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TUCKERMAN NEWS
Miss Sallie Choate, who has
been teaching at O’Neal, came
in home Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hard
graves and Mrs. Massie Slay den
came in home Saturday after
spending several days in Fulton
county with relatives.
Miss Sallie Lou Fogg left one
day last week for her home in
Chicago, after spending several
weeks in this town with rela
tives and friends.
Ed Parrott came in home Sun
day from Colorado, where he
has spent several months.
C. E. Smith of Newport spent
Sunday with his many Tucker
man friends.
Mrs. J. A. Strider spent Mon
day in Newport visiting rela
tives and shonniner.
A. S. Lawrence came in Mon
day from Oklahoma to spend
several days in the county
Revival services at the Meth
odist church in this town, con
ducted by Evangelist Franks,
have resulted in several conver
sions up to date. This has been
the greatest meeting held in
Tuckerman in many years.
Esq. R. F. Tyer of Kenyon
held court in this town one day
last week.
Lindley Davis, who lost his
mule a few days ago, found it at
Newport in the pound pen.
A. R. Anderson and Jackson
are having the lumber put on
the ground to build the new
school house at Elgin.
Mrs. Jordan of Little Rock is
spending this week in our town
visiting her daughter, Mrs. R.
H. Hunter.
We have some w’ell located
lots at Swifton for sale. See us
before investing.—Jackson Co.
Realty Co-, Tuckerman, Ark.
John Williams and Robert
Ivy, with their families, visited
relatives and friends at Grubbs
Sunday.
Dally Thought.
Time mlsBppnt i« not Mvwi bMt I'3*
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WHEAT RAISING
j SOLVtS PROBLEM
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G\f South At ^his Time When
Necessity of Crop Diversifica
tion is Apparent to All.
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Concerted action in getting a
I way from the one crop basis,
the necessity of reducing the
j cotton acreage and the sugges
tion of wheat raising as a cash
| crop are the three strong argu
ments made by C- R. Pate, man
jager of the Valley Commission
I Company, who has given the
subject much investigation and
j study, whose paper read to the
; recent county convention, is re
produced below:
: Our greatest crisis since the
civil war is uon us at this time
—The greatest economical in
dulgence should begin right at
j this moment—To begin with our
! people are at the mercy of finan
I cial tricksters, men who depend
upon scalping your products to
! enormous advantages and pro
fits for themselves. Our bank
ing, merchandising, and agri
cultural institutions are solely
dependent upon the capital of
these same “cads” for their
very existence.
You ask a cotton buyer what
he is willing to pay you for
jyour cotton at this time—what
i will he tell you ? Answer,
I “There is no market (which is
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the truth) because the brokers
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that furnish the cash for our
cotton manufacturers have tak
en a natural advantage of war
depressed conditions and refuse
to place their money into it, ex
cept at a figure that warrants
Gibraltan security.”
What can our local factors do ?
Nothing, but wait for him to
get his sentiment created that
conditions are just like he wants
them. Then buy at such a price
as will make his investment in
dollars and cents equal to his
customary investment and at
the same time get two times the
amount of cotton. The figures
that they make are plainly visi
ble and still we persist in letting
them use us year in and year
out.
You say, “Give us a remedy,”
and expect that remedy to take
immediate effect. Now, there
is no immediate relief. The only
way to accomplish a thing and
that purpose to be right is and
has to be natural. Time and
time only will materialize us an
advantage and we must have pa
tience.
What do we expect to accom
plish by planting another crop
of cotton ? Have our farmers
realized that their dependency
for nert year amounts to a dif
ferent thing to what it did this?
Will your merchant and banker
take you on the same terms
that he furnished you for the
past number of decades? Do
you expect this? Why should
you want him to look after your
interests when his own are jeop
ardized to an extent already
that he is ultimately lost if you
persist in planting cotton.
Who is involved in this disas
ter? There is a remedy, and
that remedy will help the whole
South. Can you see it? If you
have your very existence taken
from you, will it put you to
studying your own welfare?
Even our bankers are prone to
get away from the cotton grow
ing game, and we do not see why
they would not as soon finance
sue crop as another. They also
ire realizing the necessity of
setter management in our agri
cultural system. For us all to
realize an advantage we have
fot to get into the harness and
Dull together. One man cannot
lo what it takes the whole com
nunity to do.
We must realize that concert
ed action will in the end amount
:o our substantial recovery from
:his terrilhc blow. And do not
chink that by playing a waiting j
fame you are going to get the ,
"est of our South to do the nec
essary, we as a whole are es
Dousing the same cause and now
s the time to act. The man j
>vho pulls back should be boy-:
cot ted by the rest of the com- j
nunity upon which he is depend
ent for his part of this earth's
existence. Let us all get to
\
gether and do the thing best
for the welfare of all. i
We have a remedy that we
think is right; still if we are
convinced that there is a bet
ter one, we are willing to get in
the game.that will redound to
our mutual good. And what
we want is to get every indi
vidual interested in banking,
merchandising and farming to
apply himself to the cause of
crop diversification, because now
is the opportune time to effect
the proposition that the gov
ernment and every other sensi
ble individual has been agitat
I
ing. j
Our remedy—In as much as |
money is the monarch of ex-!
change and about our only rec
ognized standard value, wheat
is the quickest and most profit- j
able crop that we can arrange j
for. With the sowing of wheat ,
we substantiate what we tell i
the cotton factor sooner than if
we waited till spring to put in ;
a corn crop or other crops,
which might have the effect of ,
getting better and quicker mon- j
ey out of our cotton that we
have on hands already.
We admit that wheat is an ex
periment, but any money crop .
is an experiment, that amounts ;
tn thp samp thine.
I
When we plant our cotton crop !
we do not know what we are go
ing to get for it in dollars and
cents. So, therefore, we have
no more chances in planting or
sowing wheat than we do our
naturalized cotton crop. We do
know that our land will grow
wheat, and we further know
that we are assured better than
the ordinary price for it. Un
derstand that we do not advo
cate the wholesale > sowing of
this grain, but we do want to
get the people to put in enough
of it. that it will warrant the
buying of machinery to harvest
in due season. We have the ad
vantage in sowing wheat by
knowing in the spring in plenty
of time to plant other crops
should it be a failure.
The minister of agriculture in
the Dominion is calculating with
the farmers of that country to
place two times that amount of
wheat that was sown last year,
on account of the European
growers being in the war, and
figure that there will be very
little grown in these countries.
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1 ANNOUNCEMENT I
I AUTUMN AND WINTER I
1 1914-1915 1
jucj The very latest fabrics and fashions have arriv
Sed thus opening the new season. ^
A cordial welcome is extended to the public to pf
jypU call and review the complete assortment of im- ^
^ ported and domestic woolens. bhj _>
^ The showing of fabrics this season of about 500 §
PS patterns comprises beautiful all wool goods includ- [tj|j
g ing Tartan Plaids, Mixtures, Balmacaans, Wors
teds, Novelty weaves and staples, every one with
^ genuine quality. Uni 'v
ye Kindly consider this a personal invitation to call
early. _ ' §|
Fall Suits Custom Made at special prices for a !gfi
short time only. A beautiful Tartan plaid in j=jrfl f
||=j green and blue effects; stripes , pinchecks, diago- jjp
nals, in fact our imported and domestic represen- HEl
tation from well known mills give you the widest
^ selection. Call early—act now.
^ Cleaning and Pressing done, also measures taken ip
Sfijj for ladies’ suits. Fit and workmanship guaran- ||k
IHFi teed- — 2£jf
PAUL P. ROTH 14
p Merchant Tailor |f
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