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Vol. 41
Co-operative Marketing.
Among the many sound business proposi¬
tions advanced by the Alliancemen was co-op¬
erative buying. The farmers and laborers profi¬
have been, for many years, pillaged retail by
teers, on both wholesale and scale. The
Alliance movement tried to eliminate a large
percentage of this loot by grouping together
the individuals of farming communities and
adopting co-operative methods, for buying sup¬
plies and disposing of farm products.
The plan, if conducted in a business-like
manner, is capable of producing beneficial re¬
sults, provided honest agents are chosen for
executive positions. Department of Agricul¬
TheWashington this
ture announced in its final crop report for
year, that there has been a record-breaking
production of crops of rye, white and sweet po¬
tatoes, hay, wheat, corn and tobacco. Cotton
this year, is, according to this official report,
the fourth most valuable crop of that staple
ever grown. of magnificent yield, large
In spite farmers this visit Washington, to
delegations of
tell Congressional committees that pauperism We
stalks throughout the agricultural sections.
do not have to go to Washington to find this
state of affairs: we see it at every door here
in the Southland, and the same report comes
to us from the agricultural West. the
We learn from official reports that
retail price of food is from 25 to 54 per, cent
higher now than it was before the war. Re¬
ports from Canada indicate that retail prices
have fallen to pre-war level. The reverse is
true in America, the greatest producing nation
in the. world.
When you take into consideration the fact
that bumper crops have been produced, for
which the producers did not receive cost of
production, you realize that there is profiteer¬
ing somewhere, when official reports, from the
seat of your government, tell you that retail
prices are climbing skyward. Wisconsin,
For instance, out in where po¬
tatoes yield 300 bushels per acre, farmers
submit figures to show your law-makers at
Washington that the digging and hauling to
market costs twenty-five cents a bushel and
the farmers sell entire crops of these potatoes
for twenty-one cents a bushel, a loss of four
cents on the bushel in addition to the entire
cost- of raising the potatoes. 1 he same pot a
bushel. retail Even iu~. W<uJwifton stupid detective City tor as William
so a
J. Burns ought fo be able to catch the guilty
profiteer in this bold pillaging, committed
within sight of the Department of Justice.
It is a rotten system, of marketing where
you find such wholesale profiteering, subsidies and no,
will tinkering with tariff laws and ship
reach the root of this disease.
Why does Congress neglect to give- the far¬
mers adequate remedial legislation!
their Why do your law-makers piffle whittle find in away the
time on such as you
daily record of both House and Senate?
Why do they turn deaf ears to the far¬
mer's appeal for justice, when, at the same
tinye, they welcome the advice and fraudulent
figures submitted by lobbyists for the Trusts
and the railroads?
From the President to the bottom rail,
you receive beautiful suggestions regarding
more liberal farm credits, etc.
Why not act?
Why delay this "more liberal farm crcd
its?”
In addition to the proposed, amendments
to the War Finance Act, why not give the
Federal Reserve System an over-hauling?
Strange to say, the only sensible sugges
tion to Congress fell from the lips of Herbert
Hoover. He suggests an amendment to the
Federal Reserve Act, whereby credits for
marketing purposes will be extended directly
to co-operative marketing associations, for pe¬
riods of twelve months.
If the farm bloc neglects to take advantage
of Mr. Hoover’s suggestion, which seems to
have the support of Mr. Harding’s cabinet,
the bloc leaders will convince the fanners that
there is more politics in the bloc than anything
else.
If the American farmers are given liberal
credits, for periods of twelve months, they
will be enabled to save themselves through co¬
operative marketing organizations, and the
profiteers will bfc put out of business, until they
hatch a substitute for the present loose meth¬
ods of marketing.
Writing to the National Council of Far¬
mers’ President Co-operative Harding Marketing Associations,
expressed "deep interest”
and “sympathy” et cet.
