SAM SMALL TO SPEAK

At the “Dry America” Meeting at the Reformed Church To-Night — Don’t Fail to Hear Him — Admission Free.

We again call attention to the “Dry America” rally in the Altamont Reformed church this Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Rev. Sam Small, the noted orator and National Anti-Saloon league lecturer, will address the meeting.

Dr. Small was born in Knoxville, Tenn., a city founded by his forbears. He was graduated with high honors from Emory and Henry College in Virginia; was in the Southern army; was admitted to the bar in Tennessee and shortly thereafter became private secretary of President Andrew Johnson, and followed that executive’s political fortunes to the United States Senate.

There is one thing that distinguishes this  man perhaps quite as much as any other thing, and that is his cosmopolitanism. A true son of the South, he is, nevertheless, quite as much at home in Maine as in Texas, in Ohio as in Georgia. He is no narrow sectionalist, partisan or sectarian.

Everyone should plan to attend this meeting. No admissions will be charged. Doors open at 7 o’clock.

SMALL PART OF STATE’S FARM LAND UNDER CULTIVATION

Commissioner of Agriculture Wilson Says Only 375,000 Persons in the Empire State are Engaged in Agriculture — Bulletin Issued by Department of Agriculture Gives List of New York Farms For Sale.

Of the 22,030,367 acres of farm land in the state of New York, only 8,500,000 are now under cultivation, despite the fact that of the total acreage, 15,500,000 acres are classed as improved land.

Commissioner of Agriculture Charles Wilson points out that during the year 1915 the farms of the state produced commodities valued at $475,000,000 and that in order to supply the demand for farm produce every acre of land in the state capable of producing any commodity should be under cultivation, so that the value of products of a year here would be greatly decreased.

“Although in close proximity to many markets and especially to New York city, farm land in New York state is available at prices which are remarkably low in comparison with farm land in other parts of the country,” says Commissioner Wilson.

High prices of farm  products, the independence of farm life, good roads, improvement in educational advantages, prospective advance in land prices, and the assistance and instruction now given to agriculturists, is resulting in a return to the land.