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The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-15
HELP FOR THE UNION
BANKS ARE TO HELP THE FARM
ERs' UNION.
Will Advance the Cash Necessary to
Hold "Distress' Cotton.


President G. r. Hightower of the
Mississippi Farmers Union; ]. T.
Thomas, president of the Grenada
Bank, and Mr.. Memories, president of
the First National Bank of Meridian,
who were appointed by the joint COM
mittee Of the Bankers and Union,
held here yesterday to finance the
union cotton of the state, report that
they have come together, and that
union cotton is safe.
The principle matter Of discussion
was to provide ways and means for
financing cotton now held in Missis-
sippi by Farmers Union members on
which advances have been made, or
desired, to enable the growers to
finance the crop on hand.
The meeting effected arrangements
with the Mississippi banks to lend all
necessary funds on the remainder of
the cotton crop now held by Farmers
Union members in Mississippi. This
guarantees that every bale Of union
cotton in the state can be held until
September /. The banks have agreed
to advance such loans as are necessary
to prevent any of this cotton being
forced on the market until the price
is satisfactory to the holder; hence
there is no such thing as distress
cotton in the state or Mississippi, SO
far as the Farmers Union is concern.
ed.
G. w. Russell, secretary of the Mis-
sissippi State Union, and B. G.. West
manager of the Farmers Union Cotton
Company, corroborate the above.
Coupled with, this, Mr.. Vests sue
cess last week In putting the Arkan
sas. Missouri and Tennessee cotton on
the same footing. with similar action
in other cotton states, and the cut
ting down Of acreage throughout the
cotton belt, makes il appear that the
farmer is the winner.
In coming to the aid of the holders
Of Union cotton, the banks have pre-
vented the cotton from being forced
upon the market and have removed
the necessity of the farmers going
to outside sources for assistance.
1t is understood that not more than
: 15 per cent Of the cotton now in the
hands Of the farmers needs to be
financed, and all those having cotton
feel perfectly safe in holding for high
er prices. 1t is the purpose that al
local banks shall finance the cotton il
their communities and when they are
not able to do this the members o.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-15
TO The MEN OF TIE UNION.

Brethren, you can put the price Of
cotton to twenty-five cents per pound
and keep it there. You can put corn
to twenty-five cents per bushel and
keep it there if you win. Every one
Of you know that this can be done.
that it should be done and can only
be accomplished by organization and
cooperation. The question remains,
brethren, will you do this. VIII each
man resolve to do his part and work
towards this end? VIII you get up out
Of the rut where you have been rum
ming for SO many years and try for in
dependence. Live and work for cheap
food and high priced labor Raise
your own food and fix your own price
on the product Of your own labor.
Z. S. II.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-15
FROM MCGEE. MISS.
Dear Brother Haynie:

Dear Brother Haynie:
VIII you please give notice through
your valuable paper that the Simp-
son County Union will meet with
Strong River Local on the 10th and
11th Of April and all locals are re-
quested to send full delegation.
Brother Haynie. you come and give
US a lecture. If you can't come get
Brother Hightower to send us lee
turer.
WILSON JONES.
President.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-15
FROM FREENY LOCAL.

