The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1912 Page: 7 of 8
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Farmers’ Educational
n and Co-Operative
Union of America
Matters ? Especial Moment to
the Progressive Agriculturist
Smile with people, not at them. ,
Socialize farm life by being’ social.
The note of cheer never goes to
‘ protest.
Life is, and it is well worth living
well.
No matter what yesterday was, to-
morrow is a fine day!
A bee hasn’t much to say, but he
usually carries his point.
Happiness may be made a condi-
tion, and not merely an ideal.
Larger profits will bring larger
yields. Bring on your profits!
Waste of effort makes a good share
of the grouchiness in this world.
"Big head" is a bad disease, but it’s :
not nearly so bad as “little head.”
The farmer who lost his half-bushel:
measure was in more than a peek of i
trouble.
The rich are known by their dol-
lars, but the 'humble onion is known
by its scent.
“It’s only ten cents,” but ten cents
wasted now is two loaves of bread
less in old age.
The foolish trust to the safety-pin,
but the wise see to it that the buttons
are well sewed on.
Too many of us spend valuable time
at the wharf waiting for our ship to
come in, when we ought to be busy
in the barn.
Some people keep a cider pitcher
handy in the kitchem for the enter-
tainment of callers. The teapot is a
safe and sensible substitute.
The man who reaches success some-
times counts his chickens before they
are hatched, but the generally
heard them peeping in the shell.
has
NEGLECT TRAINING OF GIRLS
Urgent Need of Industrial Teaching Is
Shown by Action of Students at
Roswell, New Mex.
Seventy-five of the high school girls
in the city of Roswell, New Mexico,
petitioned the superintendent of city
schools asking that they be excused
from taking domestic science. They
stated, in effect, that they believe
dishwashing to be degrading and not
conducive to mentality; that they are
not accustomed to such work at home
and -that they do not care to learn
the art of cooking.
That these girls do not "do such
work at home” is perhaps unfortunate
and it is all the more important that,
they learn how to do the common
every-day work at school, since they |
have never been taught at home, says
the Texas Ranch and Farm. That
“dishwashing” or any other work in
maintaining the home and making life
pleasant for their parents should be
regarded as degrading is perhaps not
their fault, since they have never
been taught the dignity of labor and
the opportunities for happiness in
keeping the home in order. It shows
how the training of our girls is be-
tog neglected in the home and ex-
plains the urgent need of industrial
training in our public schools such as
is given in the Roswell city schools.
Whether these girls are fortunate
(?) enough to have servants to do
the degrading (?) work that they con-
sider antagonistic to mentality when
they are responsible for a home, or
whether they must do the work them-
selves, they are apt to egret their
aversion to the course in domestic
science. They do not know the ad-
vantages this knowledge gives in
meeting the trials and vicissitudes of
life; they do not realize the trials,
cares and responsibilities for those
who must make or wreck a home.
To make our schools efficient in
qualifying boys and girls for the re-
sponsibilities of every-day life, teach-
ers must have the co-operation of
parents. Children are not capable of
deciding what they should study and
how they should be trained and when
parents repudiate the teacher because
the course of study does not conform
to the child’s idea of "mentality," our
social, economic and moral institu-
tions will be weakened.
GAIN MADE BY CO-OPERATION
It Is Mistake to Suppose Movements
Are Ali Antagonistic to the
Commission- Men.
While some commission men are un-
alterably opposed to co-operative
movements, a great many are not.
Many people get the idea that co-op-
erative movements are uniformly an-
tagonistic to the commission man.
This is not true. Many of the asso-
ciations feel that there should be co-
operation not only among the grow-
ers, but also between the growers and
the man who handles the fruit so as
to reduce the risk to each as much as
possible. It is probably true that in
most cases the margin to the dealer
will be made more narrow by co-op-
eration, and it is probably true that
in time co-operation would tend to
reduce the number* of men necessary
to handle fruit and produce. Wheth-
er it does or does not, it should tend
to make the business of the commis-
i sion man more desirable by giving
him more honestly packed goods, re-
ducing the risk from his competitor’s
underbuying him, and insuring nim a
more constant supply.
