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THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1921.
DO NOT SURREN
DER TO THE BUGS
To the Farmers and especially iny cus
tomers :
The Salvation Army’s Motto: “A
man may he down but lie's never out
is as true today as ever and applies to
business.
The farmers may be down but they
are not out by a big majority Only a
few have hollowed “calf rope" to the
boll'weevil and to their creditors. Most
of them are going to make an effort to
•save the crop they have worked to
make. Most of them hope to make a
good crop and be able to pay at least
a part of their debts this fall.
It does me good to see so many of
our customers responding to the letter
I wrote them last week offering to sell
■until fall, the poison to tight the weevil
with, they nearly all appreciate a
friend in time of need. Only a feu
have said “Let them eat it up, that
they had just as soon see the boll wee
vil take it as the pencil weevil.” A few
have made this statement to me. Well,
It did not offend me, because I was not
the ones he was referring to as they did
not pay me one cent last year so I did
not get any of his cotton. He has both
my goods and the cotton. Why is he
kicking? But after all most every
body wants to do right and now is the
time for all to stand together. Confi
dence is all that has held this old world
together. Confidence in the honesty of
the farmer is worth a lot; only a few
had money to pay their debts with and
In the absence of money confidence is
all that is left.
Manufacturers, jobbers and banks car
ried the loads of the merchant based on
the confidence they had in the mer
chant, and also, yes, probably more so
the confidence they had in the honesty
of the farmer, who would in time pay
t'he merchant, and the merchant could
pay. So after a\l it was confidence
that the world has in the farmer and
it is easier to keep up that confidence by
making an honest effort to save the cit
ton crop than it is to pay our debts.
If confidence remains at 100 per cent
standard it will take less money to
steer the ship than it will if the big
man loses confidence in the farmer and
the farmer will suffer. For if the mer
chant falls he will fall on the faimei
for he will not e allowed to continue
credit to them. But on the other hand
every merchant that is closed out, a
receiver will take charge and he forc
ed to collect from the farmer if he has
1 o close him out also
It will be a lot easier for us to keep
up the confidence than it will be to pay
all our debts at once, and to try to
save this crop after his wife and chil
dren have helped him to make it. will
-do more to stimulate confidence than
knocking the fellow that furnished him
supplies last year and in some cases
has not collected enough to pay the
freight Yes, I collected less on the 1920
business than the freight amounts to.
Yet. I have not turned my back on my
.customers. I have sold them tools to
make This crop with on time. Yes, I
have refused credit to less number of
farmers this year than any previous
year, and have sold tools for this crop
to folks who refused to sell their cot
ton last fall and pay me part when I
offered them three cents per ponud more
for their cotton than the market and
it was bringing more than twenty cents
at that time .Numbers of them prom
ised me time and again, that they would
pay me when they sold their cotton,
and not one cent have I seen from the
proceeds of this cotton yet. I have
stood by them and furnished them with
tools to make this crop with and now
offering to sell them poison until fall
to save the cotton crop, for the reason
They need it worse this year than ever
They were down and I went on the Sal
vation army idea “That they were not
out.” I did not want to be a slacker
while/they were down for anyone should
lie allowed a second chance, and I have
stood by them in furnishing tools and
now poison to save the crop, to be sure
I was doing my part. This fall it will
take some money and all the confidence
we can summon together to help us car
ry our own.
Now, if you do not care to fight the
weevil and had as soon he had the crop
as the merchant that has furnished you
supplies to make one or two crops, as
little said about it as possible is best
as it will weaken the wheel of confi
dence that the world is rolling on to
day and it will hurt your neighbor
farmer that is trying to save his crop
and help to make some cotton to settle
for the goods he has hauled oft from the
merchant
Your knock inf; will tear down fhe con
fidence the world has in all the fara
ers and hurt all classes of farmers as
well as all classes of business men. So
let us keep up confidence as long as we
can. We can pay part this fall in mon
ey and get more consideration and time
on the remainder if we keep up confi
dence. When confidence is gone it will
tJke cash to settle tbe debts and nearly
every merchant and farmer will suf
fer.