Dear Editor:
Will you allow me space in the dear
old Advocate? will write you few
lines to let you know that / havn't
forgotten that glorious old time that
we had at our county union at Goshen
when those pretty girls were singing
that pretty song, God Be With us
Till We Meet Again Now Brother
Haynie, in addition to our obligation,
is it not a sin to make these solemn
vows in the presence of God and these
witnesses and then let the devil come
along and upset the speculator, and
gambler, and cause our members to
dry up on a limb and go back on their
obligations? Now brother, / do love
to read these good letters written by
those good old men that was here
when the first gun was fired on Fort
Sumpter, and believe that our young
er brothers should listen at them and
take their advice ON farming and rails
ing plenty of food and stuff at home,
and let cotton be cycplus
am So years old and I ana one of
the charter members of the Freeny
local. have wife and seven chill
dren, and five of them belong to the
union. made FIVE bales of cotton,
and have five today. Brethren, use
all the economy you can to keep out
Of debt. We must take all the in
terest we can in gardens, raising peas,
potatoes, pork sugar cane and every
thing we can raise at home.
Now brethren, do you remember
what the old women said when she
went to set old Speck, Jamie had to
have a dress, Sallie had to have dress,
Betties had to have a dress, Jimmie
had to have a hat, Johnnie a hat, Tom
my pair Of boots" Then she looked
over the nest and said "Old Speck
spread yourself" Now brethren, if
there ever was a time in the history
of man that the farmers should take
the cuckleburr from their hair, and
the grass seed from their shoes, and
set out with more determination to
make more and better living at
home. and to do this we must attend
our meetings and talk more on the
subject. Now Brother Haynie / do
want to see the time come wnen the
farming class of people will be more
intelligent than to spend their money
in drinking and scouting around over
the country, when there is so many
other ways to spend their time and
money with their family and country.
Brother Haynie, this makes my sec
ond letter. the other one went to the
waste basket, but if / see this in print
/ will come again.
will close with best wishes to the
editor and Advocate, and success to
the union. I remain as ever.
Yours for the union,
B. d. JOINER.
Carthage. Miss, R. F. d. No. /.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-15
DISTRICT LECTURERS.

The following are District Lectur-
ers and their assignments for the
present:
J. w. Jacobs, Pittsboro-Pontotoc
Chickasaw, Webster
T. J.. King, Montgomery, Car
roll, Holmes.
Ne. r. Keeton, senatobia-Tate, De
Soto, Tunica
Rev. r. A. N. Wilson, 5atesviIIe-
Pamela, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha,
Grenada.
J. w. Boatwrieht, Waysiding-Mar-
shall, Tippah, Benton, Union.
John /. Lindsey, Eupora--Newton Ne
shoba, Leake, Scott.
j. .. Dutton, Quitman-Covington,
Forrest, Lamar. Jefferson Davis,
Yazoo, Alfalfa and choctaw.
A. w. Meyer, okhaven-Jefferson
Franklin, Amite. Wilkinson.
3. N. Edens, Aberdeen Monroe Itta-
Wanda, Prentiss, Tishomingo, AL
corn.
). W. Anderson, colIins-Jasper,
Jones. Clarke, Wayne.
E. 1. Pate, Freedom Calhoun. Lee.
Clay.
Robt. Mangum, Magee-PearI River,
Harrison and Hancock.
G. R. HIGHToWER,
State President.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-15
FROM wooDvlLLE, Ky.

Dear Sir
AS we. the Farmers Union of West
ern Kentucky need to be educated
upon the trading priciples Of the
Farmers Union, and are wanting ID
know what the Union is accomplish
ing in the south and west. I know
Of no other way to inform our people
of these things than to read union
papers. Now If you win please send
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-15
G. R. HIGHTOWER,
State President.

bale will be held until Is cents is
paid for It. Every man ought to know
that if he sells his cotton at 10 and
and lie he can't get 15c after it is
sold. You will have to hold it until
it reaches the right price Best wishes
to the Advocate. Yours fraternally,
LEVI LINGO.
Dear brother, your leaders promis-
ed you 15c, for your cotton on condi-
ton that you held it off the market.
Brother, are you holder or dump
err T. S. H.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-15

II you are out OF report blanks.
write to G. w. Russell, jackson,
Miss, They are free. Applica-
tion. demits and delegate blanks free,
'rlso. Ask for them when needed.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-15
Let us hear through your Advocate
With best wishes,


