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A STANLY COUNTY WEEKLY OF CHARACTER PUBLISHED EVER THURSDAY.
THIRTY-ONE YEARS J- D. BIVINS, Owner and Publisher.
ALBEMARLE, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1925.
XX LI VI No. 20.
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Observe Mother's
Day Central M. E.
Interesting Program Arranged
for Sunday Services Morn
ing and Evening.
Next Sunday being Mother's day
t),e services at the Central Methodist
church will contain music and ser
mons appropriate to the day. The
following is a part of what will be in
thnse services:
Morning Service.
Prelude, Organ and Piano "A
Flower for You Mother Dear" Ira
B. Wilson.
Chorus "Why We Love Mother"
Kred Ii. Holton By 50 children.
g0lo "The Song of the Child"
Ma'ia-Zucea Frances Lilly.
jlvun "How Firm a Foundation"
George Keith.
Apostle's Creed.
Prayer.
Solo (Tenor) "Mother O' Mine"
Frank E. Taurs Mr. Fred B.
Calhoun.
Psalm.
Gloria Patri.
New Testament Lesson.
Offertory Duet (Sop. and Alto)
"Mother Is Never Too Weary" Hol
ton Mrs. L. O. Parker and Mrs. W.
V.'. Talbert.
Sermon.
Solo and Chorus "The Prodigal
and the Song" Ira B. Wilson Solo
voice, Mr. H. L. Horton.
Doxology.
Benediction.
Postluds Giulmant.
Evening Service.
i-i i i. r .1 t: c.a
1 Teiuue, uiall aim rianu uci-
ceuse" J. Barnby "Home Sweet
Home" J. H. Payne.
Solo and Chorus "Mother Call
ing" Alfred Hall Solo voice, Nina
Cranford.
Hymn "Faith of Our Mothers."
Solo (Soprano) "My Mother"
Ira B. Wilson Mrs. R. A. Rogers.
Prayer.
Chorus "Lullaby" (From "Er
mine") Jakobowski.
Scripture Lesson.
Offertory, Solo (Tenor) "There's
Only One Mother" H. Wildermere
Steve Davis. i
Sermon.
Solo and Chorus "When I Get
Home" Holton Mac Almond and
Junior Choir.
Benediction Sheppard.
Postlude.
Modern Woodmen
Hold Interesting Meet
Big Class Adoption Held Lait Thurs
day Night Many Attended.
North Albemarle Camp No. 17126,
Modern Woodmen of America, held a
class adoption at their hall in North
Albemarle last Thursday night. Visi
tors from Kings Mountain, Shelby,
Troy, Mt Pleasant, Charlotte and
other nearby towns were there.
The degree team from Charlotte
Camp No. 14192 was present and put
on the degree work. That ferocious
goat "Dynamite" was in Albemarle
for his first time. This Billy is na
tional famed, having faced over 8,000
fresh meats during the past ten
years. The Modern Woodmen over
the entire jurisdiction know of this
goat, many, however, had never had
the distinction of seeing him in ac
tion. He performed some over 30
huskies Thursday night, giving the
neighbors in these parts their first
opportunity of seeing the wonderful
loage goat.
Prof. Hildreth from Georgia and
national deputy from Colorado were
also in attendance.
SERMON ON EVOLUTION
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH j
Next Sunday evening at the local
Presbyterian church, Rev. J. J. Doug
lass, pastor of First Presbyterian !
church at Wadesboro, will preach a
special sermon on evolution. ' j
Since delivery of a sermon on this I
suDject in h.s own church, Mr. Doug
lass has received numbers of calls
from other places to preach his ser
mon on evolution, and. it is regarded
by competent judges as an ' unan
swerable presentation on the subject.
Albemarle considers itself fortu
ne in having Mr. Douglass here on
Sunday evening at 7:45, and the
church cordially invites everyone to
attend.
Some attended last Sunday under
a misunderstanding', and this an
nouncement is to set right the hour
and date.
J. B. SWAIN
'""el Director Field Serric. N. C.
,.- Cotton Association.
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PRESIDENT COOLIDGE.