The American former has received more
than his lawful share of "sympathy and deep
interest.” If President Harding means what
he says, let him urge liberal farm credits with)
the same amount of energy and pressure put
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REVERIE AND SUGGESTION. I
By Thos. E. Watson.
Christmas is in the air. You can feel it in
nigh time, when you hear the chickens
crow, as they do not at any other
You can feel it in the daytime, as you
the loosening of the close-fitting harness
of business and social form; as you listen to;
the ring of the small voices of the children,
step more briskly down the street and clus¬
ter in more hilarious groups; as you see the
tendency of Man to throw off the light cos
tujne of restraint and civilization, and to let
slip, once more, the lustful inclination of the
original savage.
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Yes, there’s a. feeling of Christmas in the
air. What sort of a feeling does that put
into your heart, my brother? Does it melt
you to think of the dim years when you were
a hright little boy, and when you tip-toed into
the parlor at daybreak, to see what Santa
Claus had put into your stocking?
Long before the sun thought of getting up,
you were up—you and your little'sister—and
into the half-dark parlor you went, almost in
fear as well as in hope, for the fireplace white stockings
hanging stifly there in the seemed
the least bit ghostly.
In that gray dawn, how happy you were
to empty the' stocking and find that, by some
mysterious Chance, Santa Clans had brought
you just what you wanted. Since then, has
purer joy ever filled jour soul? Has life given
you sweeter moments ’
No; the exquisite enjoyment of that early
morning is something that Providence never
gave to you, again.
Do you remember the vague pain that
smote you when you had grown large enough
to be told that there was no such Benevolent
Friend of all the little Children, as Santa
Claus ?
What was the next great event and happi¬
ness of your life?
It was when the sweetheart to whom you
had been awkwardly, timidly, making love, let
you "'put out” all the other boys, and walk
home with ber.
Weren’t you proud? And 'wasn’t she
pretty? Those cheeks;
clear*, pure eyes; those rosy
smiling lipsrtbat-wealth o f gtossy faa ir t
those pearly teeth—heavens! bow you wor¬
shipped her.
Would you have swapped places with a
King that day, when she first accepted your in¬
vitation to a buggy ride?
When she came close to you and pinned the
hyacinth or the violet to your coat-lapel, your
heart beat pit-a-pat, and you held your breath
till the dainty boutonniere was fixed.
And when you had worn the flower till it
was wilted, you reverently laid it away in some
book—didn’t you? And yon have them yet—
nor is there gold enough in all the world to
buy those faded flowers!
After ever so long a time, as you thought
— ages, it seemed to you impatience—she said
“Yes ”—'and let you kiss her.
Wasn’t that a glorious night?
You walked on air .as you went back to
your home, didn’t you?
You were in such a state of happy exliili
ration that you couldn’t sleep.
Are you ashamed to admit that deep down
in your heart was a tender thankfulness to the
God who had blessed you with the love of so
good a woman?
Ah, well—you were married to her, and
you two began the upward struggle together,
How hard the climb of the hill! What la
bor there was; what disappointments; what
days of bleak despondenev; ‘ what nights of
black despair.
In that terrible climb of the bill, did you
'
neoiect your wife?
« of tender co„ sid evatio»
which was ner due?
Did you sometimes bring your clouded
face and sour mind to the fireside, and mo¬
rosely Were impose those your own sufferings upon her?
sweet lips made to tremble in
mute pain? Those fond eyes to shed secret
tears ? /■
TT Happy the , , husband , , who , can say, "I T
never
did.” Wretch that I am—7 can not,
After a while, children came to you. Then
were renewed delights of Christmas Eve and
Christmas Morning. To settle upon .what
should be bought for the children’s stockings;
to smuggle these selections into the house; to
watch the little ones hang up their stockings
THIS IS OUR LAST ISSUE FOR 1922.
In accordance with our custom, we will issue no paper Christmas week.
A Happy Holiday Season To All.' /
THE SENTINEL.