DAVIS TO SOUTHERN FARMER
National Secretary Urges Co-opera-
tion in Securing Pledges for
Acreage Reduction.
To the Farmers of the South:
“Too much stress cannot be laid
upon the importance of circulating the
acreage reduction pledge in every
school district in the cotton belt and
doing this immediately. The deter-
mination to reduce acreage is more
widespread, more general if you
please, than at any time in recent
years. The producer realizes that
there is no profit in growing cotton
at the present prices, and whether
there is any truth in the assertion
that the supply exceeds the demand,
he knows that desperate measures
must be resorted to in order to force
prices back to a remunerative basis.
We hope by convincing the bearish
operators that the acreage will be
materially reduced to obtain a fair
price for the balance remaining on
hand in the south. The success of
the reduction campaign depends large-
ly upon the enthusiasm manifested by
parties into whose hands the pledges
may fall. It will take but little time
for the individual to circulate them
thoroughly in each precinct or dis-
trict and this must be done else there
will be some who will be denied the
opportunity of making the pledge.
“I think there need be but little
fear that designing persons will seek
to take advantage of the reduction
and plant more largely of cotton.
There may he here and there such a
scalawag, but their numbers are
doubtless very small. Such schemes
as that can be overcome if all inter-
ested parties will see that every pro-
ducer in the belt has an opportunity
to sign the pledge, and then if he
has any regard whatever for his word
the acreage will be reduced. Some
pledges already made that have come
to my notice show a percentage of
decrease running all the way from 25
to 75 per cent. It makes no differ-
ence how much the signer desires to
reduce he has an opportunity to
show the exact reduction on the
pledge and I will find the general
average when the reports are filed in
the office.
“Those who expect to grow cotton
at all in 1912 are confronted with
some very serious problems. In the
first place, through a mad desire to
make nothing but a money crop our
section neglects to provide feed stuff
and this year’s general shortage forces
sus to face the gloomy prospect of
raising cotton in 1912 on the highest
priced feed known for years. If the
present price of cotton is to be taken
ass a criterion for prices in 1912 it
would be to our financial gain to
make no preparations whatever for a
cotton crop, because we would be
; bankrupt before the crop was half
made. Every thinking producer in
the belt knows this to be true and 1
: am just calling attention to it here
to show the need of some desperate
1 efforts to put out staple upon a pay-
i ing basis.
"Another factor with which we
have to reckon is the mortgage and
credit system. This’ great handicap
to the progress of the south has been
i dealt some hard blows since the
I Farmers’ Union has been preaching
; diversification and waging wars for
■ better prices, but it yet plays an im-
portant part in the production of our
1 money crop. Thousands of farmers
1 have failed to realize enough from the
I sale of this year’s crop to free them
i from debt and naturally the merchant
will expect to have some say about
■ the acreage which that person must
1 plant before he will agree to “carry”
trim. For this very reason I have
tried to be conservative in fixing the
I percentage of reduction. In many
| quarters suggestions for the reduc-
i tion have ranged as high as fifty per
I cent. This sounds very well when we
are shouting with enthusiasm, but it
is better to face conditions as they
exist and not be guided entirely by
our feelings. Considerable missionary
work may have to be done among the
credit merchants to convince them
that it is not always the greater acre-
age that means the greater wealth.
The present crisis teaches a great
lesson to the cotton producer which
I want to drive home, and that is if
we had - pushed to completion our
warehouse system which is the only
solution to give the problem of mar-
keting, instead of going to sleep after
having secured for a few years com-
paratively fair prices, we would not
now be confronted with such a seri-
ous condition.
“I shall have more to say about our
warehouse plan later, in the meantime
let me urge every southerner to join
heartily this movement to reduce
acreage.”
Rogers, Ark.
A. C. DAVIS,
Schools for Farm Children.
Don’t listen to the fogy who tells
you that the three-scholar country
school is good enough for your chil-
dren because it was “good enough for
you.” The world does move and the
best schools should now be accessible
to farm children. Centralization is
coming to stay and the child’s time is
much too valuable to be frittered
away by the inefficient teachers with
poor tools.
