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XXVU No. 21
COUNTY
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Timely Talks to Polk County Farmers, and4otfiei oit Tfeeh
lecis, dy xounty Agent, J. H. Saras. ;
faper Published in Polk,Ccuntf ft Ova Ciear ft mWmm
lryon, N. C", -December , 2, 1921; ?.
Small Sized Cards and Envelopes.
Pric3,5 Cents
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To Polk County Farmers. t
jt week we thought togeth
little about the Farmes Pro
m for the next year. We
uust never iuii. . DiUipiy
jtated the Farmers Program will
jjyays be, soil building.- soil
jjnservation, crops and disposi
of crops. Last week the
position of crops was barely
tioned. This week lets think
ther at greater length on
part of the program. Some
from their very, nature
5 be sold directly, -from
4 farm to the . consumer.
jjjr instance the cotton crop must
its way directly to the man
ufacturer of cotton and other
junufaeturersof fabrics for hu
jsan clothing etc.
The com crop, however may
directly into the markets of
&e world, or be fed to cattle'
or sheep and marketed in
o entirely different way, so of
tEe sweet potato, wheat, barly
imany other field crops; but
matters not whether the crop
of the farmer goes directly or in
directly to the markets; the sell
ing or disposing end of the crop
sof equal importance to the
fanner as the production end of
the business. Now farmers; I I
m not talking to the averajge
farmer in intelligence and on
down to the ign9ramusTwphp
WfiAF roQfla Tnr tKinVa frvr Viim-
m l am making this appeal to
L... : - c r j.iir
average larmer in liuem-
i
t'eace up to the man who thinks
Jtthingi for himself and is
filling to help think out and
Wp those of his calling who will
wt help think for , themselves,
lis the disposition of the crops
want us to think together about
sis week. Now really farmers,
&o in the past has been market-
your crops for you? What
toe yoji had to do or say in fix-
it the price of your f arm pro-
Jta-l- A TTT1
wBi When vou . Dlant vour
- a. w
to, corn or wheat, .: do you
where or how vou will sell
'i
Are you satisfied with 'this
tote of affairs? I think not and
ainlylfeel that no farmer
be content to let this con-
be passed on to your childr
children forever. Can this
edition be changed? Yes, easy
gh How? Simple and easy
TOh. Just let all Polk county
ers like one man get behind
Farmers Federation which a
of the progressive farmers
Ijtihad incorporated -and- make
success and then you will be
Own salesmPTv inat. as'aa-all
business classes of men
,et their nrodncts. Never
Ore in iha Viicnw of the
!0rd has the banker, the., mer-
t, the rail roads and ;jcon-
rs of al 1 cl n ssp2 hprf will in cr
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,help the farmer organize as
y are now. and whv is it the
will hesitate ; and stand
, 001 irom his own onlv chance
8aVe himsplf frnm fnt.her
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.niptcy, poverty, shame and
Ration. As efatof hpfore:
aPPeal is not tn the' iimor-
Who A
: but to the intelligent think-
farmera-
, fictucr. . iiKe mteuigeiit
in tr 1 ' - . i '
jfv V6 pwpie oi otner unes
'coa ana let us k worK- out
-eung problems ; to. the
J oest advantage to the f arm-
mv ca Lne stun, tne men
handle the stuff and . the
hwe Who consume the stuff:
wyto do that is for. the
farmers to makel and bring their
stuff together at a common ware
house so the consumer will know
where it is and what pricehexan
get it-our plan is to -get seller
and buyer together. The Fed
eration warehouse plan is the on
ly plan where so many different
commodities are produced as in
Polk county Let us all work
and jhink and pray and act. '
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Agricultural Facts of Morth Carolina.
Selected from the recentVad
dress by J. W. Bailey at the
Nort Carolina State meeting of
Lthe Farmers Union.
Total Value of Farm Crops, 1919
$503,000,000 .
Total Value of Farm Crops, 1920
$403,000,000 '
On the basis o20 cent cotton
and 25 centi tobacco the average
net income per year for a North
Carolina farmer la $650;. $400 of
this is cash and $250 in home con
sumed products. !