Thomson, Georgia, Monday, Dec. 25, 1922.
■to hear their guesses and speculations, as to
what Santa Olaus would bring; to listen to the
naive, "I hope Santa Claus will bring me” so
and so; and then after they had cuddled down
and were sound asleep—do you remember liow
you and your v p e went back into the room
where the stockings hung? There was pleas¬
ure in it—and yet, there was sadness too.
Tt was late in the night When you were
acting Santa Claus for the little ones, and it
was lime for sober thoughts.
Would next Christmas Eve find all the
stockings hung?
Would three merry voices mingle in the
hubbub over the gifts of Santa Claus, and
would three happy little faces shine’as they
came Claus running brought to you, with: "See what Santa
me?”
Or, upon next Christmas Eve, would you
be sitting alone by the dying fire, racked with
a pain that would never, never lose its power
to torture—-because upon thisChristmas Eve
there were blit two?
The years pass, pass, pass—and now you
are on the Western slope of the hill. The
wife who climbed the hill with you is stiil at
your side. No matter who else failed you, she
did not. No matter who else found fault with
yon, she never did. If she ever spoke to von
unkindly, and served you reluctantly, or fell
short of perfect wifely devotion, you did not
realize it.
How can you reward your noble wife?
Will you not prove to her that you appreciate
her? Will yon. not bring to her that splendid
loyalty which a. proud woman prizes more
highly than a mizer prizes gold?
In word, in thought, in deed, will you not
bo as true to her, as she has been to you?
Will you not prove by unfailing tenderness
with which ydu minister to 'her happiness, now,
the depth of your remorse for your short¬
coming’s in those early call years?
Will you not back the spirit of the
days of your courtship, and be as proud of her
kiss, just as happy to take her to your arms,
as on that glorious night when she promised
to be yours, and yielded her queenly lips to
your kiss?
But perhaps you are of another sort. Per¬
haps you think all this silly. Maybe the sof¬
tening touch of Christmas-time softens nothing
in* yon.' I pray God it may not be so.
For your sake, as well as your wife’s, lis¬
ten : The only human being that you can
count on to stand by you, in spite of "the
world, the flesh, and the devil,” is your wife.
Children will grow up and pass onward—
out of your life and into one of their own. Rel¬
atives and friends may go with you a long way,
but they will not go all the way. Your wife
will.
In all the universe, you can’t be sure of
any one but her. Then make the most of her.
Are he rcheeks faded? Kiss her on the lips,
then see the rose bloom once more on that
pallid face.
Have her eyes been swollen and dim with
tears? Put your arms about her, and tell her
von love her just as much as you ever did.
Then watch the light of joy kindle those
eyes, until they sparkle as brightly as in the
days of youth.
Ah, it is so easy to make a woman happy,
if the right man wants to do it. And the right
man to make your wife happy, is you
Think of the nights you were sick unto
death, and she nursed you; think of the fear
ful agonies of the birth-hour, when she brought
your children into the world; think of the long
drawn years in which she has daily done the
drudgery of a slave; think how she has had to
hear the Cross ofryour troubles, as well as her
own; think what she has had to go through
Wl '^ 1 i n paring your children; think of her
cramped, dull and monotonous life at '*** home,
Think of this, brother, and allow much for
the jaded, faded wife. Go to her and warm,
your own heart, as well as hers, by talking to
her, in the old, old way of lovers.
Court her again, as you courted her when
you sought her hand.
Tell l ier that she is just as pretty as ever.
This may possibly not be the truth; but, if a
lie at all, it will be the whitest one you ever
told. The Recording Angel may feel in duty
bound to charge it upon the debit side of your
account, but as he washes it out afterwards
with a tear, he will enter an item to your credit
on the other side of your ledger, and he will
write it in letters of gold.
Issued Weekly
Three Strikes And Out.
In 1921, Governor T. W. H.ai Iwick was In¬
vited to read the published creed of the Ku
Klux Klan.
