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Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
organize to Determine Action.

Bearish influences in the different departments of the speculative, buy ing and consuming cotton world are, as usual, getting busy to hammer down the price of cotton for both near and fall months delivery. There are two arguments now being used to de- press the price of cotton; the first. goods is not satisfactory, owing to continued trade depression in this country: second, that the prospects for a large yield of cotton this year is good in practically all sections of the cotton belt, except Oklahoma. Up on these two propositions the fall months are being hammered, and Oc- tober deliveries are now around 9.2O. while December futures are quoted at about cents by the New York Cotton Exchange. All cotton sold by export CTS for delivery in these months are based on New York quotations, plus whatever premium the contract be- tween the exporter and the spinner is agreed on. If several million bales are sold on the basis of these figures every effort will be made to hold down prices until these contracts are liQut- dated. If the growers begin to rush their cotton to market as usual iu September and October 1t will be i'm possible to stem the disastrous tide of these depressive influences. If the farmers are not well organized and secure the cooperative strength of the banking and business interests of the South they will have hard struggle ahead to maintain fair prices. Lint cotton Is worth more than its fair market price today. and 1t will bs worth much more in October than the present future quotations for that month indicate. There must be some thing done aside from the mere work of organization That is, of course, the first step. provided organization Is based on sound business princi- ples. The business end of marketing cotton Is the most vital and impor- tant part of the cotton industry to farmers. If the crop is not sold at 8 profit there is but little satisfaction in the industry.-The Cotton Journal.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
Divided They Vote.

The whistle has blown and each man
 takes his place To toll for the world at a death-deal-
 ing pace. Each movement is skillful. each braia
 is alert While they patiently work in the fac
 tory dirt. Just look at that picture and th5l
 make a note, That united they sweat, but divided
 they vote. The machines and the belts and the
 shafting are still And not 8 wheel turns-there's a
 strike at the mill. 4 strike! Every workman has sol.
 emnly vowed To stand by his mates till their claims
 are allowed. Iris a brave thing to do, but dont
 fail to note That united they strike, but divided
 they vote. The sun brightly shines as there
 passes along Tn holiday raiment the Labor Day
 throng Each man Is decked out in his Labor
 Day best Labor omnia vincit," the banners
 attest, Yes. labor may conquer, but never.
 please note, While united they march, but divided
 they vote. Ellis Q. Jones. Look around you and note how you and your neighbors divided your votes recently and then compare this with the solidity of the votes of the inter. ests."
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
Justice to All.

Truth never contradicts itself Neither does justice ever come into conflict with justice. Whatever condt tions are just to the farmer can be no less than just to all men. No man is wronged. Right is right and wrongs no man" On the other hand. whatever is less than justice to the farmer is less than justice to all men who participate in the inequality less than justice even to the specuIa- tor and the capitalist, who wax fat of the farmers toll It is true they do not object to the injustice-they like it-but 1t Is fact that people who submit to wrong conditions do injus. tice to their oppressors as well as to their children. What is more to the point Is the thought that all honest men-all who want justice, no less, no more, whether farmer or laboring man, can join hands as brothers in the noble work of accomplishing hu- manity's freedom. Moreover, one class unaided Is not equal to the job-each needs the other. Whatever is jus tice for one Is justice for the other. Injustice the same. No man nveth to himself-likewise no class. The farm CT cannot achieve justice for himself without emancipating the world!-Ns' tional Co-operator.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
HOW ISLANDS GET FORESTS
Seeds of Plants and Trees Are Carried
 Far on the Feet of JourneyIn9 Birds.

Darwin explains how islands get their forest growth in this manner: He took from the foot of wood- cock a cake of dry earth in which was seed of the load rust. He planted the seed, and it germinated and lowered. Prof. Newton sent him the leg of partridge which had been wounded and unable to fly Attached to it was a clod of earth weighing 61a ounces. He broke up the clod and placed it under a bell glass. No fewer than 82 plants sprang from it. It is the more in- teresting to know that the clod of earth containing this treasury was kept three years before planting.
 It is believed in this manner seeds of various trees have been carried and deposited on far-away islands where the product has grown and in- creased.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
FEMALE PHlLANTHRoPISTS.

