Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25

iHE non. waiter llafk, president OF tne
4 Mississippi division of the Southern Cot
ton Association, recently gave out the
{ following on general diversifcation of
!. drops. II is worthy OF consideration at
the hands of our peonle, coming, as it
does, from man who has made the
& subject one of lifelong study:
Il am now and always have been op-
posed to any and all resolutions for a
reduction of the acreage in cotton. !
have always advocated the growing on
each and every farm of all necessary
food crops, and after this all the cotton
possible. The high price of food pro-
ducts ought to teach every farmer the
present urgent necessity for an in
creased acreage in these crops the COM
I ing season.
There are thousands of people in
every town and village throughout the
South who will find it necessary, within
the next sixty days, to leave their pres.
cnt place of abode and seek II lveli-
hood somewhere else. These people will
necessarily go to the farms, and | pre-
dict greater abundance of farm labor
throughout the entire South for the
present year than for many years past,
and unless it is brought to the immedi-
ate attention of all the farmers, we will
Z have a large increase in the cotton
acreage.
"Whilc the present indications are that
the worst of financial conditions are
y over ! am still fearful that normal con
h ditlons will not come about as speedily
as some think. The return to normal
IN conditions is more in the hands of the
farmers than any other class of people.
Hard times hurts the man least who
has plenty at home to eat, and | urge
upon every man in Mississippi, no mat
ter what his vocation may be, to take it
upon himself to keep this idea in front
OF our farmers.
s with so many thousands of people
out OF employment necessarily the de.
mand for cotton goods for the coming
& season will be lessened and small cot
" ton crop only will be needed. A man
may be out of employment and unable
y to buy dry goods, and yet must eat
4 hence there will be no dminution in the
demand for food; and the cotton grow.
"A ers of the South, above all people, need
cheap food crops if they would main
* tain the price of cotton"
~ As Mr.. Clark truthfully saws. de-
preston in business will first affect the
consumption of cotton goods. but The
family must have food at any price
Then it becomes imperative that Missis
sippi raise an abundance of food crops
for the coming year, Thus fortified a
y financial depression will affect them less
a than if the foodstuifs to maintain life
were to be bought. Think about it.
That great army of men known as
the commercial travellers of Mississippi
have perfected an organization for the
"a betterment of their condition, and have
given out the following notice that is
4 orth while:
"The Mississippi Travellers was or
ganized at Jackson, Mississippi, on De
cember 14th, with membership of
about fifty. The organization now shows
an enrolment of more than two hun
\ dred members, and President Holder
& reports a very lively interest shown by
\ the travelling public in this organization
4 throughout the State.
"The Mississippi Travellers Association
fills an urgent need and much felt want
among the travelling fraternity in Mis-
sissippi and gives promise to become
q most efficient agency in the upbuild
ing of the State as well as looking tc
matters more directly touching the in
terests of the travelling salesmen, en-
abling them, through their officers and
committees, to make known their ideas
and wishes, and to efTectually bring tc
bear their united strength, officially, il
matters of common interest.
"The membership consists exclusively
of those who travel in Mississippi, EN-
bracing not only those who sell com
mercial commodities, but the solicitors
of insurance, travelling clergymen
school and college men, in fact all mer
who travel and have an interest in com
mon in upbuilding the State. Pursu
ant to a resolution that was adopted al
the time of organization, general meet
ing was held in Jackson at the Pythiar
Castle Hall on the night of January
18th, at which meeting the general pub
lie was invited to attend.
"1he officers are as follows: B. II
Holder, president; j. T.. Noble, secre
tary; j. P. Farrell n. X. Burger anc
G. L. Ware, vice presidents Dabney
Parish, treasurer, and an advisor,
board consisting of J. X. Holder, w. II
Waddell, ], j. White, f. L. Henry, A
Lewis, II. A. Rawlings and 0. A. Love
All travelling men are invited to be
come members of the organization anc
add their mite to the success of The
movement"
Hon. g. II. Afford of Pike county
special agent for the United States Dc
partment of Agriculture and one of tn,
best posted and level.headed agricul
tural workers in the State, gives The
following valuable article on fertilizers
that is worthy of place in every pa
per in the country and careful consid
GRAFTON at the hands of our people:
Experiments have proven conclu
sively that by far the larger part ol
the soil in this country is deficient II
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
However, we are interested only in the
soil of Mississippi, and the bulletins
issued by the experiment stations show
that our soil shows the greatest lack
of nitrogen and phosphoric acid. Pot
ash in any form is useless upon The
lands p . larger portion Of this State
Nitrogen Ii supplied in one class Of
materials and phosphoric acid in an
otbSf N{ftnucn "a sunnlicd from cot