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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
Hartford Farmers Co-operate m Hog Sales
$14,497 Netted During First Weeks In March
The way the Hartford farmers c
operate with each other and with
the county farm agent is indicated ’n
the success of the Hartford Co-oper
ative Hog Marketing association.
Under the direction of County
Agent 11. L. King, this association
was organized at Hartford in 1917.
The first year of its existence. 1917-
18 season, there were many difficul
ties to overcome, but during the fol
lowing season it was entirely suc
cessful and more Jhan $100,030 worth
of hogs were sold co-operatively
through the association. The • past
season it has been equally as suc
cessful.
There were two months last year
during which no sale was held —July
and August. They began regularly
in September and since then have
been conducted regularly every one
or two weeks with from one to three
carloads of hogs each sale. County
Agent King is now listing hogs for
a sale each month during the coming
summer.
On. account of the heavy rains and
cold weather last sale day. March 4.
many were prevented front bringing
their hogs. However, at noon two
c; rloads were auctioned. There were
present to buy hogs representatives
for Armour & Co., Tifton, Ga.; Ma
con Packing Co., Macon. Ga., and
several out-of-town and local buyers.
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I Live Stock Firm. Dothan, Ala., made
■ the highest bid which was $13.30 f'.r
top hogs; $12.30 for number 2’s, and
$11.30 for number 3’s. The associa
tion succeeded in getting this bid ex
tended from day to day and on Fr’
day two cars, Saturday one car. Mon
day one car and Tuesday two cai»s
more were handled through the as
sociation at these prices, netting to
the farmers around Hartford a tot.il
of sl-1,497. Settlements were made
through the Bank of Hartford, the
cashier of which bank is sales-man
ager of the Hartford association
The above is an example of the
j way the farmers of a community can
co-operate to good advantage. This
is only one instance, however, of how
the Hartford farmers do things. A
feNv nights ago the leading breeders
of pure-bred Poland-China hogs met
at the Bank of Hartford and under
the direction of the county agent a
permanent association was organized
to be knwn as the Geneva Count'’
Poland-China Breedersc’ association.
To the one knowing the ‘‘pull togeth
er” qualities of these people it can
he easily expected that big results
are in store for this association.
The butter industry of the United
States is so large that more than a
ton of butter was made per minute,
''day and night, in 1918, yet this enor
mous production scarcely meets do
mestic needs.
OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE O.THOMAS
Thursday’s Tri-Weekly Journal had
an account of a cyclone that swept
over a portion of this county. April
20, but 1 am going to try to tell you
a few of the details. A man who
was in it said the cloud covered the
earth, that he could not see even
what he had in his hand. He saw
it coming, saw it scatter a house
just as a child’s breath can kn6ck
down one. built of straws.
A government truck was near him
and he caught hold of that, but it’be
gan to move and he says he let go.
He thinks it was his intention to put
something under the wheels to keep
it from rolling, but that’s the last
he knows about the truck, and he
does not know whether he was lifted
or rolled along, it was too dark for
him to see, even to think, and he
remembers that he tried to catch hold
of something. Then he felt some
thing warm and yielding, he was
against it, but could not tell whether
it was an animal or a human being.
When the cloud lifted he was near
no living creature. He says that
the whole affair must not have been
an hour but his mind simply regis
tered certain impressions and then
was a blank.
We live twelve miles from the
nearest devastated locality, up on a
mountain, but in our pasture, I picked
up a child’s hat, a neighbor has a
big armful of shingles. another
found a piano or organ key.
There was one home at this near
est place, Bethel church community,
where all were killed but one son,
cows, horses, even some of , the
chickens, others injured.
Our Methodist pastor was near
Russellville and saw a family in
coffins, there were nine killed; the
baby was in the mother’s arms. She
had it when the wind demolished the
house; it blew her a mile and landed
her in the top of a tree, the baby
j still in her arms; her neck and one
I arm was broken when they got her
down.
Some of the houses were lifted bod
ily and twisted into splinters: one'
large barn had the top taken off and
set down like a box top would be,
that dwelling was skipped and' an
other not fifty feet away was made
into kindling wood. All the imagi
nation you possess would not picture
these regions. The storm was freak
ish, a half or a quarter of a mile
from the north, apparently, then
from the south or east or west.
Planks, ten feet long, driven into big
trees, one little child carefully laid
between ,two big logs. The Bethel
school house was lifted, twisted and
•ruined, yet not a child hurt. They
were taking examinations.
