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The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12
THE TRAGEDY Or
POOR LAND

Recently our attention was
called to a corn field by the road
side. The growing corn was rot
notable because of yigor o.
growth and heaviness of yield.
On the contrary, it was par
ticularly striking because Of its
poor growth. AT best, we es-
timated it would not yield over
two bushels per acre, worth per-
haps 81. The stand was bad, the
stalks were stunted and yellow.
and the corn was nubbins rather
than ears.
This is not an uncommon
picture in the South at this sea
son. From Virginia to Texas
every year there are hundreds %
thousands Of acres of corn. and
other crops as well, that fall far
short Of paying the owner for
his labor, to say nothing Of such
items as land rent, fertilizers
and seed.
In such conditions we have
one Of the chief reasons for
farmers quitting the farm anl
going to town. Human beings
inevitably drift toward the plac-
es and occupations offering the
greatest returns for labor. THAI
these poverty acres" have been
kept in cultivation so long has
largely been due 10 the feeling
that there was nothing else to T.
but farm them. But with the
higher wages and heavy demand
for labor III the great industrial
eenters, these acres must either
be brought up to something at
least approaching an average
yield or they will be thrown out.
to grow Up in broomsedge AMI
old field pines.
This problem Of poor land
land that falls under our average
Yields one Of our biggest. In
proportion to the degree 70
which the Individual farmer
solves it largely depends his
profits and material well-being-
The Progressive Farmer.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12
HOGNER-RANSH.

Mrs. 4. D. Hoover, formerly
of this city and Mr.. Jack Ramsey
OF Hot Springs. were quietly
married at the home of Mrs.
Hooyer's mother at Windsboro,
La. on August "a. Mr.. and
Ramsey will make their home in
Hot Springs. The Monticello
Man and q host Of friends wish
for them d life o. happiness and
prosperity.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12
EIGHT RULES FOR MAX
ING GOOD BUTTER
AT HOME.

Among the essential items
that should not be overlooked BY
the home butter maker, accord
ing to the Dairy Department q
New York State College Of Ag-
riculture, are the following:
]. All the utensils should be
washed carefully, and after be
ing thoroughly scalded should BE
placed in a dustless and nyless
atmosphere. More harm than
good is done by the old custom
of placing the pals, dippers, and
other utensils in the sun, for TOT
more than once in one thousand
times are these utensils placed
where dust and flies do not lodge
on them.
,. Use good judgment IN keep
ing the milk clean.
3. Skim or separate a cream
that will test about 50 per cent
fat. If too thin it Will churn
with difficulty.
!. Add about enc quart Of
buttermilk to ten quarts Of
cream to sour it. Hold the
cream at a temperature of about
70 degrees F. until it has a mill
acidity.
5. Churn at such a tempera-
ture that the churning process
will require from 80 TO Is min
utes. In small churns the neces-
sary temperatures are usually
from 6S to So degrees F. Tie
churns should be stopped when
the granules are about the size
Of a kernel of wheat.
6. Draw off the buttermilk
and then wash with about as
much water as there was cream.
at q temperature of from 80 de-
grees to 30 degrees F. Revolve
the churn two or three times and
drain. Then repeat the wash
ing. The purpose Of washing IS
to carry away the butternilk On
which bacteria i've. This I'M
proves the keeping properties Of
the butter.
7. Salt and work the butter.
Il IS much easier 10 distribute
the salt when the butter is
rather plastic than when it Is
cod and hard. Therefore
observe temperature control.
Work the butter until experience
tells you that notifies will Mt
appear.
3. Place IN q carefully scalded
and cooled jar or other container.
If the butter is sold, one pound
prints are very acceptable to the
trade. These prints should be
wrapped in butter parchment
The Progressive Farmer.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12
Get More Money Tor Your Cote,

picked as fast as it s ready I'D marketed
three twelve cents ta5re pound
In becomes weather stained lie Slightest
IL, by she weather because The pnaeds
eoi,op take iye ye.ly slightly
grower markets only bales Of stained
bales So 10 $&0o DO 5e 1 -
that eH e HA :.
on the long staple
pl.ser picked staple
Of ual All q
;as, nekng.
latepickd weathersained
pound picked a. It vs. readta loss fuz
picking Of $3.50 bale
O handlers Of cotton re northern Of The
value
!atep picking is a weight OF 20
fall the ground they should net e nzd
freshly p.saed falz 3 be
yellow j
price pound pile t. aag
gin toll vii stair TIE t94es H
in . houses the fields
sacrifice PICKED and
pure picking IL ne
MVuIoosl5-l5xQ
Farming
Board OF Commerce. ittla Rock AF
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12

