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I HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN; UNA WED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN." volumn xm. MOCKSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY. 10 1912. NUMBER 27 Be a Farmer This Year, Not Mere ly a Cotton Grower. The Progressive Farmer. Whenever cotton gets very low there are always a lot of people to cry out, 4 "Quit raising cotton." and a lot of farmers who begin looking for some other crop "to take the place of cotton." Now, we do not believe that the Cotton Belt farmer should quit raising cotton or that he needs another "money crop" to take its place. Cotton is the greatest money crop that Southern farmers, as a class, can groY. For the man who has been growing cotton all his life to quit all at once just because prices are low and plunge altogether into some other branch of farming, is anything but a wise policy. The cotton farmer doesn't need to get unduly excited because cotton prices are low. Cotton was a profitable crop, even this year, to some farmers it will be a profitable crop for a long time time yet if farmers will only give it a chance. There are a great many changes sadly needed in our system of farming, but there is not the slightest need of a panic-stricken rush to untried iines of work. The kind of farming needed next year is exactly the kind of farming that was needed this year, the kind that The Progressive Farmer urged, and the kind that good farmers here and there all over the South are do ing. Cotton is low this year, because our farmers went wild last spring and planted the biggest crop in the history of this country. Prices had been high for two years, and they forgot that a cotton crop of medium size almost invariblv brings more than a big one. They forgot, too, that the entire dependence upon a single, crop, jyo matter, haw, good crop it may be, is an unsafe policy. For all these years The Progressive Farmer has been urging Southern farmers to reduce their cotton acre age to farm their lands in a system atic rotation, to grow more corn ai d hay and other feed cros, to keep more livestock, to give more atten tion to building up the fertility of of their lands, to reduce the cost of production by making larger crops to the acre in short, to farm so as to make their cotton a real "money crop," a surplus crop, instead of having to sell it to pay for fertilizers and males and feed and "supplies" and clothing and everything else they need. All this we still believe -T.ss sound advice then and now, but it does not follow that it will pay the man who does not understand hog raising or dairying to rush into these businesses, or that the man who has had no experience with truck crops should change all at once from a cotton planter to a trucker. There is no great change needed, except the change from the present miser l ably wasteful cropping practice to a rational system of general farming; and when this change is made cotton wiil still be the great staple crop of the South. Do not be misled, either, by the advice some people are giving to buy no fertilizer next year, or by any of that sort of stuff. What you want is to have every pound of cotton you produce next year produced at the least possible cost. The way to do thi3 is to make just as much cotton as possible on every acre planted. Reduce the fertilizer bill by reducing the acreage. Put half the land you t xpect to plant to cotton in peas or soy beans or potatoes or some other crop, and then plant your cotton on good land, plant good seed, fertilize liberally, cultivate well with improv ed machinery. Whenever Southern farmers get to the point of making the fertility of their land their first consideration in the planning of their farm work, and when they get to real farming with systematic rotation and diver sification, they will not plant every available acre in cotton one year be cause prices are high and then hunt a substitute crop the next year be cause prices are low. And then cot ton will be a profitable crop every year to the man who uses good farm lnS methods, and a big crop will oc nave to be gold fQV lesg than a small one just because the1 farmers are unable to hold and market it in a business manner. ' Preaches a Sermon On Country Editor. Elder John P. Galvin, pastor of the Christian Church of Fairfield, 111., in a series of sermons on the different trades and occupations of life delivered a sermon on "The Newspaper," Among the many good things ne said were: "What am I doing for it? Kick ing because its not blowing my horn? But how much of myself am I lending to the paper by speak ing a good word for it whenever I have a chance? Iteally, how much of my personal influence can its editor depend upon? Much, or is it very little? If I grow a bi cab bage I want him to publish it, but I may hear item after item of news about other people's cabbages and never drop him a liiie about them. 2sow. as he is not almighty enough to be in all places at the same time why not help him by making news for his paper? It's rather a mean thing to take everything and give nothing back but faultfinding. If we never feed the cow how can we expect any milk, and can we blame Bossy if she kicks the milker and the bucket? All in all I iind that our county papers are doing their very best for every prat of the country, even a hundred times more than any of the large city papers can possibly do. 