One family, whose house was
ruined, had S4OO blown away, some
was found, sometimes a bill was
I torn; one man lost $2,000 in notes,
i bonds and money. 1 saw a postal
■ MARY MEREDITH’S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME
Dear Miss Meredith: I am com
ing to you for advice.
I am deeply in trouble. I love two
boys. Qjie says he will wait until I
get through school to marry auct the
other wants to marry me now. What
shall 1 do? I am engaged to both.
Mamma wants’me to finish school.
I like school line, but I am becom
ing diiratisfied.
I am seventeen years old.
Please advise me and I will be
very grateful to you.
BLUE EYES. '
You are just like so many
other girls. At your age ro
mance plays such a promi
nent part. I think you will be
wise if you will keep at school
for awhile longer. Do what your
mother wants you to do, dnd I
am sure you won’t go far wrong.
At seventeen young girls are in
clined to believe they are in
love:' then often they, marry un
der that illusion; later they"wake
up to the realization that mar
ried life is very humdrum and
colorless. Then discontent corner,
dissatisfaction; oftentimes it
leads to divorce. If hot that, the
husband is a target to be nagged
. at, and both are made miserable.
Early marriages Sometimes turn
out to be very happy, but if 1
were you I would wait awhile.
Dear MisS. Meredith: Here I am go
ing to you for advice. I.a.m nineteen
years- old, have blue eyes, dark hair,
fair complexion height five feet live
inches, weigh 120 pounds.
I am going with a young man
twenty-nine years old. Have been
going and corresponding with him
almost two years. I dearly love him
and he says he dearly loves me. He
wan"* us to get married Soon. I don’t
think I could live without him. He
’ives some distance- away and he
writes me real often. Please answer
through Journal.
Will thank you for .advice.
Yours truly, DIDDY.
, As youg as you feel that
life will be a serious prob
lem without your lover. then
words to that effect from me
. would be superfluous, so J shall
give you my blessing, and I hope
there will never be any heavy
cloud to hide the sunlight of
your wedded life, and may vou
each grow more loving and loyal
as the years come to you.
Dear Miss Meredith: Would ap
preciate it very much if you would
answer the following questions: How
old does a girl have to get before
she is considered an “old maid?”
Also, how old does a man get before
he is considered an “old bachelor?” I
always heard it .said that a girl or
woman was considered ait “old maid”
at thirty and a man an “old bachelor”
at thirty-five, but have heard it right
recently that a girl was considered
an “old maid” at twenty-five and a
man an “old bachelor” at twenty
seven. Please tell me through The
Journal which is right. Will Pana
ma hats be worn very much this
spring and summer? If so, will they
be trimmed or worn plain with noth
ing but a band? Thanking you very
much, will sign myself
“MAMMA’S BABY.”
Some girls are born old maids,
some are judged old maids before
they are twenty-five; it depends
largely on the looks and dlsposi-
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that had been mailed on the 19th
to some town in Mississippi, and the
wind brought it from beyond Corinth
to our lane. The wind had to do
it. for the postmark was ’the nine
teenth and it landed here the twen
tieth. Yesterday a little child was
heard crying in some woods near
Spruce Pine, Ala.; and the men fpund
a two-year-old baby. Nobody ever
saw her before. She cannot tell them
anything. There are probably many
dead or wounded in the mountains
or coves that must be found.- Some
are ipissing, and two dead men are
unidentified. Some bodies are be
yond recognition. A preacher had
just stepped out of his house and
a scantling cut him in two pieces.
A man was telling some of his neigh
bors about it. and some one said,
“Who is looking after things at Mr.
Blanton’s.” His answer was, "There
is nothing to look after—people dead,
horse dead, cow blown away,' chick
ens gone and everything scattered
for miles.
Doctors, nurses. Red Cross work
ers and donations are trying - tO-bury
the dead and help the wounded. It
was after breakfast. Had it been in
the night I suppose the damage
would have been even greater, for
some had gone out of the terrible
zone.
That morning we had the rain in
torrents and the air filled with
leaves, stray and trash, but no dam
age was done in the valley.
At the breakfast table we were
talking about the plans of the teach
ers, school closed next day, and that
was Tuesday. I said. “Oh, tjjese to
morrows!” The farmer said the
preacher tries to scare us with the
idea that tomorrow never comes.”
