his country,
to his neighbor and to his home. What
builds boom towns? Talking them up.
What causes runs on solvent banks?
Talking them down. Talk by South
ern men has the same effect on cotton
values and costs the South millions
every day.
The drummers of this section are a
powerful factor in moulding senti
ment. May I not appeal to them to
change their tactics? Beter prices
will give you better business; maybe
not this month, but eventually it will
all coane back with Interest The
banker’s position gives weight to what
he says. May I suggest to you, Mr.
Banker, that $10 per bale to add to
our cotton will Increase the bank de
posits of the South $100,000,000 and
you get your share of it. Mer
chants are a factor in moulding pub
lic sentiment. May I remind the mer
chant that one-fifth added to the value
of our cotton will increase his trade
In the same ratio. Why not boom the
price of cotton like you would boom
your town or your business? Both de
pend on cotton. I suggest that every
business, professional or commercial
organization depending on cotton for
its prosperity hold meetings and at
once in its own way begin to boost
cotton.
I have made a most thorough in
vestigation of crop conditions, and
based on these investigations I am pre
pared to say that all crop estimates is
sued to date are unreasonably high.
The crop will be a very short one
j I’-iTCU tJUC COtUCl t.V** tuw '■* “ —
and help collect his salary at th? same
time.
0. K. HIGHTOWER,
Secretary Farmers’ Union National
Cotton Committee.
Union Not Responsible for Nigh*
Riders
Nothing could be further from the
truth than the charge made by those
unfriendly to farmers’ organizations
that the night riders who have been
warning farmers and ginners in Ar
kansas and Mississippi against gin
ning and marketing cotton are actuat
ed by the Farmers’ Union. One of the
leading principles of this organisation
is obedience to the law and its mot
to it the Golden Rule. If thene are
men who belong to the order engaged
in these unlawful acts they are doing
so In violation of the law of the Un
ion as well as the law of the land
The Farmers’ Union wants cotton gin
ned slowly and held oft the market
until the minimum price ie reached
and then so slowly that no one will
know it is reached, but it realizes this
can be done only by appeals to men *
reason and patriotism and not by brut*
fores.
The Farmers’ Union has been of im
mense benefit to the farmers, both
those in and out of its membership
If it hasn’t done all that it hoped to
have been able to do it certainly has
aone much that is of benefit to those
engaged in agriculture. If it will teac
Southern farmers to raise the price or
cotton by raising their own independ
ence it will perform a task that wt
alone Justify the origin and conUnu
ance of the Union.—Dallas News.
It Is a strong man who can control
himself.
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