'The city daily or weekly can not deaF w)th' those, to them small iteins which interest close neigh bors; 'f But the county papers tell us ail home matters, from the first baby down no garden truck x and the visit Mrs. Sallie nnveomerso "In fact, the magic of the coun ty poper sets far off neighbors in close gossiping contact just a rail fance between. And where can the preacher find a more willing agent than this same county news paper? It gives him free ads for his sermons, lectures, etc. "And how many times its puff has inflated the cash balance of the church social! And he has to pay for his ice cream and cake besides. "Talking about men working for glory. Why, the only share of glory of halt the editors of country papers is like that of the man who saw the father of his nation from afar off. Yes; his glory is like some of those weird pictures of Dore. And after he has spent ajr hour or so patching up the spelling and punctuation of some hasty brothers article or letter so as to make de cent leading out of it he feels as if ne had a mouthful of mustard and sour dock when the said brother goes around telling everyone how the said editor has ruined his beau tiful effusion. Job had boils to contend with, but the country ed itor has to try to satisfy men and women afflicted with an elongated dose of twisted conceit. Job pray ed that his enemy might write a book, but if I could ever pray for the affliction of a man I didn't like lid pray he might be an editor of a country newspaper. It would keep him hot throug the day, and he wouldn't have much sleep at night. So my heart goes out to the country editor. May his "paid up list grow as fast as the gourd of Jouah, only witha better staying quality, and may his days be long in the land, and may his shadow never grow less, and, if we can let us send him to congress." The American Press. Why Honor Was Shown Guilford . Christmas. The following is from a recent issue of'the News and Observer: "A peculiar mark of respeet was paid to a Cumberland County col ored man last week by the white people of Fayetvillc. The colored mab was Guilford Christmas.? hoe life of devotion in the service of his former master. Col. Wharton J. Green, gave bim a warm place in the hearts of the family of; Col onel Green. When he died white people sent flowers to go on hi grave and a number of leading white citizens acted as pallbearers. During the war he acted as body servant at the front of Colonel Green." , What the Observer says of the early life of Christmas may all be very true, but that is not why the Observer saw fit to comrnend him so highly and to also commeud the white citizens of Favetville who acted as pal I -bearers at hi3 funeral. Guilford Christmas was a Demo crat. He had held office under Democratic rule, and being a De: mocrat covers a multitude of his sius in the Xews and Observer's eye. If the writer is not mistaken it was Guilford Christmas whom a Democratic Legislature appointed as door keeper iu preference to a white ex Confederate soldier who was an applicant for the position. If some white liepnblicans had served as pall bearers at the fune nil of a colored politician the News and Observer would paramount it in the next campaign. Caucasian. He Felt a Big Rib Going. Little Bobbie had attended his first Sunday school and was deeply impressed with the exprience. He was told that the first man was named "Adam," and he was lone ly and wandered about, with no oue to talk to until Got finally took pity on him. ? Yery carefully the Sunday school teacher explained that Adam, after spending a lonely dey, lay down to sleep. While he was sleeping an angel came and extracted one of his ribj and laid it alongside of tii e uieep i n g" Ad a m . W hen Ada m awoke in the morning he was sur prised to find that the rib had been changed into a wife for him, whom he called "Eve," Bobbie went home that day and explained the tfle to his parents. That afternoon, after he had been running about playing, he develop ed a pain in his side, and when his mother found him he was lying on bis bed crying bitterly: "What is the matter with my little boy?" asked the mother. "I'm getting a wife," was the sobbing response. Milwaukee Free Press. Some Good Advice. This is an era of what common men call "snaps." A good many men without character or capital are living by their wits and upon the credulity of others. Lacking all sense of veracity, they scatter promises right and left, and when fulfillment is demanded they slip out of the hole by some invention of the mind more or less