My answer was, “A soul goes out
of this life every minute, so there
will be plenty who will not see an
other tomorrow in this life.” And
right -then the havoc was beginning
in Mississippi.
Storm houses are numerous around
here, but you may be sure that they
will be multiplied this year. This
storm could be seen long enough
ahead for the people to seeti places
of shelter. Z
The trouble of this valley is that
water seeps into every low place.
Our cellar has been cemented and
plastered four times and right now
is two feet in water. It dries out
and in summer is splendid for a cold
storage place. . .
Will this storm be a lesson for the
people? Let us hope so. But many
of you know what answer was given
Dives when he asked that Lazarus be
sent to warn his brothers. I’ve heard
strong men pray and promise during
an earthquake and deny it bitterly
a week after that. Satan will do all
sorts of things to keep men and
women from turning from an evil
life. “Be ye also ready, for ye know
not the day nor the hour.” "
tion more than anything- else.
I think thirty is the real age a
woman is considered an old maid.
But thirty isn’t old, even at.that. ,
When people speak of a single
man in his later twenties, they
usually say “He’s a bachfelor,” •
If he is-beyond the age of forty
they might then call him an old
bachelor.
I haven’t seen any signs of
Panama hats being in style this
spring. They may be used later
on in the summer. It is rather
early for them just yet.
• • •"
As I have no mother to give me
advice I’m coming to you for aid.
I. am eighteen years old arid keep
house for my father, a sister and a
brother. My father is very mean
about buying me anything to wear,
and 'will not give me any money;
makes no difference what I want it
for. What would you advise, me to
do? • ,
I am going with a nice'young man
about 2 1 years old, and love him dear
fyi and he lo.ve.s ;ne. Dp .you
think it would be all right for me to
marry him, or go'to college? I have
-a brother, in the army ana he h'a's
promised to send me-to’school when
I finish the tenth grade, which I will
do this April. Would it be better
for me to finish college before I
marry? I am 5 feet, 4 inches, weigh
130 pounds. Am 1 too heavy for my
height? If so what will-reduce my
weight? I have hazel eyes, fair com
plexion. What colors will *suit me
best? lit my. handwriting all right
for a tenth grade pupil? Do you
think I could ’ make a good stenog
rapher? If my letter is printed put
my initials on it. Lovingly,
THELMA S. MATTHEWS,
Coward, S. C<
Thelma —-I wouldn’t be too
harsh with my father if. I were
you. ’■ He may have financial rea
sons for being close with you in ;
money matters. Just now things
are very high, and much money
is needed to meet the high cost.-
of living. Just be cheerful’ and ’
hope for better times. If your
brother is Welling to send.you to
college. I really think you will
be wise to go. An education is
something that can’t be • taken
away from you. And should, re
verses come, you will be better
able to cope with the situation,
by having an education to help
you make a living. The more
education one has, the better the
job, if they have backbone
enough to work for it. Your
handwriting is very clear, Ste
nography is a good thing to know
and will enable yoti to get a
position almost, anywhere. But
stick to it and -perfect yourself
in it. Just as .1 said before, you
must have an education to be a
good stenographer. You must
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Protect the Muskrat;
Pelts Worth a Fair Sum
Up until a few' years ago there
was a general prejudice against
muskrats among farmers whose bot
tom lands they inhabited. The far
mer’s chief complaint was that they
burrowed under his fields and occa
sionally nibbled his crop, -thus caus
ing him losses.
And seldom stopping to consider
that the muskrats pelts would .more
than pay for the trifling annoyance
the animals caused, the farmers
often set about to exterminate them.
For every case w'here it is shown
that the muskrat attacked crops on
lands near marshes, there, is another
which shows that he lefj. crops en
tirely alone, even though they were
near at hand.
It has taken the American farmer
a number of years to realize just
what a money-making asset the pos
session of muskrat marches on his
lands is to him. Time was when he
either ignored muskrats (save for
the sport of catching them) or act
ually drove them out while subject
to the belief that 'they were pests.
Now the more astute American
farmer looks on the presence of
muskrats in his bottom, lands just
as he regards the cornfields of the
higher slopes—as a crop.
He encourages them to breed, pro
tects them during the mating sea
son, traps them only when the law'
permits and makes every effort to
promote their growth as a crop—
not for any purely humanitarian mo
tive, but because muskrat farming
pays—and pays well.
