The Atlanta News. (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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AND 1 liOPliiETORS
Iliio Newspaper for the People"
$1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Atlanta, Cass County, Texas, Thursday, May
1908
Pleasant
ro Make
$25,000 A Year
A Tribute to
Cotton
; ■
Y our Watch.
To bo us*>Tu( must b" a cor-
rect time keeper. In ordet
to do this a watch must be
kept cleaned and in wood
repair watches, clocks,etc
under a <ruarantee.
I also have a nice iin&j&f
clocks, ete. Call
and see niv slock and let
nie serve von
R. T. COPE
The Jeweler
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Fight For Fifteen Cert Cotton.
The Times of New York has
had a man in the field looking
over the cor,ton sit nation with
an idea of learning jutihow near
to succesfui the-southern cotton
planter is apt to be in his res-
olution to have 15 cents a pound
for his cotton or not sell it.
According to the Times writer,
"the second war of rebellion iB
now in full progress throughout
the cotton states, and a struggle
for freedom has been inaugurat-
ed that will not end until recon-
struction has dona- its work and
victory perches on the banner
of the host of King Cotton, who
will never again be dethroned."
There is no question that the
movement of the southern plant-
er in demanding 15 cents for
his cotton is a war of rebellion
against having a lot of exchange
men and manipulators reap the
rewards of high prices in cotton
while he is receiving as returns
from that which he produces a
price only a little more than suf-
ficient to pay for th cost of pro-
duction. The planter is figting
the cotton exchange, and he
has, at the present outlook, the
best prnspecta for winning, not-^
withstanding the claims of the
exchange members that their
organization is indispensible to
* the welfare of the market.
The Farmers Union of Ameri-
ca now shows a 'total enrollment
of 2,500,000 members, and sym-
pathetic with the aims and de-
terminations of these allied til-
lers of the soil are fully 500,000
nonaffiliated farmers. The la-
bor orgrnations of the country
are also in sympathy with the
Farmers' Union, from the fact
that in a sense it is a movement
along the same general lines as
that of labor organizations. The
Southern Cotton Association is
also a powerful organization
which is in the tight for better
'prices for cotton, and is com-
posed of owners of plantations
of grater or less size, and oth-
ers who have largo banking or
commercial interests directly
connected with the cotton grow-
ing industry. The wealth and
power of the association is enor-
mous in the aggregate, and its
harmony with the Farmers Un-
ion forms a tremendously strong
fighting force.
The movement to hold cotton
for 15 cents originated at the
meeting of the Farmers Union
in Little Rock last September,
and the auction was reaffirmed by
the Cotton association in session
in Memphis-the next day. The
market was then around 14 cents
-
for a remnant of 13,000,000 bales
of the previous year's crop, and
the new crop was short. Also
planters had in some instances
to replant as m^nyas four times
before a crop was assured, and
at 15 cents they would have
made but a marginal profit, and
the aggregate return from the
entire 1907 crop at 15 cents would
have been but little greater than
that received for tho 1906 crop,
the price was determined upon,
tho panic of October came.
Cotton growers were no better
prepared for it nor no more an-
ticipated it than any other class
of people. The situation was
such that many who had agreed
to hold for 15 cents were unable
to do so. They had obligations
to meet, and the sale of the cot-
ton at any price had to be made.
Thousands were forced by the
calling of loans to sell, and it
looked as if the hoped-for victo-
ry would be lost. Early In
March, however, a joint meeting
of the Farmers Union and the
Southern Cotton Association of-
ficials was held in Jackscn,
Miss., to consider ways and
means of looking after the cot-
ton still in the hands of the
growers. Memphis bar.ks agreed
to finance a large amount of Ar-
kansas cotton, to be housed and
insured in Memphis. April 2
the state president of the Far-
mers Union held a meeting in
Little Rock, and it was decided
to renew the somewhat discour-
aged fight in all the cotton
states, with the result that the
Little Rock banks agreed to re-
lieve "distressed" cotton, and
soon there followed a simmilar
action in Missouri, Tennessee
and northeren Mississippi.
Texas already has made arrang-
ments by which the crop could
bo held by the growers. By
the middle of April it became
certain that all necessary loans
on cotton held in the southern
states would be cared for at a
basis of from $30 to $40 per
bale, the loans to run until Sept,
1. With that very necessary
knowledge in hand there went
into the fields a thousand work-
ers from the two organizations
to get renewed promises from
the growers to hold their cotton
for the desired 15 cents aud to
help fight the thing to the last
ditch.
The prompt action of the banks
and their financial assistance in
the fight has been somewhat of
a revelation to the farmers and
has done much toward strength-
ening the determination to en-
tirely eliminate the cotton op-
erator from the business of
growing and selling the crop.