Misses Bessie Todd and I-u-
ellie Wilson spent Thursday at
Collins.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12

II elected. win be sho Governor of
al! the people not e say faction. and
VII give al ny tines 70 the business
OF tie stata. NJ poli.y will be to
have a! the departments administered
with economy and democratic simple
i.y; abolish useless Offices ard con-
missions; STOP TIE DANCE OF
DEBT THAT THREATENS THE
HOME BUILDER; prevent the cses-
ton Of debts Tor Improvement dis
tliets. except upon petition or By at
refersble to those who must pay
item; improved highways partly con-
structed and ma.7tained by increased
vehicle taxes, paid by those who use
the roads: the full protection OF labor;
the impartial enforcement of all laws,
Aat life ard property may be protect
ed and the bettermeat Of our schools.
colleges and the university as the
sulest foundation for the preservation
of freedom md happiness. We
MUST WIPE OFT ILLITERACY.
4 (Advt.5
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12
N THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR WEST
E2E DIVISION OF THE
EASTERN DISTRICT
OF ARKANSAS.
0FZARANSAS.

l tAe matter Of ). r. Scott o. Mon
tieello in TIE county Of Drew Bank
rupt.
The application Of The said J. R.
Sect for discharge in bankruptcy
heYing been fled. notice IS hereby
given that said application will be
heard n tha United States Distriee
Court Room N t,se city of Little
Roek. Arkansas ea the 9TH day Of
OcIohar 1919.
Sid 3. Relding, Clerk.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12

Hrs. Hoke Edwards is the
guests OF relatives al Little
Rock this week..
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12

Miss Una Gotham left yester-
day for Little Rock where she
has position in the city
schools.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12
Additional Locals and Personals.
><&>aeee Aae><Aoeoee%~S

Mr. William Slemons has re-
turned from a short visit to rel
stives at Little Rock and Pine
Bluff.
Oar Millinery line is about
complete. We invite inspection.
See our ladies' coats snd dresses.
Mrs. E. E. Eigeason.
Mr.. J. R. Gotham, Jr.. ard
Mr.. and Mrs. Coke Gotham of
Dumas, are visiting at the home
Of Mr. J. R. Gotham, II.
Improve your future flock
with one OF my S. c. r. |. Red
Cockerels. They are from that
laying strain.-Jack Posey.
Misses Bessie Todd and I-u-
ellie Wilson spent Thursday at
Collins.
Our Millinery line is about
complete We invite inspection.
See our ladies' coats and dresses.
Mrs. z. E. Higgason.
Miss Una Gotham left yester-
day for Little Rock where she
has q position in the city
schools.
Improve your future flock
with one of my 5. c. r. |. Red
Cockerels The are from that
laying strain.-Jaek Posey.
Hrs. Hoke Edwards is the
guests Of relatives al Little
Rock this week.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12

Mr.. Leyert Bell left this morn
ing for short visit with rel
atives at Little Rock.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12
WAR DEBTS AS A REASON
FOR FAV0RING HIGH
WAGES AND HIGH
PRICES

II h11
1T WAS very unfortunate for
our cotton farmers that the
armistice with Germany term
mating the world war came just
as the bulk of our last years
cotton crop was going on the
market. People had heard =
great deal about war prices"
and war wages" and the gen
eral idea seemed to be that with
the coming of peace, high prices
would drop back to pre-war
levels. Now we see that this IS
not going to happen. As the
Economic World Of New York
City says:
Nor is the price Of cotton.
recently thought to be danger
ously high fer peace conditions,
now looked upon as substantially
out of line with the prices Of
other commodities and with
those of the various services.
The relatively Of all prices Is
now much more clearly perceiy-
ed and understood than was the
case in the weeks Immediately
following the signing of the arm
istice. Business men reason
much more courageously about
the substantially and safety o.
market values, which are inter
correspondent as between the
various lines Of production ane
service. Hence the advance II
the price of cotton has been at
tended by q steadily decreasing
apprehension on the part of tht
cotton trade and industry lest
the market value of cotton might
suddenly collapse by reason Of
its own abnormality and IRA
tionality.'
Ii
Not only is It now believes
that wages and commodity
prices will not drop back to pre-
'.a~ levels, but we are coming Z
see that it would be disastrous
for humanity if this should hap
pen.
Consider the hll.ia,4s anu olf-
l:aa.a OF bonded debts which each
nation piled up during the war
and which we must now pay
end pay interest on until they
are settled. These bonds were
bought with cheap money.
Now if wages and commodities
should 60 down We should have
to pay these bonds and the in
terest on them in dear money.
Or to put the matter con
cretely, let us say that with 90
l-3 cents for cotton. and 50 a
bushel for wheat. then 6 bales
of cotton or 500 bushels Of wheat
viii pay 16 23-cent cotton and
81 wheat it would take - bales
Of cotton or LOCO bushels OF
wheat to pay off the bond.
In other words, as a great
English economist has recently
pointed out, nothing but higt
wages and high prices for COM
modities viii make our great
burden of war debt tolerable. Il
prices should drop so per cent
it would mean the actual doubl
ing of our already staggering
war debt.
Every patriotic man, there.
fore. who believes in putting tht
welfare Of humanity above thai
OF money, should make himself
an advocate of nigh wages for
labor and good prices fol
commodities.-Tha Progressive
Farmer.
ARK ANSAS HUNSJTItN
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12
Raise 9 Crop 5I521 EInl
Grow All Winter

