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? ^ALABAMA'S DIl An article by P. O. Davis, of the extension service of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, printed in the Manufacturers' Record,' ? - ;'f says diversified farming has saved the day in Alabama. He further says that there is an optimistic outlook for ; the farmers. At this time when di.*v versification and better marketing fa. t rfviiitioss fnr diversified crops are being ? discussed in Georgia and South Carolina,?states which have but recently been ravaged by the boll weevil.? the experience of Alabama which has had the boll weevil for five years or more should prove interesting and helpful. Mr. Davis says in part: "As is generally known throughout . the country, Alabama was for many years considered a one-crop state, and that crop was cotton. The coming of the boll weevil and the demands for diversified farming have greatly p.;^; changed the conditions in Alabama. 5-: \ It is true that Alabama farmers rej&f ceived a terrible blow in 1920, but they were by no means 'knocked out.' '' On the other hand fchey seem to have caught a new vision of agriculture. "Of first consideration is the fact that in 1920 the Alabama creameries j^-" * handled a total of 2,500,000 pounds of butter, whereas at the beginning, v in 1915, there was no creamery in : Alabama, and no cream produced on |?<;" a commercial scale. Figuring the . v. the price of butterfat at 50 cents per ph.. , pound it can be seen that the Alabama farmers received in 1920 $l,-i |fc 250,000 for their cream. ^ "Bitt dairying it seems was really just started in Alabama in 1920. The Alabama County Demonstration Agents, who keep their figures on the pulse of every agricultural development in their respective counties, are Ife?...Vcontinually reporting dairy develop: ' meats which are not abnormal, even though they may'be unusual, but at p. x- *. ' the same time on a sound construciflsK 'tive basis. Iv v. "A few extract^ from county agents' reports are sufficient to indicate just | what the dairy development means. t County Agent J. A. McL?eaa, or union $ Spring, Alabama, says that:' 'Our creamery station is just a little more Chan two months old, but it is now shipping 600 gallons of cream, or about 700 pounds of butterfat each &?' week.' '; i "A report from County Agent E. R. j Jamie9on, of Hale county, concerning fZi- the crea mstation at Greensboro, tells a great story in a few words. This: . report says: The Greensboro cream j station was opened the last week in! C August, 1920, and of the first week the cream station at Greensboro, tells era $13.04 at market prices. Eleven * * " 1 T? 1? 1 nf>1 monies later oa Jiuy, u<sjl, me umfe * V" terfat shipped from this station net&? ted the farmers $366.32.' "These two reports are,representative of the state. Never a week passes when county agents do not report either that a creamery station has Ifei opened, pure bred dairy cattle purjpt WE HAVE FOUND "AGENDA.*' Definition of Word That is Now :Having Its Run. ; ' . This word "agenda" is having what BpfeKs.theatrical folk would cajl a "run." p: Modistes and haberdashers might say "oorand!)" ic ' sin vnenip." observes WUU C WfNViiUW A? t VQ?.V; fey . the Washington Star. Other persons Aight say that * "agenda" is all the |-V ""rage." It is a leading word, a very ." pronflnent word, and never seems to make its appearance in its singular number, which is "agendum." 'Before the world turned to "agenda" it w;as "simply crazy" over "allo. . ? cation." It became popular during the war in connection with ships and } -j f loans. The "allocation" of shipping and the "allocation" of loans came to be current phrases. The Senate called on Mr. Wilson for information as to how he had "allocated" certain funds. In a newspaper story about an operatic benefit it was said that "the al4 location of boxes is to be based on the size and date of the contribution." '"Allocation" is so closely allied to * "allot," "assign" and "apportion" that the shipping and treasury authorities might just as well have said ithe "allotment" of ships and the "apportionment" of funds. But words oome into fashion as do styles in socks and neckties. And now it is "agenda." The words ' "programme" and schedule, and the 1 phrase "order of business" are passed j over. "Agree" to the Romans meant; to manage, conduct and perform, and "agenda"' were things that were to be, done. Later it came to have the spe-i sific meaning of things to be brought before a committee or council. ?? Kirk?Man wants but little here j below. Patrick?And he is the only fellow who gets what he wants.?Wayside Tales. i VERSIFICATION^ chased, the installation of cream separators, or other dairy equipment. I These reports come from all sections, and by far the majority of counties of the state. "And the Alabama farmers are turning to other lines of farming. Dairying enables them to receive a j check every two weeks, but they do i not want to depend on dairying alone. In certain sections of the state hog! growing has become extensively developed, and to some extent, in all parts of the state. Not long ago the writer saw the farmers sell in one day, at one point, hogs that netted them more than $23,000. It happen, ed that this was one of the largest sales in the state,-yet all the cooperative hog sales in the state in <5ne year brought the farmers more than $1,000,000, and individual sales doubtless increased the amount by tens of thousands of dollars. "From a crop practically unknown commercially ten years ago the sweet potato crop has developed in Alabama until the present crop i9 estimated tty the department of agriculture crop reporters to yield 22,413,000 bushels. | "Along with this great increase in the production of sweet potatoes for commercial purposes, sweet potato curing houses are being constructed for the purpose of curing them in the fall, storing them during the winter and putting them on the market throughout the year. "The method of constructing these storage houses has been so nearly perfected that when they are properly constructed and managed the loss is practically negligible. "Sweet potatoes are being raised all over Alabama, and in addition