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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1926
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Your kind co-operation has con
tributed materially to our success,
and we appreciate it most cordial
ly*
Accept our best wishes for a
Merry Christmas and for a bright
and prosperous New Year.
JACKSON MERCANTILE COMPANY
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS
By Henry G. Wiley
Butts County Farm ] Agent
N PLANNING SEASON
Now as we are on the treshold of
anew year it is appropriate that
every farmer take stock of what he
L and see it he has made progress
since the beginning of this year. 1
think every farmer should take a com
plete inventory once each year for
in no other way can he intelligently
plan for the future except in the
light of the past.
Now while the nights are long,
the work on the farm not pushing
kmd the year is drawing to a close
■ the very best time to make a
Body of the year’s business. If cer
tain crops have not paid try to find
■tut why they have not paid. If you
Ire at fault try to remedy your mis-
Itke and try the crop again. If it
ns not paid for reasons beyond
GREETINGS
With grateful appreciation of all the
favors received by us from you and for
that priceless though intangible asset,
your Good Will, which we prize be
yond measure, we seek to merit your
continued confidence and aim to seive
you faithfully in the future.
Sincerely,
Jackson Banking Cos.
A Merry
Christmas
your control then try to substitute
it with a crop that will pay in your
schedule.
And the same thing is true with
live stock and poultry. One cannot
afford to maintain live stock or poul
try on the farm unless they pay for
their keep and a profit besides. Who
wants to milk a cow just forthe
pleasure of milking? Or who wants
to feed and care for a bunch of hens
just for the pleasure it brings? I
can think of nothing that would be
come a drudge quicker than attend
ing a herd of cattle that would not
give enough milk to pay for their
keep, or a flock of hens that would
not lay enough eggs to feed them
selves.
How are we going to avoid losses
of this kind? By making a careful
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study of your business. Make an an
nual inventory—apply the yard
stick to your operations. Find out
which crops pay you and stick to
them year in and year out, and be
sure that you have planned for an
abundance of food and feed crops.
Then if you have even one cow
check up on the amount of feed she
consumes and the milk she gives and
if there isn’t a margin of profit dis
card her at once. If you are a dairy
man then get in on this cow testing
work 100 per cent strong, for if you
are milking 15 cows it is about 20
times as important that you discover
your profit makers than it is for the
man who only has one cow. Look
back over the last twelve months and
see what advancement you have made
then set a stake away out in front
to reach within the next twelve
months.
If you have from one to 500 or
even more hens lay all sentiment
aside and call them without mercy.
If you have carried one slacker
through the year she has been just
that much dead weight. Get rid of her
and all of her kind. Then feed with
out stint of wholesome feed mixed
in the right proportions and any col
or of hens will pay. Look back over
the last year and find how many hens
you have kept that more than paid
their way. Then resolve to at least
double that number by the end of
next year.
Use these long nights to, as one
my teachers used to say, “exercise
that part of your anatomy above
the ears.’’
Yours for a happy Christmas and
a prosperous New Year.
AMERICAN BEAUTIES
American Beauties! Two of them!
Brilliant and vivid and rare,
Yet velvety soft; both breathing
Theirsweetness into the air.
One in notes, like jewels
That fall from a fairy hand,
And one like a sigh of contentment
Breathed over a peaceful land.
A blending of harmony two-fold
In generous, gracious outpour,
For one was a beautiful singer,
And one was the rose she wore.
M. J. M. I>.
Plant Samzons
So great Is the power possessed by
certain low forms of nntn;n 1 and plant
life that if a man could, in propor
tion to h! slw. Jump as the grass
hopper, he w.u'd !>e able to cover the
distance between London and Bir
mingham in a Tev leaps— 1-ondoD
Mail.
MOVE TO OBTAIN |
A MODEL SCHOOL
RALLY HELD BY COLORED CITI
ZENS AND ADDRESSES MADE
BY NUMBER OF LEADING
CITIZENS OF TOWN
Colored citizens of Jackson and
community have taken steps to se
cure for Jackson an industrial school
to give training' in the manual arts, 1
handicraft and allied lines. This
school would take the place of the
presnt building, which is out of
date and badly in need of repairs,
it is said.
A mass meeting was held at Israel
C. M. E. church December I(‘> and
a number o fthc leading citizens of
the community took part. A good
deal of interest was aroused and
the finances, it is believed, can be
arranged.
S. H. Lee, with headquarters
in Forsyth, field agent of the Rosen
wald fund, made one of the princi
pal talks of the evening. He gave
much information and told what is
necessary to obtain one of the Rosen
wald schools. Money will be made
available from the Rosemvald
fund on condition that local citizens
raise a certain quota. Lee pointed
out that there are many of these
industrial schools in the South and
he told of the good work they are
doing to give the colored race need
ed training along industrial lines.
Among the white people attend
ing and making talks were Mr. 0.
A. Pound, mayor of Jackson; Rev.
Augustus Ernest, pastor of the
Methodist church; Mr. E. S. Settle 1 ,
chairman of the city board of edu
cation; Prof. R. 1. Knox. All the
speakers made forceful and telling
arguments in favor of the institu
tion and pledged their co-operation.
H. M. Jones, principal of the
colored school, has taken much in
terest in the movement and has
\ On the Southern (here is in effect a bonus-payment /
i system through which the employees engaged in train L r
1 to their efforts. f
Ask a SOUTHERN RAILWAY man
Southern
railway{ (^B))SYSTEM
%e Southern the, South
already done much preliminary
work. The campaign to raise funds
will be staged at a later dale, it is
announced.
The school would be along the
lines of the industrial school in For
syth that is doing such splgndid
work to provide training for the
colored people of that section.
An industrial school for Butts
county would be a forward step for
the colored people and if is thought
a liberal degree of support and co
operation will be given.
Saving His Shins
“A feller's got to be careful about
scrapin' fils skin oft," said wise Wil
lie, “ ’cause the paint under it Is real
fresh.”— Boston Transcript.
THE 60,000 men and women workers on the
Southern Railway System know that their
welfare is bound up with that of the Southern —
and that whatever benefits the Southern and the
South benefits them.
Southern Railway men and women are business
getters for the Southern. Talk to a Southern Railway
man about your transportation requirements. He
has behind him the support of his fellow-employees
and of the management. If he does not have the
information you desire, he will get it for you.
Southern Railway employees are bred and trained
in the traditions of the South and of the Southern.
They have the desire and ability to maintain those
traditions.
In the past we have had in full
measure, your trust and confidence
which has made our success possible.
Our earnest endeavor for the New Year
will be, in an even greater degree, to
merit your reliance in us.
PAUL TYLER 6 CO.
Avoid Marring Linoleum
Furniture should always he lifted
clear of 1 1n* Door when It Is being
moved to prevent scratching or mar
ring ili<! linoleum. If a piano or other
heavy furniture Ims to be rolled
across the Door a board or heavy
piece of carpet should be luld down
to protect the linoleum.
Our Gift Stock is large,
appropriate and useful, and
any friend, sweetheart or
relative will appreciate.
Make selections early is ad
visable.
ETHERIDGE-SMITH CO.
Bring us your scrap cot
ton.
Settle & Robison.