going 10 be taaseail
r hat can be pastured he wiateI aid win &
,aaoav for feed this t9r a s
- cattle and hoss-tor ever, Gz be DE
o animals on them. Z lot Of money &a
,he soil # has been plant eclad
ot IN winter rains used BY the e1 4
through TIE
15s Mani food that Is tie les feata5ng @
crop hat grows through ike taI nav 10
fertility CT the lard
a the cotton follows it BE- allowed u
aryssed second like eoWIeas pan
uo.at o June
Abruzz rye ed early furnish twice Ter rt
conmon rye and frequently produces bushels u3
conditions in Arkansas b n
the best crop they canra for winter pasture
BE SURE YOU SOW GENUINE ABBJZZI SEED, Mn,
COMMON RYE Is SOLD AT AZ HIGH \ PRICE As iHp,g-
AND DOES NOT FURNISH HALF The fh& II II OR nv
THIRD THE YIELD OF GRAIN. s
Common rye make rasture Vim
quantity OF
: worthless on thin soils
Bar clover clover furnish some winter and b.
pasture early in the Spring especially Bur coY
generally beenm satisfactory in Arkansas
II YOU than seed
ard ot
0 whea =
will winter
Ever, acre growing winter vii Yield more r
M,Vu!ee74dliTQ
Arkansas Fsr.ng Bureau
Commerce. Rock ARK
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12
Swift & Company, US. A.

Mrs. B. F. Tippy after a visit
to relatives in this city eft yes
teroay for her home at Little
Rock.
NOTICE. have taken up
one small bay horse. Owner can
recover same by seeing.-Oscar
Uptegrove.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12
Cut Your Corn

"a 49, - FARMERS had to go in debt millions e
oh Oh nay There corn fodder patches
corr e 10 save them from any hay Cut
- $50 su' 'he stalks close ground large shocks,
hs IN shock When become thoroughly dry stack
49, win coarse grass and oa
daa. - Urn oats and hay be high spring
49, "a! " ieea WORK anli@4s - -
s..ks and 80 % CRAB grass wherever roadsd
VII MAKE - 'e'e Aa' ming - s1o"iA9 -
and @ p VI strip your The you get viii not pa The
~ l1aoas cut down of stalks clos
sass
their corn and plantations afford binders for Gu
bal. ,h haskefs Tor shredding and huskng They
FODDER and the baed hav A TeHha
80. ms Tor Inc last years and has fed The h
4sss 70 Ms work stock and sold his bav ~ - -
fully dried Nm must be removed @
.msn e IN the field through the fall il ros down and ID
: ''' quantity OF poor manure - :
leaves STAY On hos n burned up by the drouh oas
a. ~ m e stalks and The stay Green NJ ,oafter
drop oft CIR j. Ill gam N feed value long cav
~ II quickly leaves snow any signs dr4F
M,wIeouI5TzQQ
Arkansas Farming - Isl
Board Of Commerce, Little NV
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12

Mrs. Robert Mason of Mon
roe. La, after a short visit TO
relatives in this city lett for
her home yesterday.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-09-12

Improve your future flock
with one of my S. c. r. |. Red
Coeherels. They are from that
laying strain.-Jack Posey.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-05

