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THE CARROLL FREE PRESS, CARROLLTON, GA.
To Hold Down Cotton Acreage.
Hon. Chas. S. Barrett, presil
dent.of the national division of
the Farmers’ Educational and
Co-operative Union, has issued
the following address:
j‘To the Ollicers and Menu
bers of the Farmers’ Union :
“Members of the Farmers’
Union everywhere, in the South
particularly, have just concluded
one of the most prosperous auJ
progressive years in the history
of the organization.
“Interest in recruiting mem
bers, interest in the active fprob-
lems ot the order, is at all points
vigilant aud aggresfive. The
organized farmer is alive to his
own rights, and the way to ob
tain them, as he has not been
within my recollection.
“In the South, particularly,
the lesson of the year just passed
si ould point a powerful and sig
nificant lesson tor the years to
come.
“Cotton has sold uniformly at
a profitable figure, mainly be>
ciuse there was not too much of
it. The crop came well within
the demands of the world wide
consumption, and as a result but
little has been sold at a loss, as
has been the case in years gone
by.
“We can assure the same
measure ot prosperity for the
new year ; we can even increase
that prosperity if we diversity
intelligently and keep the cotton
acreage within reasonable
bounds.
“It would be wretched busi
ness policy for ourselves and the
South to be lured by the at
tractive prices of the tall and
winter iuto planting a huge
acreage for the coming season.
“I know of no better way to
undo our own prosperity and to
play into the hands of the cot
ton gamblers.
“These latter gentlemen have
been unable to hammer the
price of cotton this season, be-
.ause every intelligent man has
seen their purpose.
“To trade on the prosperity
of last season and tempt Provi
dence with a record breaking
crop, would be to court sure and
heavy loss for ourselves and sac -
rifice much of the gain recorded
recently.
“I therefore urge upon you to
raise at home your food supplies,
the supplies for your family, for
your help and lor your stock.
“Not one State in the South
but what can adopt this policy,
A Call To The South.
The south has spread broad
cast over this country an invita
tion (for the farmers who are
longing for Canadian wheat
lands to come to the warm sec
tion and taite up better farms
for^ less money. Those who
have the migration fever are in-,
formed that there are 500, 000,
000 acres of rich land waiting
for them in the south, which is
made to include Oklahoma. It
is admitted that some 200,000,
000 acres of land need draining,
but it is worth the effort, and
the other acres are enough any
how. The southern people in.
form their wandering brothers
that if they go to the wheat lands
of Canada they will have to live
where the winter is nine months
long, and if they come to the
south they will live where the
winter is only three months, and
of small consequence at that as to
the cold. In the variety of possi-
ble ci ops the south lays way
over the Canadian wheat sec
tion. There is no limit to what
may be raised profitably in the
warm section of this country.
There is a decided limit to what
may be produced in the wild
regions of Canada. There are
better railroad and river facili
ties for shipping the produce of
the south than can ever be ex
pected in the Canadian north
west. The land is easier to
work, and the possible days of
rest while the crops are growing
are longer. There ;s more of a
boom in the south than in that
cold place to the northward.
—Worcester Telegram.
lury Drawn for March Term,
Citv Court of Carrollton.
First Week.
Z W Muse Jr R A Yates
M,C Taylor J H Barr
WH Candler Jr WT Goodsby
W E Laud
W H Rabun
J M Jackson
J A Murrah
J G Robinson
HP Kelly
K S Beavers
S M Davis
L W Stalling
J B Fowler
C C Brock
D M Bartlett
J M [Smith
S S Yates
C M Garrett
J C Bass
M A Brown
W L Rodgers
| E Bartlett
W H Moore
G C Sups
J W Horton
Jno M Walkei
W O Ashmore
J N Aikin
A C Kemp
C R Stevenson
J L Thurman
J W Horsley
J H Rodger
Second Week.
O G Craven H E Reeves
J A Gray J D Simms
G W LovvornJ L Kuglar
L M Bowen D FNew
E B Martin J R Borders
M H Wilson J W Keaton
Life A Funny Proposition.
Man comes into this world
without his consent, and leaves
it against his will, During his
stay on earth his time is spent in
one continuous round of con
traries and misunderstanding by
the balance of our species. In
his infancy he is an angel ; in
his boyhood he is mean ; in his
manhood he is everything from
a lizaid up; in his duties he is
an utter fool; if he raisej a fami
ly he is a chump; if he raises a
small check he .is a thief, and
then the law raises cain with
him; if he is a-pooi man he is a
poor manager and has no sense;
if he is rich he is dishonest, but
considered smart; if he is in
politics he is a grafter and a
croak ; if he is out of politics you
can place him, as he is an un-
. . . , , - - , desirable citizen ; if he goas to
freeing itself of the hay and, church he is a h u 8 he
mpflt and rnrn Hpnnmtnufmn rtf . J . ...
meat and corn denomination of
other sections and avoiding the
laying of a mortgage on cotton
to pay oilier people for the pro
stays away from church he is
sinner and damned; if he do-
nates to foreign missions he does
it for show ; it he doesn’t he is a
ducts we shouid raise ourselvosj tightwad. When he first comes
e ave before us the les- j mo t jj e wor _ c i everybody wants
son of hard years and «-*—•**- - - - -
tremen
dous crops,and profited by them.
We have now before us the les
son of a prosperous year. Let
us see if we cannot also profit
by its teachings.
“I look for 1910 to be a most
wonderful year in the history of
Southern farming. That propV.e
cy will ha iullilled if t ;e organ
ized farmers oitie South practice
d versification religiously, at
the same time avoiding, as they
would the plague and death it
self, the Jloolish temptation to
plant heavily tor cotton.
