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I The Newnan herald v.tawvAN HERALD I Consolidated with Coweta Advertiser September, 1886. 1 Established 1866. f Consolidated with Newnan News January, 1915. I NEWNAN, GA* FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1921. Vol. 56—No. 25 HE SAW, I SAW. Under a walnut tree they sat; Ho held her hand, she held his hat; 1 held my breath anil lay quite tint— They kiBsed; I saw ’em do itl Ho held that, kissing was no crime, She held her mouth up every time, I held my peace ami wrote tills rhyme; Thev never knew I know it. Communicated. WHAT THE SOUTHERN FARMER MUST DO. Mr. Editor: I have just returned from an extended trip through South Caro lina, Georgia, and Middle and East Ala bama. 1 talked with many formers and business men on my trip, nnd can truth- fully say that I have never in all my life seen people so "up in the air" as to how they shall proceed with their farming operations this year. I have studied the situation more ■closely than ever before, and am going to sound n warning now. If tho far mers do not heed this warning they are going to be sorry for it. There is enough cotton now on hand to Am the mills of the world for twenty- four months. You will notice it has de clined from 42 to 11 cents in six months, and all the cotton people say it will go to 8 cents by the first of Mny. With a big crop this year it will sell at .'1 and- 4 cents next October. Now, what is the use of buying fertilizers, planting an other big-crop of cotton and mnko it at a loss of more than 10 cents a pound, and then not be nble to sell the crop we have on hand for one-tliird of its cost.' What is tho remedy ? We have had .all kinds of advice, from evory source, and by the best talent in all the land, and yet I see on every hand evidence of another big cotton acreage this year. Nearly nil the land I saw was prepared for cotton. It would be better if the land werp allowed to grow up in weeds this year than be planted in cot ton. I was talking to a gentleman in Geor gia, who said he runs twelve plows. Ho now has on hand two cotton crops, nnd yet has no feedstuff at all on his plan tation. I asked wlmt ho was going to do, and he said ho was going to plant overy acre of that place in cotton, even the front yard and garden, for, said he, "This is the last year we can make lot- ton, on arcount of the boll weevil. ’ ’ I told him tliis year would ruin him. A comparison of conditions in our sec tion with some of the country through which I traveled convinces mo that all cotton will ruin nny country. Here wo have been diversifying for five years. You might stop the trains from coining to Enterprise, Ozark nnd Genova for six months, and we would not suffer for anything to eat. It is true that we lmvo lmd to sacri fice our peanut crop this year, but look at the hogs we have grown,and.fattened on peanuts. I have one customer who paid me last Friday $1,400 out of his hog crop, grown on a two-horse farm. Ho has plenty of everything to run his farm this year, which he does with his ■•own children, and no hired help at all. Why don’t you Georgia people cut ■out your cotton crop this year, not buy a pound of fertilizer, plant everything in corn and peanuts and. raise hogs, and let the boll weevil starve one year; then hold your cotton until next year nnd get ■ cost and interest for carrying it over? Peanuts will not need any fertilizer; you can make from 50 to 75,bushels to the acre where you had corn and cotton last year without the use of a Bingle pound of commercial fertilizer. Peanuts will bring a good price next fall and winter. Why do £ say so? We are sure to get a 4-cent-per-po,und •duty on all imported peanuts, and that will stop importations entirely. Last year the Orient shipped 100,000 tons of peanuts to this country, besides the oil. If you do not want to gather your peanuts put them into hog hides. Be cent statements made to the Government by the packers of the country ’bIiow that we are facing a hog famine. They say ■we are nineteen million hogs short of two years -ago, and that there is not enough meat in cold storage to last fif teen days. This being true, how do you ■expect to overdo the hog business? When you can get $16 each for a bunch of 8-months-old pigs that perhaps have never eaten an ear of corn, don’t you think that will beat cotton at 8 cents per pound? If you let your hogs cat your peanuts in the field you would not have touse fertilizer at all, nnd your land would get richer every year. H. M. Sessions, Enterprise, Ala., Feb. 28, 1921. MONEY IN SWEET POTATOES FOR THE SOUTH. Atlanta, Gn., March 2.—Sweet pota toes could be made to yield a much larger money return to Southern far mers if there were sufficient curing and storage houses in the producing sections, says the general agricultural agent of the Southern railway, Roland Turner. "There is a growing demand for Southern sweet potatoes from consumers outside of the South as well as in the Southern cities,” declures Mr. Turner, "and this crop can be made to bring much money to Southern farmers if fa cilities can be provided for storing and curing the potatoes so that marketing can be spread over the greater part of the year instead of being confined to the harvesting season. Plenty of sweet potatoes are grown in the South, but sufficient attention has not been given to the marketing feature and to proper grading. Several years ago the'Southern railway, aided in introducing the South ern sweet potato into Northern markets, and this and similar efforts have create.? a demand which is not now 1 icing sup plied. ’ ’ t'ouug Sailor—"On my last voyage I r waves 40 feet high. ’ ’ )Id Salt—"Get out. I was at sea 50 years and never saw ’em that (ouag Sailor—"Well, things her now than they used to be.'' are Just in the Nick-o’-Time H These PreVty New Things Specially Priced Low ! Pre-Easter selling his been good—unusually good for conditions. Certain of the popular-priced ranges have been broken. -Due to this fact, and to continue good selling, we’ve selected many of the higher-priced gar ments, reducing them to— Sure and Uncommon Values 72 Dresses Wew prices ? 49 Suits v\ NEW PRICES 29 Coats NEW PRICES $15 to $39 $25 i» $49 $11 to $32 47 Skirts NEW PRICES 84 Blouses NEW PRICES 88 Petticoats NEW PRICES 5.00)019.75 2.95 to 9.75 2.75 lo 6.95 /- £Masterpieces of fashion/-) EXTRA! ! EXTRA! 200 PAIRS SILK HOSE 170 Pcs. New Neckwear 63 HAND BAGS * 90c Pair 65c to 2.00 2.95 Black—Gray—AVhite Collars—Sets—Vests Bleck—Gray—Brown •Atmosphere Sxclusiveness •Made of VaffeUa Gloves Handkerchiefs Parasols New Things! Come see them—Come often. * Kersey & Prather — mmm