Coolidge Is Believer
In Co-operatives
We want co-operation preached as
a principle, not a panacea. It will
not perform miracles. It will not
accomplish the impossible. But it is
a sound, (tried, demonstrated prin
ciple that must be introduced at the
basis of our agricultural establish
ment. It demands that the individual
shall surrender some part of his com
plete independence for his own and
for the general good.
It means that a certain authority
must be delegated, and when dele
gated it must be supported. There
must be faith, good will, patience. It
must be understood that no very
spectacular achievements will be
wrought.
The co-operative association, which
establishes grades and standards en
courages the good and eliminates the
poor varieties, increases the efficiency
of the production, provides a unified
product adapted to its market, or
ganizes its distribution, creates con
fidence in its products and its meth
ods that kind of an association is
doing the best that co-operation can
do. It will serve both the seller
and the buyer. Under wise leader
ship it will succeed. More than any
thing else we need a generation of
farmers trained to co-operation; and
to get that we need able, courageous,
determined leadership, and, most of
all, leadership that will not desert the
farmer, but will stay by him." -
MRS. PEARL AUSBAND DIED IN
CHARLOTTE OF PNEUMONIA
Former Student Albemarle College
for Girls and Wife of For
mer Townsman.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Crowell at
tended the funeral services over the
remains of Mrs. Myrtle Alexander
Ausband at Charlotte Tuesday. Mrs.
Ausband js remembered in Albe
marle as a student of the A. N. I. I.,
and she was the wife of Mr. Pearl
Ausband, who is a brother of Mrs.
Crowell.
The Charlotte News of Monday
contained this reference:
Mrs. Lillian Myrtle Ausband, 31,
wife of P. E. Ausband, died Sunday
night at her home on West Thirty
Third street. She had been ill a
week, pneumonia having developed
last Thursday.
Mrs. Ausband was a native of
the Paw Creek section, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Alexander.
She had been employed by the Inde
pendence Trust company since 1914.
She was a member of the West Ave
nue Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Ausband is survived by her
husband and several brothers and
sisters: R. M. Alexander, of Mor
ganton; Mrs. J. C. Rose, of Waynes-
ville; Miss Edna Alexander, of I-ortj
Bayard, is. iu.; miss na hi. rtiexiwi-
tier, uastoma; inrs. n. a. iucmnsier,
Richmond, Va.; John O. Alexander,
Los Angeles, Cal., and H. C. Alex
ander, cashier of the Industrial Loan
and Investment Bank of Charlotte.
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r uieral services win De nem ai
the West Avenue Presbyterian church
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock with
Rev: C. C. Anderson, the pastor, in
charge. Burial will be at Paw Creek
cemetery.
HOSPITAL NEWS.
Miss Thelma Mabry, of city, major
operation.
Miss. Eula May Lisk of Norwood,
appendicitis operation.
Miss Verna Lowder, of city, ap
pendix operation.
Mr. J. A. Huneycutt, city, medical
treatment.
Mr. M. D. Turner, of Norwood, ton
sil operation.
Miss Myrtle Deese, of city, major
operation.
Mr. Prince M. Talbert, of Oakboro,
blood poison.
Mr. H. T. Smith, Mt. Pleasant, ma
jor operation.
Miss Ethel Efird, of city, major
operation.
Mrs. M. F. Mauldin, of city, tonsil
operation.
Miss Veda May Burleyson, of city,
maior operation.
Mrs. J. C. Morton, of city, major
operation.
The following patients have left
since Saturday: Mrs. L. L. Carpen
ter, Mrs. D. L. Hatley, Mrs. W. V.
Hatlcy, and Mr. M. F. Mauldin.
All the patients are doing fine.
17 Oakboro Students
Receive Diplomas
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isitor at School Commencement '
Sees Great Promises for j
Western Stanly. i
Oakboro, May 4. (Special.)
There has been no greater cvi- j
dence of progress in the we stern part
of Stanly county than was exhibited
last week in Oakboro's splendid high
j school commencement. Good pro
grams and tremendous crowds were
j in evidence throughout the com- j
i menccment which came to a grand
and impressive close on Friday eve- j
, ning, Way 1
! The Oakboro school has enjoyed
! one of the best year's in its history
under the principals-hip of Professor
j McRee, ably assisted by Professor
! Colcard, Mrs. J. N. Lilly and others.
