The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-11-22

IS W0tckns0n AID SOkteTOn now has the COM
Ained circulation and influence of both of
che old papers, and is manifestly the best
advertising medium in Sumter.
AS we understood it the Southern
Cotton Growers Association was or
ganized to force the consumers Of cot
Een to pay fair and legitimate price
for the cotton produced in the South,
not to exact a speculative profit by
creating an artificial famine. If the
association should be used to advance
the price Of cotton unduly, it will at
once become an agency for untold in
Jury to the Socth. The Southern
Farmers want a legitimate price for
s aheir cotton, out they need and must
Rave. il ss2ey are to prosper, a steady
and Stable market If Harvie Jordan
sur1s speculator, with the influence
sie possesses with the Southern farm
ers as his capital, he will do the
South more lasting injury than Theo-
dore Price has ever been able to in
aict.
Greenvilie county has voted out the
dispensary system and there is JOY
m the dark corner" around CLASSY
Mountain. Stock in the moonshine
distilleries is already above par.
f the dog tax brings in only $4,000
this year, there has been some tall
lying done by South Carolina dog fan
ciers. The dog tax ought to yield at
aeast three times s5O.oOo annually.
The success Of the Sumter Fall Fes-
z&ival last year gave remarkable i'm
pedus to the carnival business in South
Carolina There is danger Of over-do-
Eng it we fear, but by the time Sumter
Is ready to have another week Of fes-
dvity our people will be able to devise
more and attractive features that
draw the crowds from all parts Of
South Carolina as we did last year.
That advertising pays was demon
strated by the crowd that packed the
sumter Department Store. Advertis-
ing and advertising alone is respon-
sihle for the crowds.
Ten cents was satisfactory price
Ger cotton. but those who still have
amy ON hand are convinced that it is
worfh IL cents or more. If they hold
90 the belief and to the cotton they
zrin ged sAeir price before many
weeks have passed. There is little cot
4Cn IN the hands OF farmers in Sum-
Ger county as compared with the
amount ON hand last year this time,
bur those who have the cotton are
ahse TO hold it, and with the assistance
pf the warehouse company and the
banks they can hold it indefinitely.
The farmers fight for fair price
for cotton is a. long way from being
rson, and il there Is big crop plant
ed next spring the price will go down
IN SIX or seven cents before the crop
IS chopped out to a stand. The acre
are should be still further reduced so
as TO make a ten million bale crop Or
aes a certainty. We cannot count on
the seasons to curtail the crop twice
an succession and everybody now
admits that the size Of the crop this
year was largely determined by the
seasons, the reduction in acreage hav-
Sng but a small share in the result.
The reduction in the cotton acreage
next wear is more important than ever
before, and the Southern Growers
Association should devote more time
60 the campaign for reduction in acre
age than to the effort to force the
price up to Is cents. If the acreage
Is materially reduced the price OF cot
CON between planting and harvest
time will take care Of itself. A small
cotton acreage Will have more in
Nuence on the market than Mr.. Ear-
wie Jordan's plan to withdraw S.O0O,-
Gee bales from the market
ASSOCIATION DEMANDS is CENTS