to die storage houses which were previously constructed the present indications are that new sweet potato storage houses will be constructed in the majority of Alabama counties this year. ? - ? * "Feacn growing m Amuctma i? uuu being overlooked. According {o the present indications, about 250. acres will be planted to peaches in Conecuh county next fall and winter; 200 or more in Tallapoosa county; 100 or more in Lowndes county and 200 in Covington. "Along with peaches, strawberries are receiving more'attention. Early in the spring a group of Jackson county farmers pledged themselves to, plant more than 100 acres in straw-1 berries this fall; and plans are now under way for a nice strawberry *? planting in Limestone county. "Another important fact in con nection witn Amutmio. agnvuivu>& that the farmers are practicing coopeeration as never before. They are learning that by cooperating they can i standardize their products, put a bet-j ter quality on the market, receive the j best market price on the day of the sale, and that by putting efficiency into their selling they are enabled to^ put their products in the hands of the consumer at a lower price than they! would otherwise pay." TWO LOSE LIVES IN BATTLE. ' . | Men Meet in Ravine in City of Union Near the Seminary. Union, Oct. 20.?Jim Ross,' an em-| ployee of the Union Oil mill, and Jes-| se Lindsay met in a ravine near thei Mminarv and shot each other to ggiui/tw* j i*? ? ? ? ? - death at 7:30 last night. The bodies, were discovered early this morning l^ing about 50 yards apart, both still grasping the weapon with which the fatal shots were fired. Both were; shot in the breast and death was al-| most instantaneous. It developed that bad blood had existed between \ them for some time and the meeting was supposed to be by chance. . Buy tablets by the dozen, only 45c, at Herald Book Store. | FIRST NATII > Member Federal f BAMBE | 5 PER CT- PA1 I Y f -OFFI Y PRESIDENT W. A. KLAUBER ?? CAS] f W. D. C< A At A A A A A A A > fVVwVV vvv LONDON WOMEN LOVE TO SMOKE Store Clerks Complain of Habit?Say Danger From Fire Considerable. London.?When it gets to the point that store clerks complain and storekeepers have to write to the papers to protest against women smoking in their shops, things have gone pretty far. That is what is happening now in London, and it came about through women strolling out of the restaurants and special tea and coffee smoking rooms in department stores, cigarette in mouth, to visit other departments, puffing away as they made their selections at tne counters. Even in England it is not considered courteous for men to smoke in shops. TUiere are not actually any notices posted up, of course, but it has always been the custom for cigars or cigarettes to be discarded, especially on entering those shops where women's clothes were srfld. It is not the discourtesy the Shopkeepers complain of, but the danger. They assert that tJbe girl and woman smoker is notoriously casual, and would just as soon drop a lighted cigarette on a pile of lace as on the floor ?where she usually does drop it. It is because of this disregard of smoking conventions?because of the women, not the men?.that the papers are full of letters from people protesting against smoking out of place in trains, in the subways and in hotel and club .rooms. Indeed the whole thing has got to such an irritating pitch on the trains, that several railroad companies have put up "nonsmoking" signs signs on a few carriages in every train (instead of a few "smoking") and left the public to fight the thing out among themselves [ in all the rest. j Smoking at all in public is already being referred to by a certain section of people as a relic of uncouth times when expectorating was also polite. It is significant that this view is not neia oy oia iaaies aim persuus, uy any means, but by young men and business women who protest that they demand and reserve a clean atmosphere to and from their work, the only time they get to read .their papers, and that London air is sufficiently polluted without adding this unnecessary fog in trams and trains. NO PLACE FOR A LIAR. Secretary Hoover Dismisses Bureau Chief Who Fostered an Untruth. Washington.?Uncle Sam is trying to build up a straightforward, trustworthy service?where there is no place for a liar. Secretary Hoover recently demanded, the resignation of one of hk most important bureau chiefs because he found out that official had toll him a lie. Lying is an unpardonable offense in the navy. This was emphasized by Rear Admiral Wilson, superintendent of the naval academy Annapolis, wiho, in expelling a midshipman, said: ,-)High standards of character are vital in military organization. Men in other walks of life may trifle with the truth in everyday affairs and suffer little as a consequence. We .can not be so-tolerant. The fundamental of an officer's value to the service is his trustworthiness. Lacking that, he l^cks all." < i ? m Why He Wanted It. The librarian in a certain southern city was approached recently by a large colored man with a great deal of assurance. "If you please, ma'am, Ah'd like to get an encyclopaedia," he said, handing her his card. "Why, what do you want with an encyclopaedia?" she asked him, surprised at his unusual request. "Well, ma'am," 'he explained, "us colored folks has organized a literary 'ciety and Ise on de programme for a papah on 'Current Events' an' Ah wanted to read up a little." -A A A. A A A A vVvVvVvV VVWy ONAL B1NKJ Reserve System | RG, S. C. | J) ON SAVINGS . i T f CERS f VICE-PRESIDENT ? DR. ROBT. BLACK f _ f HIER ! OLEMAN* f Sergt. Michael O'Leary, of Ontario, Canada, has the distinction of being the first British soldier in the world war to win the Victoria Cross. . i , mg _ Cm J. WESLEY CRTTM, JR., at attorney-at-law ^ Bamberg, S. 0. pu: Offices in Herald Building ^ Practice in State and Federal Courts. LoanS negotiated. $ * * Prince Alb liUlC 111 Talking about rolli: your own cigarettes, we tell you right here th Prince Albert tobacco 1 *em all lashed to the ma: You've got a handful-i happiness coming your rection when you pal it w: P. A. and the makir papers! 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