The total school enrollment for the
j year has been approximately 450,
'with a little more than 100 pupils
enrolled in the high school.
On Friday night of last week there
were possibly more than a thousand
people in attendance at the Oakboro
commencement, and the graduating
exercises were interesting1 and im
pressive. A very promising class of
17 young men and women received
their diplomas and many of them
are now planning entering college.
The class roll follows:
Charles Lewis Barnhardt, Mary
Rozena Bowers, Edna Stella Curlee,
Marcus Albert Drye, Roy Edgar
Drye, Ethel Maude Dunn, Mary Jewel
Hartsell, Mary Angeline Hinson,
Ruben Furman James, Carrie Lee
Lambert, Augustus Parker, Lester E.
Smith, Maurice Elmer Smith, Glenn
Roosevelt Smith, Gatha Mae Smith,
and Odessa Rowena Whitley.
Attractive diplomas with the seal
of the county board of education, and
signed by the local board were de
livered to each of these by Professor
McRee. Afterwards certificates of
seventh grade graduates were de
livered by Superintendent Reap to
one of the largest seventh grade
classes in the county whose names
are here given:
Connie Austin, Allie Austin, Paul
Barnhardt, Veda Barbee, Grace Bur
ns, Grover Burgess, Vernon Curlee,
Bertha Carriker, Cletus Carriker, Ola
Coble, Jennie Lee Coble, Baylus
Drye, Maire Drye, Horace Eudy,
Newell Furr, Colen Furr, Estelle
Foreman, Davis Hahn, Ruth Hahn,
Florence Hatley, Lizzie Hatley, Gillie
Belle Huneycutt, Ora Hill, Clyde
Hinson, Margaret Hartsell, Emma
Kennedy, Maude Little, Mintie Little,
Alfred Ledbetter, Dewell Morgan,
Kermot Smith, Es?ic Tucker, Pr.lmer
Tucker, Jennie Turner, Carrie
Thomas, Ernest Taylor, Thaddeus
Whitley, Odell Whitley, and Cleg?
Whitley.
We hope to see this entire class
graduate from high school in 1929.
Not only has the educational de
velopment and growth of Oakboro
made great progress as was evidenc
ed by this commencement, but the
agricultural development has kept
pace, for the agricultural department
of the high school, under the direc
tion of Professor Colvard has been a
very vital force in the agricultural
progress and prosperity that can be
seen on every hand in that section of
the county. Many of the high
school boys in their project work un
der Professor Colvard have not only
shown the great possibilities in that
section, but have also shown splendid
profits from their projects. Through
these vital sources N the Oakboro
school has played a very prominent
part in the great progress in this
section of western Stanly county.
True to this spirit of growth and
progress the committee of the Oak
boro and surrounding schools have
had visions of greater things and
are now planning extending the
boundaries and the blessings of this
splendid school to cover practically
the entire township, south of the
highway. This will offer the same
afivantages
to the districts of Oak-
i boro, Dry, Jones Hill, Barbee, and
Smith that the Oakboro school now
enjoys. It is doubtful if there is a
section anywhere in North Carolina
where the school serves the . people
more
efficiently and more con
veniently than the Oakboro school
serves the good people of that com
munity. Those people a few years
ago struck upon the brilliant and
practical idea of making the school
for directly into the needs of all the
people it served, by working not
only for agricultural development
and agricultural education in the
arranging a summer term opening
high school, but at the same time by
about the 20th of July each year and i
closing about the 10th of September,
thus enabling the boys and girls to
attend school while the crops were
laid by and working on the farms to
help gather the crop from about the
10th of September until the first of
November, then opening again and
finishing the eight months' term.
State Superintendent Allen says he
believes this is the solution to educa
tional problems in all farming com
munities. Such a plan as this is not
only very practical, but is also ef
ficient for the same teachers can
carry the work along throughout the
year and the pupils will really lose
nothing in efficiency or classroom
advancement during the year. By
such a plan any community in Stanly
county can follow Oakboro's splendid
example very profitably.