Over thirty millions of dollars were given by women to philanthropy during the past year. Mrs. Russell Sage gave more than any other one person with the single exception of John D. Rockefeller. While some of her gifts are not large they mean much to some young people. She recently gave $2,7O0 to pay the rent of the school building of the Pascal institute in New York city and to cover the expenses of free vacation classes for young children. To Sag Harbor, L. l., she gave the fair grounds to be turned into a park for the children. When the citizens proposed changing the name of the village to Sage Harbor she declared that the old place should cling to its original name.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17

their home. He was carried to Batesville on cot; and it was thought for few days that his condition would be improved, but Sunday morning he grew worse and the end came in the afternoon.
 A wife, and two sons, Murray and Phillip survive him. The former lives with his mother at Batesville and the latter resides in New Mexico.
 The funeral services were con ducted by Rev. M. D. Williams, pastor of the Presbyterian church at this place.-Augusta Free Press.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
IN MEnORIUM.

DIED: Blanche, age 23 years, wife of Edgar King, near DeView The sad news was spread in that vicinity last Thursday morning, Sept, 10, 1908. that Mrs. King had breathed her last the night previous about II 100 o'clock and it was not only sad news but d shock to the entire population.
 The deceased was sick only about 12 hours, she having pre- pared her husbands noon meal Wednesday, but before the mid night hour had arrived she had succumbed to that dreadful dis ease known as swamp-fever.
 The mortal remains were ship ped to Wynne and were laid to rest in the Cogbill cemetery Thurs day.
 She leaves a broken hearted hus- band to whom she had been mar ried the short time of seven months; father, two sisters and three brothers.
 The NEWS joins the many friends in extending their heart felt sympathies.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
What to Teach the Boys,

A philosopher has said that trus education to boys is to teach them what they should know when they become men,"
 1. To be true and to be genuine. No education is worth anything that does not include this.
 9. To be pure in thought, language and life-pure in mind and in body.
 8. To be unselfish. To care for the feelings and comforts of others. Te be generous, noble and manly. This will include a genuine reverence for the aged and for things sacred.
 4. To be self-reliant and self-help' full, even from childhood To be in- dustrious always, and self supporting at the earliest proper age. Teach them that all honest work in honor able, that an idle life of dependence on others is disgraceful.
 When boy has learned these four things. when he has made these ideas a part of the being-however poor. or however rich-he has learned the most important things he ought se know when he becomes man.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
Farm Hands Should Marry.

The man who works on farm for others makes a mistake if he allows his twenty-fifth birthday to go by with out having a wife and bit Of land os his own. If he has learned his 1os well he has provided for half the battle of farming, and if he has only a few hundred dollars laid by 1t VIII do for start. He can rent if he can not buy, but good improved littie farms can be had on pretty easy terms these days. It's better to be your o~n boss and not depend on the whim o' somebody above you for your Joo. And a man past 25 and still patchs1 or is on the wrong track and Is m'ss' ing the best part of life.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
INCONSOLABLE.

The surges crashed mournfully in the darkness against the old pier.
 "This blow," he said, "is one from which, alas, I shall not recover. Nevermore will I look upon the face of woman save in bitterness and sor- row."
 The young girl, profoundly moved. said in gentle tones:
 "Do not take my refusal so to heart, MT. Mannering Harold. There are lots of nice girls left, I assure you. I know one at the Surf house who would suit you precisely. She is pretty, amiable, clever"
 "Has she got any money?" he in- terrupted.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
Timely hInts on Farm Land