After reading the document, the Governor
wrote a letter to Klan headquarto ■?, in Atlan¬
ta, endorsing that creed in the highest terms.
He informed headquarters that he would
send in hi application for an .nbership as soon
as his gubernatorial term expired, June xJ23.
He added tl at it was with difficulty that
be restrained himself from immediate indue
tion into that wierd world called " Klandom.
The tax-dodgers of the Atlanta Chamber
of Commerce heard that their Governor con¬
templated joining the Ku Flux Klan. The
rich tax-dodgers, who forced the Governor to
threaten to veto the Bill repealing the present
infamous tax equalization law, felt outraged
■at the Governor’s intention to allign himself
with the KuKlux fold. Evidently, great pres¬
sure was brought to bear upon the celebrated
Georgia statesman who "bends bis knee to no
man,” to persuade him to attack the Klan or¬
ganization.
Governor Hardwick’s onslaught against
the Klan was one of the most uncalled for ac¬
tions of his public career, and it cost him dear
ly.
In his campaign denounced for re-election organization to the Gov¬
ernorship, he the from
every stump in Georgia. His promotor, The
Atlanta Georgian, Mr. William Randolph
'Hearst’s Journal of Uplift, joined the Govern¬
or in a vicious campaign against the organiza¬
tion and against the individual members whose
pames, by reason of their official position, are
known to every reader of the daily newspa¬
pers.
The people of Georgia disagreed with
Gov. Hardwick and Mr. Hearst, and their bal¬
lots, in the September primary, retired the
Governor to private life.
That, was strike number one.
When the late Senator Watson’s unex¬
pired term was to be filled in the recent prima¬
ry, the Governor conferred with the Hearst
satellites and the rich tax-dodgers, and threw
his hat into the ring.
He renewed bis attack on the Klan.
The Georgian renewed its campaign, and
the people again repudiated both Governor
and Hearst organ.
That was strike number Twof
One of the well-to-do and politically am¬
bitious citizens of Winder, Barrow County,
Georgia, courted He a controversy with local
Klansmen. appealed his grievance to the
twice-defeated Governor. The sympathetic
Governor penned a letter to the Winder gen¬
tleman, in which the Governor again denounced
the Klan and informed the Winder end of the
controversy that the State of Georgia would
send the biggest feature of ber militia—Gen¬
eral Pope—to Baa-row County, to observe con¬
ditions.
A mass meeting was called, tHe tin-horn
General together with citizens of the County,
met in the Court House and the people again
repudiated the little Governor, who "wears no
no man’s collar”, etc. etc.
That tvas Strike number Three, and he is
OUT!
The Governor finds himself afflicted with
the sting of three defeats, within a space of
four months.
He announces that his message’ to the
Legislature will recommend the enactment of
laws curbing the activities of the Ku Klux
Klan.
If Governor Hardwick had the power, he
would use the State militia against the Klan.
Fortunately, for the good name of the
State, the Governor cannot use his tin-horn
Hofficers to shoot down people, as was done
in Augusta, a few years ago.
Senator Charles E. McGregor and myself
put through the Georgia Legislature a law
prohibiting local the Governor from using State
troops in controversies.
Prior to the McGregor amendment, the
Governor could send the troops to any com¬
munity in the State, without consulting the
people. Our amendment requires the Govern¬
or to act on sworn testimony authorities from the local
authorities, and both local and Gov¬
ernor must be sure that order cannot be pre¬
served and law enforced by the community and
its officers, before the State militia has lawful
right to invade the Counties.
Governor Hardwick has joined the Roman¬
ists and Knights of Columbus in their war
against the Ku Klux Klan, whose cardinal
principle is, Americanism.
Red-blooded Americans will not tolerate
dictation from Rome.
Our people will not permit a temporary
office-holder—one who has been thrice defeat¬
ed by the people—to nullify onr State laws,
drag our citizens before military tribunals, and
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