The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1890-03-28
CORRESPONDENCE,
a hlittIe Review.

IN uAStfC RAcFRSW.
MIR. EDITOR :-Bcing a now
conner IN your county, though Of
u sister State, I an a well-wisher
TO the prosperity Of my ncw-made
friends. / find the farmers sorcly
oppressed in some things in this
country. While they seem to
have good fertile lands lands that
will produce most anything need
tnl for man to satisfy tho appe-
titc-corn, peas, potatoes, wheat,
rice, cane for manufacturing syr-
up, fruit Of various kinds, good
land for gardening purposes that
VIII grow most any kind of vcgc-
tables, yet they seem TO be under
q yoke Of bondage; they seem to
be in the clutches Of the speouIa-
tors and, my co-laborcrs, one
word would like to say to you is
this, you may form Alliances and
you may attend Alliance meet
ings and support Alliance organs,
have Alliance addresses from our
smartest mon, but unless you use
economy in your manner Of living
and try to live more at homo YOU
will ever be the slave Of the money
kings; your children after yon
will be their hcwcrs Of wood and
water drawers. If the farmers Of
this present day could pay cash
Tor their labor II hand would work
with more satisfaction lie would
take more interest in your welfare :;
he would give you moro labor for
the amount promised and he could
iced his family at less expense,
and it would leave him something
to fall back on should sickness
occur in his home. So long as
you live at the present rate, SO
long will you have to live. tt
would be better to live one or two
years hard and try during that
time to make something to live
upon than to have to work hard
all your days and then have moth
ing. Some one will say if l don't
plant cotton I cannot get any
money. II / do not plant cotton
| cannot rent land these lands
holders will not rent me their
land. The first excuse l will an
swcr, it is siseldom you GAN oGtain
-. ssT.:sss,rrnt;; airy. WY oil. s2,o,-
your cotton. March finds Your
money gono and | dare say Jan
uAry many times. Next, if the
landlord and money kings arc to
say What You shall do, what is
your Alliance fOr2 Ii the farm
ers OF this county arc bandcd to-
gether, let them say as our fore
fathers said when oppressed by
british tyrants, "Let us pull to-
gethcr not for the mortal hurt Of
no one but for the good Of one
another"
do not wish it understood that
| bcgrudgc the merchant his Or
por unitics, for the merchant lad
rather sec one fivc-dolIar cash
| oNo o'Oi'Ot tiiull W Scc one LCtl-QOl-
lar credit man, and we have as
nice men in the mercantile busi
ness as in the field, yet, il we arc
an independent people let us live
rs we profess to be. Wiuh the
money we can build factories Of
onr own, railroads Of our own,
pay our preachers in a decent way,
educate our children, keep our
mechanics in good hearts, improve
our premises as we should, drain
our land in proper method, i'm.
prove our stock, and many other
things too numerous to mention.
Let us learn our children to be
more useful; teach the girls
housc-worl1, tho management Of
domestic duties that will make
them moro ofhclp-mects in the fiji
ture when they become mistrcsses
Of their own little cottages. Learn
the boys the Use Of tools, the man
agcmcnt Of stock, how to plow,
hoe, ditch, grub, in fact anything
for an honest living, economy and
! home industry. TAR U,EEL.
| Blcnhcim, March 22d, 1880
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