Each member of the farmer's
family earns 70 cents per day. for
his labor. fc
For each member of 1 a;-farm
family (5to the family) there
is an annual incomes of $50 for
home-produced goods and $-0 in
cash. :
Improved land in farms in : 1910
8,813,056 acres
Improved land imf arms in 1920
8:198449 acres i
Berreasefof improved lan1i'ittt&
- years 614,647 acres
Mortgage debts in 1910 $9,958,-
389 ' ,
Mortgage debts in 1920 $32, 969,-
- 275 ; ; i
Increase in mortgage debt 221
per cent.
Percentage of farm operated
by owners:
488066 per cent.
: ' 190058 per cent.
1910 I 57 percent.
1920 56 per cent. .
In 1910 there were 107,287
farms operated by tenants.
In 1920 .there were 417,459
farms operated-by tenants.
In 1910 there were 80,000 farms
rented orshares. .
In 1910 there were 44.000 negro
tenants. '
In 1920 there were 53)917 ne
gro tenants: V
: In 1610 there were 63,148
white tenents. -
In 1920 there Were 63,542 white
tenants. : -
During the holiday season large
Muauuues oi very small envel
opes and cards are put into the
mails with the result that all
postal work is very much retard
ed and mail disfigured and muti
lated. ,
This is not generally known to
the public and we .want you to
help us do a little ' educating.
The minimum size of cards and
envelopes should not be below
2 3-4 by 4 inches for the follow
ing reason:
1. Addresses will be obliterat
ed by-cancellation mark. ;
2: Too 'small to.be run through
facing table, necessitating three
extra handlings with consequent
delay not only this . but . other
mail.
3. Delay in cancellation be
cause of awkwardness in putting
through cancelling machines
4. ' Delayed through difficulity
in sorting.
5. Liability to loss or damage
as small sizes do not fit letter
packages and can not be tied se
curely. '
These odd and diminutive sized
pieces.oi siationery nave come
into use in the past few years
and only appear now in any
quantities at Christmas time
when the whole postal institution
is keyed up to top speed arid try
ing to keep on top of the load
We will greatly appreciate,
tnereiore,. your cooperation m
helping us to- get the public t to
use stationery of the proper size
in order that the handling of all
mail may be expedited.
l5v : Christnuis Pfcccrds " '
First Aiss - Postmaster Gen
WasWrigh.Noyember .5, 1921.
Placards urging "patrons to
!Majl tearly f6r ,Christmas,' are
now being distributed' to all first,.
second, .and third -class .offices.
Requisition for.Vadditionarpla-
cards should be ; made: as-the
supply will be - exhausted when
the distribution is completed.
At the larger offices it isVbe?
lieved that a .sufficient number
have been furnished- to' enable
their display; in -l the larger de
partment stores, etc., as well as
on mail wagons and automobiles.
. When .-riot top ;badly damaged
or; soiled, tliese - placards should
be taken down - immediately af
ter Christmas and preserved ' for
future use : durihg . thev holiday
season' . -
Fishtcp
A few days of dreary weather
the last of week. . . .
A1 nice eriioyable time here! - 3fna
ThanksgivingLday with preach- No services, last Sunday the
four singings by the Mountain weatherrtoo bad. v .
Grove choir. ' v . if Thanksirfvincr daVwas bbserv-
L Henderson went horseback fed by -most of the people in Lynn,
to Saluda Saturday. l" W T& Hammett spent" Thanks-
T. M. and I. B. Brady attended giving with home folks at lnman.
the singing at Mountain. Grove I W. F. Swann spent last -Sun-
Sunday r " daywith? his family.
l!crd Ti.T.ss Fewer Funerals.
iUndertakers interviewed by
our representatives report busi
ness very dufi. , They say that
the death rate has ; diminished
substantially of late vand give
plausible reasons foritv There
is :less: intemperance and dissi
pation of. every ort than -there
was -when things were booming.
rewer; persons; are inauiging in
strong dririt or eating too much
or; otherwise "living high'i
The;f ey er funerals the' better
but' we VcWlsh thefe ., were some
otherreasQii thanhard tinies;
National Stockman and Farm
Noiamuiar Situation.
;rramD . (to comrade) "Say, I
dreamed twice lately that I have been1
t work. If It happens again I snau
buy a dream; book to see whether It t
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means anything." Kansaturen, unrw
The Latin Quarter of Parii.