The executive committee of the Mis-
sissippi Division Of the Farmers Edu-
cational and Cooperative Union of
America met at headquarters April
9th, with president G. r. Hightower,
Chairman Kolb, and Messrs. Johnson,
Shoemake, and Collins present. The
vacancy caused by the death of Broth
er Coplin was filled by the election of
Orange Harrington, of Jones county.
The officials are hard at work, and are
disposing of business very rapidly. The
committee win be in session several
days. President Hightower will re-
turn to Oxford tonight He is hopeful
that we will yet win in our struggle
in behalf of the toiling masses. He re-
ports the general outlook to be favor
able. Brother j. M. Bass of Halle
hurst, H. w. Bradshaw of Moseley,
J. S. Dutton of Quitman, A. w. Meyers
of Brookhaven, e. Fleming of Camden,
Robert Mangum of Magee, w. e. Wat
kins Of Plain, B. A. Buford of Water
Valley. N. A. Mott of Yazoo City were
in attendance upon the session Of the
committee. The sentiment among all
Of the brethren was not to yield an
inch, but to redoubIe our efforts, and
to push on to victory. We are glad
to report that Brother Bradshaw is
fast recovering and is still in the fight.
If he continues to improve the breth-
rem will soon have the pleasure Of
hearing him again.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-15

If you don't get your moneys worth
out of -Four Masterpieces. return same
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The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-15
We are authorized to announce
TOM SHELTON

as Candidate for the Sixty-first Con-
gress, subject to the action of the
Democratic Primaries.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-15
FROM soeeAN LOCAL.

Dear Brother Haynie:
| see so many good letters in your
valuable paper, it makes me want to
say something. But / must make this
brief for fear it win enter the waste
basket. l am member of Boggan
local No. 1880. was requested to
invite you to be with us on the fourth
day of July. We will have a picinc
and a contest ON some of our best
farm products, such as corn, cotton,
cabbage, and melons and other varie-
ties. We expect to make the day a
grand one among the farmers. If you
cannot come, will you please send
some good lecturer. We will pay cx-
penses and meet you at weathersby,
Miss.
Let us hear through your Advocate.
With best wishes,
j. e. BOGGANS.
Answer: All right brother, will
come and give you regular spread
eagle. fourth of July speech. Meet me
at Weathersby on the evening train Of
the third. T. S. H.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-15

Please do not forget to state which
are renewals when sending in list
OF new subscribers and renewals at
he same time.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-04
SPECTACULAR ENGINEERING.
Tapping the Gunnison Canyon for Irri.
cation Purposes.

The most spectacular engineering en-
terprize ever undertaken by the govern
ment is now on the point of completion.
Carried through under most extra
ordinary and unprecedented difficulties,
its success is already absolutely assured.
and, as result of the achievement.
10000 acres, or about 235 square miles.
of desert i'll southwestern Colorado will
soon be transformed into Il blooming
garden.
The principle feature of the enter
prise III question was the boring of Il
great hole through the base of noun
tain range six miles thick and half a
mile high the object in view being to
provide i'll this manner conduit for the
carrying of a river across TO the other
side of the range. in order that it might
irrigate and render fruitful a desert val
ley.
The river concerned is tine Gunnison-
Il rapid and turbulent stream which flows
through the canyon Of the same name.
This canyon is perhaps the most for
bidding and impossible in all the west
1t is Il huge cash, cut as with mighty
knife through the landscape, and with
walls which for the greater part of its
length are almost vertical. Every hun
dred yards or so, along its bottom. the
passage of the stream is obstrueted by a
cataract. So far as known, up to the
time of the reconnaissance by govern
ment engineers four years ago. nobody
ever entered the gorge and came out
alive.-Technical World Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-04
The Modem Shenherd

At the head of deep, wooded canon.
a branch of upper Mckay creek. | came
upon a sheep herder's tent Yesterday
and at sight of the camp there in tie
woods | moralized upon the fate of the
sheep herder, and my heart went ONT
in sympathy for him in his alleged lone.
illness"
BUT upon visiting his camp that even
ing / took back what | had said n
sympathy for him and almost enyiad The
entertaining versatility of his seclusion
In one corner of his tent was n go,l
phonograph and nearer il several choice
records. For my delight he rendered two
or three selections by Patti. Carnso
Schumann-H eink and other singers. \
speech by Bryan, a vaudeville seIectiap
and an act from Shakespeare '..Iuhns
Caesar
Under the head Of his bed were half
n dozen of the best maya zines fson,a
of which | had not found time to rea,D
and at the foot of the bed Law w,ll
thumbed copies of the latest novels.
l looked at this hronzed son az th,
hills in genuine envy. Here he may
read. write, think, commune with natnrS
or be carried 90 the great eonservatar.;.. =
of the artist, while the driven slaves r
the city must bend over desk dav
and night to meet the terrific eonnet;-
ton Of this sOulleSs commercial No..
East 0regonian.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-04
Three WAYS of Using GRAPES.

