Farmers' Union Sets Cotton Price Floor at 15 Cents
Little Rock Ark Sept 4 The National Farmers Union orders cotton not to sell below fifteen cents a pound with monthly increments from September through February. The plan, supported by President Barrett, aims to raise the value of a bale from about 55 to 75 dollars, boosting Southern farmers’ revenues.
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Little Rock
Ark
National Farmers’ Union
South
Barrett
Farmers Union
Atlanta Journal
Rain in Hickory Level Brings Mild News
A light rain cooled Hickory Level last Tuesday with no illnesses reported. Residents Erskin Turner returned from Tallapoosa while Vasco Spence attended a Flat Rock gathering. William Henslee from South Georgia visits friends. L A McWhorter and family attended Abilene meeting. Leonard White of Atlanta arrived Friday night and left Sunday. Retta and Emme White visited Miss Roxie and Miss Myrtie McWhorter one evening. Nellie White visits Atlanta. Mrs Addie Garner and Mrs Dock Baskin visited Miss Myrtie McPherson.
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Erskin Turner
Tallapoosa
Vasco Spence
Flat Rock
L. A. McWhorter
Abilene
Leonard White
Atlanta
Retta
Emme White
Roxie
Myrtie McWhorter
Nellie White
Mesdames Addie Garner
Dock Baskin
Myrtie McPherson
For Sale Land Near Clem Carrollton Route 3
Two hundred acres are offered a short drive from Clem on Carrollton Route 3. The property includes about 76 acres in cultivation a six room dwelling and out-buildings a good orchard and pasture. Terms apply to F M Davis Carrollton Ga RF D No 3.1
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Clem
Carrollton
F. M. Davis
Carrollton Ga
Debate on a Right to Fool Oneself at Home
A reflective piece argues about gender roles and temptations faced by both husbands and wives. It contrasts a man’s cycles of gambling and drinking with a wife’s home duties, questioning moral equality and predicting divorces if roles reverse. The prose ends with a comforting, religious vision of a future homestead in eternal peace.
Love and ideals meet in a human bond
The piece argues love is embodied and tested through tangible forms and people. It asserts that abstract virtues gain meaning only when expressed in a real partner, with mutual education shaping appreciation and virtue as in the idea that lovers grow together as in Tennyson's line.
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Tennyson
Sometime Song Echoes Through the Heart’s Boughs
A lyrical depiction compares a sweet tune to birdsong in a summer morning, describing how the word Sometime evokes joy and gladness that fills the heart and air with musical brightness.
Marriage described as safety and burden in daily life
The text extols marriage as safer than single life with more joys and sorrows, supported by love and charity, while celibacy is praised for sweetness but loneliness. It likens marriage to the mother of the world and a builder that fills homes, cities, churches, and heaven.
Fragmentary moral reflection on harmony and society
The passage extols harmony among nature and people, describing how flowers, labor, and colonies contribute to world order. It portrays virtue, public interest, and obedience to a higher design as components of a well constituted society. The fragment reflects a philosophical view of divine design shaping human institutions.
How to Begin the Day Advice Fragment
A comical early morning guidance piece urges rising with the lark and neat personal care. It blends culinary metaphors with social graces and ends with a playful toast about breakfast rituals and jokes.
Beauty of Old People and Selfhood in Society
Lord Lytton notes beauty arises from self and character as men and women craft their own appeal against aging. The remark about a man “uglier than he had any business to be” underscores social judgment of appearance and dignity in aging. This fragment explores personal beauty beyond youth.
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Lord Lytton
Aging Beauty and Life’s Eternal Grace in Time
An old passage reflects on life’s arc from youth to old age. It contrasts outward beauty with inner growth and suggests grace improves with time, positing that true beauty evolves as life progresses and emotions endure beyond youth.
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Grace
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Promote Back Health
An advertisement claims kidney pains stem from back-right stitches when bending or walking. It touts DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills as unmatched for backache weak kidneys and bladder inflammation. A week’s treatment costs 25 cents, sold by Hamrick's Pharmacy.
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DeWitt
Hamrick
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