plausible. Of course, some men bluntly insist upou the carrying out of the bar gain, but, iu a certain percentage of cases, their excuses are accept ed and thus their nefarious exis tence continued. Hence we believe it is economy and wisdom for eve rybody iu general and farmers in particular, to pass byvery travel ing shark that proposes to make you rich by one small investment, or save yoii from 10 to $100 iu a little scheme they have on foot, and" as an expression ot your good faith only ask your signature to a simple contract. Patronize home industry. Deal with those whom you know and thereby save your self from vexation in spirit and be ing soundly swindled. Ex. Pull together, breathren. We are all here for the same purpose. Then live and let live. The best way to build up your town is for each and every mac to pull toge ther and not strive to rend and tear down. All residents of a. town are partners, aud not opponents. In all likelihood, the more busi ness done by your rivai the more you will do. Every mariTwho treats his customers honestly and fairly will get his share, and the more business that can -be secured by united effort, the better it will be for all; Ex. With the Editors. ITthe farmers could eat cotton aud advice they would surely have the ups on the rest of us. Albe marle Chronicle. North Carolina needs more Pro fessor Coons to tell us of the incom petent, expensive and jnirtisiau management of the State's school spstem. Albemarle -Chronicle, Simmons claims that he has goue broke on the senatorial job, but it is noticed that he isn't willing to give it up. -Arid there are at least three others who are terribly anx ious to make the sacrifice. Albe marle Chronicle. The News and Observer says the Democratic party in this State is doing absolutely nothing towards enforcing the anti trust law. We'll remind Josephns of this next fall when the pokeberry juice begins to flow Lincoln Times. The leading Democrats are now saying that there is not au over production of cotton, and they ad mitthat cotton ought to be selling at 14 cents per pound. Now we would like for them to get honest enoigh for one time in their lite to admit the cause. Clinton News Dispatch. Ii the town oi Concord recently more than 600 were collected in tines and costs from liquor sellers in ii single day's session of the po liceicourt. Still it is expected of moral sentiment to control a class who will take such risks with a hangrj- towu treasury as that. Albemarle Chronicle. Stenographer Yf anted. Iecently a paper published this itciTH'The "business man of this town who is in the habit of hug ging his stenographer had better quit or we willpublish his name." The next day 37 business men call ed at the office, paid up their sub scriptions a year in advance, left 37 columns of advertising to run Lf. and told the editor cot to pay any attention to foolish stories. Now Editor Rem bur b of Kansas wants a stenographer to locate in Potter Kansas City Journal. The Southeast Presents Eevery Advantage for the General Farmer. The Southeastern States form au ideal general farming section. Grow ers or the great staple crops corn, cotton, tobacco, cane, wheat and hay find in the South the most excellent combination of soil, tem perature, rainfall and other grow ing conditions for the production of the largest crops. Primarily, the Southeast may be said to offer the greatest variety of staple crops to the general farm er. No other section of the coun try can be placed under a rotation system in which there is a choice of four of the greatest general farrn crops known to agriculture for the principal cash factor. Either corn cotton, tobacco or cane will make excellent returns per acre iu almost every part of the Southeast, and on many places all of them can be included in the diversified system which is being followed by the mo dern farmer. The soils of the Southeast are admirably fitted for general farm crops. They are warm, open, eas ily worked lands, and present eve ry variety of formation, subsoil, chemical and physical composition. Many sections possess several dis tinct types of soil, snitablefor en tirely different crops. An instance in point is that to be found on many Southern farms where great crops of tobacco are taken from the yel low soils of one slope, while cotton and corn thrive iu the rich, black loam of the opposite field. South ern lands are cheap, too a para mount consideration for the gene ral farmer, who, as a rule, cannot invest large sums in specialized machinery, fertilizer and other ex penditures for growing a special ized crop. In no other part of the United States can such lauds be had at so low a price. Climate conditions throughout the Southeast are peculiarly ad vantageous for general farming. The long growing season lasting from seven to eleven months out of the twelve is of the greatest importance to the producer of staple crops, as it enables him to take his time preparing his laud aud does not force him to remove a crop before