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RIe (ow, Showing ers Out 0 Bondag'e What can one little cou'ntry news paper do standing alone? Why it can raise the devil on the one hand and on the other-it can restore local business to. nornal and It- can lead the farmer into, the promised land-providing the i published ,has the heart the abi!ity, and-theenorgy- to go at is task with I a will. This hak been demonstrated by the PpItIs (Tex.)' Morning News. The story was'told in a September issue of that papor, an issu.e that showed the people how the farmers of Lamar county, Tex., in a short time nearly pulled < themselves out of the hole--lined with <totton-in, which they found them- I selves. Before the winter sets in prop erly they are going to be out entirely, und they will have money to spend 4 :after hdving made enough to pay their i debts. Read this characteristic story as written . by the editor of the Paris News. It will instruct and inspire. Its I style is unique, its purpose splendid, i its record of accomplishment amazing ] Read it. It ran under the caption: The i Cow, the Sow and the Hen at Home in Lamar Couhty: The 'armers Rode High In Lamar county-just like they did everywhere else-for a couple of years. Cotton was high and they could afford to pay high wages for labor-and they did. Mohey was easy, they could borrow vithout .much trouble-and they did. Just like everybody else, they got caught , when the bottom fell out. They were in a hole lined with cotton ,and it was a deep hole. You folks don't know about cotton. The farm ors had the cotton-a lot of it (we had a partial'crop failure in 1920 and only grew about 58,000 bales)-and the market quotations said it was worth two bits a pound; but the local buy era are a canny lot (regular Scotch men) and thought the market would go lower--and it did. The farmers were willing to sell *For the two bits, but the buyers wouldn't pay that and the farmers were not willing to accept the price tendered-even as you and I would not. The banks wanted their money and they wouldn't accept cotton at the miarket p'ice for notes. The market kept sagging and the farmers began, under pressure, to ac cept fifteen cents; and finally a good many of them took a dlime. They got sore about it an(d ussed cotton an( the buyers and the banks and the gavcrnment and themselves 1 eeerythingf~ else. Sure wa,:s S;ome cussin' match. The Cow, the Sow and tle lien With the farmers in that frame of a song of which the chorus was: The mind, the Paris News began to sir Cow, the Sow and the Hen. There Were verses about food and feed crops and doing your own work. We intendled it to b eclassical stufi with some deep 'heart interest' ('old Folks at Home'" and live -at '" flome, .Sweet I-ome," you know) but it didn't get to 'em that way because of their feelings having been hurt. Believe us, it sounded like jazz be cause it was m ixed in with that eusin the farmers were (loing. We were running around 4,600 then. The farmers cussed wvorse than eer and~ they took it out on the News. The ciicla tion dropped~ just Ii ka that to 3,400--there were requests, dlemandls and com mands to '"stop the d urn pa per'' by mail, by personal visit an-] by BATTERS E9 When you need sound advice, ex pert repair work on any make of bat tror a new setve you. GODlWIN and Summerton, S. C. EAGL.E"MIkADO" For Salo at your Dealer ASK FOR THE YELLOW PENC E AG1.E Ml EACLR PENCIL COME the Sow at How One Country News f a Mole--Cotton.Lined-. of' "Cussing" to "The La vord of mouth of the rural carrierF #here the sub didn't dare trust him ;elf to coiie or write. They were good and sore. ThE qows was only one of the folks get ;ing cussed. Some of the bankers ad 'ised us to "lay off" because they wert eing cussed also. The farmerr ;hought the banks were in league vith us-but only a couple of their 'vere. The banks closed down tighter or he credit and.insisted more strongly m payment-didn't like to renew but lidn't want the cotton or the mules. The farmers cussed and cussed and rot sorer and sorer. We Were A-Cussin' Some, Too But we stuck to that song-ran it m the first page, the editorial page n the