Hon. Joe Choynsky. who fears modern
pugilism has degenerated into a pink tea
affair. shares the view Of other ring
veterans who are naturally loath to CON
cede that anybody fighting nowadays is
in their class.
A Detroit man who tried to commit
suicide when informed that the stork
had left twins at his house probably
cannot understand the pride which ole
Hanson takes in his nine children.
* * y
1t is just as wen that Albert and Eliz-
abeth are blissfully unaware that they
have been referred to by at least one
American newspaper paragrapher as "Al
and Betty"
The spectacle Of thousands Of French
people praying in the cemeteries for their
dead does not fit into the average Amer
leans conception Of what the average
Freedman is like.
* X y
OF course. if it was Stranger Lewis
time to lose to Joe stecher, wrestling
fans have no rigth to complain. 1t
wouldn't be fair for one man to win all
the matches.
Recent pictures of Wilhelm, taken sur
reptitiously from a hay wagon. shows
that gentleman to have aged considerably
since he strutted before his troops in
Poland
Nice will henceforth have a Wilson
quare,. but it will hardly become as well
known to America as Times platz, New
York
After wadng through dreary account
Of wrangles over the treaty of peace in
+, the Senate, it's positive relief to read a
new Uncle Joe" Cannon story
y y =
London is literally crowded with kings,
an6 more are expected to come. Every
one of them envies King George the
stability of his throne.
- II y
Mayor Hyian's secretary has married
the mayors only daughter. That young
man has promising future before him.
y: .; y
There's hope for the ultimate consumer
as long as he isn't compelled to buy his
coal by the pint.
81 81 s.
Now Is the winter of our discomfort
made more insufferable by the dilatory
tactics of the plumber.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-05

victory over Frances supposedly eff
fete army.
Now that the world is convinced
that the French are not a whit more
decadent than they were when Ma
poleon's armies swept over Europe,
but have gained in spiritual vision, in
democratic ideals, in love of country
and stability of government, it should
have caused no establishment to read
in recent newspaper dispatches how
Enthusiastically the French nation
paid honor to its war dead. For two
days and nights there were services
in the churches and cemeteries. By
actual count, in Paris alone, 361, 140
persons visited the city's cemeteries.
1t might have been an impressive
sight when multitudes, with the com
ing of dawn, moved out over the bat
tlefields where Frances heroic sons
had fallen, and knelt down to pray,
while chill wind blew against them
and flakes of snow fell from heaven,
as in benediction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-05
Great Interest Taken in
Tuggle Institute Fund

MO colored institution in this COM
u v munity has had such hearty
sympathy of the white population as
Tuggle institute, whose building was
destroyed by fire recently. Prominent
white ladies are working earnestly to
aid in raising a fund for rebuilding
this educational plant
Maj. r. r. Motion, principal of
Tuskegee, commends Tuggle institute
in strong terms and calls upon the
negroes to contribute to the building
fund according to their means, and
W. B. Driver, general chairman, is
actively engaged in organizing the
movement.
Tuggle institute has trained colored
girls for useful occupations, and the
sooner the institute is rehabilitated the
better. for both races.
1t is hoped the fund will increase
rapidly and that it will soon be suf-
ficent to accommodate a large num-
Der of students-larger even than
ever before.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-05

But for the fact that we read about
it in the newspapers we would not
know strike was on at the Alabama
coal Mines" said Robert C. Redus "One
of the particularly pleasing features
of the strike is the absence of bitter
ness and cross-firing between opera
tors and union officials that have
characterized other strikes here and
elsewhere.
Il think 1t is good sign and that
when the present differences are ad-
justed there will be no sore spots to
heal L think, too, it speaks we'll for
the operators. as 1t indicates that they
have treated their employees fairly and
have not tried to drive them as has been
the case so frequently in other sec
tons of the country"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-05
THE BOOK COLLECTOR

