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SWING AROUNI Bly Harvio Jordan, Sccretar fon!----Whi' arming Popt ' i the monthl of .\larchI I ilmd 1 touri l* aIl t le Ial lillg cotoll states from N th Carolina to Texas. Coii Inurd 1 ins sinvc last I )cemberl III thei statk e:ist of the .\ississippi Itive'i h : 1::yud plowinigi an(d crop pre 11mationl nI a very extesive scale. P'rov Id'd tWe have favorable seasons from now on, the cottoni crup wIill go Into Ihe. groulld from teln (lays to two 'weeks late' anld witl)ho trried prepara tion, which means anl llisatisfactory seed-bed. There will also be quite a limitId Ise of commercial fertilizer-s again, and what Is used will be'of the cheapest variety, principally acid phosphate. 'West of the -Mississippi River the crop prepiarations were more fopward on account of drouth conditions. Heavy rains inl Texas ,beginning on March 26 flooded much of the southern area 'of that state, drowlilig out young cotton and causiig much repllanting. The late start of tile cropi, the poor preparation and a shortage of fertilizer are especi ally (disastrous on account of .the cer tainty of a record-breakinig damage from the boll weevil. The weevil now covers Ahe entire belt, and the number of live weevils escaping the winter spells the absolute certainty of seriou ev(en with a (ry season, and with a vict season the loss will indeed be startling. . Present estimated increase In the cotton acreage for the states of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas is safely as slimedii .o lbe not less than -ten per cent, as compared with the acreage planted in 1921. This increase is not (lue so much to tile action of the cotton grow ers, but to the long drought which doe stroycl the wheat crop In West Texas and( southwest Oklahoma. These antids will now be planted to cotton, The Never say "Aspirin" withou WARNING! Unless you se you are not getting genii physicians over 21 years anc Colds Headai Toothache Neural Earache Lumb, Accept only "Bayer" package w Irandy tin boxes of 12 tablets--Bot Old' Tires N New Tir When you haive the it treated without del if you wait it becom< If your tire has an aii it to us at once? It, li' worse if you do not * vulcanize any type, v work is guaranteed. Pay iya a Visit and Li * to Preserve McDaniel Vuh4 Opposltp I GOODYEAR TIRES )COTTON BELT y American Cotton Associa ilation Destined to Increase. Sou tIw' Vte ill ar r 1 i'vho Ise 11o com mler-cial fertilizers and Can cultivate thii lands with sulky plows woul have gonie in for a uticl laiger in ercITas1e il the cottoil aereage butt for 1the attitude of the banlkers and Imer cllants refusinig credits for suc1h piurC lose. 'I'here will likely be a small lucrease In lie cotton ,acreage in sc - or the cotton states east of the Mississippi Itiver, but not. so great as in the states further west. South Carolina and Georgia farmers will Iplant in the ag gregate less cotton 'this year than last, owing to the hazard of the boll weevil and the credit situation. The report of extreme financial de pression, inability to liquidato debts, or to secure credits for farm opera tions, s practically the sa-me through oit the entire cotton belt. Personat in terviews with farmers, 'bankers and merchants In all of the states deflnitely lead to this conclusion. '1'he farmers genter Ily are heavily involved in debts wvhich cannot be paid and they are doubtful as to tli future rehabiliatation of their aflairs. I per sonally interviewed many farmers from the varlous important cotton-groiwing Counties through the length atnd breadth of t.he cotton belt and it is an exception -to 'find one who has not suf fered heavy losses during the last two years. They stated frankly that they had lost the accumulations of a life time of hard work and close economy during the deflation inI market values for -the past. two years, and that they would be unable to ever recover these losses. The invasion of .the cotton boll wee vil over the entire cotton belt, and the financial wreck and ruIn of della tion In the prices of farm products dur ipIln t saying "Bayer." e name "Bayer" on tablets, ne Aspin prescribed, by proved . .e by milions for :he Rheumatism gia Neuritis go Pain, Pain iichi contains proper directions. tIes of 24 and 100-All drui ists. Lure of Monoaceticacideeter of Baiellclacidt ade New es For Sale toothache you have ay. You know that is worse and -worse. ment why not bring ce your tooth, grows have it fixed. We of tire and all our ttUa Show You flow Your Tires a~nizing Plant ostoff ice * FEDERAL TIRES in", the :'ast twvo :: a:; mua:-; a v11:01._j i Il : !<ltu a col itionl tluoughou: the 8i'; rthi i a n~il up thei ll -,h m : hcIt; :Thi an e h.