The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-15
"Slab's" Nominations.
Editor The Manning Times:

After a good long absence from
YOUR columns. l will again try and
inscri5e a few lines in memory OF a
few of the things that are passed and a
few that are passing now. All things
considered together, we have had a
good year for making crop. Some OF
the wool-hat boys have taken advan-
tage. and made good use of the oppor-
tunity while it was passing, and OF
course some few have let the shade
trees at the end of the rows effect the
crop, BAN to the middle of the field.
But such things just naturally will be.
Some of us have to help create a mar
ket for the other fellows produce. The
tobacco market has been good this
wear, a heap better than we ever en-
pected it to be: and when one comes to
think about it. its passing strange that
those two powerful tobacco trusts would
so far forget themselves as to let the
weed bring an extra high price for a
whole year. But if YOU will just get
right fiat on your back where you can
study good, its possible to see wherein
they the trusts haven't been such big
fools after all. They can very well
afford to sacrifice ten million dollars
this year, to make twenty million next
year. See the pint? They've been spit
ting daggers at one another this year,
and now they are lying down together
like the provential Lion and Lamb.
Now YOU just take warning brother
wool-hatters. Don't let the fine prices
this year run you crazy, and over-d0
the thing next year. If YOU turn fool
and plant tobacco next year to the en-
clusion of other and more necessary
crops, if you don't have a great big
sorry streak down your backs. then my
name amt John. But we farmers are
next to the foolist things that ever
growed any how. You won't find any
other profession in the world. half as
big as ours, that amt got some rules
and regulations to 60 by. to kinder
govern them in their actions towards
each other and to protect them from
the rest of the world. We're just a
free and easy set. Every mans his
own man. And is is wonderful and yet
it amt wonderful that we farmers
amt done been swallowed whole. long
time ago. But then YOU see it would be
bad business principles. to swallow the
goose that lays the eggs. am mon
strous glad to see that there IS 4 heap
more brains being used on the farm
than their used 10 was. We've got
'em, the brains I mean. and all we've
cot to do is use them right. and Well
stand second to none. y mixture OF
brains. common sense and muscle, used
freely in our every day work will do Us
m, good than all the law makers III
Chrisendom. Talking about law max
>ers just reminds US that we have got q
set elected this year that we are all
proud of. There was some mighty
good fellows left in the cold, but Clar-
endon can boast of as level headed set
of men elected to the Senate and House
of Representative as any county IN the
State. Three out of the four men are
farmers and the other fellow use to be
farmer, so we don't think he has been
separated from the gang long enough
to forget about the needs of the farm
er. Upon the whole we are expecting
big things from our delegation for the
next two years.
Mr.. Editor. it don't become any man
or set of men to be al the time kicking
against the power that be. but theirs
q time when almost any kind OF a kick
is in order. What | mean is this. The
charges that we farmers have to pay at
these warehouses for the privilege of
selling our tobacco are too high. We
farmers are perfectly willing to pay
anything reasonable for the handling
of our tobacco. We don't want any
body to work for us for nothing. while
we a tremendous lot of it 10 DO our
selves. But we do claim that it amt
Just. it amt right, it amt fair for we
sand grabblers TO have to pay enough
charges on our stuff, to make it a mon
ev making business for some stock COM