The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-06
COTTON rs KING.
"a Writer In the Augusta Chronicle
Thinks It Sovereign.
NO MORE Low COTTON SAYS HE.
Acrengc Cannot bc Increased
and II Twelve Million Bnles
Is Made, rt Cnnno. be
Gathered.

Gathered. 's
The following letter which we clip
from the Augusta Chronicle OH the
cotton outlook will H.; read With in.
tereSt by the farmers and others in
the South:
NORWOOD, Ga, Feb. 23-rhcre
have been only three mon, SO histo-
rlans tell us, that have combined the
soldier, statesman and financier in
one julius Caesar, born 100 years be-
fore Christ: Gcurgc Washington, born
in 1892; Napoleon Bonaparte, born in
!?Ga. Aud al Of these men left an
impression upon their times that can
never be clfaced They did more for
human rights aud constitutional
liberty than the balance OF great men,
and yet none was Il king. 1t is said
OF Caesar before he was asslssina ted
at the foot Of the statue of Pompcy,
that while the crown was offered him
three times and the last time pushed
gently aside, l remember him only as
Caesar who paused on the brink of the
Rubicon and uttered these immortal
words: ''veni, vidi vici," and today
while neither Of these illustrious men
was ever crowned king. there is q
king today in the south who rules the
world, and he has said 'yeni vidi vici,
and my name is King Cotton"
N1ariuS sitting on the ruins Of Car
thage Is not Il more pitiablc sight than
an old Bear sitting on a bale Of cotton
and Il 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
Z ton we make again at what you have
been paying. Your Bustons,' your
Beers and your Neils' days are over
The south is coming forth in her
grandeur and her glory with prosperity
laundering from every mountain top,
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 Africas vast domain of
11,360,000 statute square miles that
is worth 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 Ciibu
by Clark Howell is IL farce. No coui.
try growing Il stalk as large as Il tree
can make cotton, the climatic cOndi
tions are too tropical. The cottot
planted in South America, in Mexico
doesn't matcrialiZc.
million statute square miles has abou
gone her limits and you will never Sc
over eleven million bales OF cUttul
raised again in the south.
Suppose, then, over eleven millio,
bales were raised (say twelve million)
it could not be gathered. The Soutl
will never again gather Il twelve mil
lion bale crop, simply because tn
labor is not there to gather it. TIL
old Lime negro is dying out, and TIL
young buck coming forward educated
amt worth Il cu,S us a farm hand
totally unavailable as u labnrcr. 'rh
statistics show that whenever 20,
educate a negro, you spell a goot
farm hand. He no longer desires t,
pull the bell cord over Il mule. II,
wants to teach school or preach, ant
besides, there are hundreds Of avoca
tions opening up To the daily toilcr II
our country turpentine farming
saw mills, factories, railroads. Oul
Southland has made more progress il
the last ten years, than in two Gle
cadeS past, and these institutions ar,
paying good wages and ready cash.
With the boil wccvil in Texas
thousands Of acres Of land devoted t
peach culture in tile south, the popula
tion of the country by far outgrowin4
the production OF the country. and The
conquest Of the Philippines, and Eng
lands inroads into Africa, is bringin.
into the folds of civilization vasI
horde Of people who went about cloth
ed with a simple Zig leaf until lately
who now wear clothes. was tole
while in Augusta during my last visi
that while Augusta was quoted al
holding about forty thousand bales o.
cotton, there in reality were only
about fifteen thousand bales cottor
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
balcs-if she did the labor is not here
togather it, and what is not picked by
January 1St, will never be picked. AND
again the top crop will never be agar
q factor. AS my friend Josh bought,
told me, Dan BOwleS had 26 acres o
the prcttieSt and forwardcSt SECOND
crop ever seen. 1t was the pride o
the mill men around Augusta, ant
the cotton ractorS gaZed long ant
lovingly upon the large unopen boil.
that were destined to die unborn
The beautiful soft, silllywhitc locks
were never to be kissed by southern
sun, and | am told that while tho
boys were dwelling in rapture ovcl
Rowles's crop, Dan, who is sharp rs
he is clever and being very democri-
tic in his ideas, offered the crop fo
one bale, and the truth is, it made
but one.
The price Of ten cents cotton la.
made a wonderful difference in tn,
situation. There were at least 5000
bales sold in the last few days il
Augusta and with what is now to sci
will put in circulation in August;
nearly q quarter Of IL million dollar
more, as this cotton was bought a
about cents. ] want to pay a compi
ment to the factors OF Augusta. The,
are the clevcrcSt and most reliable
cot re man in bn cnnth and hu 10 hnn,