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Good method, skill hx cnhirztion, cartful woman: i
nr in the ham ftcr curing amount to nothing if the
Ucco teed arc not selectedwith care Using home-grown
teed doe not payv Home-grown teed produce poor tobacco
as a rule. For it there is little demand and a poor price;
Slate's Lnproved Gold Leaf i a pedigreed tobacco. You
can rely upon our teed, tot tne oiaie process wx out
those that are lacking ia germinating power leavea the
lire seed. Slate's Improved uoia l-eai ww increase your
tftKarrn ineld ner acre. It will Ptodace more wrappers
nf rrnnA rrW and weight than any variety now being
grown. The plants grow large ana raray wiui long an
leaf. Many other varieties are described in our free catalog.
Write for it today. We supply 7J per cent oi ue wwiwi " c
tfem right here on our Hyco Farm. RJking your crop with uateftrf home-grown
eed It poor economy, whea one or two doltart will buy rnvafh wetd to plant
your crop. Don't tare chance, w rite lor i ooacco oceo
My "Guide to Gardening" describing my pedigreed garden iced site seat
freeupoareane W. C SLATE, PRESIDENT
SLATE SEED CO Box 716, OUTH BOSTON, VA.
Otn Farmers' XJtu
Devoted to Education, Organisation, Cooperation and Marketing
J. Z. GRiEN, E.W. DAUBS, C C WRIGIXT. Cootrfttirj Editors,
SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION IN
LOCAL UNIONS
: " JANUARY - '. '-.
'- What Change Should We
Ask in Oar New Rural Credits'
Lav? '. - . ' ' '.; 'vAf;.:
2. What System of Accounts
and Bookkeeping It Adapted to
the Farmer's Needs?
END THE CROP LIEN SYSTEM
Three
Bolts
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Set in the shape of a triangle. These,
with Lug on Standard which fits against
.back of Beam, holds Bottom absolutely
rigid Beam is drawn out at Bottom,,
giving more clearance between Beam and
Moldboard.
AH Moldboards are made from mixture of Z0
Steel, 70 best Charcoal Iron not an ounce of
Scrap Ironused.
Don't buy until you see the Avery.
If your dealer can't show you one, writ
B.F.Avery & Sons, Inc., DeptC, Louisville, Uy.
lllllWlltMW
It Legalize Usury Decreases Cotton
Prices, and Promotes: Tenancy and
Absentee Landlordism All Farm
ers Should Join,
Its Repeal
of cotton at least 25 per cent and di
minishesjthe South" food production
. to -that ; extent. f .This makes lower -price
for - cotton - and . makes the
South... a food buying- section instead
" of a self feeding section. .
.But this isa't the greatest economic
loss.- -The -biggest 'net loss of the
" crpp4ien system is;: represented in
our : 4 depleted soils- - , The . crop-lien
. system; rrieani a soit-robhing system 1
Thehy again: the. crop-Hen system
enables the ? farmer who wants, to
move : to town, to place Negro ten
ants;, as neighbors i to resident white
farmers whUe his (family-" enjoys the
social advantages of a white civiliza-
tton in town. We onght to promote
Now in Fightfori ai econormc condition on the farm
U . . :that makes it necessary for the white
. iana-noiaer . to personally supervise
his farm, and to do this it will be nec
' essarv for him to be. a resident farm.
thing, the resident farmers should be y; er and take active interest in the im
most concerned in is the fight to re- proyement of alt the community as-
peal the crop lien i sests?'that, makes the eonntry a better
sy siem. ahq wun DuCft to is-e. . , ; ;.
AS THE new. year begins it occurs.
.Plantation Owner: ZSS3SSSSZ
Still yon have thousands of Hz, fine, straight trees on your plantation that will make more
lumber than yottcaix use The "traveling? nulla not only waste your timber,, bat lose lumber
H?0- Settle the QueUon for AH Tloes.
Install a Southern semi-portabfe engine and saw mill. Your tenants wQl gladly do the
battling to-get tne improvements ana you save yourseir lime, money ana tern
ner, besides addmr value to your plantation, making your tenants happy and
causing tnem to maice more, urereoy mcreasmg
your rentals.
Nowls the Tliae Co Act.