Grape Tapioca-Press enough concord
grapes through sieve to make a quart
of juice. Mix half a pound of sugar
with pint of water, and simmer to
grapes as well as the juice of one lem
on. and, finally, about half Il cupful of
tapioca that has already been properly
softened. Cook slowly until the tapioca
is clear, cool near the ice. and serve
with plenty of whipped cream.
An excellent breakfast dish may be
made by combining Concord grapes with
they are very soft, then press through
sieve. that all but the seeds and skin
may be extracted. To each quart of
pulp add n teaeupful of the cereal and
i little salt. and cook for fully. three
quarters of an hour in Il double boiler.
1t is better to make this dish the day
before it is to be used. In that case it
win have time to harden. and may be
served cold, in slices, with sugar and
cream.
Grape Pie-Use one-third Concord
grapes and two-thirds berries, and
sweeten with more sugar than would
ordinarily be required, even in making
fruit pies. Dust the top Lightly with
flour before adjusting the top crust, and
bake like any other pie.
Grape Pudding-There are several re-
some of which are served hot, while
others are eaten cold. If it is the cold
pudding that is desired, squeeze enough
grapes to make pint nt juice Dis
solve half a box of gelatin in cold water.
and when il has become soft add Il
coffee-cupful of boiling water, an equal
quantity of sugar, the juice of one lem
ON. and finally, when it shows indica-
tions of stiffening, fold in the stiffly
beaten whites of two eggs, and set near
the ice until very cold Before sending
the pudding to the table unmold it, and
cover with well-sweetened whipped
cream.
To make hot grape pudding. butter
an earthen baking dish. and fill it with
alternate LAYERS of seeded grapes. sugar
and bread crumbs. Make the last layer
one of crumbs. and bake in a moderate.
~ hot oven for about half an hour.
Serve with hot sauce-Delineatpr
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-04
why the sky Looks Blue.

1t is the atmosphere that makes the
sky look blue and the moon yellow. II
we could ascend to an elevation of fifty
miles above the earth's surface we should
see that the moon is brilliant white
while the sky would be black, with the
stars shining as brightly in the daytime
as at night.
Furthermore, as a most picturesque
feature of the spectacle, we should notice
that some of the stars are red, Others
blue, yet others violet and still Others
green in color. OF course, all Of the
stars Gf we bar the planets of our own
system, are burning suns and the hu5s
they wear depend upon their tempcra-
ature.
The hottest stars are blue. Thus Vega
in the constellation Lyra, is blue sun,
hundreds of times as large as our own
solar orb. We are journeying in its d.
rection at the rate of millions Of miles
a day and at some future time it may
eobble us all up.
For, after all. humiliating though the
confession be, our sun is only very
small star-of the sixth magnitude III
thereabouts-and Of an importance in the
universe so slight as to be scarcely with
in the pale of responsibility .-The Read
er,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-04
WEALTH in ONIONS.
New Feature of Industrial Activity in
TevaS