Faith in Moon Signs.
“Some farmers have more faith in
moon signs than in agricultural col-
leges and experiment stations,” said
Henry Wallace at the Kansas City
meeting of the Conservation Congress.
“More faith .in ordinary politicians
than in college professors and scien-
tists; more faith in yellow journals
than in best agricultural papers"
ENI
ANS FAIL IN
THE WEAK POINT.
KIDNEY TROUBLE—A WOMAN’S
GOOD ADVICE.
I regard Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root
as the best medicine for kidney and
bladder trouble I have ever taken and
I will always recommend it to all that
are afflicted with bladder or kidney
trouble. For eleven months I was af-
flicted with kidney and bladder trou-
ble in violent form. The symptoms in
my case were fearful. During all this
time I was being treated by the best
and foremost doctors of the country,
all of them failing to afford me the
slightest relief and I continued to
grow worse all the time and while 1
had utmost confidence in their treat-
ment, it seemed that the time had
come in my case when I must try oth-
er remedies, consequently, I resorted
to the use of Swamp-Root and before
I had taken three small bottles, every
pain and symptom had completely dis-
appeared. For any form of kidney
trouble, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root is
the medicine to use. I have never
known it to fail in a single case.
Very truly yours,
’ L. M. HUNTER,
R. F. D. No. 1. Morton, Miss.
State of Mississippi)
Scott County §
Personally appeared before me the
undersigned member of Board of Sup-
ervisors in and for said County and
State, the within named L. M. Hunter,
who after being duly sworn states that
the foregoing testimonial is composed
of his own words, written with his
own hand and the same is absolutely
true and genuine.
J. G. RISHER, M. B. S.
Letter to
Dr. Kilmer & Co.
Binghamton, N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send to Dr Kilmer & Co., Bingham-
ton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. It will
convince anyone. You will also receive
a booklet of valuable information, tell-
ing all about the kidneys and bladder.
When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one-
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.
IN HASTE, TOO.
L
"I fought yous said yous kin lick
me wid yer hands tied behind yer
back?”
"I—I—can! I’m j—just goin’ now
to get a string to tie ’em!”
ALMOST FRANTIC WITH
ITCHING ECZEMA
“Eight years ago I got eczema all
over my hands. My fingers fairly bled
and it itched until it almost drove me
frantic. The eruption began with
itching under the skin. It spread fast
from between the fingers around the
nails and all over the whole hands. I
got a pair of rubber gloves in order to
wash dishes. Then it spread all over
the left side of my chest. A fine doc-
tor treated the trouble two weeks, but
did me no good. I cried night and
day. Then I decided to try Cuticura
Soap and Ointment but without much
hope as I had gone so long. There
was a marked change the second day,
and so on until I was entirely cured.
The Cuticura Soap we have always
kept in our home, and we decided
after that lesson that it is a cheap
soap in price and the very best in
quality. My husband will use no other
soap in his shaving mug.” (Signed)
Mrs. G. A. Selby, Redonda Beach,
Cal., Jan. 15, 1911. Although Cuticura
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug-
gists and dealers everywhere, a sam-
ple of each, with 32-page book, will
be mailed free on application
“Cuticura,” Dept. 24 K, Boston.
to
He Had None.
He—Don’t you like to eat a peach
with the skin on?
She—No, it’s like kissing a man
with a mustache—er—I think I hear
mother calling.
Could Eat Without Changing.
Gerald—A man becomes what he
eats.
Geraldine—But suppose he is a lob-
ster at the start?
His Theory.
Teacher—What is it, Tommie, that
Shakespeare tells us “becomes the
throned monarch better than his
crown?”
Tommie—Hair.—Harper’s Bazar.
Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured by
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. The favor-
ite family laxative.
In Chicago.
“Did her husband die or resign ?”
“I believe he merely failed of re-
election.”
If Yours is fluttering or weak, use “RENOVINE.” Made by Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co., Memphis, Tenn. Price $1.00
sca
Squilbob—Don’t know how to court
the girl? Well, my boy, you just tell
her that you know she despises “jol-
lying” and is the one woman in the
world who can’t be flattered.
