The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-06-04

have had no rain since December, and
consequently could not plant corn nor
cotton. Tt they make any in that
section il is yet to be planted. South
TEXTS WAS forced to rcplant, and, rs Il
consequence, the crop is late with
much complaint Of boil wccvil. In my
section thcy--thc boil wccvil-are
puncturing the squares on all early
cotton. Farmers told me Saturday
that on early planting they find three
or four to the stalk. So the general
outlook i'll Texas is really bad.
"T. G. Long. from Jackson, Tenn,
under date Of May %, writes in part
as follows: The outlook for cotton
crop in Texas is extremely bad. The
entire crop was planted over, and it
is not yet up. Under very favorable
conditions we may raise half crop.
This morning the mercury is down
to forty degrees and frost visible. You
can draw your own conclusions.
"Thcsc two letters arc in keeping"
with those from Mississippi, Arkan-
sas, Louisiana and Alabama, South
Carolina. North Carolina and a por-
ton Of Georgia seem to be the best
off. while outlook in these states is
certainly below anything like an aver
age cron. The public will bear in
mind that this is the 1st of June. And
since the writing of these letters
quoted torrcntial rains have covered
the entire cotton belt. We have been
struggling f,n' three years to get the
situation in our hands. II seems as
ri providence has given us the oppor-
tunity to realize our hope. From the
present outlook and from the princi-
pies involved it does seem as if the
! farmers and merchants would refrain
from selling cotton for fall delivery
at price which neither the outlook
of n crop nor the present price of
! manufactured goods warrants. SO far
as the Southern Cotton Association
in its relation to the cotton of the
world is concerned the majority Of
lis do not propose to take advantage
wf cotton famine and the disastrous
scarcity of cotton to force the price
TO unwarramtablc hei@hts; no more
than we propose when seasons are
propitious and the supply over abun-
dant to allow the price to be disas-
trously depressed. As I have often
said before I want this to be, a square
deal, I want our share of the profits
that we are entitled to in being the
source or supply for the worlds FL
bre.
"Yesterday was at ST. Matthews,
and found that their ware house is
practically completed, and Orange
burg County is still in line doing her
duty. On August 6 they will have
meetin" Of all the counties TO 90 into
the question of preparing for the
coming crop in detail. l shall be pres
emf al this meeting, and hope every
farmer in Orangeburg County and
every business man that can possibly
be present will be there, SO that we
can start unitelly in our cooperation
with the other counties of the south.
"From York County c. f. Spencer
sends me copy of their application
for charter for their ware house and
holding company IF space permitted
| would like to give to the public his
entire communication as to the pro-
gresS Of our work.
"Wc have on hand a number Of
books Of membership certificates,
brarin" the seal Of the Association
and gotten up in attractive form,
which ] hope the presidents of the
different counties will supply them
selves with so as to furnish each
member paying his dues certificate
and keeping list Of their names.
81 hope every county in the state
Will continue an active campaign Of
organizations along The line Of organ
ization including every business in
tcrest, because every business inter-
est is to be benefited by our success
and adversely affected by our fail
urc.' J. II.