The onion farmer is IA comparatively
new arrival upon the scene of industrial
activities in Texas. He is now one of
the large contributors to the wealth
ct the state. In a little more
than eight years the value of the
annual production Of onions III Tex
as for the market has reached APP
proximately S2.o00.000. When the fact
is considered that this enormous wealth
IS derived from only about $500 acres of
land. some idea may be had of the
abundance of the yield and the good
prices that are obtained for the product
Onion growing has done another thing
70 help Texas. II has been the direct
means of adding more than S2.300.000 to
the intrinsic value of her lands mas
much as the growers put good portion
of their annual earnings from the indus
try into property improvements in town
and country the increase of taxable
wealth from this source has also been
considerable.
The wonders which were wrought by
the magic touch of Aiaddin's lamp We're
no greater than the transformation
which onion growing has brought To GER
tain portions of Texas during the last
few years. Land which. from the time
of the early visit of the Spaniards to the
Rio Grande border section. was thought
to be almost worthless, and at the very
most only fit for goat grazing. is now
bringing in an annual net return of
from $500 to $500 per acre from the
onions which it produces, Before the iii
augufation Of onion growing any of this
land could have been purchased nj prices
ranging from 81 to 81 per acre. Ii has
now no established value for the reason
that none of its owners are willing to
sell. They will not fix yalne upon tbs.
land Some of them are free TO say that
land which has such large producing
qualities ought to be worth not less than
$1,000 per acre. Some Of the onion grow
ers say they would not be willing to ac
lands. Even at that price the annual
net return will average nearly % per
cent. on the investment. Technical
Warld Maoaziue
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-04
Smoke for Prizes.

Quick smoking competitions are %
coming increasingly popular in the many
German villages in which ''smokets
clubs" were started few years ago,
The contestants are divided into tg
parties of ten each, and are seated on
platform at the end of the room. Ihd
president then weighs out about one
sixth of an ounce OF tobacco FOR eacl
man, who rams it into II new pipe, ana
at a given signal all begin smoking fur
ouSly.
Meanwhile. the judges counts aloud
the seconds and minutes as they fly. aus.
before three minutes have passed mos
of the pipes have been smoked ouJ. EdsA
mans time is duly entered on q sheet Is
he hands over his pipe, and the toIac.'
ashes in it are carefully examined ~
see that the pipe has really beeh s'i'o"'f
out.
The prizes consist for the mo>' par
Of beer ''steins" and smokers articles
such rs pipes and tobacco jars a'"
cases
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-04
A Humble Boys University Honors.

The latest Of the senior wranglers is
n Russian and Jew. He was brought
up, Il is true, in an elementary school.
TO be precise in Fry-pan alley, White
chapel. but again and again we have
noticed the number of first-class mathe-
matieians who have climbed the educh
tionai ladder. The intellectual capacity
81 the Jewish race needs no illustration.
Whether they especially excel at mathe-
fnatics is perhaps doubtful. but they are
The musicians of the world. ana there
are those who assert that the correla'
ton Is close between music aud mathe-
matics. We trust that Selig Br0detsky
win 90 on TO prove that senior wranglers
are not. as the most foolish OF sayings
suggests. ine0nsnicu0us IN after-careers.
London Outlook.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-04
If Napoleon Had Won.

If Wellington had been defeated at
Waterloo, it would have been Il blessing
to England says Thomas Il. Watson in
August Munsey's. The principles of the
French revolution would have gone on
their way, bloodlessly eonquering. The
beneficent work which Napoleon had
begun would not have been interrupted.
There would have been no White Terror,
no holy alliance, no gibbeting of Demo
Gratis because they were democrats, no
claiming up again of hand and tongue
and pen and mind by despotic monarchs.
Had Napoleon won in 1915, there would
have been no Austrian tyranny over
Italy. no French army to pin down Ital-
ian patriotism and uphold the temporal
power of the Pope. There would have
been no suppression of the German
peoples by the Metternich policy of keep
ing things just as they are" There
would have been no horrible reaction in
Spain, and no rechaining of the Spanish
people under a medieval autocracy.
Had Napoleon won in 1915. even
Great Britain would have been blessed.
The grand principles for which Charles
James Fox so long eontended would
have gained the ascendant over the mar
rowing tendencies of Pitt, Castlereagh,
and Burke. The reign of terror wherein
so many good men lost their lives for
the crime of being democrats would new
er have disgraced English history. After
Napoleon's final overthrow, free speech
and liberal principles suffered a long and
dreary eclipse in Great Britain, and it
was not till another generation had come
into the world that the lost ground was
recovered