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THE BARROW TIMES
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.Entered as second-class matter at the postoflice under Act of Congress March .1, 1879-
DON’T BRING ON 10 CENTS COTTON.
There will be grave danger to the southern farmers il they con
clude they can plant an overwhelming cotton crop this year and raise
less feed stuffs.
State Agricultural Commissioner J. .7. Brown is appealing to the
farmers to plant an abundance of food crops and cut their cotton
acreage at least 20 to 25 per cent.
This is the only safe and wise course if we expect a fair price for
this year’s crop.
It will not do to say the world is short of cotton, that the country
is compelled to have it and that it is impossible to make too much for
ihe next few years.
It is a fact that the south now has 10,000,000 bales of cotton on
hand, which if things were normal ought to sell for 40 cents, but con
ditions are such in Europe that many of her countries cannot buy
because they are not able and have no stable governments upon which
to form a basis of credit.
It is very essential to the south, if we wish high cotton and pros
perity, to look facts squarely in the face and not jump at misleading
conclusions and listen to men whose advice and predictions are predi
cated on no foundation of facts, but lacking in judgment and com
mon sense.
The farmers must have a systematic organization to protect them
from the speculators and be able to hold their cotton.
They cannot do this without first being in a condition as a class to
hold their cotton, and to hold their cotton they must make up their
minds to lessen the acreage, plant more food crops and be independ
ent. Then they will not be forced to sell at a loss.
Cut acreage, raise all your food crops, hold your cotton for a legit
imate price and the south will continue to prosper and the farmers
will reap their reward.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GERMANS AND CIVILIZED PEOPLES
German Kultur taught German soldiers to devastate, wreck and
<lestrov every country invaded and show no mercy or consideration
to civilians.
The crimes committed by them in Belgium and northern France
’will be regarded in all the ages to come as the most brutal and the
most lacking in all the attributes necessary to make a pure, a brave
and lofty people.
It was a nation in which all of its intelligence, its reputation for
learning and advancement seemed to be embodied in the one central
thought that might makes right and that the more cruel and unmerci
ful they could be to a vanquished foe—helpless in their hands —the
stronger it would emphasize their Kultur, their superiority as a dis
tinct people and that they were a super-race and the only one fit to
survive.
They were stopped in their mad and vain rush for self-glory and
world dominion to become conscious of the unalterable truth that
will live as long ns the years shall last, so beautifully expressed by
some poetical genius—
“llow empty learning and how vain is art.
But as they mend tin* life and guide the heart.
Their supreme thought of life as a nation was based on material
ism and their sole ambition world power and supremacy, forgetting
the real Got! of the universe, who alone can be supreme and control
the destinies of the human race.
The nations she had intended to crush had ideals more in accord
with the divine order of things, ideals and aspirations more akin to
the teachings of the Nazarine, and could, therefore, feel for the op
pressed and willing to die to save humanity.
What a difference between them when you seriously consider the
motive and attitude of these two mighty contending forces! It is so
plain that even the simple-minded can discern and detest the one and
admire the other.
The contrast is so great between the Germans and the Americans
in invaded regions that it completely upsets the traditions of Kultur,
dumbfounds the Germans and emphasizes beyond question the su
periority of Americans as a people and as a nation.
The Allies are too far advanced in real civilization to enforce ter
rorism and brigandage on German soil, or to rob women of their vir'
tue or murder children and the old and helpless. • • 1 ”
We ought to feel prouder than ever that we are Americans, were
one of the Allies and did our part to save the world from such tyrants.
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r “For age and want save while you may.
No morning suns last the whole day.
T o
If cotton would just go to 35 cents for ten days there would be
many happy farmers in the south and everything would boom again.
o— —
The Peace Commission began its work last Saturday and President
'Wilson sustained himself as he has always done as a world leader.
The government is demobilizing its soldiers as rapidly as possible.
It will not be many months before most of our boys will be home to
remain.
o
This terrible war ought to learn Americans the importance of
saving for age and want. We have been a nation ot spendthrifts
long enough.
The man who can always look on the bright side under all condi
tions and circumstances is truly fortunate. It is an asset ol incal
culable value and one to be cultivated.
If every fellow could see his faults as easily as he does those of
the other fellow, he would improve wonderfully, or at any rate would
hold up on the other fellow.
o
National prohibition will soon be a reality and there should be
universal rejoicing all over the land. This is one of the great revolu
tions of the present age.
I WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THESE DAYS?
Talk happiness; the world is sad enough
Without your woes; no path is wholly rough.
Look for the places that are smooth and clear,
Arid speak of things to rest the weary ear
Of earth so hurt by one continuous strain
Of human discontent and grief and pain.
Talk faith; the world is better off without
Your uttered ignorance and morbid doubt;
If you have faith in God or man or self,
Say so; if not, push back upon the shelf
Of silence all your thoughts ’til faith shall come;
No one will grieve because your lips are dumb.
Talk health; the dreary, never-changing tale
Of mortal maladies is worn and stale;
You can not charm or interest or please
By harping on that minor chord —disease.
Say you are well, or all is well with you.
And God shall hear your words and make them true.
v —Selected.
o
Every farmer should take Commissioner Brown’s advice, plane
more food crops and reduce his cotton acreage'2s per cent. This U
more urgent and important than many farmers realize.
o
Every one is anxious to know when the terrible influenza epidemic
will end. It seems to take on new force and break out afresh (‘very
once and awhile. It appears from all reports to be worse at Athens
than during the first scourge. It is the most fearful disease we have
ever had to visit America and it is devoutly hoped will soon have
spent its force.