The world likes to help the fellow
SOW BUR CLOVER
THIS SUMMER
Now is the time to get ready for a
patch of bur clover this fall. When it is
once started, bur clover furnishes spring
grazing to the animals on the farm bet
ter than any other plant we have. It is
ready for grazing early in March and
lasts until the middle of May. At first
the cows may not like it but after tast
ing it often they become very fond
of it. Hogs, mules horses and chickens
also will eat it. Bur clover is a stronger
feed than bermuda grass and will show
it in the milk and butter. Mr. J. W.
Shields, near Winder, lias been grow
ing it for several years and likes it.
Mr. Evans Lunsford, at Covington, Ga.
has fifty acres in clover and keeps a
fine herd of Hereford cattle on it dur
ing the entire spring.
The best way to get our clover start
ed is to either rake up the seed this
spring or buy them before summer and
put them out during August, mixed
with black manure. A solid stand can
be secured the first year if enough
seed and manure are used, but for
the average farmer it is best to put
down the seed and manure in spots
or in rows. If put down in rows small
furrows should be made two or three
feet a part aud tilled with manure and
bushels of manure to each bushel of
seed. If put in spots, a shovel full
or handful should lie dropped two or
three feet each way and left untouched
Bur clover needs thorough inocula
tion. This is the most important thing
about growing it. If soil from a bur
clover patch or an alfalfa patch can be
secured, it would be wise to mix a
shovelful of it to each bushel of seed
and manure. This soil with the ma
nure will insure plenty of bacteria,
even on galled spots.
Bur clover should be grazed very
lightly the first year. After it is well
stablislied it can be grazed rather heav
ily, but always should be given a chance
to reseed in May. Bur clover grows
fairly well with bermuda grass in a
pasture but will do better if grown in
a separate patch. Bur clover aud corn
do well together if the land is not
turned too deep. The seed need to be
left near the surface. It would be
better to turn the land very shallow
and subsoil rather than turn the land
deep. IVhere the lands have been
turned deep the stand of cloved is like
ly to be destroyed.
During years with very dry falls
the bur clover will be late in coming
up if the winter is cold enough to kill
the oat crop, the bur clover will be
killed also. There are always enough
seed left, however, to bring back jlie
stand the next year. All farmers in
terested in this crop are advised to get
in touch with me in the next two
months. All who can save seed are re
quested to do so themselves or let their
neighbors save them. The people in
other sections of North Georgia are
growing this crop successfully and we
can do the same.
Yeurs for service,.
A. D. ROBERTSON
' County Agt,
Teachers Examination
The annual examination for teachers
will he held at the High School audi
torium in Winder, on July 29 and 30.
Examination tablets can be secured
at Drug Tdore. Exam
ination will begin promptly at 8:00
Friday A. M.
Only those who are teaching or ex
pecting to teach will be allowed to
take the examination.
The questions will come in sealed
packages and will not be opened until
the teachers assemble at 8:30 o’clock,
July 29tli.
No one will be allowed to look over
these questions on the day of the ex
amination except those who take it.
J. B. BROOKSHIRE, C. S. S.
that Is willing to help himself and try
ing to build up instead of tear down
the great asset the farmer lias, which is
the confidence the world his placed in
him
The boll weevil fight is in its infan
cy. We all got started this year too
late to accomplish the best results, but
the fighter is learning and will he on
hand early next year and will be de
manding something of his neighbor and
greater work will be done next year.
This is a cotton country and we will lie
making cotton when the boll weevil is
a thousand years old, but it is going
to take effort. Yes, a fight each year.
Barrow county has too many red
bloded Americans to surrender to a bug.
No. They do not Intend to be run off
their farms they have worked hard to
pay for. They will fight a man in de
fense of their farms. Why not a bug
in defense of your cotton which means
your farm after all.
R. L. WOODRUFF.
THE NINTH ANNUAL NORTH GA. FAIR
At a recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Fair it was unanimous
ly decided to hold the fair October 4-5*
0-7-8, 1921, from the fact that exhibitors
are more interested this year than us
ual because they know that a SIOO.OO
premium this year is worth as much
as a $200.00 last year.
Everything Has Declined.
But the Fair is offering the same
premiums this year as last, and in a
few cases more The Progressive Farmer
the south’s standard farm weekly, says-
HAVE THE BEST OF SOMETHING
AND THEN EXHIBIT IT.
