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The NEWS VOL. XXX. FAYETTEVILLE. GEORGIA. FEBRUARY 14, 1919. NO 30 ( HOME AFFAIRS ) Mr. W. H. Holt, just east of towMn, has been seriously sick for the past week. We wish him a speedy recov ery. Two good milk cows for sale. D. B. Blalock. See We recently visited the school at Oak Grove and found the largest at tendance for the spring term in many years. Prof, E. E. Jackson is prin cipal. TO FARMERS AND BUSINESS MEN IN COTTON TERRITORY Miss Ida Holtzclaw of Atlanta died at the home of Mr. L. A. Ingram last Friday, fro mflu, Mrs. Holtzclaw had been a frequent visitor in our town and was visiting the family of Mr. A. 0. Blalock when stricken with flu. She had been a member of the Methodist church since a, small girl. Her remains were carried to West- view cemetery in Atlanta Friday for burial. Her death was a shock to her friends and relatives here. Fertilizers may be hard to get later in the season. The man who makeB his arrangements early will be prepar ed to plan his crop when ready. W. B. HOLLINGSWORTH. A meeting of the farmers and busi ness men has been called to meet at the court house tomorrow morning at ten o’clock. Everybody invited. A speaker who knows cotton conditions is expected. The governor has called a meeting at every courat house in the slate. Come and bring your friends and neighbors. Safety First! C. Mr. B. I. Hightower and wife visit ed the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McBride near Harps Sunday. Mr. W. R. Harrell is making prepa ration to manufacture cigars in the near future. He will open in the Hol lingsworth building and promises as good values for the money as any of the cigar makers of the county. The railroads are going to be heavily taxed to deliver your guano this year. Make your arrangements now. W. B. HOLLINGSWORTH. The many friends of Mrs. J. T. Mc Collum were glad to see her return home this week after three weeks’ stay in an Atlanta hospital. Mips Lelfta Kitchens died Wednes day evening of pneumonia, resulting from a case of flu. Miss Kitchens was well known throughout the county. For, several years she was a clerk in the postoffice here and for the past two years has been manager of the mercantile firm of J. W. Kitchens & Co. She met all with a smile and but few girls visited the sick morale than Miss Kitchens. She was always busy. She joined the Methodist church' when only a small girl and was active in ail its branches of work afterwards. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Janie Kitchens, several sisters, one half-brother and two half-sisters. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the people of the entire town. Mr. Carl Wallace of the State Col lege of Agriculture was in the county this week and also Mr. J. K. Giles in -charge of the boys’ club work for the state. They want to increase the num ber of club boys in the state one-third this year and want Fayette county to £o its part. We would be glad to see every boy a club member this year. Talk to him about it. This week the Baptists of Georgia expect to secure money to place all -their institutions out of debt. Every member should contribute something and have some part in these institu tions. „-.Glad to have a suggestion from Judge Hollingsworth this week for new school building this week. The boys and girls are the biggest asset we have. The trustees will get busy if our people will show by their work and acts they want a creditable build- iiW. Did you know that only about one out of three of the population attend Sabbath school,? Are you one of the other two? We have good corerspondents, and we want you to make the items from your place contain as much news as possible, but people visiting neighbors in afternoon or spending the day with a neighbor is not'news. Please do not include these items, but we appreciate all general items. Card of Thanks. We desire through the columns of The News to, thank the good people of Fayetteville for their kindness during the recent illness and death of our dear wife and mother. We appreciate your words of sympathy. May God’s richest blessings abide with you and yours. R. E. HARDY AND FAMILY. We spent a short while recently with the school at Tyrone and found about one hundred pupils doing good work. Both teachers and pupils are interested in their work and we heard several fathers say recently they hoped to improve conditions. United States Department of Agriculture, 'State Relations Service, Washington, D. Office of Extension Work in the South. The department is just issuing a bul letin which I have prepared for the purpose of putting the present situa tion up to the farmers and business men. It is entitled "Safe Farming in the Southern States in 1919.” Ask your county agent for a copy. The present situation is the most dangerous which the cotton states have faced in recent years. You have