Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-10-28
FROM THE PEOPLE.
The Southern Cotton Association.

| am doubtless one among
many in this county who have
received, from time to time COM
munications from the Southern
Cotton association, urging the
people of the county to perfect a
permanent working organiza-
ton among us. A letter of the
OF the 23rd inst, from DR.. Will II
Woods, Secretary of the Missis-
sippi Division of the Association
renews this appeal, and appoints
Wednesday, Nov, LIST for the peo-
pie to meet in Macon at the
Court House for this purpose
stating that the Hon. l.. A.
Witherspoon and Others will adj
dress us on that occasion. For
myself | feel that heretofore
have been Indifferent to these
calls, but think it high time we
were waking up to the impor-
tancc of this matter, and now
write to urge every citizen who
can possibly do so, to be present
on that occason. We are en-
gagged in a life or death struggle
with the most gigantic and OPP
p~ressive power in the world, and
for the first time in years the
people are in a situation to crap
pie with it, and handle it success
fully.
1t is a matter of too recent his
tory for me to relate the great
work already accomplished
through this association !; how,
in the face of a l4-million bale
crop they raised prices from Size
per pound in January to over 10c
by July. fthis could be done in
the face of the largest crop ever
known, what can be accom-
plishcd by organized effort in the
face of present conditions?
With the ginner's report for the
first two months of the season
over one and a half million bales
short and the mills sold ahead
and the banks full of money and
willing to help the people, ifthere
was ever a propitious time to
strike the blow for Southern in
dependence" CHOW is the ac-
cepted time" 1t has been Wanted
in our faces by the leader of the
"bear gang that the farmers
cannot organize, that they will
not keep faith with each other.
Let us show the falsity of this by
uniting now and work hand in
hand with our fellow-citizens in
other sections of the South. This
appeal is not made to the farm
ing class alone, but citizens OF
every calling and a|vocation. All
OF us are deeply, yea, vitality in
terested in keeping our great
staple up to remunerative prices,
for as the wisest of linen tells us,
THE profit of the earth is for
all, the king himself is served by
the field We are the only peo-
pie i'll the world who have an
article of worldwide cousump-
ton, permit Others to fix the
price. The letter from the asso-
citation referred to above states
that Noxubee county is one of
the few counties in which an or
ganization has not been perfected
Let us arouse from our apathy
and meet these distinguished
men on the first ofNovember and
place ourselves in line with this
great movement.
Come out and hear Mr.. With
erspoon; you will be repaid, He
is the peer of any man in the
south, and will interest YOU
upon any subject he undertakes
to discuss. | would suggest
that the people in each commu-
nifty see to it that they are rep
resented i'll this meeting so that
it will touch every part of the
county. There is no politics in
it, no change for graft upon the
of any one, but on the other
hand it is after the grafters in
the agricultural department., and
fit does nothing more than it
has already accomplished in this
direction, this association de-
serves the gratitude of every
honest man. Let us quit abus-
ing Wall Street and go to work
to help ourselves,
The man or people who can
only sit down and bemoan exist
ing conditions and will do moth
ing to betterthem are weaklings,
and deserve to fail. Remember
the date Wednesday, November
LIST. in Macon at the court house.