The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-04-28

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, at the present time The south pos
sesses an abundance of brain, energy
| and manhood. In the veins of her
people courses the highest type of An
| glo-Saxon blood: a race which has al
ways been equal to every emergency
and which has invariably accomplish
ed every great object which it has I'M
dertaken. What the south needs more
than al! things else. is information
| with reference to the matters outlined
| above. Our people should know the
splendid possibilities within their
reach and how to develop their great
| resources. The time has come when
the new south will take on renewed
energy and prepare to take is stand
in the front ranks Of he foremost
nations OF the world.
I have absolute confidence in the I'LL
ture OF my country, and believe the
rime is rapidly approaching when the
south will be the richest and most de-
sira1le section of this great nation in
everything which pertains to advanc-
ed agriculture. commerce, industrial
activity and the highest type OF cltl-
zenship of an educated common
wealth.
Membership Dues.
The annual membership dues are
only Is cents per member. The nxeo
income Of the association and Of the
various state and territorial, county
and parish organizations, is to be OBJ
tanned by an annual assessment Of a
few cents on each bale of cotton pro-
duced by it's members in 1905, and a
small per cent. on the capital stock
of its mem IS engaged in other lines
of busines throughout the south.
This system will distribute the burden
of maintaining the association
equitably on all lines of business alike
and enable the association to safe
guard and protect the great staple
crop of the >..n+h firm the leprcs'
son influence, Of fore!"n domination
Last December, without organized eff
fort. the spot holders of cotton in the
south were forced to submit to an &C
tual loss of $4,000 per bale, and it was
only after the great convention at
New Orleans on January 24th and the
creation of the Southern Cotton as
| sociatic Il backed by the united efforts
of the farmers and other business in
terests in the south that the tidal
wave of depression was checked.
Since that time fully twenty-five mil
lion dollars in value have been added
to the spot cotton held in the south,
| and this has been accomplished in the
face of intense opposition on the part
OF the strongest combination ever or
ganized among the bear element OF
the cotton interests of the world.
Get Together and Stick.
The Southern Cotton association
will gladly cooperate with all allied
| organizations seeking to advance and
promote the general welfare of the
| farmers in particular and the business
interests of the south in general. 1t
will antagonize only those interests
| antagonistic> to the general welfare
| of Our people. The Southern Cotton
association expects to have a mem
bership of two million earnest, active
workers before the end of the present
| year, and through it's broad yet COM
pact business policies, absolutely pro-
tect and safeguard the future pros
perity of our 100000 population.
| There should be no antagonism from
any quarter among Our w people,
| but let us work in harmony for a COM
mon cause and for a common pur-
pose.
For detailed information write to
rac secretary OF your state division or
to the secretary Of the Southern Cot
n1--I Tlooka-,