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12 (18) Ti!BnqcncssiVE farmer f Deroted to Education, Prganixation, Cooperation and Marketing J. Z GREEN, E. W. DAE2S, C. a WRIGHT, Contrlbutiag Editors f: f 1 J. ... i. i fa. y - - IrSs t A! Brighten You can get your Chero-Cola "In a Bottle-Through a Straw" at Soda Fountains and other Refreshment Stands. Via at Soda Fnimtains and otHer Iffll JAfl M T7iat& Everybody knows it (1$L B&St ; . by its name r ' . . (Xl " .' " " . " ' . " "J" 1 ' " ".!".. ' ' ' '"':"'m' "' -g U'"tlll)IIIIMMMIItll(l))IMIIIM)'ltt'Mtt'IMIiliMii'llltIHMIHHIlilltlliin fJJi' " (Hll(IHHHHt tUlnf4 j ' t T! HOW EXPERT COOKS CHOOSE A RANGE Fifst to see that the fire box If roomy and arranged so that tne top and oven will heat quickly; that heat regulation is positive for fast and slow eooking-and that material and construction guarantee lone service. , RICHMOND WtiftSt meet these conditions absolutely. Their scientific design Kractically guarantees against food waste, caused by improper eating. They are built from the best gray iron castings giv ing maximum auraDiuty ana rust resistance. Ovens are high, fire box can't clog with ashes and they are equipped with ev ery convenience and labor saving device to insure good cook- Sig and save time, in the kitchen. Write for booklet compiled y experts, giving unusual information about Stoves and Ranges Examine the Richmond line at your dealers. Richmond Stove Co., Mfrs. Richmond, Va. 0 f i0jT2 Virginia Cans Standard Packer Cans witV Sol- GIVO Best Results ' aer Hemmed Caps Wax Seal . , 1 .. in Cans with Wax Strings . Special Discounts for Early i Friction Top Syrup Cans and Delivery : . jt mis. nu sizes, we imp any if s ouantitv desired. Wrlt.t,; Vlrulllia 0011 U0. pur New 1916 Price list Box 791 Buchanan? VaJ mi in KM RENEW ALL YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS , THROUGH US ' " , t Our, olubs save you money. We will gladly - make a special club on any papers you may " Wish,' : One letter, one money order and it's all - attended to. v May we serve you? . ' : THE PROGRESSIVE FAllMEB WOOL SHIP US YOUR WOOL. We guarantee highest market prices with quick returns. Give us .trial. Quotations sent on request Ref er v ences: First National Bank, Richmond, Va. WOODSON-CRAIG CO., Commlislon Herchanti, RICHMOND, VA, A LETTER TO THE PARENTS when he.grew up and taught in that s"" inc sniuumuuse, aia he all th Mr. Wright Present. Some QuWtion. je3 the visits from the -All School , Patrons Should Ask and- the mothers of his little " Themselves flockl- "If every patron, were jtist like ( j ;;n the stalest. Uiiio stands a Let. us,think 6ver;these ords, anTif V little church not unlike hundreds t,;a uu . ' .uu 11 .riowften-:.have FARMERS,, who. have good credit. w.mqht V'Xthoughfbf.-this 5an- t.tjie: same1 advantage at the unlet. " ust like. me"- No uiti .nicrcnams ana manufac- of - other churches in; that common wealth save in ; one zparticular. : Just over the door chis eled in : a marble slab is this inscrip tion : ; ; - ' "What. kind of a schurch would .our church be, . . ; it ever.v member .wefeVj ust like MR. unique co better, no worse," but just like me. Would the cause of missions prosper as the Master, would like, would the pastor's larder be full when the "north winds blow, would the destitute and afflicted be cared for as they' should be, and a thousand and one other. things be done K every member were just like me? . I have often thought it would be well to have this couplet placed over the doors : of all our schoolhouses throughout the land : "What kind of a school would our school be, "If every patron were just like me lr we .Have hpn inf a' Uffl - 4. - -'7 '". iciiiiss m our; duties to: the teacher let us en- :'deavor"tb make, ample amends in the iurt" . V : " C C. W. THE FARMERS CREDIT PROBLEM Farmers Who Deposit in City Banks Should Demand that Farmers Get a . Fair Share of the Loans Farm Bor - rowers Should Cooperate turers get, thereought to be but little grounds tor com plaint. Or, I might -?.say; if we can get Vv a tair . proportion , of the loans .which banking ins ti tu i tions make, : we ;.cannot . reasonably .. ask, for more. ; But as rule, banks . are owned partly ,by; the mercantile f f I -1 ; MR. GREEN and manufacturiitg' interests, and the controlling officers are from these in Jtefests,, It therejfore' naturally follows that these interests willnse most of If all the other natrons took iust "the money available "for Joans, especi- the same interest, in the teacher