It is no unusual thing for a farmer
to trap fifty muskrats in an acre or
two of useless marshlands, and re
ceive for their pelts an average of
$2 a piece, and in many instances
considerably more. At this rate, his
fur crop would bring him in the
neighborhood of 'slo0 —$100 that
would come to him practically with
out effort on his part, since musk
rat trapping is simple and requires
little time.
To the man in the country who, up
to this time, has been indifferent to
the muskrat’s existence, the animal’s
new status should be of interest,
especially since fashion has taken
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SABBATH SCHOOL
LESSON
Bor May 2—l Sam 1:24-28; 3:1-21
BY DB. MA3IGN M’ll. HULL
Golden Text: “My son, give thine
heart: and let thine eyes delight in my
ways.” I’rov. 23:_G.
The only time in the history of the world
that pure democracy prevailed was during
the period of the Judges, when “every man
did that which was right in his own eyes”—
and it was a miserable failure. This was
particularly true of the last: part of it, when
Eli was the judge. Eli himself was a godly
man in some ways, but be was flabby. He
was not a man ot heroic deeds; there was
no victory over Israel’s enemies during his
judgeship, as there had been under the other
judges. He was fifty-eight years old before
lie began to judge Israel at all, and then
his priestly office rather overshadowed his
Other functions.
During his time of service Israel got
farther and farther away from God instead
of closer to Him, until at last the word of
God became very precious; there was no
open vision in those days. There was no one
to whom and through whom God could reveal
His will to the people. The chief reason
for this condition was the life of Eli’s two
•jous, Hopl ni and Phinehas. They had been
put into the priestly office by their father,
according to the custom of the day; but
their inheritance was their only qualification.
They were thoroughly ungodly men, and were
using their office for their own selfish ends
and gratification rather than regarding it as
a trust to he used for (tod. They were
guilty of greed and ot lechery. Their con
duct, was not only culpable in itself, but it
diil the cause of religion incalculable harm.
Men became disgusted with religion when it
was associated with injustice and unright
eousness. And this, of course, had its effect
on the nation. Such an example on the part
of the priests was followed by the people,
until the whole moral tone of the nation
was lowered. Church officers particularly,
but also all other officials, have a. grave
responsibility. Their lives are necessarily
outstanding, and tjie nation's level is deter
mined largely which their lives are lived.
No wonder the word of God was precious in
those days and that there was no open
vision 1
Eli was par.tieeps criminis in this, be
cause he knew how his sons were living,
and instead of kicking them out of office,
simply gave them a mild rebuke.
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Some years before this there lived a man
at J’l’mah, a few miles north of Jerusalem,
mini, d Elkaiifih. He had two wives, one of
whom hail children and the other was child
less. I’enicab never ceased to chide Hannah
about this, for she was jealous of E.kanab's
greater love for Hannah. Every year when
they went up to Sliilohr, about thirty miles
nortl-.dart of Hamah, to worship the Lord at
the yearly Sacrifice, Peninhb made it more
uncomfortable for Hannah.
It was a groat source of grief to Hannah,
for 'll was a disgrace for a woman to be
childless: it was considered as a curse of
God. Elkanah did all he could to comfort
her. and asked her one day if he were not
better to. her than ten sons; but she would
not be comforted.
For years she prayed ..for a son. but no
child came: until one year at Shiloh it
seemed as if her heart would burst in its
great desire. She could not even utter her
petition it was so intense!
Eli saw a woman over there just moving
her lips, but saying nothing. He thought
she was drunk, ami rebuked her severely.
' Had lie had a little more tact, a little more
spirituality, a little more of the gentleness
that a. spiritual leader should have possessed,
he wouldn’t have rebuked her at aid. He
would have been truer to his office had he
rebuked his sons and not rebuked Hannah.
She accepted the rebuke patiently, and
then told him she was not ilrunk, but pray
ing for a son. To his credit, he apologized
and then added his prayer to hers for the
blesSbig" she desired.
Lt was a long delay, but the answer to
her years of prayer at. last came. About a
year'later, a little boy was born to her and
Elkanah, whom she named Asked-of-God, or
Saumel.
Had God answered her prayer jit first,
she would have gotten only a son; because
of the delay, she got not only a son but a
vrophet. a faithful priest, a judge, a maker
of kings. The delay too fitted Hannah to
become the mother of such a son, for it
was due to Hannah’s training of Samuel
during the first five years of his life UhR
he became the man of God that he was.