The sign of the silo marks r gressive farmer every time.
 A case of ingrowing selfishness \, worse than an ingrowing toe nail
 would not give a cent for a ho, that will not sing-nor a man, eithar Song. and work go together.
 Sprayed the trees in Nav varu good. But MT. Codding Moth ought to have another dose this month
 Too much water and wet. mushv foods will not lay on fat. It takes tho concentrated stuff to do that
 The man who cannot kick the hired man harder than the hired man k,cka the COW doesn't deserve the name ot farmer
 We are likely to have good lat. pasture this summer, but that is m reason for neglecting to SOW forage crops next year.
 August is just as good month in which to make new resolutions as Januarv just so one makes them and sticka to them.
 AAS AS thC AuOAtu III WQ1C0 hpnAt nest closes up like Hetty Greens charity purse unless good shade and extra attention is provided.
 It takes courage to keep on raising sheep or hogs or anything else when prices show weak backbone for A couple of years in succession. But the man who has the grit to stick to the business will win in the Ions run.
 Do not make the mistake of filling the silo with corn that is green. It sours quickly and has little feeding value. Wait till 1t is ripe.
 Eggs have lot of albumen in them Skinned milk is rich in it, too. Put the two together and see if you do not think it would be sensible to feed more milk to your chicks.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
POkED FUN AT MOBILES.

William Redmond, the Irish lead- CT in the British house of commons, recently in a genial mood and in playful allusion to the titles of no- bility and knighthood recently con- ferred, asked whether, "as a matter of general convenience and in order that honorable members might know how to address their colleagues with becoming respect, it could be ar ranged that honorable gentlemen who had joined the titled classes should wear rosettes for at least one month after the conferment of the title" No minister was bold enough to answer.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
Pig Money In Waste Land.

The woven wire fence is revolu- tionizing the hog industry in the whole country, and when farmers learn to utilize every bit of waste land for pas ture for their hogs the herds will be healthy and the cost of production will be decreased many dollars. It won't do to allow the pigs to lie in the shade of the corn cribs or to allow them only run ef pasture. Feed litte corn all of the time that the pigs are running in the pasture. The grass grown pig does not appear so attrac- tive with his working clothes on, but when he is well developed and ready to be fitted he makes the pampered pets look like 30 cents. He makes a fine appearance and is credit to his owner and feeder.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
Milk Trust In Trouble.

From evidence obtained by the states attorney of Chicago, it seems pretty well settled that the big milk companies have divided up the coun- try in that section and apportioned each slice to a member of the trust. Farmers testified that no two compan- les operated in the same town and that prices were fixed by the milk companies in every case and never by the farmers. The only consolation the farmers get out of it is that there seems to be faint possibility that some members of the trust may in time be introduced to the inside of a jail.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
How Farmers Saved a Business
 House.

An interesting case where business house selling implements to farmers and receiving four and six months notes in payment, was saved early this year by the makers of these notes, came recently to the knowledge of the writer of this. That business house found itself without sufficient ready cash to meet It's maturing oblt- gations, but was in possession of farm ers' notes varying from $100 to $500 and amounting to almost $44,000 all in all. The banks refused at that time to discount those notes received in payment for orders secured by adver- Using. When the advertising agent of the firm called for the payment of his monthly bill he was surprised to receive an offer of four months note in payment of 1t, instead of the usual check with which the firm used to settle It's monthly advertising ac- count for a number of years. The advertising agent suggested to the manager of that firm to appeal to the farmers to take up their notes be- fore maturity, by offering them dis count of per cent. This suggestion struck the manager as a splendid one with the result that within twenty four hours letter was mailed to the farmers whose notes the firm held de- scribing the conditions of the larger cities, the difficulty of getting even good notes discounted by banks and offering 8 discount of percent to all willing to take their notes up before maturity. Within one week every one of those notes but two amounting to $650, were redeemed by the farmers. The replies came in quicker than ex- pected. Not only this, but number of farmers offered to buy more imple ments for cash if acceptable terms could be offered. Only two farmers did not reply and the reason of 1t was, as was learned later, that they had gone with their wives to Cali fornia.
 This case shows what wealth the farming population has accumulated; how eager 1t is to take advantage of conditions and what market there Is now for those seeking patronage for legitimate propositions by the right kind of advertising in desirable agri- cultural papers.-Guenthers Journal.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
Farmers Educational
 --AND--. Co., Operative Union Of America

