The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-05
The Farmers Meeting.

In r"sronsa to the call il The lEIEs
about geo g: C:ager6on's starGy i.tr.iieiS
assembled IL az coart house last Monday
to discuss the present dep: ssSnS conGl-
tons, and to exchange views with regard to
taa cotton acrsG%e.
Mr. :. D. Hodge WAS u!uGe chairman,
ari, after :. !ew preliminary re:narSs he Az
nonnceI the meat!rg ready acd invited =
genera. discussion Capt. D.J bra0lam
took the Aoor, and after thanking Tie pee
pie for the many l,onorS conferred upon
him fro: his bcynood 10 the prtseE: r:ae,
lie announced that his political ambition
was ss.:t;ed aud that with the expiration q
his present commission he would rti:Te -
rr;v,.te life, but" said the captains, i
shal! never lose interest in that which Ii:-
.erests the people, and whenever l can be
Of service stand ready to assist them with
a.! my might" Continuing, the capsal2 ID
= most forcible manner told his bearers
that movement was on foHt 70 organize TO
! better the condition Of the Southern peo-
pie: that this meeting Was for everybody.
farmer, lawyer, merchant, doctor, mechanic
all who sre interested in this country. POI
/ iticS had TO place il such gathering,
! therefore there was no room :or the polit:-
c;an. but ell other avoca;;o25 were wa2tet.
| He took tie position that ouc o. tie first
| thirss 10 be done was 10 get tie General
| Assembly 70 repeal the lien law, so .aat u
mans Eocor wopld build his credit ;aao
| another was 20 live within our incomes -
gave tie farmers good. wholesome advice.
! Dr. | II. Moods spoke DeNt, and bis ie-
marks brought about soa.e qa-stioAS TO
wL!cl tAa doctor gave coaG part OF his
| ..Giaeaos:s" He claimed there was an IN
onbus" on t.:e people which must be shake:
| Of. 21l no placed the evil upon the lc::
and homestead laws lie was several times
interrupted, and f2ally the crowd com
menced calling for Hon. James Z. Nnds!.
who came forward and in few minutes the
attention Of the entire audience wes r'resed
npon him and they were drinking in the
words of good reasoning and good advice
that fell from his lips. Mr. Tindal regard
| ed inGiscreet management as having much
| to DO with the present depressed condi-
| tons. He told them that a few years ago
cotton went down fat and farmers were on
! the verge Of ruin. The next year they did
not 20 in debt. and farmers both white
and black, had money III the 1;:ii; their
barus were filed with corn and everybody
was happy. Then there was failure IN
; tee Western grain crop. and every Non
tana horse that could be brought into this
State was sold to our farmers. The resul!
was that these Montana horses ate up al OF
our corn and We had to 50 back into debt
s..d feed our stock on bought corn, which
| never fattens fam stock We could have
done without many things, but because We
could buy on credit We were not as mindful!
OF our interests as we should have been.
He urged his hearers not to 90 in debt, and
those who We're forced to DO 50. to only buy
those things which they could not do with
F.! oat. he believed It wise to organize and
act with each other. Mr. TindaFs talk was
dispassionste review of the farmers al
fairs, and he made some suggestions II fol-
lowed will be productive OF great good.
The chairman was requested to issue
call asking the cGairnen OF the township
boards to call meetings iu their respective
townships for the purpose Of organization
and to send delegates 10 a convention to be
held in Manning OF salesday N February.