Dont letyour traildlngv dtteriorato to valae write for
Cfttalaenf H. irchoektnUotTtlaaUelnforaittien. Re
member, we ar ba buUdiag tb bast possibls xiar
ebinery tor marly fifty year nrlhl MohfMry
mr mtvtHw Wrtte ks yoa wmat Our term are most
SoutliexaC&alneft Boiler rorko,
JSMkaots. Tcsua. -..
. (AltaSSTypefor Kry Purpos.
MR. GREKH
all our patriotic .
passion for a more
satisfactory jural;
civilization it ap
pears to me that
the resident farm
ers of North Car
olina cannot do "
better than, to en
ter the fight
But I started out to emphasize the
importance of every fanner entering
the tight for the repeal of the crop
lien system.. However, when I come
ttf thinlr6f;hr it is; awaste of time
and effort toliask the uhorganized
farmer to use bisunflaence in legisla
trve matters "for ' the. - unorganized
farmer is a huge joke when it comes
against a crojj-Ken. rural ovilbation. to sectrring any kind of legislation. I
It doesn't reqttire any eaardm-:rWOnId- th uri?e that
ary cotsrage for a politician to de-. every farmer; who is interested in
notmce a bankinar system that vro- rat m h Vnrmr
lates the law that limits t ; the rate , of Union and get in the fieht for a nobler
interest m North Carolina to 6 per : ad kihetfpr rnrat ehnMUnn hv
cntr but it puita- a. man to the test
when yott ask him to make as a spe
cial feature in his Stmday school lec
tures the condemnation of a crop-Hen
system that extracts from its vic
tims an average of 70 per cent inter
est lor goods furnished to crop-lien
victims! ,
joining with the organized forces in
the deman d for the repeal o the law
that legalizes 7Q per '.'cent nsury under
the crop-lien; systems 4;.;
: If you are not one of: the organized
forces, go ahead arid use your influ
ence as far as it will go, but you can
have a hundred fold more Influence in
team work wits' the- organized farm-
I dof not make any New. Year's res- ers than you can have as an Individ-
4. -r e ' . e.e. . . l.-. r r y
Is jrous borne one of those wiUr t&e ansealtary oeibease?
Wiry sot but ra a meoers sanitary teut prepare
agamn me mccmyemeneesof winter mm protect ,
vsmr rxmiif rxsm cuseases that find an Meal
breedtaar place in unsanitary rafhonsea,
ejUOSar is tba orfet svatem fortam turn. wsXllr.
taaeftatd Bchoour. with arwtthMitraaaliiawtw.lCcds
Ins ottt no- afcaiicalbiatafty flntaiBaS wttt ame
hnrnm nfTnf w ... ..
tn.p exiplays tb tw-fak or
ewag Amoral. wuih devtad aaA
tevwa. Write foreatilog sn4 And oat bow emeorti
any your turn. ackol mt mill vlltece ca be mrf
wuw,7' lamest Prsdoct Co. wnsnastesvivc.
C-A11-CA3X
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I V(9ty
olutionsv but I have determined that
as, long as 1 live I shall never let up
on a fight against 70 per cet usury
under the crop hen system. L note
witii interest the fight certain politi
cians, axe making against the "big
trusty that are - robbing the people"
but there is no big trust in this coun
try that is taking from its victims
one-half the amount that is demand
ed under the Southern crop-lien sys
tem.
ual
J. Z. G.
"WHAT OUR LOCAL IS DOING"
Richland Local in One? Year4 Saved
- $15156 Pet Member by Cooperation
OICHLANDS Local Lmion No. 1710,
; OnsIow Countyy N.C was organ
ized some, time in-February 1911, it
being the first Local in our county.
The membershm grew Very fast at
iirst- Some Joined forLcuriosity, oth-
SHIPPEO QUICK
FROM RICHMOND
Unit. FREIGHT
Aoooo x
famoue Spotless Rubber Roof ine the South'i farorite roofing
material W are coo&ai bndwmaan orer J.ooaowju it floMfowmtMrn
fwmen latt year. A itrlctly firit-qoallty weathet-jroof, water-tlfht roofing.
old direct by South'! Mail Order House" at ?1 to n leu tnan uiuai
prkev. On-pkte roll of 10 v. Wr whfc-wirto ao nwmm fy tearyy
fnUy guaranteed. Write for free lamplei ad catalog of S000 Wgii.