Let it Slide. Life's too short at most to wranglt Let 1t slide! I'm opposed to clash and iangle, Hate and pride. You'll be happy all the quicker If you just forbear to picker. Do as I do-let'er flicker
 Let 1t slide! Cures less easy than prevention. Let it slide! Don't in any sharp contention
 Long abide. Don't be to opinions welded, Down in bedrock fast imbedded: Don't be foolish and mule-headed; Let it slide! Yes, I've found the plan is bully. Let 1t slide! Helps a fellow wonderfully
 Once it's tried, There are times its application Wouldn't have my commendation, But-with due discrimination Let it slide!
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
MISSED BASEBALL PRACTICE.

Charles A. Keath, who holds one of the American Rhodes scholar ships, recently returned to Philadel- phia to join the St. Louis baseball team of the American league. He has put in one year at Oxford and has two more ahead of him. Keath said the only practice he could get at Oxford had been with other Ameri- can Rhodes men.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
Hard Work.

Hard work is the secret of success. It will come quicker if to hard work are added such other attributes as a genial, sunny disposition, the ability to make friends quickly. etc, but the foundation and groundwork of success is hard work and the man just getting into the merchandise business, who follows the rule. who buys carefully and sells carefully, at all times safe guarding his credit, and who has no very bad habits. will win the goal every tlme-Southern Merchant.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
His FIRST IMPRESSION.

Pearl-I shall never go walking with an epicure again. They are perfectly horrid.
 Ruby-No poetry in their souls, eh?
 Pearl-Not particle. I took him up on the mountain summit and showed him the beautiful red sunset.
 Ruby-And what did he say?
 Pearl-Why, the abominable man actually said it reminded him of a broiled lobster.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17

There was time when people culti- vated corn with a garden hoe and made the work profitable. Today you couldn't hoe enough corn to pay the taxes on the land hood. Then came the single shovel blow, and after that the double shovel AS the years went by the expense of growing corn 1n- creased, and the double shovel blow was too slow. 80 the walking cultiva, tor was brought out.-Frank D. Blake.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17

The men who have achieved sue cess are the men who have worked, read. thought more than was absolute. ly necessary, who have not been con- tent with knowledge sufficient for the present need, but who have sought ad- ditional knowledge and stored 1t away for the emergency reserve. It is the superfluous labor that equips a man for everything that counts most in life. --Cushman K. Davis.
 "oIvlns The Soil a Square Deal"
 That is catchy expression about giving the soil a square deal" which Samuel w. Allen. of Chicago, has ap- piled to his farm experiments made with view to conserving soil ferti- lity.
 That reckless and wholesale de- pletion of the fertility of the soil in this good land of ours," says MT. Aller- ton. lis beyond all question the big gest and most serious one now con fronting the American people-it is bound to remain the biggest problem for many years to come"
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
Jan MIIIet for Poultry.

Japanese millet makes excelien' poultry food. It may be sowed as late as the middle of June and ma ture a crop in the latitude Of Chicaso in very satisfactory way. Prepsfs the land thoroughly and SOW thickly.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
If the farmers will only keep strict

IT the farmers VIII oHIy heeP account of the poultry they consume at home during the months or 1uno' July, August and September, when 'ne young birds begin to get large ehoueA to eat, they will soon begin to s'' what a saving their poultry is to tnenn' Keep in touch with the market pi'.. and give due credit for every oira anu egg consumed and be fair with plou'e You will be surprised and you VIII "'' need false teeth SO soon either.
 Keep your growing chicks wei 'DS piled with green food.
Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17
YES, INDEED.

