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r"- 1 - USE AND CARE OF MACHINERY IN DECEMBER Page 5 v "V ; : . . MPS, Vol. XXXII No. 47. EXTERN EDITION i ' A Asm an1 T-Trkmo. XXTAAlrltr tnm .The Carolinas, ginid, Qeiorgia, atid Florida, AAl IlALfcHiii, $1 a Year; 5c a Copy SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1917 TWO THOUGHTS FOR THANKSGIVING TIME ONCE again the Thanksgiving season is on us- and now as perhaps never before our Southern farmers need to be reminded again of the Mas-' ter's Parable of the Rich Farmer a selfish and'cov-: etous farmer , who with his over? flowing barns and abounding pros perity forgot the finer things for which humanity;; was created. We must indeed practice thrift, pru dence and jeconomyv but not at the expense of. the things which Signify -and ennoble men and woir.en the devel opment of knowledge liberal community subscription to get more moneylfor the use of the local school? Then there is the church. Has the pastor's salary; been raised? How can you better invest money than by so using it as to attract men of talent and training as leaders of the spiritual life of the community? ; - ; - about tne equipment. of 'church and school? Are there worthy buildings, PPr?y.,P??'1' school and Sunday, school libraries, and beautiful pictures on the schoolroom wall? . ; . let us also look about us to help the needy, n6t merely with food and raiment, but with other things also. In many a; family, boys and girls are suffering as much for lck.of good books and papers as others-suffer for lack of food and clothes. 1 " Thisis' our first Thanksgiving thought that we should use unselfishly whatever bless ings a Heavenly Father has given us. And our second thought is that we should be thankful not merely for material prosper ity but for the simple joys of life worth i 1 Then V- :.. . r,: '!';;:;;::'v '-V; , ' L L.!: .. . ; ; 1 - ,. ; , VISIONS OP THANSKGIVING TIME . . . ' DON'T FAIL TO READ Some Good Pot PJanU for Fall and Winter 4 and virtue and the appreciation of beauty in all its, forms. In the matter of promoting knowledge, we must again warn our readers that the very prosperity we are enjoying may temporarily injure public schools in many districts unless some remedy! is. found. In thous ands of' communities neither school tax rates nor property assessments have been increased I sihce' the present era of; high prices bean; and the result is that with ; hny ;the same lax money as't before, and necessariiy -hjgher- salaries if teachers of equal skill a'reemQdit is impossible to get a's:oQd 'teachers and as long a term. The very prWperity that Should enable us to give 6ur children twice -as gobd.-schoot. advantaes as" before ";'miyt prove; detri mentaV raher than beneficial unless we bestirburselves;Wy not use the Thanks-; giving" season to work out some plan--' an added snecial school tax or a crenuinely Some Terracing Questions Answered Curing Meat on the Farm . . Southern Little Gardens in December Plowing: Its Relation to Soil Fertility more than money, and found more often in country than . in town; Ma quiet home; vines of our own planting; a few 'books full of the inspira tion of genius; a few friends worthy of being loved, and able to love us m return; a hundred ; innocent pleas ures that .bring, no pain or sorrow; -a devotion' to the right that; will never' swerve ; a simple religion, empty of "all big9try, full of trust and hojpe and love."; No man need be rich or famous or pow erful in order to find the happiness de,- scribed; in Jotin Richard Green's saying:. ' 5 6 B 9 Let No Plant Foods Waste . '; .. . HZ Thahk God for Work and Educate for Work; 12 Phf air .to Blame the Farmer for High-priced Farm Products A Variety ocommeht Rememher ;Coty..in'.your Will. What Does. Your Cpntry Ask of You? 12 13 13 14 1 p. -. 1 '-:rr y ' - I S t K '3:f m If If 4 1 1 f 1 ) a- ii, 1. ii r u r if! I I ! . l if. i m mi 'IK -I 1 4 ill 111 i'fii ! : 1 i ! '1 . if "J 1, ' 'h ! : ,- 7 ;- 1
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