The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-06
COTTON IFS KING.
"a Writer in the Augusta Chronicle
! Thinks II Sovereign.
NO MORE Low COTTON SAYS HE
1 Acreage Cannot he Increased
and il Twelve Million Bales \
Is Made, 1t Cannot be
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Gathered,

Gathered.
The following letter which we clip
from the Augusta Chronicle OH the
cotton outlook will be read with in
terest by the farmers and others in
the South:
NORWOOD. Ca. Feb. 23-Thcre
have been only three men, SO hiSto-
4 rlans tell us, that have combined the
soldier, statesman and financier in
one Julius Caesar, born 100 years be-
fore Christ; Gcurge Washington, born
In 1872; Napoleon Bonaparte, born in
1863. And all Of these men left an
impression upon their times that can
never be cffaced. They did more for
human rights aud constitutional
liberty than the balance Of great men,
and yet none was king. 1t is said
Of Caesar before he was aSs;lsSinated
at the foot Of the statue of Pompcy.
that while the crown was offered him
three times and the last time pushed
I gently aside, remember him only as
/, Caesar who paused on the brink OF the
Rubicon and uttered these immortal
words: "vcni, yidi vici," and today,
while neither Of these illustrious men
was ever crowned king. there is a
king today in the south who rules the
world, and he has said ''veni vidi yici,
and my name is King Cotton"
Marius sitting ON the ruins OF Car
thage is not more pitiablc sight t!an
an old Bear sitting on Il bale of cotton
and . sheriff selling him out. And
now let me tell you, North, South,
East and West England, France
Russia, Germany and the balance Of
mankind, you will never get the cot
: ton. we make again at what you have
been paying. Your Bustons,' your
Beers and your Ncils' days are over.
The south is coming forth in her
grandeur and her glory with prosperity
from every vale and dell and the glori
Gus re- frain Cotton is King" is
heard DER the land.
England may talk CT planting cot
ton in Africa, South Africa is the on
ly part OF Africa's vast domain Of
l1,360,000 statute square miles that
is wOrtl: Il continental for cotton.
The Egyptian cotton raised along the
Nile is confined to a small territory,
and the cotton raised in Russia is
short in fibre and can't be- spun un-
less mixed with other cotton Of long
fibre. The cotton talked Of in Cuba
by Clark Howell is a farce. No coun-
try growing Il stalk rs large aS a tree
can make cotton, the climatic condi-
tions arc too tropical. The coLtor
planted in South America, in Mexico
doesn't matcrialiZe.
The United State with over three
million statute square miles has abou
gone her limits and you will never SET
over eleven million bales OF cotton
raised again in the south.
Suppose, then, over eleven million
bales were raised (say twelve million)
it could not be gathered. The south
will never again gather twelve mil
lion bale crop, simply because th
labor is not there to gather it. Tht
old Limc negro is dying out, and TIN
young buck coming forward educated
amt worth Il cu.S us Il farm hand
totally unavailable as Il laburer. TN
statistics show that whenever yol
educate a negro. you spoil Il gout
farm hand. He no longer desires tt
pull the bell cord over Il mule II,
wants to teach school or preach, anC
besides, there are hundreds Of avoca
tions opening up to tile daily tolcr II
our country turpentinc farming
saw mills, factories, railroads. Our
Southland has made more progress il
the last ten years, than in two de
cades past, and these institutions are
paying good wages and ready cash.
With the boil wccvl in Texas
thousands OF acres Of land devoted tt
peach culture in the south, the popula
tion Of the country by far outgrowinA
the production of the country, and tht
conquest Of the Philippines, and Eng
lands inroads into Africa, is bringing
into the folds Of civilization a vast
horde of people who went about cloth
ed with simple tig leaf until lately
who now wear clothes. l was tolt
while in Augusta during my last visit
that while Augusta was quoted al
holding about forty Thousand bales o.
cotton, there in reality we're only
about fifteen thousand bales cotton
for market, the balance is Ihman'.
and others, not for sale, but to deliver
on contracts.
Now there is one thing clearly
dem, nstratcd to my mind-that the
south never will make twelve million
bales-if she did the labor is not here
to gather it, and what is not picked by
January 1st, will never be picked. An(
again the top crop will never be agar
q factor. AS my friend Josh Doughty
told me, Dan Bowlcs had 26 acres o
the prcttiest and forwardcSt sccont
crop ever seen. 1t was the pride q
the mill men around Augusta, anf
the cotton ractors gaZcd long ant
lovingly upon the large unopcn holl.
that were destined to die unborn
The beautiful soft, Silky-white locks
we're never to be kissed by a southern
sun, and | am told that while tho
boys were dwelling in rapture over
Isowles's crop, Dan, who is sharp as
he is clever, and being very dcmocra-
tic in his ideas, offered the crop fol
one bale, and the truth is, it made
but one.
The price Of ten cents cotton ha.
made Il wonderful difference in tilt
situation. There were at least 5000
bales sold I'm the last few days il
Augusta and with what is now to sci
will put in circulation in Augusta
nearly q quarter OF Il million dollar.
more, aS this cotton was bought Al
about cents. want TO pay a compli
ment to the factors or Augusta. They
arc the clcvercst and most reliable
set of men i'm hc c0utb and ha VI bppt