The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1921-04-22

The farmer don know WHITTIER 10
sen his cotton and plant more or re-
fuse TO sell and plant now-he Is
certainly between two evils He
minds me: Flossie is six years old.
Mama" she said one day. iii | get
married. will | have husband Ike
Pa ?" "Yes," replied the mother. With
an amused smile. And II don
get married. will have 10 be an old
maid like Aunt Kate Yes.
Mama. it's hard world for as
women. isn't IL"
4 Nall Street man with summer
home on the shores ut Long Island
had in his employ as caretaktr
negro. who boosted Of some twenty
FIVE years service with him. His DDS
was meagre. when one coasidr.
wages thar haze been paid Label
ing the past several years. lie never
received over twenty dollars month
with board. \ short time aSo the
rcgro ,mpley,e passed away. and
among his BELONGINGS was found a
well-,Necuted will which lei his SAY
iugs Of Z lifetime $luHH 10 his en-
ployer
We'll. tie farmers have made aud
are making a manly night Georgia Is
bound 10 make a large grain crop ard
small cotton crop and ii they do
this. We can all eNclaim Well done.
Reminds me:
when earth's last woman Is painted,
Aud her cheeks bloom like the rose
And she stands before her mirror
Admiring her pretty clothes.
Though there's nobody left TO see her
As She walks forth in the sun.
She will even expect the Master
To say of the job. We'll done.
The coal strikes seem To hang over
the market-eNen the Manchester
and English mills declared they had
sufficient quantity OF coal to last for
some time. A Chicago authority re-
ports a decrease OF twelve million
acres In cultivation OF cotton, and a
reduction of seventy per cent N the
use OF fertilizer But bullish news
don't really help the market much.
The reduction in acreage seems TO be
all on paper for throughout savannah
sections the reductions will be very
little and with the most favorable
season ever had. it's no bullish argu-
ment.
Cotton is up from North Carolina
to southern Alabama-tields are in
splendid condition some ''ehopptng
out" completed in southern sections
of Georgia This promises July cot
ton or al least a good August move
ment. and may be too early for much
boil weevil deprivation. \ bottle oil
live. healthy boil weeyils was received
i'm Savannah during the week. They
are certainly live and healthy. The
mild winter will. no doubt, cause
them to literally swarm into The
young cotton patches.
Food. feed and fertility" is the
slogan of the South. Food for the
family, feed for the mules and fer
tility for the soil A d good slo-
gan if followed strictly, but with all
the talk of organization of farmers
to curtail, reduce or penalize. nothing
has been accomplished and they are
planting cotton TO beat the band
everywhere. Slogan "be hanged Is
their expression.
4 farmer walked into factors
Office the other day. and said he had
seven hundred bales in the seed on
his farm, unCinncd think of this for
one farmer. Some may say what a
fool" but this man sold his last two
crops at S7i2 cents and has 100000
in the bank. He can carry his I'M
ginned cotton into next fall which he
will do.
Cotton has been given coal deal
during the week. and "Merri old Eng
land" is again harassed and worried
as they may involve railroad strike
and all industries. Lloyd George
said today in appealing TO strikers
that if continued il would put Eng
land on basis with Russia. To show
how fair these laborers in England
are. reminds me: 4 gentleman who
employed a great number Of hands
in mandatory in the west OF
England in order to encourage his
work people in a due attendance at
church on fast-day told them that
If they went to church they would
receive their wages for that day in
the same manner as If they would
have been at work. Upon which
deputation was appointed to acquaint