‘•i^et us more than duplicate
1909. We cm accomplish that
ii we observe scrupulously the
programme I have outlined.”
10 kiss him—before he goes out
everybodv wants to kick him.
If he dies young there was a
great future |belore him ; if he
lives to a ripe old age he is
simply in the way and living to
save expenses. Life is a funny
road, hut we all like to travel it
just the same—Exchange.
SALESMEN WANTED to
look after our inteiest in Car
roll and adjacent counties.
Salary or commission. Address
The Victor Oil Company.
Cleveland, Ohio.
M S Pullen
L E Mai tin
E Z Davidson
J C Lanier
H C Ilightowerjohn T Smith
Earnest Smith W L Kenny
W C Rowe
J A Bonner
J L Giles
W W Baskin
11 H Morris
J A ChambersJ R Brocx
T O Wilson S D Nixon
W A Chambers Albert Smith
J R Cosby
H C Jones
W J Stewart
H W Phillips
B F Barron
Cost of Advertising Makes It
Valuable.
It has been said that some
merchants complain about ad
vertising costing so much—they
believe in advertising to the ex
tent that they would like to have
it, if it did not “come so high.”
They point to Mr. So and So,
who was a heavy advertiser, and
perhaps failed. They forgot that
thousands of merchants who
never advertise laud never |be-
lieved in advertising, were utter
failures and broke.
Everv merchant has fixed ex
penses, such as rent, clerk hire,
insurance, etc., etc., that mer
chant will admit that he could
do more business with the same
help, in other words, at the same
fixed expense if he could get it.
This is where the advert-sing
work comes in . It brings more
customer into his store, in other
words, injects new life into things
These new customers come, and
if well pleased, they bring cr
send in others, and so it works
on and on in an endless chain.
But, its up to Mr. Mercha nt to
start the ball to tolling.
Of course advertising will
cost; anything worth having
will cost money or time and
labor or both. Compared with
the increased amount ot business
the advertising will bring you
its cost is almost insignificant,
in this connection, it has been
careiully figured out, and found
that tor the number of people
reached, and in the shortest
possible time, that newspaper
advertising is the cheapest and
best form, Thats why you see
so many successful houses are
using such large newspaper
copy continuously.—Advertising
Tips, ^
Fcbruary 12lh Will Be Georgia
Day.
Atlanta, Ga., Jin 14.—Tie
State school commission jr s
preparing a program to be sub
mitted to the various schools for
the appropriate celebratton by
tie childrenof February-ia'.h as
G orgia Day. The last general
assembly set apart this day.
which is the anniveisary |ol the
landing of Ogleihorpe at Savan
nah, and made its celebr.tion
mam'a ory on all the schools
which receive money from the
S’a'e. The law applies equally
to the country schools and to.
the city public school system.
Scott’s Emulsion
Too Much Independence.
Notice
This is to co ify all persons
thar 1 have bought the interest
of Mr. G. T. Jackson in the
firm of Jackson & Morris. All
indebtedness of the firm is as
sumed by myself, and all a-
mouots due ihe fiim are due and
payallelome. J.F. MORRIS.
is the original—has been
the standard for thirty-five
years.
There are thousands of
so-called “just as good”
Emulsions, but they are
not—they are simply imi
tations which are never
as good as the original.
They are like thin milk—
SCOTT’S is thick like a
heavy cream.
If you want it thin, do
it yourself—with water—
but dont buy it thin.
FOE BALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Bond lOo.. none (of p.por and this ad. (or onr
boautllul SaTinja Bank and Child's Sketch-Book.
Booh bank contains a Good Luak Penny.
SCOTT A BOWNE. 40S furl St, New York
A French {riding master who
has been teaching in a New
York riding academy f or two
years' announceu his intention
the other day of returning to
Fiance.
“I know my business from A
to Z,” he said, “but I haven’t
had luck with my pupils here.
It is the hardest thing in the
world to teach an American
girl to ride.”
“That is strange,’’ remarked
an acquaintance. “American
girls ard graceful ar-d they don’t
know what fear is. - ’
“That is just the trouble,”
theF.enchmau exclaimed. “It
is because they are not afraid
that they dou’t learn to ride
p operly. A girl of any other
nationality on earth is too timid
to go her own gait. Through
fear she obeys the riding master
implicitly and in time becomes
a perfect horsewoman, but the
American girl, because she
('oem’t fear horse, man or the
devil, dashes away lickety split,
and in the end brings discredit
upon the best riding master.
—New York Sun,
Cut Prices That Mean
Money To You.
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LADIES SUITS
8.50 reduced to -5.67 10.00 reduced to 6.67
12.50 “ “ 8.34 I6.00 “ “ 10.67
20.00 “ “ 13.34 25.00 ‘ “ 16.67
15.00 reduced to 10.00
Ladies Skirts-lt a shame to say so,
but they are going at one third off.
4.00 Skirts at 2.67 5.00 Skirts 3.34
5.50 “ “ 3.67 6.00 “ 4.00
8.00 “ “ 5.34 10.00 “ 6.67
9.50 Voiles at 6.34 12.50 Voiles at 8.34
13.50 Voiles at 9.00
Ladies Caats all new styles, To go at Two-
Thirds of regular price. If you fail to get
one of these you have missed a bargain.
Childrens Bear Skin Coats at one third
off.
All 50c Underwear for Ladies and
Gentlemen at 35c.
These prices will continue until Feb. 15th,
We will be glad to have you call and see for
yourself.
PHONE 76
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