Squilligan—Well?
“That sort of guff will flatter her!"
FOR TETTER, SCALY FACE ERUP-
TION
Use Tetterine. It is also an absolute
cure for Eczema, Ringworm, Erysipe-
las, Infant’s Sore Head and all other
itching cutaneous diseases. It gives
instant relief and effects permanent
cures.
"After thirty years experience in the
drug business, I can truthfully say that
I have never seen a remedy equal to
Tetterine for Skin diseases. A few ap-
plications have made a complete cure
of Tetter on hands, which I had almost
despaired of ever curing, I also find it
unequalled for chapped and rough
skin.” Roland B. Hall, Druggist, Man
con, Ga. . .
Tetterine, 50 cents at druggists or by
mail from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah,
Ga.
Gentle Correction Needed.
Mr. Littlerest—Doctor, what did you
tell me was your special treatment for
sleeplessness?
Medico—We strike at the cause or
the origin of the trouble.
Mr. Littlerest—You don’t say so!
Well, you will find the baby in the
other room. Only, don’t strike at him
too hard.
Knowledge from Experience
Is what we understand when Dr.
Spalding,.an eminent Baptist divine,
of Galveston, Texas, writes: “Send, me
two bottles of Taylor’s Cherokee Rem-
edy of Sweet Gum and Mullein. It is
for a friend suffering from consump-
tion. It is a preparation I know from
experience to be good." For, a^ Golds,
Whooping Cough, etc.
At druggists, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 a
bottle.
Her Fate.
"I have three husbands to support,”
pleaded the ragged beggar woman.
“What—are you a bigamist?”
“No, sir. One husband’s mine and
the others belong to my two daugh-
ters.” ’
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM
Take the Old Standard GROVE’S TASTELESS
CHILL TONIO. You know what you are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless
form, and the most effectual form. For grown
people and children, 50 cents.
The Lingo.
"I confess I can’t understand what
your baby’s saying.”
“It’s queer language, isn’t it?”
“Yes, sort of early English.”
ASK FOR ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE
the Antiseptic powder to shake into your shoes. Re-
lieves Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Nails, Swollen and
Sweating feet, Blisters and Callous spots. Sold
everywhere, 25c. Don't accept any substitute. Sam-
ple FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y.
Not Affinities.
Mistress—And why did you leave
your last place?
Maid—Me and the missis was not
congenial.—Harper’s Bazar.
Stamp Needed in That Case.
“She stamped her foot.”
“That was all right, if her foot was
going by mail.”
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS
Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINT-
WENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. 60c.
Work, but don’t worry; work is a
tonic, worry a poison; a day of worry
will bring more gray hairs than a
week of work.—Speed.
Sore Throat is no trifling ailment. It
will sometimes carry infection to the en-
tire system through the food you eat.
Hamlins Wizard Oil cures Sore Throat.
Reproaches are certainly an effec-
tive cure to indifference; but they
change it to anger rather than love.
Lewis’ Single Binder, straight 5c—many
smokers prefer them to 10c cigars.
A woman falls in love gracefully,
but a man usually stumbles into it.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma-
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle.
Some society women are known by
what they waste their affections on.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye One 10c package colors all fibers. They dye in cold water better than any other dye you can
dye any garment without ripping apart. Write for free booklet—How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors, MONROE DRUG COMPANY, Quincy, van
All Very True, But—
Fond Father—Yes, Johnny, when
the milennium is come the lamb can
lip down with the lion in perfect
safety.
Little Johnny (doubtingly)—I s’pose
that’s so, but I’d rather be the lion,
just the same.
Special Offer to Printers
This paper is printed from ink made in Savannah, Ga. by
the SOUTHERN OIL & INK CO., Savannah, Ga. Price Gcents
per pound, F. O. B. Savannah. Your patronage solicited.
Expensive Possession.
A small applicant for Christmas
cheer was being interviewed by the
charity’ worker.
“What is your father?” asked the
latter.
“ ‘E’s me father.”
“Yes, but what is he?”