Tne Spotless Cw 37S shockas Laei -taclrmomf, Va.
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era hrai ' tfiw v-r-ft iret a
Xurif the session of the 1917 Leg- kag fatt of mmey cw their first trip
mature of North Carolina it rs the or vitr f Tfc-TTWSik enrrr. ioin-
duty of every farmer in North Caro- tft .brre-: hr watd as a
farming; class ? of people,: needed
something to frrrny u closer togeth
er and help1 us cooperate in selling
and bnyrngi : As yeVhdwever, we as
a Local nave naf: done verv mucn
lmsu to unite m a demand .for the
repeal of the crop Ken faw. As a
substitute we "might demand that
Hens be given for cash at a limited
rate of interest, leaving the giver to
buy in the open market, but what we along the line of selling our produce
want is a Itmit t ustrry as now de- cnftrra,Nriw v;
wwjv waT MJF 0
FROST PROOF
By Parcel Post 500 prepaid fl.OO; by Express ll Ofl per thosriand. "JERSEY WAKE- .
' FIELD," "CHARLESTON WAKEFIELD," "SUCCESSION," ''FLAT DUTCH." ,
H sri. TIFT, JR., ; TIFTON, GAt
BK3TEW ALL Y0UB SUBSCBIPTIONS '
THitovoit rs
' , jOur clubs ave you money. We will gladly
rnakt a special elub en any papers yon may,
tvlsh. ' ' - ' '
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One latter, mut mony ordr and If all
attended to. ' '.
. ay 'we 'serve you? -.Vjvv V ;"",'
: TITO PKO0RESS1VB VAAHBlt 'v
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manded under the unrestricted mer
chants crop lien .system." We make
political asses of ourselves when we
complain of a 7 or 8 per cent interest
charge by commercial banks and
then refuse to say anything against
the amen-eorner chureh member who
loans merchandise to crop-lien" vic
tims at 70 per cent interest I And we
have lots of chureh 'members in
North Carolina living in towns and
villages nand promoting this iniqui
tous crop-lien civilization.. No hu
man being can do this without ' first
compromising with hrs conscience. '
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TZZTZn K3 BARGAINS S10X
SDd B 1S an4 wo wTfl yw one Frrrt-ctaas
New 4-wamt Weuthrr Betf, (nomtrul retail Talna
$12) i on pair exponas Mew Feather Pillows (li) :
ontf o-couad Nw Jrtafhet Bolatos ($3); all mw,
llv, eleaa, uxdurf Matters, eoMfed wttls hlgtv-
?'aU feaUu psoot JL C- KA TlcUav r faaear Art
laklar; Js pate full alz Uantets (a.
This offer to sood t a tbort tt only czkI
ttrely fty iget baraafa erer offer Bat audi
Jewr ttdet now or write Urn order Maui.
CartltM felStof) C4 9pf. f5. Srwirrtriro. SJ. C.'
Bjefore the Union .was organized in
our community, we had to pay extor
tionate prices for fertilizer, groceries
and farm supplies ; fertilrzer, for
instancev was s ellfag ' by our mer
chants for $30 per torr, while we
found we-could buy the same goods
for less than $24 per tori; Yon can
readily see the merchant was. making
about $7 on every ton sold. .We had
to pay the same, high prices on gro
ceries and other supplies as well. I
wftl give the. exact figures of what we
have done in a cooperatrre -way dur
ing the year :Il;-We had oa roll 34
male members. ' Of this number only
": Brother Farmer, you - cant dodge - 29 cooperated . in buying fertilizers
this issue by saying, "I don't eive anv . oceries and other suoolies. Of fcr-
crop-lren ,for my supplies If you f tilizers we; bought 10CX4 tons which .
area grower of cotton you are ui di- ;cost :$2;48(l69.: ;GrocerU&: and other
rect compitrtioa with the pauper Ne- if arm supplies $316.4?.': - The amount
gro labor that produces more 'than ; saved oh the above goods was$311-2:
halfvthe cotton , crop, and the crop-; or $15.56 permember Our members
iliert:systenf increases -the, pr.odaction are not the only ones who are bene-