ThP. T-nn auarter of Paris lies on
ihA south side -of1 the -Seine.- It lr thtfd
center of institutions of learning, and
in this sctlonlTeto-;tlionjndi.
students who study in Paris. J
To Clean 8ewlnr Maohlne.
Use sewing machine oil on soft cloth
to clean the wood parts of.ff
machineT It look as if polished also
keeps It from cracking np an makes it
look like" new.- ;:..:V;' f ' :(
Countlno1 Currency on HlghT , , v
In the-Treasury department at tWaihr
lngton are women emptoytes Who can
count paper money at the rate Of.
1,000 notes in five or six mfnutes. . .
; ..r i wrld,rwas a title
emperor of Germany,
enlightenment and lntelllcgny -
Compensations ' I
The man with' the oawow jnlftgeft
eraHy possesses a 'wide month.-Boste
Trahscript : ' - '
'' ' " ' tmmmm'mmmmm''mimmmmimmm)m'mi "
- - RHlneklnsiABimals"
A ' mbtof -driven' knife hasAbe to
rented fori skinning animals.
3
terns cf Interest Cathcrcd Frcsr Varies Sections cf Pc!X" Ccur.ty by Ca
r. : - Ccrps cf Failhfdl Ccrrccpcndcnts
ft.tsiiccess,, proceeds being $31.40
Which will go to put paint on
theschoorbuildiiig.
Rev.Bud Jackson attended the i
Thankgiving services here. .
Newton Case and Posey; Alford
Thomas W . Cannon spent last
week-end; in Spartanburg. M
, Weoiotice in article Polk i of
of Landram S C were here to- last weekithat R; S. - Alexander
day." y- - -v- ...... wasciercourt3i-years it. should
Many of the" fruit ."trees' have hayaBeenR. S; Abrams. Column
bloomed this fall 4 ? apple trees bus .was named for Columbus
are in full leaf of new groth now. Mills and notChristopher Cplum
We fear for the next: ctor of busvho discovered-America as
fruitr statecL. Columbus Mills lived and
owned the property now ; known
Melvin Hill asthe-Mimbsac The' writer will
, We sure have had a spell opleasaidnhese- corr
wet weather for the past week. . , Mrs. M. C. Covil died at her
O. R. Steadman lost a fine hom! Columbus ; Saturday
heifer with rabbies recenty. i
j A couple of fine; hogs have
been bitten by mad dogs and ;had
to be killed in this section. And
there, ar elreports , , of; mad dogs
running loose still. ;
- G: C. Feagan is., making some
additions to his'residence.. ; ;
Cj.:.
the Test Of Community Organization
"The measure of value of 'Com
munity work is not the degree of effi-
ciency on the part of paid: workers in
doing things "for the community but
the extent to which volunteer leaders
leaders for community work have been
developed and participation secured
which will ultimately, enable the com
munity itself to climb higher and high
er levels of communiny achievment.
A willingiessto leave the final author
ity with the people themselves is essen
tial in community building which aims
at Democracy."
Notice!
The Directors of the Polk
County Farmers Federation will
meet at the Court House in Co
lumbus, .N. Cf on next Monday
December, 5. '
Very- important that every
member of the Board attend:
J. R. SAMS,
A ' County Agent
.'Evaii '.brilliant' men
dull company.
can't sbjnc In
When' jazz hits - the
straight to the head
feet It goes
The black sheep of the- family is
usually made . the goatr .
Samson's wife probably was the or
iginal exponent of bobbed hair.
John Barley cbnf continues to be one
of the world's most expensive outlaws?
With practically all of the leading:
admirals and generals of. Great Brit?
sin, France 'and Italy 'coming over.
here, some cf thofee German Junker.
nay be itchlns to start something.
American bison, after facing prac
tical extinction, are; again! increasing
in numbersbut. they would not now
recognize the great West that once
was their pasture. J v
A new cult in: Paris advocates brain
idleness as a means to long life. Most
folks with unemployed -thinks tanks
won't be able to think of 4 anyJ reasons
why they should join.
evemngr Mrs. uovn naa oeen
in-pporlealth for. some time but
had not complained that day any
more than "usual u and floihg at
tending to, Ker:J domestic "i affairs.