When the future pages of Stanly
county's history are unfolded to us,
we shall see the Oakboro community
occupying a very prominent place in
Stanly's true greatness and sections
Dr. Splude Presides
at Asheville Meeting
Is President Chiropractors
Association of State.
North Carolina Chiropractors' as- j
soriation is in session at Battery Park !
hotel, Ashevilie. Dr. T. C. Spliide, of '
Alben;ar!e, is president of the associa
tion, and he will call the gathering to
order thhis morning at 9:110 o'clock,'
beginning a session of three days.
Dr. Miller, partner of Dr. Splude,
is a'so in attendance. The program
is rep'ete with social diversion, trips,
and there is a good smattering of
technical subjects set for discussion.
Dr. A. B. Hemler, dean of the
Palmer School of Chiros at Davon-!
port, Iowa, is listed for two topics. !
Drs. Splude and Miller have re-:
cently equipped a building of their!
own here in Albemarle for the treat-1
ment and care of their patients. It
is perhaps the most modern interior
in its equipment of the kind to be
found in the state.
Mrs. Charles W. Hatley
Dies Suddenly; Stroke i
The sad death of Mrs. Mary-Louise
Hatley, in West Albemarle, occurred
last Friday night about 11 o'clock.
Mrs. -Hatley had eaten supper as
usual, did some light work in the !
garden, and except for a slight head
ache was in her usual health. She
went into the house, and soon sent
word to her husband to come to her
at once. She had lost use of her
arm, and her lips felt dead to her.
Mr. Hatley called in a physician at
once, but his wife was unconscious
within a few minutes, and died some
three hours afterwards.
She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jeff Hatley, aged 35 years. She
Was a member of the Methodist
church at Salem, and her remains
were interred in the cemetery there
on Sunday afternoon at 2:30, in the
presence of a very large congrega
tion, most of whom were friends who
knew her and loved her in life. Rev.
H. L. Powell conducted the services,
assisted by Rev. J. L. Trollinger.
She is survived by her husband,
Mr. Charles W. Hatley, and an only
daughter, Miss Edna, aged 12 years.
The sympathy of many friends go
out to the bereaved ones.
TRAVIS J. COGGIN DEAD.
Mr. Travis J. Coggin, who had been
feeble for many months and had lin
gered in ill health, passed out quietly
on Saturday, May 2d. Aged 70
years on May 12 last.
1 He was twice married, first to Miss
' Sirona Reeves. To this union were
born seven children Mesdames J. B.
Carter and G. C. Ritchie, of Albe
marle; Mrs. R. V. Newsom, of New
some; Mrs. R. L. Calloway, New Lon
don; Mrs. C. L. Smith, Macon, Ga.;
Neason H. Coggin, Kannapolis. Mrs.
Minnie Coley died about a year ago.
His second marriage was to Mrs.
Julia Teeter, to whom were born Mrs.
Hal Smith, Newton; Travis Coggin,
Macon, Ga. ; Price Coggin, Gastonia;
Jamie, Woodrow, Ruth, and Marie
Coggin, of Albemarle.
Mr. Coggin was a native of Mont
gomery county. He came to Albe
marle about 27 years ago, during
which time he plied his trade as har
ness maker and leather repair work,
and as merchant. He was a good
mixer, had a jovial disposition, and
won friends. Like others, Mr. Cog
gin was not always on the mountain
top, but the main tenor of his life
was toward the good, and it was
largely through his efforts that the
first mill church was erected in Albe
marle. Because of his activities,
and earnest co-operation with the
then pastor, Rev. N. R. Richardson,
the latter was here at the burial and
assisted in the ceremonies. He made
a very touching talk.
Friends contributed to the burial
arrangements, and Mr. Coggin was
honored at the grave as he was sus
tained in life by loving ministrations, j
Funeral services were conducted j
from First Street Methodist church
by his pastor, Rev. R. A. Swaringen,
Sunday afternoon.
Tall bearers: J. B. Carter, R. .
Newsom, R. L. Calloway, G. C.
Ritchie, C. L. Smith, Hal Smith, who
were sons-in-law of the deceased. The
following were honorary pall bearers:
J. S. Smith, Sr., N. J. Pennington, T.
M. Denning, Jack Cooper, Carl Tay
lor, A. P. Moose.
