The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-02
i" Slabs" Examinations.
Editor The Manning TiHr>:

Editor The Manning Tinlrs:
There are so many good ripe sub
iectS 10 write on. or about. that h;lru-
IL know which 70 tackle. unless hau Il
little more yumptjon than I've got ana
could handle them better than l can
Md then The TINES goes TO so many
peoples houses. and there are so many
people thar may criticise-but when
fellow lust gets chuck full OF 4 thing, |
cuess the best way to do is Just to spit
it out and let those criticise who may.
and I believe that's about what | Will
90. \ word about The TINES first.
John Slab aint one 70 be braging and
blaDin@ about a thing all the time, ana
so don't believe | ever have SAID what
| think about our county paper so here
goes. If there is a county paper any
where in the whole State OF South Car
olina that can equal The MANNING
TINES for news. and general get up,
| haven't seen it, and I've seen a good
many. There. Its out for what it's
worth. Now for a good social chao
with my brothers in the wool hat brl-
gade. Well, how about the cotton crop
for 1904: How many are going 10 pian1I
as much cotton this year as they dld
last year? How many are gong 10
plant more? How many knows Wnat
cotton will sell at per pound, next !a!I:
How many are going 10 neSlect a Illt!e
corn and provision crop Tor q pig cotlon
crop? How many have traded their COT
ton seed THAT ought to go to corn 10
the oil mill for meal TO go to cotton:
How many are going to plant for l2c
cotton and make a debt that nothing
short OF I2c cotton can pay? Then sup
pose cotton drops to Sc, what Will you
90 about that other &c? There 5 string
OF questions for you and 1t Will take
'.hoss sense" to answer them too. AND
fellows there is the milk in the cocoa
nut. We've just got to use moss
sense for that's about the only klno
we've got. Lets ask ourselves another
question or two and see If we can t
answer them this time. What made
tobacco sell at such q fine price two
wears ago? Every body said specula-
ton. What made tobacco sell for such
an exceedingly low price last year:
Every body says speculation. And the
speculator is the man that's got the
money. Now the greatest and most
momentous question to US IS, how can
we ever manage tue speculatoc: n we
can DO II. Inls same SCI Q: Que saii'ts; s;.S
wool nat farmers can 40 II os eniIeu
action, and we are tne Gnls ssC VI niSa Sa
on the top SIDE OF the Slo0e lilao can uo
II. how can we GO II: os Ealsins oua
own bread and meat ana ulaAIns LII, coVton
our extra, or surplus crop. InaU an
ole worn out tune but we can sing II II
We will. Another Ola worn ouI lacC IS
that we cannot make cotton 10 ous cols
with. We nave tr1en IL ttlle anu
again and 1t fails every time. -,
say fellows, 40 you reGhon theH
gave lis stormln' big price lof cotton
last winter because they loved US that
much: When TOBACCO went 50 hish IMo
wears ago, every BODY tiken 10 Went
craZr and planted tremendous olS
crop last year: ana the precious specu-
iator showed US Just where anu nov
much he loved Us. AS soon rs we soV
a big crop made one trust oousnt ouC
another trust. thereby klIAng competi-
ton and the result was theE JUST S"ai-
lowed the TOBACCO larmer, .ooacco anu
all. and Oh my. wasn't II 1unnS 70 pc
expecting lOc crop and sell 9st.rSl 4c;
Well. that WAS a lesson~;we3l son learned
IRON actual experience. Ana now take
care history Con repeat ltseH. Ever!
oodE says on; the oeulano 10 ~ SO.
cnd the supply IS So snort that COTTON i IS