Chauncey T. Tinker, in the Yale Re
view.
The passion for book collecting is,
20 the layman, a sufficiently bewildcr-
ing business One fancies that there are
intelligent folk who find is difficult to
appreciate it's amenities" or indeed to-
prefer 1t to the less expensive amuse-
ment OF stamp collecting. What is all
this talk OF colophons and collation. and
tall copies and bastard titles and the
original boards? Is book collector
a librarian gone mad? Why is an
edition with all its original misprints
more valuable than the authors re-
vision of it? Take a trivial example
Do you own copy OF '"rhe Song IF
Hiawatha," Boston. 1885? Turn to page
80. Does the seventh line read Dove
as II he were a beaverT' If it reads
dove, you are the possessor OF genuine
first" if it reads dived. give yo'Ir
book to the poor. 1t is good for moth
ing but to read.
The collectors ideal volume is
first edition with all its primitive err
uncut" Chat is. with the pages not
cut down in rebinding), unopened"
(that is, with the pages not cut open),
and lin the original wrappers" Chat
is. with the seal of the publishers
wrapping unbrolsen). You must leave
it in this state. like body in it's wind
ing-sheet. When is a book not book?
Z, j.
collector once showed me a copy of
FitDGerald's 'Rubaiyat' in this state
shrouded in its original crements
Holding the thing like chrysalis in
my hand-I could do no more-I asked
in my stupidity, do you prefer the
first edition of the poem to the bet
ter known version of the fourth edi-
tion?" We'll. to tell you the truth"
was the reply. al have never read the
damned thing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-05
Traffic Policemen Needed

Il have noticed a number OF addi-
tional traffic policemen on the streets
of Birmingham DUNG the past few
days" said Clarence Cox. land the traf-
fic at the intersections of the down
town thoroughfares does not seem
quite SO congested. Birmingham has
grown so very much during the past
few years that 1t needs more traffic
officers than 1t formerly did, as the
number OF automobile owners has also
increased. Birmingham has as many
automobile drivers as any other city
its size in the south and in my opinion
number of accidents would be
avoided if the people as well as drivers
would observe traffic rules. The pedes-
TRANS seem to think the automobile
drivers should observe the traffic reg
uiations. but pay no attention to them
themselves"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-05
BRIEF COMMENT

Montgomery Advertiser: Delegates to
Washington scarcely had time to find
a hotel and unfold their credentials be-
fore the usual row started.
Nashville Tennessean: The trouble
about sympathetic strike is that it
shows sympathy for so very few.
Florida Times-Uno Already the
luries are "disbelieving' expert testi-
mony in liquor cases.
Rome News: We don't know just what
Amerieansm, but it isn't desire to
stop the wheels of industry and let the
people freeze.
Tampa Tribune: The last view of the
King of Belgium had of this country
was that part of it which spread the
gospel of democracy in the words of the
great apostle of liberty. who said GIVE
me liberty or give me death"
Houston Post: Are men sincere in
their criticisms of modern fashions?''
asks Anne Rittenhouse. They certainly
are. Their criticisms are quite as sincere
as they are futile and unnecessary. They
stand on the street corners to gaze. to
gloat and to abhor.
Brooklyn Eagle: The proper use of hip
pockets is for guns, not TASKS Federal
internal revenue agents are teaching US
that lesson.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-05
ADRIE T WITH THE TIMES
NOT A NEW ExPERIENcE.

~Bahi THIS is not Progressive,
community said the visitor who wore
diamonds and flashy clothes.
We're progressive, all right" said
Squire witherbee of seroggtnsvilIe
put we amt IN sort 10 take it fur
granted that jes' because a teller hap
pens to roll through here in big auty-
mobile an looks like a million dollars
he's goin' to make US all rich BY senin
us oil stock. we ve-ahem--been in
vited to invest before"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-05
POET THAT HATH NO MUSIC

Through mountain passes bleak and
brown,
The cloudless day was well nigh done
The city. like an opal set
In emerald, showed each minaret
Af1re with radiant beams OF sun,
And glistened orange fig and lime,
Where song birds made melodious chime,
AS l came down from Lebanon.
There is certainly something moro to
be desired when one reads verse IKE
this. There ought to be more of mes
sage and lift to the souI; but IL is
quite evident that neither of these things
has been contributed by the newest of tho
new In poetry. And until a greater ap-
pears 1t might be well for the lover Of
real verse to look into Carmen. Scotland.
lie Gailienne. Moves. Masedeld. little
of Gale Young Rice. Edith M. Thomas
and still some others of middle class.
but a real class after all
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-05
The Right Spirit.

THE coming of Fl. A. Lengefeider
to Birmingham to build a stove factory
has developed new spirit in Birming-
ham that has been lacking in the past"
said 0. L. Bunny secretary treasurer of
the Birmingham Traffic bureau when
the papers announced few weeks ago
that Mr.. Lengefelder had decided to
locate his factory here a number of
Birmingham business men wrote to
hlnl' congratulating him on his selec-
ton of location and extending to him
and HIS associates cordial welcome
to the city. That is a fine spirit and
IL pursued in the future will bring
many others here"