Flower bearers: Ada Snuggs, Mrs.
R. G. Mabry, Miss Dona Moose, Miss
Elizabeth Brown, Mrs. Lizzie Slack,
Miss Odessa Morgan, Miss Mabel Pen
nington, Mrs. R. R. Ingram, Mrs. T.
M. Denning, Mrs. Ross Babb.
WHERE THE "AD" PAYS
AND WHERE IT DOESN'T
One step won't take you far,
You've got to keep on walking.
One word won't tell folk who you are,
You've got to keep on talking.
One inch won't make you very tall,
You've got to keep on growing.
One little ad won't do at all,
You've got to keep them going.
Because
A constant drop of water wears
awaythe hardest stone,
The constant gnawing towser masti
cates the toughest bone,
The constant cooing lover carries off
the blushing maid,
And the constant advertiser is the
one that gets the trade.
that have not yet caught the spirit
will awaken from their indifferent
sleep and ask the good people of that
section how they did it.
at Oakboro
Destroyed By Fire
Used Gasoline Thinking It Was
Kerosene Mrs. Mary
Kennedy Passes.
Oakboro, May 4. Mrs. Mary Ken
nedy died Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock after a lingering illness, and
was buried at Big Lick Monday. The
deceased was the widow of the late
W. D. Kennedy and was a good wo- i
man, a member of the Baptist church, j
Her funeral was held by her pastor, j
Rev. F. W. Fry.
She leaves three (laughters and
two sons besides a host of other
friends to mourn her departure. The
children are as follows: Mesdames J.
W. Coble, Ben Hathcock and Silas
Austin in whose home she died;!
Messrs. Willie and Caesar Kennedy.
It has fallen our lot to have a
death to report in each issue, much I
to our regret and therefore it is j
enough to make the people in our i
community stop and think. We know
not what the future may bring forth,
so let us live right and then we can
die right as did Mrs. Kennedy who
has left an influence for good. Our
profound sympathy goes out to the
bereaved.
Miss Cleopatra Beachum, who at
tended school here, has returned to
her home in Anson county. Her little
nephew, Edwin Beachum, accom
panied her home to spend awhile.
Also, Carrie Thomas has gone to Pee
Dee to spend awhile with her sister,
Mrs. A. R. Tucker.
Mr. W. I. Mills, of Charlotte, spent
awhile Sunday in the home of his
father, Mr. Alfred Mills, of this place.
Quite a number of our people at
tended the Primitive Baptist associa
tion at Howard's Chapel and report
some real good preaching.
Miss Cora Coble gave Dr. and Mrs.
Love a pleasant call Sunday after
noon. Mr. and Mrs. Love, Miss Carmine
Lee and Mr. and Mrs. Cauble made
a business trip to Palmerville Satur
day. Miss lone Shuping, of Norwood,
spent part of last week with her
mother at this place.
Mr. Arthur Ledbetter and family
spent Saturday in the Shuping home.
Mr. Arthur Rogers, of Albemarle,
made his usual week-end visit to
homefolks here.
Mr. B. M. Rogers and family spent
Sunday in Albemarle.
Mr. Simp. Cox and family visited
in the home of Mr. F. B. Nichols
i Sunday.
Mr. Lee Mauldin and family, of
Norwood, spent Sunday with Mrs. G.
C. Lee.
The depot here caught on fire this
morning at 8 o'clock and was com-
pletely destroyed. The fire origin-
ated from the stove by pouring gaso
line instead of kerosene to start a
fire. Mr. Vixen Thomas, the traffic
agent, made the mistake. He thought
he was using kerosene. Everything
was done possible to save the build
ing but the explosion of the stove
caused a can of gasoline to explode
and the fire was so sudden that noth
ing could be done.
The farmers are very busy planting
their crops.
Miss Annie Smith spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hatley.
Miss Grace Tucker, of Mt. Pleas
ant spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. S. L. Mclntyre of this place.
Mr. Albert Hatley and daughter,
Miss Vera Hatley spent Saturday aft
ernoon in Albemarle visiting relatives
and friends.
Mr. J. C. Poole, of Wadeville,
made his usual call to see Miss Vada
Hatley Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arie Burris and sis
ter, Miss Auta, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Burris Sunday.