maturity on account of frosts. Two and sometimas three crops a year can be taken from the same land in the Southeast--a lact not to be overlooked when profits and expenses are figured up at the end of the year. When a man can take off spring wheat, put in corn, and after taking off that, get a crop of cowpea hay, followed by pota toes, before a killing frost, general diversified farming means some thing. Few sections have better rainfall conditions than the South east. The drouth of the past sum mer, so keenly felt in other parts of the country, hardly affected the Southeast. So much for facts cf production in the Southeast. Conditions of consumption are equally as good. Practically every Southern city imports annually large quantities of produce of every kind from dis tant States, solely because the far mers of the vicinity do net grow enough to supply the local demand Transportation facilities are excel lent throughout the Southeast, and market conditions of the finest. Hay, the grains in fact, nearly all 'agricultural produce, commands a higher price in the Southeast than elsewhere, - making au acre crop worth more to the Southern farmer than is true in other sec tions. With such conditions of soils, climate aud market present, there is small wonder that the general farmer in the Southeast is making larger profits from bis acres and is rapidly increising the yield of his crops and the value of his lands; while the thousands of farmers who ome every year to the South from other paris of the country are find ing ttieir new places productive of yields aud profits even greater than their fondest hopes. Southern Field. A Gambler's Testimony. "I have been in the saloon busi ness, with a gambler's room at tached, for the last four years, and ney But the size bundle you can carry away from our store for a few dollars makes you forget all about low priced cotton makes you smile and think about 15 cent cotton again. Watch us and see us prove it. Just to keep things moying weareselling some Ladies Coat Suits at about one-half what they will cost you elsewhere. Our line of Sample Shoes is a wonder. About 100 pair left, which can be bought at one-third less than regular price. Call and see them. A big line of Sweaters, Shirts, Underwear, Hats and Caps to go at a bargrin. A pretty line of 25 and 50c. Neckwear the latest styles to go at 18 and 38c. . Our line of Groceries is always fresh and up-to-date. A trial order will convince you Our free delivery service is at your command. W L. CALL & ' . .i Ar. MU 1 Get the Children's School Shoes at the NEW CASH SHOE STORE, Trade St, and Save Money. Fall Line now Complete. No old stock here. JOHNSON & BARR, 428 Trade Street, WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. clai.n to know Something about what I am now going to tell you. I do not believe that the gambling den is near so dangerous, nor does it doanything like the same amount of harm, as the social card party in the home! I give this as my reason: Iu the gambling room the windows are closed tight, the cur tains are pulled down, everything is conducted secretly for fear of detectives, and none but gamblers as a rule, enter there. Iu the par lor all have access to the game; children are permitted to watch it young people are invited to parti cipate iu it. It is made attrac tive and alluring by giving prizes, serving refreshments, and adding high social enjoyments. For my part, I could uever see the differ ence between playing for a pieco of silver molded in -the shape of money and silver molded in the shape of a cup or thimble. Tho principle i the same; and when ever property changes hands over the luck of cards, no matter how small is he value of the prizes. I believe it is gambling. Perhaps yon have never thought of it, but where do all the gamblers come from? They are not taught in the gambling dens. A 'greener," un less he is a fool, never enters a gambling den, because he knows that he will ba fleeced out of every thing he possesses in less than fif teen minutes. He has learned somewhere else before he sets foot inside of such a place. When he has played in the social games ol the homes, aud has become profi cient enough to win piizes among his friends, the next step with hiui is to seek out tne gambling '-room; for he has learned and now counts on his efficiency to hold his own. The saloons men and gamblers chuckle and smile when they read in the papers of parlor games giv en by ladies, for they' know that after a while those same men will become patrons ot their business. I say then the parlor game is the college where gamblers are made and educated." "Mamma" asks the little boy, "who are ihe llighwaters?" "Highwaters?" answered the mother. don't know any such family. Why do you ask?" "Well, I heird Mr. Perkins ask papa if he'd be over to the little game to-night, and pipa siid he'd be there in ppite of Helen High water." Chicago Post. 14 Is droit COMPANY. rillK!
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