"The man who raises his children properly deserves a great deal of credit"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-11-13

and a pipe In my face-well, all right!
That's my natural life; and l don't
need no book to tell me so, neither.
The Heavenlies enjoyed 1t, and
they'd ought to- Twas clear then,
though 1t got hazy over to the BASTARD
later on. But then, as l say, twas
clear, and you could see the schooners
strung out on the skyline, some full
up, with their sails shining white In
the sun, and others down over the
edge, with only their tops'ls showing.
Far of, but dead ahead, just as II
somebody had dipped their finger in
the bluing bottle and smouched 1t along
the bottom of the sky, was the Wapa-
tomac shore, and away aft. right over
the stern, was the Trumet lighthouse,
like a white chalk mark on yellow
fence, the fence being the high sand
bank behind it,
The Twins laid back and soaked in
the scenery. They unbuttoned their
jackets and took long breaths. They
actually forgot to smoke, which was
a sort of miracle, as you might say.
and even Hartley, who had been bluer
than a spoiled mackerel all the morn.
ing, braced up and got real clipper. BY
and by, they resurrected that book OF
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-11-13

theirs and had what you might call a
Natural Life drunk. never see print
ing that went to a persons head the
way that book seemed to go to theirs.
| judged twas kind of light and gassy
reading and naturally riz and filled the
empty places same as you'd fill a bal
loon.
James, and / could see that he want
easy In his mind. He set about amid
ships of the cockpit and hung onto the
thwart with both hands, like he was
afraid 'twould bust loose and leave
him adrift. II the Dora Bassett had
struck derelict or something and
gone down sudden I'll bet they'd have
dredged up that Hopper valet and the
thwart together. And then they'd
have had to pry 'em apart. His lord
ship want used to water. unless twas
to mix with something else.
BY and by Hartley shoves both
hands into his pockets. Tits his hat
back and begins to sing. More effects
of the Natural Life spree. suppose,
but twas bully good singing. Might
have been saying most anything, call
ing me a short lobster for what l
know, cause twas some foreigners
lingo, but the noise was all right even
IL l did have to take chances on the
words. cal'late TO know music when
l hear II.
Good" says Van. when his chum
stopped. Martin, you're better al
ready. l haven't heard you sing for
two years or more. The last time
was at the Delanceys' at home Do
you remember the dowager and my
daughter?' Heavensl and my daugh-
ters piano playingl Agnes told the
dowager that she had never heard
anything like 1t. You and she were
together, you know. Give us another
verse"
But Martin wouldn't. Shut up like
a clam and reached into his pocket for
a cigar.
That was A No. 1, Mr.. Hartley"
says 1. Il wish you could hear Scion
Bassett play the fiddle; you'd appre-
ciate It."
Van he reared and even Hartley
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-11-13
THE ASPIDISTRA OR
''PARLOR PALM" PLANT
Variety Responds
ousIy Good Care.

The aspidistra, or parlor palm, de-
rives It's name from aspidiscon. Mt
tie round shield. probably from the
shape of its flower, which, though
somewhat insignificant, Is peculiar
from It's being borne upon the sur
face of the soil. There are two forms,
green and variegated.. The aspidistra
is perhaps the most valuable of all
plants for room establishment, as we'll
as for effect in the greenhouse. whilst.
being evergreen, It is especially valu-
able for decorative purposes all the
year round; In fact, its stately and
bold appearance causes II to rank
among the best OF all plants for in
doors, in draughts and badly lighted
rooms, and with reasonable care 1t
succeeds with but little attention. II
will also be found, too. more profit
able than many expensive plants pur-
chased from time to time to place upon
the table or In the window, these
usually having to be replaced quick
ly, so little are they adapted to a pro-
longed sojourn In an uncertain tenn
perature with unnatural surroundings.
One OF the advantages OF the aspidis-
ira is that gas affects 1t but little in
comparison with other plants. One
cannot help but notice in many cases
its neglect as regards cultivation, the
plants, as 1t were. being left to take
care Of themselves. A good plant
should be purchased from a nursery
man, and If this is given due atten-