And in the mean time the south-
ern farmer has been pursuing
another policy which will great-
ly tend to increase the price of
the staple. He has gone in for
a more diversified crop, thereby
lessening the danger of over-
production. The leaders of the
two associations say that the
canvass shows that there will be
a slightly less acreage in all the
States except Texas and Okla-
homa, where the increased plant-
ing will be but slight, and with
the present weather conditions
the crop cannot be greater than
that of last year.
There is none but will look
hopefully for the ultimate victo
ry of the growers in their de-
termination to sell directly from
their own warehouses and for
cash to the buyer and eliminate
tho needless middleman's profit.
The movement does not neces-
sarily mean a greater price paid
for cotton, but a greater return
to the farmer, and it is a state-
ment too old to reiterate that the
farmers' prosperity is the pros-
perity of all.—Ft. Worth Rec-
ord.
The young people of Atlanta
e.ijoyed a dance at the Chamblee
Hail Friday night. Tho music
was furnished by the Hamilton
Walker Band of Jefferson.
Among the out-of-town visi-
tors were Misses Bessie, Dor
otliy, and Clarice Glass and Mes-
srs Abe Segal, Robt. Russell,
Allen Wood and Edwin Walker
of Jefferson; Baseom Hines,
Orville Taylor and Misses Hat-
tie Crow, Be mice Hines, Ka ti-
er in o Crow, Ebba Frazior, of
Linden; Misses Nell Fulcher,
Eugenie and Corineo Harrell of
of Cussetta. *
Quite a number of our town-
people attended and participated
in the affair.
Loral Option or Prohibition
You will soon hear some men
say that they believe in local op-
tion but not in State Prohibi-
tion. Now, if you area real
prohibitionist and make this sori
of a statement, then you are in
ignorance of the situation in
Texas today. As a matter of
fact, .we have worked about all
there is out of this local option
proposition. We are now devot-
ing our time to the conflict of
holding our local option ground,
but we have ceased to make any
further inroads in wet territory.
Every two years the antis are
putting us to the expense and
worry of holding other elections
in our dry territory. We have
reached a stage in our local op-
tion contests at which we are on
the defensive. We are simply
trying to hold what we have got
aggressive work of the liquor
hosts to recapture it from us.
They are now the aggressive
party, and they are fighting for
dear life to take from us some
of the dry districts. So you see
that in order to hold what we
have already won, we have also,
to push the war into the enemys
country and drive them from the
state. Then, not only is our
local option territory safe, but
the whole state is safe also.
If you are an anti when you
say that you believe in looal op-
tion because it is good Demo-
cratic self-government, you are
a hypocrit, for the antis have
fought prohibition over all parts
of the ground. Yet it'is natural
for the antis to now turn to the
hypocritical support of local op-
tion in order to have some sort
of a force with which to beat
back State Prohibition. They
will now plead for local option,
because they think that many
people will bo influenced by
this cry. They have no more
use for local than they have for
State Prohibition, but they will
endeavor to use it as a blind to
mislead and to divert the minds
of tho people from the main is-
sue. Just as soon as the cam-
paign is decided, it it should go
against State Prohibition, then
these antis will at once begin to
tight local option with all their
might anil money. But in view
of a state campaign, thev will
pretend to stand for local option.
In reality there are but two sides
to the question—State Prohibi-
tion, or tfie continuance of the
licensed liquor business. You
must stand with us in our fight
for this cause, or go over into
the liquor columns and stand
with them. There is no middle
ground You must be for us or
you must be for the liquor forces
Where will you stand? The is-
sue cannot be dodged.—Home
and State.
Our popular District Judge
P. A. Tnrner spent Saturday
here shaking hands with the
voters.
If opportunities are coming
your way it's becauso you are
not in line for them. Get in
line. Do it now. Don't delay,
but strike while the iron is hot
and keep on striking and success
will be yours.
Frederick Ireland, congress-
ional reporter and shorthand ex-
pert,says: <lIf I were young
again and wanted to earn $25,
000 a year by the time I was
thirty, I would learn shorthand
and typewriting, and get into
the office of wmio big business
concern. There is no qnicker,
surer way to burglarize success."
We give young men and women
the world's best business and
horthand training that will en-
able him to outstrip the students
of other colleges in the wide
field of commerce. Wo will do
this in less time and at less ex
pense. We build for the future
lay tho foundation for steady,
rapid rise to the highest success
Our graduates are in increasing
demand at the biggest salaries.
Mail course in shorthand $5.00
for five lessons. Big summer
reduction in all departments.
Fifty dollar scholarships re-
duced for a shoi t time to $25,
S35 and $45. Jump quick or you
will miss the mark. Finest,best
and quickest shorthand system
in America Address Hill's
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or Memphis, Tenn.