Miss Vera Hatley spent Sunday
with Misses Gatha, and Annie Smith.
MOCK WEDDING.
Last Friday evening between the
hours of 8 and 11 the Young People's
Missionarv society of Central Metho-
dist church enjoyed a uelighttul so-
cial in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.
A. Reap. On arrival, the entertain
ing "Golds" were all tagged with
badges of gilt paper to distinguish
them from the entertained "Greens,"
who were similarly marked with
green leaves. The affair marked the
end of a contest for new members
between the rival clans, and the vic
tors were entertained by the losers.
The "Gold" committee had planned
enough new and novel games to have
kept them busy most of the night, but
only a comparative few of these
could be played for lack of time.
Chief in point of interest, perhaps,
was the mock wedding, in which all
present bore some part. First, the
bridesmaids and groomsmen carefully
dressed their respective principals.
The blushing bride, Miss Mary Leona
Talbert, was charming in a dress
made of newspapers with a long
paper train that swept the floor.
Steve Davis, the groom, was similarly
clad in paper garments, thus im
provised; while the officiating minis
ter, George Watts, was dignified and
impressive in his paper suit. At the
beginning of the ceremony Mrs. Reap
sang touchingly and appropriately
"The Fight Is On." A large number
of other lively games were played.
Another item of interest was the
talk by Miss Mary Lilly Snuggs , on
the recent missionary society confer
ence in Charlotte, at which she was a
delegate. Nor did anyone fail to
enjoy the bountiful refreshments,
consisting of ice cream, cake and
salted peanuts.
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WILLIAM JARD1NE
Secretary of Agriculture.
Jardine Strongly
for Co-operation
Will Make Farming "Depend
ably Profitable," Says
New Secretary.
William M. Jardine, the new secre
tary of agriculture, is a strong be
liever in co-operative marketing, he
says in an interview published in a
recent issue of the magazine, "The
Nation's Business."
Self-help, through co-operative
marketing, if applied in the right
way, will make farming in America
"dependably profitable," he says in
the interview, and will accomplish
things that cannot be -done by legis
lation. "The farmer, the actual producer,
is entitled to a larger proportion of
the consumer's dollar than he now
gets," Secretary Jardine says. "What
is needed is to diminish the spread
.between the price received by the
farmer'and that paid by the consum
er. This can be accomplished mainly
through co-operative effort.
"The farmer, heretofore, has al
ways sold on a buyer's market. He
has had to do so, because he has not
had organization. He has not been
in a position to bargain. What he
needs to do is to sell his products on
a seller's market. He can do this
only through co-operative organiza
tion. Must Get Together.
"There are 6,500,000 individual
farmers in the United States. It is
futile for them to attempt selling in
dividually and expect to exert any
control over tlr markets. They must
pct toiretber. Where they have done
so, with trie right methods and under
competent leadership, thev have been
successful, and they will be more
successful in the future.
"There have been failures, and
these have had wider publicitv than
the successes. Some of the failures
have been due simply to getting
away to bad starts. Some have had
poor management. It is one thing
to know how to run a retail grocery,
and another thing to know how to
manage a chain of such stores. Like
wise, a man who can run a farm
successfully is not necessarily com
petent to manage a federation of
farmers for selling purposes.
Will Stabilize Markets.
"Co-operation among farmers,
properly carried out, will accom
plish precisely what farming most
needs. It will iron out the peaks and
vallevs in the agricultural market.
It will go far toward securing a
constant market at a constant price,
giving to agriculture definite per
manence in a business wav.
"If applied in the right way, co
oncrntion can make of American
farmers a big, voluntarily unified,
permanent and dependable profitable
business, in a way that no paternal
istic legislation could nossibly do.
The government can aid in develop
ing co-operation, in providing a vol-
untary clearing house tor co-opera-
tive organizations.
It can, in other
the farmer to
words, siinnlv help
help himself."
CRIES FOR A LIVING.
Harry Long, Michigan farmer, who
sheds tears for a living, says grind
ing horseradish at the rate of 5.000
bushe's a year has a peculiar effect
on the eyes. In a month he sheds
more tears than any woman ever
shed in a lifetime, yet his eyes are
unusually strong. "Tears seem to
be good for the eyes," says Long.