Every farmer should strive to have
something that is the best of its kind
in the county or community.
It may be the finest Percheon, or
Jersey, or Shorthorn, or Duroc, or
Merino; the finest mule; the best silo;
the best terraced hillside; the finest
patch of alfalfa; the pettiest home;
the most beautiful flowering shrubs or
shade trees; the most fruitful orchard
the best soy beans; the prettiest pas
ture or meadow or he may content him
self with the earliest cotton bale each
year, the finest butter, the most uni
form sweet potatoes, the highest scor
ing seed corn, the mast luscious honey,
or the finest bird dog.
It doesn’t matter so much which of
your products is the best, provided only
that you have the ambition to have the
best of something, for the desire to
have the very best of any one thing
UNION LOCALS .
——*
Messrs. Frank and Raymond Doster
J. D. Spence and Mr. Lay made a bus
iness trip to Gainesville Tuesday,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Maynard and chil
dren of County Line spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Strange.
Mrs. Ruby Greenway and baby spent
Friday with her sister, Mrs. J. H. lus
ter.
Miss Angie Healan spent Monday
night with Misses Willa Nell and Julia
Dell Doster.
We are sorry to say that Mr. Strange
is no better at this writing.
Mr. Hillman Miller of Winder, was
the dinner guest of Mr. J. D. Spence
Wednesday,
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cronic aud
daughter, Mildred, spent Monday night
with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Orr.
This community was visited by a
heavy rain Wednesday afternoon which
was badly needed.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wall and
little son, W. D., spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Elrod, of Tiro.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Bradberry spent
Wednesday with the former’s mother,
Mrs. Martha Badberry.
Mrs. Emma Austin spent Tuesday
with her daughter, Mrs. Asa Porter.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Dalton spent
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Page. , V.ll
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Sugars and chil
dren. of Pea Hill, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Mineey.
Mr. Frank Doster and Miss Lavnda
Stewart spent Saturday night with Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Queen, of Carter Hill.
Miss Marie Chapman, of Oak Grove,
spent last week with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Chapman.
Mr and Mrs. Albert Page and Misses
Desma and Geneva Hewitt, of Winder,
spent Sunday with the former's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Page.
Mr. and Mrs. Dee Chapman and chil
dren spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Chapman.
Several from here attended the sing
:. lg a t Carter Hill and reported a nice
time.
Protracted meeting will begin at
this place Saturday, July 2.‘srd.
NOTICE.
All those having relatives and loved
ones buried at tbe old Omer cemetery
are requested to meet there on Au
gust 4th (Thursday) and help clean
off the grounds and improve the graves
of our dead.—S. J. Sharpton. 2t
Typewriter ribbons and qjtrbon paper
tor sale at The Winder News office.
THE WINDER NEWS
will inevitably breed in you the dual
ities that will give you greater success
in all other lines of effort.
The next thing we wish to urge is
his; having made up your mind to have
the best of something, arrange to exhi
bit it at your state ,district, county, or
local fair next fall. The decision to ex
hibit the product will help you. It will
halp you because it will make you more
careful and presistent and thoroughgo
ing in your struggle for the highest
perfection. You will learn about the
best methods. And you will practice
more of the best methods you already
know. You will also find more zest and
eagerness in doing your work.
Moreover, making an exhibit will
help other people. Finding that you
have attained a high standard of pro
gress or achievement will inspire
others to do likewise.
Ask for catalogs of your county fair.
Then decide just what state and local
prizes you will try for next fall also
which prizes mother aud the boys and
girls will try for.
The whole year will Do happier if
each of the family decides now to do his
level best with some crop or animal or
some form of household production and
exhibit the results at some fair next
tali. If a prize is won this year, good
and well, if not the knowledge gained
and progress made will alone be worth
all the effort, and this will help capture
prizes and blue ribbons in later years.
Vacations
While you are on that camping or fish
ing trip, have your watch overhauled.
It will last longer, and run more accu
rately if it is cleaned and oiled once
every year or so.
If it is in our care, you run no risk
of losing or damaging it.
B. E. PATRICK
403 Winder Nat. Bank Building
WINDER, GA.
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