Don’t be discouraged if your prayer for
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Tho Call of God
, yVhen he <vas. weaned —at five years or
more —Hannah true to her promise, b-ouglit
. him to. the temple'of Shiloh and left him
there as a loan to God. From time to time
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bht-from a child lie grew’up in the temple'
as a servant of Eli.
The eomluet of Hoplini and Pliiueas must
IfaVc - disgusted . him . i;4. pit 1 , gr'ew. older ami
realized what a' child 'could of their nn
• godly lives. Instead of being contaminated
by them, it must have made him more de
termined not to be like them.
-Sqinuel’s duties were those tltat a small
boy eonld perform. He kept the lamp burn
ing; he . opened anil closed the doors of the
temple; he ran errands for Eli, and was
subject to his cal! when lie needed Jiim.
One night he and Eli were both sleeping;
it was nearly morning, when a Voice called
“Samuel.” Instantly the boy was awake
and at Eli’s side. “Here am I,” he said.
Eli disclaimed any knowledge of it. an J
must have thought that Samuel was dream
ing. Three times this occurred, when El
realized, that the Lord was trying to speak
Io him. Samuel did not yet know how
God would communicate with men. Os
course, he knew abbut God. but he bad not
learned t > know God, but lie had not learned
Io know God individually. So Eli instructed
him to say. "Speak. Lord, for thy servant
Jieareth.” if there should be a repetition of
the Voice.
It wils repeated. This time the voice
said. Samuel,” indicating the
urgency of the. case. To which he replied.
“Speak, for thy servant heareth,” He did
not say, “Lord,’’ for lie was not sure whose
the voice was. <l'lien “the voice came and
stood’’—riie Cambridge Bible says “the
■voice became a vision.” At anv rate. Sam
uel realized now as never before that he
stood in the preseneq of God, that it was
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God wao was speaking to him. This marked j
n new era in Samuel's life. When n boy j
<;r girl, 111:111 or woman, recognizes God, it
always makes new creatures of them. '
What a wonderful thing that God should
come and speak to 11 child! And more won
derful that He should speak the message He
die! It was that Eli had not improved the
opportunity He had given him when He sent
His prophet to him; that bis sons had' not
repented, but had continued in sin; and that
therefore He would bring disaster to the
nation, death in one day to the two wicked
priests, and sorrow and disgrace to Eli.
The. Nation Thrilled
No wonder the boy did not sleep again that
night. Stunned by such news; wondering
how he could keep it trom his old master;
wondering how he could tell it to him if he
had to—the child’s brain must have reeled.
He became a man overnight. S'ueh tremen
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would normally do in many years. Rut when
morning came he was ready for any emer
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Eli came and insisted on knowing all
that God had snokep,vand Samuel told him
evei'.v whit, keeping brick nothing. It was
dreadful to have to be such a messenger,
bur it is always kindness to tell the whole
will of God.
Instead of exercising his right as a father
(far greater than any that any father has
in these days) and dealing sternly with Ills
sons, lie mildly resigned himself to his
fate. “It is the Lord; let Him do what
seemetii to Him good”—a fine spirit of
resignation, but not all that God wanted of
Him now. Ilis last chance had been given
nnd he had lost it. Henceforth God revealed
Himself no more to Eli, but more and more i
to Samuel. ;
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spirit, and in the esteem of the people. |
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thrilled. God is speaking again—not to an 1
old mini, uot to a woman, but this time to I
the boy who is growing into a manly man. 1
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the eh.iracter of Eli and of his sons, and to
see how God carried out Ilis threatened
doom.
Samuel's behavior before as well as after
receiving the communication from God was
most remarkable and gives us some indica
tion of his character. lie served Eli then
as of old. although lie knew God was dis
placing Eli by him. It took grace to serve
under these circumstances. He didn’ti get
the- swelled head.
He was.prompt to obey. If you ever had
to wake boys up in the morning you will
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It shows lots of character in the boy; an
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earnestness. So far as lie knew Eli waked
him up three times, and each time said he
didn't; but there was no sign of irritation,
for he was Eli's servant, and a servant’s
place is to obey. And this was responsible
for tlie attitude he dispayed when he
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“Speak, tliy servant heareth.” He was
listening to learn God’s will; lie was God’s
servant: he would endeavor to do it as soon
as he knew it.
Do you realize that God is still ready to
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a fqw or of ninny years? He lias messages
of life and of condemnation to speak
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That two-fold spiiit of submission and
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