country correspondence, in th ocal columns and referred to it on thc hurch page. Put the old tisme reporter we eiploy o mingle with the farmers to work iir erviewing them on "IHo wto Live at -ome" and 'How I Succeeded With i aw, f Sow and a Hen." That reporter has been mingling vith the farmers of Lamar county foi wenty-five years; but he used to im. >lore the editor to please find hinl ome other assignment. Said he didn'l cnow what minute he might have t< ,o to the hospital. Said he loved th< maper and didn't like to hear it cussec ,o columinously, copiously and gener illy. Thi editor went out into the coun. ry and sang that song. The Chambei )f Commerce laid off the county dem )nstration agent as a matter of eco iomy and the farmers they cussed thi ditors, the Chamber of Commerce he banks and themselves. They kept getting sorer all thi Alle. BUT the sorer they got th. mor< Then they got to studying about it Then the circulation got to goins >ack and the first thing you know w md (in less than sixty (ays) most o hem back despite the fact that mone, as never been quite so tight in thil ounty before. The Farmers Went to Work They .didn't have anything else t lo, particularly; and it was easier ti ro to work than it was to ,stan irounid the Plaza and they had ex austed their power to cuss. There have been results of tha work. They haven't been able t, )orrow more money at the bank tha Actually required for the ito malc thei r ci-ops on. The grocer couldn' )orro wioney on which to carry then Pid thcy had "o play it close. They have, believe us! But they also played it safe. Tile, imve m(le the biggest corn crop, th biggest sorghum crop, and the bigges ilfalfa crop in the history of the coun Ly. Oats didn't pan out very well, bu Ahey made a fair crop of it. They arn putting away more hay than has eve been put up in Lamar county in an: me season. The melon Crop was good] ipples 1and peaches added somethinj 1ad sweet potatoes will help out. Here's where you are to stop an 1o some figuring. In 1919 and 1921 (figures compiled by the county deim mnstration agent) the farmers ani Ather users of feedstuffs in Lama -ounty sent an average of $30,000 mionth io other c~unties and state to pay for feedstufls. TIhey wvill hay teedt to sell this year instead of buy img. .Just figure that one item and thinl what it will mean in the capacity o the farmers to get alon gthis yena now that they are beginning to real ize~ upon their season's work. A Fair Cot ton Crop Is .Made flut, despite this i ncreasedl y ieldi feedlstuff, and dtespi te the fact t ha the aieeage dev~oted to cottoni wa cut about 30 tper cent, despite the fac that thte boll weev'il got a lot of' th Ii rst squares put on, the bankers o l'a ris, the mearchan its of Paris wvh ma inta in a (1rop reporting system an the cotton mein who miake their livin b~uying the cott on, figure that we shal have a (-roip of appr)ox imnate'ly 35,00 bale s--ad( that is conservative. The News minita ins its own croi rep~ort ing system--publ1ishes daily in ter'views withi farmers in all sect ion if the ('ounty-and1( estimnates that th "1rop will be( ablout 410,000; but, cottoi is d~ceiv ing andi it. may va ry 5,00)0 o r;,000 bales either wvay. The Texas Indatustrial Congress esti miates the entire crop of TIexas a lbout 2,00)0,0100 bales, so you will se hat Lamar county wvill have a ver" coodl percentage of' what is grown i; the state. Vanonina, Redl RiverI and D~el ta count Lies are also wi t hin the influence o he Paris News as wvell as McCurtai md Choctawv counties, Oklahoma. So if the price of cotton is anything ibove a dime-and fr'om Secr'etar lI ester's statemient anid the (dole thi D~epar'tment of Agr'icultunr'e is puttinj Mt it. should be a roundl 12 cents lie f'armce's of' Laniar ep unty are go nig to have a r'ight sifurit of mone, fr'om theiri cotton anrd the seed thi They will have enough to pay of he banks, to cleanI up')with the mer hanits and then have a cou ple of mit ions to spend. Trhey haven'6 beet Pencil No. 174 Made in fivo grade. IL WIWI THlE RED BAND CADO ANY. NEW YORK id the Hen* paper Pulled His Farm and Led Them fronii the nd of Plenty." buying