The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-08
CALL rO THE COTTON GROWERS OF
...r NO. TOWNSHIP.
The Executive Conmlttse Wants You to
Meet Next Friday to Organize-IIecd
tho Cali-Everybody Iuvitcd.


| the Cali-EverybodyI Iuvltcd.
+ In compliance with the request o
tho Cotton Growers Association OF
Newberry County, We, tho undersigned
committee, do hereby issue tho follow.
: ing call:
Knowing that cotton is tho best
money crop for the Southern States,
! and that the North is compelled tC
| have 1T in some quantity at almost any
| price, and that the Southern States
have q practical monopoly Of the cot.
ton supply, and that the price from
over-productiOn or from under.con-
| sumption or from some other cause on
causes has fallen below the cost Of pro,
duction, aud that the present condition
is about to ruin the whole Southern
| States, and that oganization OF the et-
forts OF all persons that arc directly or
/ indirectly interested in the price Of
| cot on is tho first step towards the cure,
no matter what the disease may be, VIC
therefore request every white farmer
of No. Township tomcct ut Newberry
court house on Friday, February lllh,
at TO o'clock Il. M.
TO the white TURNER'S of No. ! Town
ship wo wish to say: That your time
would be better spent in trying to inn
prove the price of cotton than in trying
to increase the quantity Of your crop.
For that reason you should be willing
to spend one day out Of each month in
coming together and keeping up an or
ganizatiOn that could and would contro,
the price of cotton, thereby gaining the
profit for your other labor.
10 the merchants We wish to say:
That unless you take some steps to-
| wards the improvement of tho price Of
cotton you will find that prices will
even grow lower than they arc now.
that the farmers will bc unable to pay
their honest debts, have no money to
spend and will be compelled to live
upon what they can get around their.
homes, and when they find ont they can
do this, large proportion of the bust
ness of the towns will stop.
10 the professional men VIC wish to
say: That if the money crop is shut of
land that will be the result, unless the
price OF COTTON is kept from further re-
duction) there will be need Of only one
tenth rs many professional men as ut
present, and you will be compelled to
accept something else besides money
for your fees.
10 the banks and other monicd insti-
tutiOns we wish to say: That there
| ever will start in this country that
| carries with it us much Importance tO
the banking institutions as this one
| does, for the banks cannot rise above
the community in which they are do,
ing business. If the people break then
the banks must do business with broken
men or do no business ut all. IrpcoplC
nre driven 10 living at home aud board
| ing at the same house, there will be NJ
| need OF borrowing money.
| 10 the stockholders and managers OF
the cotton mills We wish to say: That
! this is not sling against your interests
| on the contrary We will expect more OF
you than anybody else. We wish &c
remind you that you can make as much
money by forcing the price OF cotton
up rs you can by forcing the price OF
| cotton down.
Now to all white men Of No. | Town.
ship: We earnestly request you to set
aside the second Friday Of February tt
attend the Cotton Growers Convention
and make it such an organization ~
| Will be ctlcctivo in it's chief object il
the advancement of the price OF cotton
Remember VIC have monopoly Of the
cotton crop, and the world is compelled
to have cotton at any price. So com,
forward rs you did in 1876 and show tt
the world that the Southern pc0pl,
can't be nnslaved. You have more %
stake nov than you had in 1860 whcr
you quit all business and began cruc
war to avcngc Il real or supposed
| wrong, and the chances of success arc
certain in this instance and were uncer
tain then. Now remember we are cX
| pecting you to come and bring y0ul
neighbor with you. We will cndcavol
to entertain You by getting scvcra
noted men to address you on that day
| The action that will be taken viii b,
left entirely to you.
II. IT. FOLK, Chm.
| JNO. G.. NEEI..
| [. ID. SUOCKLEY. {.
$. Il. CROTWELI..
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