had four years of comparative prosper ity, partly because of four short crops of cotton with resultant good prices and partly because you produced so much of your own food and feed. Dur ing the last four years there have been short crops in Texas mainly due to drought. In 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914 the Texas crop averaged 4,418, 250 bales, while during 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918 it averaged only 3,164,500 bales, or 1,253,750 bales less per an num. Texas has had good rains this winter. From 1911 to 1914, inclusive Oklahoma averaged 1,036,250 bales per annum. From 1915 to 1918, inclusive the average was only 742,250 bales or 294,000 bales less per annum, mainly due to drought. Oklahoma has had splendid rains this winter. A big crop in Texas and Oklahoma has always meant a big crop in the whole coun try. Think that over before you de cide to increase your acreage in cot ton. Will the mills of northern France and Belgium be restored-to full work in gcapacity at once? Certainly not Will the poor people of Europe seek food or cotton first? Food, of course People can and will wear patched clothing and sleep without pillow cases and sheets if need be, but the hungry stomach must be fed. Think about that. The last four years have been period of gradually increasing prices Farmers and business men have prof iled out--of thiB constant-increase. Cot ton just about kept pace with other things. A pound or an acre of would buy about the same quantity of other commodities in 1918 at 30 cents a pound as it did in 1914 at 12 cents a pound. But during this time the farmers had the advantage of purchas ing supplies in the spring and sum mer at one level of prices and then selling cotton in the fall at the top price of the year and paying the debts contracted at the lower prices. Be on your guard now, for when prices be gin to settle down the situation be comes more difficult. We may be in the position of making a crop of cot ton with high-priced supplies and set tling our debts out of cotton at a lower price. Especially will this be-true if we produce a very large crop and thereby do all in our power to lower the market price of cotton. Has not a large crop always meant lower prices? Think that over. What about acreage? Let us look at the acreage figures in the bulletin. The total for 1918 was 35,890,000. Ok lahoma had more acres printed in 1918 than in either 1911, 1913 or 1914. Tex as had more acres in T918 than in 1911 and only about 700,000 acres less than in 1914. The years 1911, 1913 and 914 were good years with big crops, and generally low prices. With only 150,000 acres more in the whole coun try in 1911 than we had in the whole country in 1918, we produced 15,693,000 bales, and the farm price December 1, 1911, averaged 8.8 cents per pound. In 1913 we had 37,089,000 acres and produced 14,156,000 bales, and the farm price averaged 12.2 cents per pound December 1, 1913. In 1914 we had 36,832,000 acres, or only 942,000 acres more than in 1918, and yet the production was 16,135,000 bales and the farm price December 1, 1914, was 6.8 cents per pound on the average, due in part, no doubt, to the war in Europe. Think this over. With less acres than last year- and a good season we can easily make a very large crop, especially with good production in Texas and Oklahoma. In 1912 with only 34,233,000 acres, we made 13,703,000 bales of cotton. With a good season ahead of us, would you increase the increase? Which would you rather do, produce more cotton and take a less price for it, after working a larger number of acres at greater expense or limit your production to a smaller number of acres, better tended, permitting the full production of your food and feed and a better chance for a good price? It is absolute folly to upset the pres ent prosperity of the- cotton states by planting a large acreage which can only mean a large crop and a lower price; I hear rumors of fanners sell ing their livestock to put their land all in cotton. Such action is inviting disaster. If farmers, landlords, mer chants and bankers combine to pull by producing a large crop 6t cotton, [ they should have the courage to make no appeal to the rest of the world for help if their own action leads them into distress. But remember that there is a good way. Look in the bulletin. Food plus cotton equals prosperity. Full produc tion of the food for our people and the feed for our growing live stock in dustry in the South should be made first and most important consideration. Safe fanning demands caution this time. Supply your own needs first as a sound measure of protection, then hold your cotton acreage down to a moderate figure, less than in 1918, in order that we may safeguard the pro duction and not destroy our prosperity by deliberately overproducing. It is up to the South to play a safe game. Safety first demands that every cot ton farmer, big and little, shall co operate in holding down the cotton acreage. BRADFORD KNAPP, Chief. SANDY CREEK. Rev. C. A. Adams filled his regular appointment here last Saturday and Sunday. Miss Annie Mae doodman of Fay etteville spent a few days last week with her brother, Mr. Jim Goodman. Mrs. Addie Rivers of Fife has re turned home, after spending some time with her son, Mr. J. S. Ellington. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nash of At lanta and Miss Stella Smith of Cross Roads spent last Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Walker. Mrs. Cleitus Landrum of Atlanta was the week-end guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walker. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jones of The Rock spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Elder. Claud and Gilbert Harper were the guests of relatives at Fife Saturday night and Sunday. Gayron Tilghman spent last Wednes day night with Mr. and Mrs. Archie McEachern. Mr. Calvin Walker of the U. S. A. is visiting homefolks for a few days. Little Elmer Ellington, who has been very low with flu, and pneumonia, is convalescent now. We hope that he will soon be well. Mr. Jake Walker and family of near Red Oak, Ga., and Mr. J. T. Walker of Fife spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Walker. Mr. J. S. Ellington and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Harper spent last Sunday with relatives in Atlanta. Mrs. Ora McElwaney visited her mother, Mrs. J. H. Head, last Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. Z. P. Ellington attend ed services at Bethany last Sun day. Miss Marguerette White is suffering with a bone felon. Mr. Loyd Parrott of Hopeful, who has been discharged from the U. S. A. visited relatives here last Sun day. Mrs. Vera Landrum is on the sick list at this writing; also Miss Velma Cox continues real sick. We hope they nahy soon recover. A REAL MAN. It is pretty hard to assert your independence and defy the world when you have an empty pocket book and no bank account. The prudent man who has sav ed a little, who has a reserve at the Bank to tide him over a month or more, isn’t so afraid of sickness, or such a coward about being out of a job. A bank account is a stimu lant to real manhood, The larger the account, the firmer the footing. It breeds self-confidence, is a proof of efficiency, and an ever present resource in time of need. It’s not what a man earns in a year that gives him a surplus, it’s what he saves. Don’t make the mistake of wait ing nntil you are old to start sav ing. Start today. We give care ful attention to all accounts, large or small. BANK OF FAYETTEVILLE. Dear Mr. Editor: I have never taken a decided stand for or against a new school house, but recently I have been convinced that Fayetteville will never make progress with her present school building. If the people will only think seriously of what a splendid fire trap we are at present housing our little fellows in, we will not stop until we vote a rea sonable bond issue to build a house that not only will house them, but give them some protection against dangers of fire, and sickness—let’s go to work now and make ready to build against these dangers this summer— every time that fire bell rings. Just head towards the school house and you will hardly miss the fire. W. B. HOLLINGSWORTH. THE HOME ORCHARD. Next Monday I expect Mr. R. E. Blackburn of the college of agriculture —February 17—to spend the day with me. We will give a demonstration of pruning and spraying fruit trees at the orchard of Mr. J. J. Davis, beginning at nine o’clock. It is for everybody. would be glad to have every one who has a home orchard present. He j is a field specialist in this line and j will be glad to give you any infor- mation relative to the planting, prun- ing, spraying and caring for the home orchard. Be sure and come yourself and bring your neighbor. W. N. DIXON, County Agent. In another column appears a letter from Dr. Knapp, of the department of agriculture at Washington. He knows agricultural conditions and appeals to the farmers to think and act wise on cotton acreage this year. Read this letter and re-read it, for the whole i world wants cheap cotton and is do- j ing all in its power to make it cheap. ; They will get all the money our farm ers have made for the past two years unless farmers are in position to con trol the matter. You make the price high if the South reduces acreage. THERE'S 1 REASON Why we are proud of the progress we made the past year, and THERE’S A REASON Why we made it. We gave honest values in hardware and the public appreciated fair dealings. We thank the trade for the patronage and will continue to appreciate your business. G.& & HARDWARE CO. n You make the price low if the South the house down upon their own heads I p i Rn t s a big crop. Do your part.
