The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-28
SOME PLAIN TALK
HOW TIE LIEN Law EFFECTS
TAX LABOR SITUATION.

Condition That Must be Changed
Besore We Can Become
Truly Prosperous.
The E 2itor Of the Saluds Standard
-ss in Nswberry reesasiy and WILL;
here be learned that GONE CT 9ns
.erchants Ct that thriving list4s cls;
re scrsia that they will not Dc abe
nest their obligations, osc-use Sc
nsny people they have furnished vii
t. pay out. We regret to sag snst
7:s condition is not psculisr tc New
>.ry, but is almost general cV-r ent
| tire STATE. The Eiisor of Thc
-,ancard usss whss re heard over IL
4syce,rr IS tex: fer laV sermon:
III. rui 1ous crs5ia system that IS
n nf.yslent in this Stsse,. rs says
,nktne at tt,ese G n5i.ioI frc1 th;
.nSpntnt Of s white uen wHo has
una .s1mo3ssible 10 get ishor sine
las become so very sssy f.r The
,dia.ly negro to get binsaD 'fu.-
lsked," the situation Is nJa taldsrly
sthetic. BE then goes on 70 tsSoN
ut tee following churk' Cf hoIss
erse fer TIE benefit Of al ccrcernec
The NswherrJ merchsrt Tho lcs7s
cry much money on the SalGda side
rs noto5y to blame but tiG7s 81 !!
lost OF his losses are on wor ;hlcss nc.
roes who have tecone too b:goted to
cork undsr q whits fs1nsr, and wh
.now that they csn get plag'
omewhere anG bsoone tents1s &nc
20 to NaH berry and get al the lisn
sd kindred accommodations that
hey wsnt. Were it not for conditions
ike these the white man could cen
rol lsbo.; as it is cen.
5col is almost inpossibls: sni Te must
ent chr land to the neslo' cr let
shem lie out. Toe white nan c: I'D
con- narol ali this lahoT AID msks 9 nv.
ing for himself and h:s lsborsTs, and
the nsrchanets would theG De IS 8.
AS it is, the whits man csl's Mska
money with al brains and no labor.
and the negro can't make money WITH
sll labor and no brains: and 50 between
the uppsr and neither nillstooss the
merchant loses. And VINO is to
blsnes Is not the merchants who
is so anxious to 'furniab' the negro,
which to thst extent makes hin In
dependent Of the white man, largely
responsible for the situation?
'Give the ordinary negro an inch
and he will take mile. Ls5 him
get a lien and mortgage, and On these
be will get him buggy and harness
snd other things, and before they
have hardly been used be will mort
gsge ther again and again 20 other
merchants all the time PLAYING tbs
pranks already taught him by the
merchants. II furnishing merchants
lose on them this year it may be 8
blessing In the long run. L35 these
merchants try to do more business
with capable white men, and lei the
worthless negroes work for them.
Several times the last suNmer we saw
young negroes Ct the class We iaea5lon
with mule, buggy and harness and
clothing Of the best, but not paid for,
driving in style with kid GLOVES and
cigarettes on display, and tie impu-
dent scoundrels would hardly givs any
road In passing nor would they even
recognize the fact they met white
ladies and gentlemen in the rosS,
much less to raise their hats. Con.
dition are getting worse and wo-se,
and II they get much worse thsre is
going to be c1ange, even if it takes
ku-kux, red shirts, Wilde caps or
something eise TO bring it about.
In conclusion ne says these FUR
nishing" merchants who hsVe so long
thought that there money lsy in tie
negro trade axe to some exae { re-
sponsible for rhess conditions, and We
hope they will make an effort 90 fnr-
nish the ordinary negro through the
white man more than before. He says
there are exceptions, but that
what he says above will apply geDer-
ally. There is much truth In what
the Editor OF the Standard says ahoVe
but are the furnishing" EsIcnsnts.
as he calls them, more to blame than
the landowners who rent their lands
to shiftless negroes. Il seems to Us
that they sre more to blame than the
merchant from the fsct the saiftless
negro is compelled to rent land bsfore
she furnishing" merchant viii give
him one cents worth OF credit. II the
land owners want to stop the pcssent
suicidal policy that is being pursued,
all they have to do Is to refuse to rent
their lands to negroes who are not
competant to cultivate them profits
bly,, and We viii guarantee that such
negroes will gesno advances from nsr.
chants. The farmers have the whip
handle ip their own hands is they will
only use 1t.
Our present system will denoralizs
any labor In the world. Tniok OF it
for Q moment. An, idle. thriftless
negro with no cash and no business
sense to make any cash, goes and rents
himself q few acres Of land, then
comes to town and nakes arrsnge
nents with some merchant to run
him" then buys mule, buggy and
hsrness al on 8 credit and starts out
to see the county and incidentally
plant q little cotton and corn. This
is no fancy picture, but is an every
day occurrance in the early part
Of each year. When he eats ont the
lieu he gave the merchant be gees to
zone other merchant and mortgages
bis outfit for Supplies to carry him to
harvest time. At she end Of she year
be skips and leaves hardly enough 20
pay his rent. Under such q system
is it any wonder shat so many Of the
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