-will 1) thn in t h r I , Inl T 1 1i ;a i 1l h in !... Ti !ht 411 IN hinh hIt.,%ek! mio e (d :111oe o in h .vo las nalti d a lmre in t-ly while ami wxiii zloren r'l ily .. I, s olvt e ti I rn o n ! i(n which vonfronit theml. The negr.,Io loln ant, a ott11h- and the extelsivo- (ulturi of c1ottonl onl Ilamled estat<-s inl th114 ON Cotton Siales nst of the Alissisipui iver is a ii ting of tie past. In I m; whenl tie lnegiroes vere Set free it those states, they were forced to elte into coipetition with -their forme white masters; in thte extensive cultun of the one crop, cotton, uwhich alon could Ile used as a basis of credit fo food and feed suipplies from baniker and merchants of the IN"ast. This un econiom ic agricultural situation ha beeni pursuled without change for th past fifty years. although it forced th penalty of' an iuneducated husbandry slow qrogress and a gradual lowerin: of the social standard among th4 white farmers, 'because of their in ability to maintain good schools, at tractive homes and first class .public highways. Tie imist two years have resuited it annihilating credits, levied a toll o debts upon the cotton grower, whil cannot )e liquidated at face valuies and brought about changes wIrich ar far more intense than those whicl faced the farmers in the days of 1865 While the negroes flocked to tihe field, to iroduce cotton in their new free dom in 1865, they are now leaving t cotton fields i' thousands In 1922, be cause of theit inability to secure cred its and cope with the hazards of th< boll weevil. The old system has -brok en* down never to return. The declin< inl prices of farm ip'olducts since 1920 and the widespread devastation of th4 cotton 'boll weevil, has wrecked what ever nwas left of the old system, wntel for fifty years had shackled agricul tuiral slavery upon both the white mat and tile negro. 'White farmers from the North aim MiddIe-AWestern states must be Inducen to locate in the attractive agricultura areas of the cotton belt. While thi agricultural South is now ii the grii of a death-struggle, I believe that il is on the eve of a new lirth which wil revolutionize tile experiences and tra ditions of the past, and start tile re. building of' a imnore prolitable farming industry for the future. It would b< no idle statement to prophesy that. th4 whito farming population of the cottoi states will largely increase during tit( next decade. These changes are des tilled to develop Sou.thern agricultur Into a prosperois Industry of grair andstock-raising and tile expansion al great mantifacturing enterprises of va riotus kinds. The soil and climatic con, ditions of the Souh, together with It" marvelous undeveloped ivater resour.e es, make these prophesies all the mort emiphlatlc, when the necessities foi their development so strongly exist Cotton wiii cointinue to be groxwn, bul uinder' such scietntille management a: will intenisify ifs cutlture'c on fewei acres of land to the plow, and for much larger yield of lint *lier acre. Th<i iSouth xwiii never lose its world mfonlol oly of cotton~ prodtction, lbut the lpro duclers will grox tihe staplie in the fut tuire unider changed conditionls and1( on ly at piricces that wvill pay to them til< cost of prodluction 1)111s a fair anld rca sonable -profit. -What the cotton crop may .be thih year 110 man may forecast, but of 01nc tihing thecre is a surety that the con-' suiming wvorld Is dlestinled to yet pay a heavy penalty for cotton goodls asa rl'05it of tihe forces whiich htave com binedi to so sonll4)letely chlange the ag rictultural indhustry of the Southl andl tI strIke so severe a blo0w to tile produc tion of cotton. As -the worild gradual ly returns to hecalthl and vigor thle de mland wiii exceedl supp)lies, andl whlen tils hlapplens theO growvers ivill thei halve the opportunity to ini part at leasi recoup tihe heavy losses wvhich they~ have sulffered (luring the plast twc( yearsi*. Iliher prices not only thli year buit lpermfanenftly are absolutely necessary -to assure a stoppiy of rawi cotton to tile cotton-consulmng wvorild The ci'eation of statewvide landown ers' associations for .bringing wvhit settlers -into tile cotton belt Is one of the impellIng needs of tile South for Its future agricultural Industry. Poor Fish. A New York scientist has disco? ored a land-living flsh. No need to be0 a scleentist to do that; we know n lot of themi. A TONNO Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores Energy :and Vitality by Puriff'!ng and Enriching the Blood. When yeu feel Its strengthening, Invigorating effect, see how it brings color to the cheeks and how it Improves the' appetite, you will then appreciate Its true tonic value, Giove's Tastelebe chill Tonic Is slmripl Iron and Qinine suspended:in Wrnia So pleasant even children like it. The lood ne'eds QUININE to Purify it and IRON to Ewrieb It.' D~etroys Mfala~ agerms 'a'nd Grpgerms by ts trengtheing. Invigor. 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