“Oh! ‘E’s me stepfather.”
“Yes, yes, but what does he do?
Does he sweep chimneys of drive
’busses, or what?”
"O-o-w!" exclaims the small appli-
cant, with dawning lifht of compre-
hension. “No, ’e ain’t done nothin’
since we’ve ’ad ‘im."—London
swers.
An-
Tearful Pair.
“I’m the saddest thing there is—the
ghost of a lost love.”
“Huh! I’m worse than that! I’m
the ghost of a vanished bank ac-
count!”—Puck.
Discouraged
The expression occurs so many times in letters from
sick women, “ I was completely discouraged.”* And there
is always good reason for the discouragement. Years of
pain and suffering. Doctor after doctor tried in vain.
Medicines doing no lasting good. It is no wonder that
the woman feels discouraged.
Thousands of these weak and sick women have found
health and courage regained as the result of the use of
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription.
It establishes regularity, heals inflammation and ulcere*
tion, end cures weakness.
IT MAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONG
AND SICE WOMEN WELL
Refuse substitutes offered by unscrupulous druggists 1
for this reliable remedy.
Sick women are invited to consult by letter, free. All correspondence
strictly private and sacredly confidential. Write without fear and without
fee to World’s Dispensary, R. V. Pierce, M. D., Pres’t, Buffalo, N. Y.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and
bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take as candy.
Critical Condition
Women who suffer from womanly ailments, often give
way to despair. After trying different medicines in vain,
they lose heart and hope.
No friend in need could be more welcome to a sick,
delicate woman, than a remedy which will relieve her pains and
distress, build up her strength, and restore her failing health.
Mrs. Bessie York, of Huntington, W. Va., says: I
was sick for two years, and tried all the medicines and
doctors I could hear of, that 1 thought might cure me.
They all failed to relieve me. I was so bad, that every
month 1 thought I would die. Finally, I decided to -
TAKE
The Woman’s Tonic D
and it relieved me. I am still improving. I can’t praise
this wonderful woman’s remedy enough, for what it has
done for me.”
Cardui is composed of purely vegetable ingredients,
which act on the cause of the trouble, and thus bring re-
lief in a natural manner.
If you suffer from any symptoms of womanly trouble,
better try Cardui, for it has helped thousands of weak,
sick women, during the past 50 years, and should surety
do the same for you.
Try it today. Your druggist has it on hand.
04
LIPTON’S
OVER2 MILLION PACKAGES SOLD WEEKLY
From Nature’s Garden
NATURE IS THE HOME OF EVERY INGREDIENT OF
GRANDMA’S TEA
GRANDMA’S TEA is a Nature’s Remedy; it acts mildly and surely, in
harmony with nature.
GRANDMA’S TEA purifies the blood—pure blood means a rosy complexion.
GRANDMA’S TEA cures constipation and all irregularities of the bowels.
GRANDMA’S TEA is prescribed by doctors in every case where indiges.
tion, weak stomach and a torpid liver are indicated.
AT ALL DRUGGISTS, 25c.
Knees Became Stiff
Five Years of Severe Rheumatism
The cure of Henry J. Goldstein, W4-
Barton Street, Boston, Mass., is another
victory for Hood’s Sarsaparilla. This great-
medicine has succeeded in many cases
where others have utterly failed. Mr
Goldstein says: “I suffered from rheuma-
tism five years, it kept me from business
and caused excruciating pain. My knees
would become as stiff as steel. I tried
many medicines without relief, then took:
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, soon felt much better
and now consider myself entirely cured.
I recommend Hood’s.”
Get it today in usual liquid form on
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
TEXAS SCHOOL LAND
Open to settlement now, inWest Texas—$1 to $5 peer
acre-8 years residence required—1-40 cash payment,
no other payment except 3% for40years. Reasonable
fees. Write Survey or, 613 E. Missouri St., El Paso,Tex.
m m mgumprwa Watson E. Coleman,Wash
isaehskeh’ ington, D.C. Booksfree. High
TrEEEC EW est references. Best result
W. N. U., DALLAS, NO. 1-1912.
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