"None of us wear glasses, and the
friend of mine who taught me the
business cried over his horseradish
machine more than 40 years. He
must have shed a hogshead full of
tears, yet to the day of his death
never knew what it was to wear
glasses." Long entered the horse
radish business with his brother less
than two years ago, and sells a quar
ter of a million bottles of the relish
annuallv at a good profit. If spe
cialty farming pays, it usually pays
well.
Truth of It.
Roth "I hear Sam Heath wrecked
his auto down the Mill road last
night. What was the cause of the
accident?"
Graham "Chickens."
Roth B'gosh there should be a
law against letting chickens run in
the road."
Graham "These chickens were in
the car."
Surplus Farm Prod
ucts Sold Itoad Side
Good Roads Knable Farmers tc
Sell Much Stuff in Limit
ed A read.
With the building of good roads
a new form of selling perishable
products has been introduced in some
section. "Roadside Markets" dis
pose of surplus farm products within
a limited atea. 'I he Rural Xew York
er refers to some examples as fol
lows: The best example of a roadside
market is one a few miles east of
Cleveland. This is a co-operative en
terprise. Farmers supplying thi
market, the writer is informed, art
charged about 10 per cent for selline, .
Other places along the road between
Cleveland and Buffalo and elsewhert
the writer has observed roadside
markets selling for nearby farmers
and charging commission. The fine
feature of this plan is the products
from several farms may be sold,
while the time of but one of two
sales people is employed, whereas it
each farm attempted to market its
products, the line would be limited,
and it would require one member
from each family to give constant at
tention to the selling end.
Several farmers have declared that
since their roadside stands represent
ed no great investment, they would
be used as temporary markets, and
closed at such times when there were
no fruits or vegetables for sale. Tht
co-operative market can easily be
worked out, and is probably the best
solution of the roadside selling prob
lem. Attacks On Co-operatives
Are Resented
Co-operative marketing is sound in
morals, sound in finance, and sound
in principle. It is a sure thing now
that any arrangements are made
openly. One of the most amazing
things that happened last year was
attack of Henry Ford's paper.
Notwithstanding the attack of hift
paper last year and with all his re
sources and financial power he has
not been able to stop one single co
operative marketing association, says
Judge Bingham. He has been able to
impede the formation of some new
ones. He has not been able to stop
or destroy a single one in operation.
The publisher of the Staple Cotton
Review, in the issue for October 1,
1924, expressed the following resent
ment of the attack on co-operative
marketing by the Dearborn Inde
pendent: "A recent issue of the Dearborn
Independent contains an article on
the Staple Cotton Co-operative as
sociation. We have a certain ad
miration for excellence, per se, quite
regardless of the field in which
it is displayed or the particular form
and circumstance of its manifesta
tion. Measured by certain standards,
this is an excellent article. Its au
thor has succeeded in compressing as
many inaccuracies in as small a com
pass as was ever accomplished by any
writer, anywhere, even in the Dear
born Independent. He has attempted
the feat of constantly following the
shadowy line of libelous writing, yet
trying to remain upon the legally safu
side of mendacity. Whether he has
accomplished it, remains to be seen.
He has adopted the use of broad gen
eralizations to include apparently
specific charges and so handling them
as to make a specious appeal to the
ignorant, the prejudiced and the un
informed. We say, therefore, that
in astute innuendo and cunningly
malicious insinuations, coupled with
a shrewd effort to avoid the use of
actionable words, the article is fairly
entitled to be characterized as ex
cellent : A sort of excellence of in
famy, to be more specific."
ED PURDY'S FH1LOS.
"One thing certain is that few
clothes lines are breaking these days
from the weight of women's clothes
pinned thereon."
A Rare Bird.
Whiskers "I'm proud to say that
I am an old-fashioned doctor."
Patient "What does that mean,
Doc?"
Whiskers "I try my best to find
out what is the matter with you with
out calling in a lot of guys to discuss
the matter with me."
HERBERT HOOVER
Say Basinw Interests Should Sup
port Co-operahr Marketing.
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