The Monroe journal., 1920-04-06
UNION COUNTY FARMERS IN
ION MET WITH MARlIN LOCAL.
4 Good Meetin gWas Held and Sey-
eral Important Questions Discuss

The MarN in local GA saturday. April I
in very successful session. Tn
president, Mr. K. B. Cuthbertson. call
cd the house 10 order al the appoint
ed hour. ANA some nine or ten local
heinS present by good delegation.
the business OF the order was al one
entered into.
The enthusiastic and confidential
manner in which fairness Is begin
nnS TO so At" things shows that IN,
lorsanization is succeeding TO here
tofore unheard of degree in the edu
eaHonal and cooperative undertaken.
OF the order. Men are learning Nhal
they want. They are becoming abl,
"a show why they want il. and arr
also laying plans TO get IL. These
three points are the essential ele
lments in any working institution. and
when applied in the fun force OF
their power, will become the founda-
tion stones OF the structure upon
which will be huilded the new insti-
tuition that Mr. Wilson calls the "iiew
DAY" or new order of things.
Several very important questions
were discussed by the delegations
from the various locals and it was
unanimously agreed that the only way
to protect producers of the raw ma
terials of wealth was TO keep the srp-
ply within the demand. This present
day regime that has taugh; us to Der
lieve--or rather 10 know thar small
crops are more profitable. from 4 dol
lar and cents standpoint, tlan are
large ones, may cause us all - per-
ish To death some of these times. Bnt
50 long as that's the game. it seems
that We are all forced to play BY the
rules.
Ii farmers are forced TO cdrtail
and To divetsd in their
.arm operations. raising as nearly ey-
nrything they will need as 4 Is nos
,ible to do. and buying na,hmc that
hey can POSSIBLY do without, i rlgy
lring salvation TO the farmer ard
doubtless viii place him IN position
lf security so tar rs living is con
.orned: hut il would play double
mash" with other branches Of oar
institutions. and no
Ioubt the fellows who had been most |
oud mouthed in demanding that the |
armer do this very thing would con-
ess after seeing It's workings that IL
e had known the darn fools would |
axe the advice seriously he would not
ave offered il to them.
The farmer has been about gen
ration in getting his eyes open, nut
e's got 'em open, and he's goi 20!
pen good. and he may have d few
isions yet, but he's going 10 have
more than visions. and by |
ne time he gets through asking ques-
ons of professional politicians. said
are going TO wish they |
ere somewhere else.
The sumptuous dinner that the
Iarvin people set before the dele
ates after the completion of tac
,ssion's work was very much enjoyed
Y the crowd. II was nearing two
clock and YOU may guess that what
as done to those good ratioaS al
lat time Of day was pleaiN. We
idn't clean up the table, however;
lere was too much on II to start with
I'd one fellow said kinder sotrowiu!-
like. "If what he had already eaten
dn't hurt him he would always wish
2 had eaten more
Mr.. John II. Rogers says Il Ford
i'll run upside down in frog pond.
g was driving one few days ago !
I'd II took notion to cross the roau
ith him and in refining /; back he
ined il too much and II went the
her way and landed in the pond with
e running gear on top aud still in
pid motion. but getting nowhere. =
le of the BOYS had TO crawl under {
d stop the blame thing" l. Gidn't
low the difference in position. NO
lie was hurt and Mr.. Rogers told
me of the enauirers into the matter
at he went in 10 hunt frogs, but :
ne were at home.
The continued rains are delaying
rm work in this section. and unless
ere is a let up in the weather real
on, the tillers OF the soil viii he :
tting blue. while the fields are get =
lg green. | do not remember to
er have seen April the fifth catch
-mers with as little plowing done as N
now done. think Marshville
xnship did considerable plowing in
nuary. and some Of us thought that =
s too early, butI guess those farm v
feel like it's better to have plowed
a lost than never to have plowed at
Very soon now we will have a good +
nd from the South Carolina line,
ar the Jackson birthplace, to Wax
W. The late season on farm work
S enabled the farmers to put in
ire time on the road. and they have r
,de use of il to the extent that
rkson is going to have about seven !,
les of the best road in the county
very short while.
Messrs. T.. G.. Marlborough a. Son
We the finest fields of clover this
ring. Last year Mr.. w. j. Sims
$ the champion clover grower and
lile he has clover this year and
nty OF Il too. the Messrs. Yarbor-
IN have II more abundantly. It's
Q to look at believe me; but when :"
blooms II will be worth going miles
see. especially 10 any one who mas
seen field OF II.
II seems to me that someone will =
ely get Mr.. Morrow's $50 In the II,
Isus es,imte contest. They are do
like the young man who had been
ing his craftsmanship at a squir- =
in q tall tree told his father who +,
,,a ,,n and tapk tho Yun AWAY from |
4 and at one shot brought down
game. The young fellow was
newhat abashed and ashamed that