much this year, you know mighty few new cars, practically nc new inachincry, no new clothes, noth ing for the house. This cotton money isn't all they will have, either; for you will rememhei they will have their feed money ar d sonic other funds. The Cow Has Counted Heavy The local ice cream factory is rut by a fellow named Bryant. Pretty live fellow and sees his opoprtunities He was told that more people got 1 start in times like these than in thc flush periods. Bryant had a capital of $20,000 t operate on. Last year he spent $38,000 for milli product3 outside the state and tlh county for his ice cream factory. This year he talked it over with th< News man and started him a cream ery of his own-makes first class but ter rd sells every pound lie car make. With the butterfat market in Dallam around 19 cents, Bryant was paying two bits in Paris; and when Dalla went to 23 cents Bryant raised tht price to 30 cents in Paris. le has prospered and the farmer have been bringing in their butterfai -which left them some skim milk foi the hogs we are going to tell about on the next page. .Bryant has sent mighty little nione. outside the state this year; and that foil cartons an(d such like things. Ie's going t oexpand his conipan: into one with $100,000 capital thih fall-and the editor of the News is t< he one of the stockholders. Bryant was going pretty nicely, bit the News, realizing what lie needed induced another live man to secur< the agency for Metzger Bros. of Dii his- biggest dairy house in the Sout The B4 t t F te banker cc I. ~ Iftlthe grocer' tainily would(. If either coul d fin in coldl wealther, 1: and easily contriol his way for' it. If troule or bigger BuIht bailan'edi gas vides qick star'ts comnibstion (level to dilute the lub~ric valves anid pistons maximum milleage "Standard" Motoi that gives real ass Tihat's why tihe ha b~est for' the mnotor You, too( att "Standard" Motor you have anU unb11 STAN D west. They thought Lamar grew no thing but cotton. Metzger is putting out about $200 a week for cream right \ now; and Sam Schleicher, his agent, t told the manager of the firm the oth- t er (lay that he would be able to e spend at least a thousand dollar3 a h week this fall. The dealers report that the sales of P separators have been larger this year Y than in the whole of the five years preceding. a The Sow Saw an Opportunity 1 But the cow wasn't the only one of the trinity to evidence that she was 4 appreciative of the notice being taken of her. 0 Local capitalists put in about $15,- t 000, secured two of the brightest W young men im the state and started a , hog breeding farm. t' The conty demonstration agent in- o duced a progressive young capitalist e to put $25,000 into another. b (And, by 'the way, their herd boar was mlale the state grand championh in the Duroe class.) 9 The Pure Bred Live Stock Associa- o tion (its members represent an invest- t ment of about $200,000 in breeding r stock-hogs, beef and <hairy cattle) be N gaui to preach the doctrine of what the sow can do and they backed that a up with letting the farmers have h shoats and sows at reasoal!e prices. There was a lot of skim milk as a result of the activities of the cream eries; and the feed crop camne in handy. One of the banks organi aiied a pig club scheme ami interested a lot of h the boys. ) The price of hogs On the hoof h-1 gone back to the dime lmark for the sort of pigs which vWe grew in La mar--pure breds that are ripe within Lwelve months after the sow has been bred-and there is a demonstration that there is money in pork which has Impressed the farmer. The superintendent of the swine di- 1 vision of the Lamar District Fair nas notified the directors that they will have to increase his space at least 500 per cent and then he vil have to hold the entries down to the very r best. The editor of the News is the i secretary of that Pure Bred Associa- < tion and he is running big display r ads inl the paper to furtlher the good . work as well as boosting in the IICW;- e coldns.111I ane an ankpoerr cngsdfi som1 et oter gao lie woul pn mileage, it wouhll be good juid; >linIe excels on every test. It: ini cold