and -aljy- M nobody; seriously objects. In her " work that' I do, if they took no. the larger, city, banks the." special m- more interest, in Keeping tneir cnu- 'y y"1. icmam m lumiui. but this ought riot to. be true of the banks iii the smaller towns, the stock of which. is owned: in part by farmers and the deposits being made up large ly from farmers. If we permit time merchants to. take our own money- and use it, we have nobody to bla'me dren in school regularly than "I do, if they manifested no more ' local pride in the educational activities of the community " than I do, would our school be better orsworse than it is today? Let each reader ask himself these1 Questions i -Duririe' the school year now closing, did I do my duty . in -except ourselves. By well-directed ef every way as 1 should r Did 1 give my ,iuns organizea rarmerscan urmg ui teacher that heartyand loyal support ganized influence to bear so strongly that it was my duty to give? Did:I uPon any country bank in North Car- endeavor to get all of the children m ouna tnar. tney can get a iair propur- the 'district in; school, and to keep' tion-of the , loans v which the banks them there? Did I criticise the teach- make and when two. or. more Tespon- er wheri she failed to do as I thought 'sible members sign a joint note it she should, or id T go to her" in a : makes the note' a bankable note. kindly way and-talk the matter over . t i with her? Did I yisif the school as :4 have often referred to the simplici- bften "as I had' the opportunity andcty of cooperation. in making notes to see the Work the teacher was doingff? the banks, v For instance, when two or or did I get all of my knowledge sec- more members want to borrow equal ond-hand from a neighbor whose amounts- of money let them sign a child had been punished without joint note and get the money. The cause of course by the teaxher? banks require "personal" security, or We employ the best teacher obtain- a two-name note,; and this plan com able, we send her over to the little plies with" these requirements, and it 'ct,it,0i u:u is mnrh better to "nool. vour creuua owiuuiuuuov, ju HIS 11111, wc pidCC uur i-"""- " jt--- . , children m her care, and nine times out of ten that is all we ever do vol untarily at least. We actuallv think- more of pur cattle;. our horses and our &ets n0 Par.t of the loan. hogs judging bv our actions-than . .. we do our own offspfing. We do go to the oasture once a week to see hnw they' are getting along, and to look Business for Local Unions" mattes out .f a xt- I; r .1 : ' , - it will aucrw tneir neaitn ana comiort, out tne, iyi . cooperative prugi" never, a time do. we visit the. school- 'be- well ; to introduce - a new item, to house to see how our own children read something like this:' "Are any are getting along or to ' look after two or more members, in the fmar their health and comfort for money, from local banks?1 lhlS How many schoolhouses all over win be; especially appf opriate for t e , the r.niintrv are iin co rr - imvant :i earlv, soring meetings. It is an ns . . J "'v" r,'-.'... tioln hut we win atea, ana in ; almost every way un- lu .wunKin9 7. Wislative bodies qun a tt. .. ' . -e r U wa wi 1 first nrffanize our tortca miu uuui uic vciv lives ui our UOVS " . ' " T " and girls I ; Yet we give the matter scarcely a passing thought. We place the children there with a common dipper or drinking cup, never think ing of the possible consequences until some epidemic spreads from that lit tle schoolhouse. N How often when the writer was a child in school did, he wish for a visit from his parents or friends, the pa trons of the school, and how often was he granted that pleasure? Then in this way than to ask some disinter ested rierson to "stand vour security, by signing, a note .with you when he At thefnext state, Union meeting when - the committee on "Order ot w . . j . , .. V - m- 4 i. -, 1171 I ated, and in almost every way un- to ask Congress for help, out wc . getineip irom legislative uu- j r U wa Will first nrtranize our force: strongly," and- get a square deal from the agencies that 'already exist, it we do not exercise intelligence and man hood enough to do this, we cannot hope to'put up anything but a feeoic and fruitless effort to secure radical legislation in our favor. .'.-'.V ,,'''V'r''.' . ' S'C. ' It u a monttroue and appalling faf tliat in nearly all the small towns m which there are local banks the duik of the capital stock and deposits are
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