Dr Woods Addresses Cotton Tax and Market Outlook
Walter Clark, president of the Mississippi Division Southern Cotton Association, urges county secretaries and ginners to enforce the 3 cent tax on ginned cotton, while outlining plans for a state agricultural reports department. He cautions farmers against selling cotton too soon, advocates holding until higher prices, and notes mixed crop prospects with a potential short crop ahead.
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Will H. Woods
Mississippi
Southern Cotton Association
Department of Agriculture
Asheville
A Word From President Jor Dan
Sept 20 1905 Mississippi farmers urged to contact county association leaders and press members to refuse selling cotton at current prices. President Harvie Jordan notes efforts to set a minimum price of 11 cents per pound and middling uplands at the home market, acknowledging opposition at New Orleans convention and urging strong cooperation to hold the line.
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Farmers of
Mississippi
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Asheville
N. C
New Orleans
Llots
Improve Your School Houses For A Neat Neighborhood
The piece urges repairing cleaning and painting school houses prior to opening county schools. It stresses tidy grounds cisterns and whitewashing, arguing well kept schools reflect taste, inspire students, and require minimal cost if patrons unite and contribute. It also links attractive homes to land value and road quality.
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Port Gibson Reville
Autumn Cheer Provides Bright Mood Despite Seasonal Change
A reflective piece urges embracing cheerfulness as autumn arrives. It argues mood shapes experience, noting cheerfulness boosts energy, weather, and perception. It emphasizes deliberate cultivation of a positive temperament to weather hardship and uplift daily life.
Get the Cash Habit cash vs credit sales pitch
The speaker argues cash purchases save money and avoid debt. A cash store avoids carrying duplicate stock and high credit costs, while credit stores incur extra expenses and higher prices on broader lines like dry goods and clothing. Cash offers plainer pricing and steadier bargains across groceries to clothing.
Speak Kind Words to Brighten Homes and Hearts
A moral exhortation on the power of cheerfulness and gentle acts to brighten any home. The piece urges kindness, smiles, and small acts to create happiness, citing poetry and Cornelia A. Kline as source of reflection. It frames kindness as a lasting, memory-making gift even in humble surroundings.
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Cornelia A. Kline
Cotton Crop Estimate Drops to 8,960,192 Bales
J O Deitz, writing from Weatherford Texas under Sept 16 date, gives final 1905 cotton crop estimate at 8 960 192 bales of 500 pounds. He analyzes causes for poor yield across the belt, citing reduced acreage poor fertilizer results weed and grass competition, and insect ravages in the western belt.
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New York
J. O. Deitz
Weatherford
Texas
Leach State
Atlantic States
Unfavorable Season and Cotton Crop Estimates by Deitz
The piece notes a very poor cotton year across the belt except southern Texas. Four lock bolls predominate, lint yield from seed cotton is low, and Deitz’s past estimates were accurate when final counts came in. He has surveyed fields since March 15 and made three belt crossings.
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Texas
Deitz
For Sale Two Dozen Brown Leg Horn Chickens
For sale two dozen full blood brown Leg horn chickens at two dollars per pair. Contact Mrs Ella Cox in Brandon Mississippi.
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Ella Cox
Brandon
Harperville School Delays Opening to October 8, 1905
State Board of Health order postpones Harperville School opening to October 8, 1905. Message signed by OHAS A. W. S. Huddleston Belton Texas dated September 21. Letter from a reader praises the editor and offers encouragement to mothers and home workers.
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State Board of Health
Ohas
W. S. Huddleston
Belton Texas
Brandon News
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Brandon Mercantile
Brandon, Miss
Brandon Bank
J. Stanner
Pelahatchie
Star High School
Star, Miss. Isa
Co. R. Lawler
STAR
DR. Wood
South Carolina
Walter Clark
Miss. Div
Sou. Cotton Association
President Jordan
AM Shields
Harperville School
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