Mr Covil lef t : about . eleven
.xrdqek to go ; to ; Tijyon. - Mr&
yuvii woa ui&eu. quite sica. - auuut
apJimE 'Aimessenger was sent
There was no - - preaching v ser- for Mrf Cotil and the'doctor but
ceAefei hreineve
countfTain... : passed:: fo tnat great: beyond
: Elder C; B. Miller contemplates Mrs Covil was laid to rest in
-tour of Bible teaching' and Tryon cemetery Monday. Rev.
other religious work soon. A. S. Caldwell conducting the
Elder Geo. A. Branscom re- services.. A husband and 9
turned from a trip into Tenne- children survive her the. young-
"t i ..' i oof o"Urn-4- 1Q rMAnfks 1A . TVii
church business lately.
Quite a number of young peo
ple enjoyed a cotton picking at
Mrs. Callie Johnson, s Saturday
night.
G. A. Painter has erected a
big new barn on his estate.
The boll weevil is a common
thing here this fall; and it is
feared that he will be more com
mon next fall. Some philoso
pher s, scientits prophets or . what
ever they may be called are
sounding a note of warning, to
the cotton growers of this sec
tion, that if they plant cotton at
all it should be with fear and
trembling, and with great ap
prehension as to the outcome of
such a venture. .
P. S. Wish these philosophers
scientists or prophets would ex
plain how in the world folks are
going to get gasoline if they
cant raise any cotton to bring in
the money with which to buy. '
Abolir.e
Foreign celebrities continue to flock
to ; this counjtry, tQ.be, entertained. .. It
Is hoped that the great American ban
qnet will, not mar' any of. the "nation's
happy foreign fitlons..'?v; -4-.
r ;.--iy,; -:-,';; k
A Boston astronomer-' says" he be-
lteves life exists on the moon, since
he has discovered evidences of foliage
there. If S' time to begin to look for
Interplanetary pipelines. '
Trying to blow up a United States
ambassador In Paris to ? save a couple
of convicted murderers in Massachu
setts is ' about as ' logical: as the riest
of the Communist program... ;
One f of Bolsheylsm'Sv worst1 crimes
lies in the lnfnry It has done- to. the'
Ideals of the -world.- None of the par-1
ties in the great war was so cruelly
destmetit- fn thig respect.
- Rev. S. L. felanton filled his
regular appointment at the Green
River church Sunday. After
driving thirty miles through rain
and mud The attendance was
very :discouragingorr aecountr of
the rain. - . "r ,
"Miss Eva l)avis returned to Her
schpolCat Columbus Monday a
$er spendihgStwekiat home.'"
Misses tlarrie Walker, ' Aniue
Davis and rauiine v UKins re
turned to their school after spend
ing Thanksgiving at their homes.
Ed Watson and Oland . Wilkins
have put up a grist mill, which
is a great convenience to the -peo?-pie
of this community.
. Green Riyer school is progress
ing;nicelv,withi an $ mpstrpexf
f prh attendance. - - rt ,
.The box supper given & Green
whole community sympathize in
their sad bereavment.
Honor Roll for Lynn Music Class
for month ending November 25,
Inst music ' (
Star pupil'
Edith Rhodes
Grace Panther
Sarah Elliott "
Bessie Swann
Robert Capps.
Public School Music
Dean Howard.
Burlin Johnston
Edith Justice
, Ray Panther
Edith Rhodes.
Buford Howard
Donnie Hudson ,
- John Hensori
Robt Capps . -
Sydney Panther '
Alice Johnston
Grace-Panther
Alta Henson
Bonnie Howard 7
Woodrow: Harden,
Rosaj Henson
Sarah Elliott. t . '
Walter Newman
' The-sale of the Tuberculosis
Society's Cnristmast Seals will
ben dure'dJfc, af tet. Thanksgiv
ing. These little stamps, or -stickers
sell for lc each and may
be used to decorate packages or
letters but should not be put on
thc&f aceTif dther?t The5- money
jrevffo to
care for the ' tubercular' in pur
own state! and if we have any
work of this-kind in our locality
we may keep a certain per "cent
right here. A house to : house
Canvas will be made, but if you
arentome orjdo not get all
youcanuse at this; timethey
cambei purdiasecLafc Missfldine's
River school Saturday night; was
PhannaAat;anyt timeafter
Thanfigmrig 4 It is hopedithat
eVerydne ill-take as1 many as
pos3ipie?anaiieip;aworthy" cause.
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