weath~er. Its rate aindi op maximumtn power with~ i ating oil, smut the spark pluig .A lean mixture of balaned~ andI~ economy. -CGasoline is improved, b~lal umrane of efficieni andl econot~ nker and the grocer's boy b<C ist andIE best for' thme motor'. e b~est whmen you buy gasolir Gasoline. W~ith Polarinie in ARD OIL COM (NEW JERSEY) The Hens Are Cackling f The News induced the Red River a alley Poultry Association members ). put on an advertising campaign 1 is spriig-the first tir e they had ver tried the plan of bun1ehing their its and going after the game right. The secretary of the association re orts to the News that the success 'as so great that when the fall breed ig se:son opens the members of the ssociation wish to contract for half pnge'in each Sunday edition-andat maybe a page on some Sundays. U The manager of the White Produce a oImpany--a million dollar concern aing four miililon dollars worth of usiness annually with branch houses vl North Texas and Oklahoma !l1s the News that he has doubled his ppropriation for the Paris territory iis fall. Says that he paid out about 285,000 last year; and expects to pay At over half a mililon this year for a, chickens, turkeys and country utter. The management of the Lamar Fair t as been giving the poultry fanciers DO coops each year. The secretarv s f the poultry association has notified 1 10 fair management that he has al- f Maly applications for 500 coops and 1 All the manaigement please get busy ? Th2 fair management has also s-t side a buildii. for the ponitry which as thrice the room of the tent usel i other years. The hen is cackling all over Lamar. 1Ham d111d Eigrgs While the strong etii'rt of the New-; as been to advance the interest or w pcople of Lamar--and, for that matter, of the whole of Northeasw Sexs--through The Cow, the Sow ad the Ien, we are going to devote pecial attention for the next several linths to ]!hIf)) and Eggs. You 0 preha bly fond of hamill and : .' olks are. Some of us Ie ash:iro I t ask for them in the igh or ed hote!s: but some of the est I'v ever cnten have been served i those hotels for they know how a get 'ei out. We are g:>ing to impress upon the opl 4f this counlty just what do 1 ond there is foir 11a11 and eggs--an n in 1emand Over the whole opnitrIy. .\ cear load of infertile eggs 4 I car11 load of young hogs relre eit about 35,000 orders of ham and ggs, as nea.rly as 'e cal figure. It has struck us that a campaign r pe e b niczally, he cer e quiicker strts Ir mUore flexible ,he'd1 go out of (mnt to buy it. 4 voiltily prlo nlimum~f carb)on l 4 and carbonizAe ~asoline assures I cedl motor' fuel nicail operation. ~th buy it. 1t is e.Th best is your c'rank'cse PANY | :I 11am and Eggs will be a novelty nId we are going to try it out. ,I' LE FINANCIAL DISTRESS AMONG BUCKEYE FARMERS Acute financial distress has not een evidenced by Ohio farmers so mr this year, S. A. Roach, secretary f the Ohio Banker's association, said ecently at Columbus. Reports that many farmers are un ble to pay off their notes, because of hle slump in prices of their products, re not based upon banik statistics, aid Roach. "No complaints from member banks o the effect that farmers are unable o pay off their notes, have com in," toach said. "The war finance cor oration, which furetions as a reserve rom which banks loaning to farmers an borrow, has inot been called oi or any large loans." These facts, aid Roach, would indicate that the )hio farmer is in better condition han is generally supposed. Bankruptcy in a few scattered in tances has occurred amiong Ohio far iers, said Frank Dean of the Ohio aim bureau federation. But this is ot an indication, lie said, that Ohio armers in general are in distress nancially. Subscribe to The Times What Better Christmas Gift Than A Box of "SUGAR MILL BRAND" Grapo fruit or Oranos ? Grapefruit per box ---------3.50 Grapefruit per half box -- .2.00 Oranges per bo%-....-...-. .00 Oranges per half box . -... $2.25 Half grapefruit atnd half oranges per box- _..._..-- ..$3.75 Prices F. 0. B. Manatee, Fla. Cash With Order. MANATEE HAMMOCK FRUIT COMPANY i%.matee, Florida dif' r'sBoy G~asoline STANDAR A50 N