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The plans for a league of nations, from the latest Paris reports,
have been reduced to very definite form, with indications that the
statesmen of the principal nations are getting closer together on a
foundation which will have the support of all. This is one of the
great problems before the Peace Commission that should concern the
entire world. President Wilson is the dominant figure in solving this
problem aright.
o
The public school law, stock law, tick eradication law, pure food
law, national prohibition, and woman suffrage almost a certainty—
the world continues to revolve. What revolutions have been brought
about during the past forty years that would have been thought im
possible by our fathers af the olden time! And however much we
may dream of the good old times, which in the distance seem better
than the present, however much we may be proned to lament our loss
of personal liberty, the world has gradually advanced and grown bet
ter by virtue of the innovations continually taking place.
• :—o
During the reconstruction days now on us every man who loves his
country and believes in law enforcement has a duty to perform.
During such periods there are always men who take advantage of
conditions and who have no regard for law and order. This is no
time to encourage the rabble, to side with Extremists, to criticise
officials and government and cater to the whims of ignorance and the
views of visionary kickers. These are serious days that demand calm
judgment and consideration of all thoughtful men who believe in
right and justice and a safe and stable government in which to live.
WHAT GRIT CAN DO.
AYe use the word “grit” because
it so fully expresses the idea that
we have in mind; namely, an un
yielding and unconquering spirit
that takes firm hold of those things
most difficult to perform, and in the
face of the greatest odds works on
and on till success is achieved. This
spirit is necessary to all who would
attain to anything worth while, and
especially to those who, by reason
of untoward conditions, are obliged
to fight life’s battles single-handed
and alone.
The following story illustrates
our point:
Over in Scotland there once lived
a stout, tall, busy youth who was
known among his neighbors as the
“grit barelegged laddie.” One
day he called upon the village
schoolmaster and said, “I wish to
attend your evening school.”
“And what would you wish to
study if you came?”
“1 want to learn to read and to
write.”
The master looked into the lad’s
face, shrugged his shoulders in a
knowing way. and said. “Very well,
you may come.”
The lad could not see into the
future, nor had he any dreams of
greatness. lie had only a great
desire to know. He was eighteen
years old then, and could neither
read nor write; but before he died
lie wrote his name among the great
and honored men of the earth. lie
was George Stephenson, and be
came the great railroad engineer.—
Exchange.
Drink Buttermilk Free'y.
The use of buttermilk Is largely a
matter of habit. Southern cities con
sume almost ns much buttermilk as
sweet milk. The difficulty of keeping
milk sweet has been largely responsi
ble for the popularity of buttermilk as
e beverage.
KNOW THYSELF.
7s P -\
Ericsson, the scientist, refused to
attend a concert of his fellow
countrymen, the eminent violinist.
Ole Bull, because he believed that
there was no sense of music in liis
severely practical nature. But on
one occasion, under the guise of
seeking instruction, Bull beguiled
the builder of our monitors into
listening to the voice of his instru
ment. The spirit of the Father
land swept through the room. The
days of childhood floated like clouds
of memory before the man of prose.
He heard the roar of battle, the
tramp of armies, the silver trump
of peace. Untold emotions whelmed
about him like the billows of the
sea. And when at last the music
ceased, he cried out, “Go on, Ole;
I never knew it was in me.
Brothers, there are chords in you
capable of response to the music
that makes heaven glorious. There
are whole sets of faculties in you
of which you are utterly unaware
until the creative breath sweeps
them again. Would you realize
your fullest self? “Rise up and
stand forth,” “Stretch forth thy
hand.”—Selected.
Last Words of Rulers.
The ancients had an ear for last
words, and among the reputed fare
wells of Roman emperors there have
been handed down Nero’s cynical,
“What an artist the world is losing in
me!” Julian’s cry of surrender, “Thou
has conquered, O Galilean!” and Ves
pasian’s ironic, “I feel myself becoming
u god.”
Letters.
It is estimated that about rvo-thlrdx
jf all the letters carried by tiie postnt
service of the world nre written, sent
to and read by English-speaking peo
ple.
Snares In Credit Plan.
It’s a good plan to pay cash. The
people who Imagine they are getting
something for nothing generally pay
double. —i’hitadeipbia Reccnsl.
WE HAVE RECEIVED
A NEW SHIPMENT
of DRY GOOODS
and can supply your needs.
Beautiful Ginghams, Percales, Suitings, Gala
teas, Khaki cloth, Gabardines, Indian Head,
Long Cloth, Bleaching, Sea Island, Linen e and
Mtddy Twill, are here in great quantities. Al
so such good old staples as Cotton Checks, Hick
ory Shirting, Quilt Calico, and Apron Gingham.
See us before beginning your spring sewing.
Winder 5 and 10c Store
The
Swift Dollar
for 1918
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To Stock Raiser!B
The above diagram shows the distribu
tion of the average Swift dollar received
from sales of beef, porlc and mutton,
and their by-products, (hiring 1918.
Swift & Company, U.S. A.
Headquarters for Ctes Eyes.
Birmingham is the headquarters of
the glass-<%* trade in England, end
that cite has brought its aianutacture
of this particular article *• great per
fection. Eyes are sent to all parte of
the world.
1919 Year Book of interesting and
instructive facts sent on request.
Address Swift C& Company
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois
Frio+itfu! Dream.
TlHie Olinger says the reason she
. quitting her present boarding house
,s because she dreamed last night she
*-as married to a cannibal, and when
die waked up a horrid little bug was
sating on her.—Dallas New*.