Can Double Your Salary
The Business of this Place
Is to Raise Salaries
That sounds queer doesn't it?
and yet there is such a place in
reality—THE SOUTHWEST
ERN BUSINESS COLLEGE,
of Texarkana—an institutionthe
entire business of which is to
raise, not merely salaries, but
YOUR SALARY.
In a few months time and at a
mere trifle of cost we train you
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or to profitably change to a more
congenial occupation.
Write for free catalogue to-
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oth day and night school.
Southwestern Business
College
Texarkana, Aakansas-Texas.
. Prolonging Life
While no way has yet
been
Hon. J. T. Heflin, member
of congress from Alabama, gave
utterance to the following beau-
tiful words in a speech before
the House in March last: "Mr.
Chairman, the attention of the
world is turned to the South.
When in the spring of the year
the farmer prepares his soil and
places seed in the ground, Sun-
beams dance on the surface, re-
freshing showers seek and find
their hiding place, aud lo! germv
ination begins. Little plants
push the clods away and smile
at the sun, Gentle zephyrs
kiss their tender faces and
breathe into them the message
of their world mission. We
hear the music of the hoe and
the soug of the happy plowman.
Proud and graceful they stand
mantled in leaves and laden with
squares. We look again and
thousands of white blossoms are
nodding welcome to tho gold-
found to make life perpetual it 1 belted bees. In a little while
is a fact that life can be prolong- j they are rosy red, then they as-
ed. Many peopla die before!sume a golden hue, and finally
The Noonday of Life
Married people should learn
what to do for one another's lit-
le ills and for the ills of child-
ren that may come. They are
sure sooner or later to have to
treat constipation or indigestion.
When the opportunity comes re-
member that the quickest way to
obtain relief and finally a per-
manent cure, is with Dr. Cald-
well's Syrup Pepsin, the great
herb laxative compound. A bot-
tle should always be in the
house. It is absolutely guaran-
teed to do what is claimed, and
if you want to try it before buy-
ing, send your address for a free
sample bottle to Pepsin Syrup
Co., 119 Caldwell Bldg., Monti-
cello, 111. It is sold by C. W.
Newkirk Co. at 50c and $1 a
bottle. m
Wedding Caused Surprise
Miss Janette, Johnson was
united in marriage to Mr. Frank
Harrison yesterday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the home of the
bride's mother, Mrs. F. B.
Johnson, at the corner of ninth
and County Avenue. The cer-
emony was performed by Rev
F. E Maddox, pastor of the
Arkansas Presbyterian church,
and only members of the family
were present. After the cere-
mony the bride and groom left
for Marshal!, Texas, which place
will be their future home.
The bride'is family came here
from Washington, Ark., and is
one of the old families of that
historic olef town. She has been
very popular with the young
people of Texarkana and her
marriage caused quite a sur-
prise among her friends.
Mr. Harrison was principal of
the College Hill public school
and is said to be an excellent
gentleman. His home is at Mar-
shall, Texas, and the couple will
reside there. They will have
the good wishes of many of their
Texarkana friends.—1Texarkan-
ian.
their time because the organs
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and if you want to try it before
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a free sample bottle to Pepsin
Syrup Co., 119 Caldwell Bldg.,
Monticello, 111. It is sold by C.
a bottle.
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fade and fall, leaving behind
them tiny spheres. Basking in
sunshine and reveling in show-
er, these flourish until autumn
winds whisper to every full
grown boll, 'open sesame!'
Then the cotton stalk flings its
fleecy fibre to the breeze and
busy finners pluck it frpm the
boll. Now we hear the hum of
the old cotton gin, the seed fall
down on the floor below and lint
comes out in swirls of snow.
(Applause). Yonder at the cot-
ton factory, hard by the cotton
field, we hear the tremendous
Dy u. voice of industry in the concert
W. Newkirk & Co. at 50c sad$1 of whirling spindles wooing the
fibre into cloth, and the finished
product goes'out upon the pul-
sating tide of a splendid com-
merce and cotton is king—king
of American exports—and in ali
its ramifications is basis for the
greatest manufacturing interest
in the world.
Orville Taylor,
from Linden, was
afternoon.
the druggist
here Friday
James Patterson, the big man
from Bloomburg was over Sat-
urday.
Atlanta National Bank
Atlanta, Texas
Do a general Banking Business,
especially invites new accounts.
Will appeciate your business wneth-
er account is large or small.
L. F. ALLDAY, President
P. C WILLIS, Cashier
Bring your laundry to Ilo-
gan's Barber Shop and have it
laundeied by the Old Reliable—
Sherman Steam Laundry.
39-2t Hollis Hogan, Agent.
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