The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-02-22
=, SOUTH cARoINA FRReY FEBRUARY e. Qoz -
Z 81
hon eo9nty ! by
'eomlidttse !! q Of the
ssec ton.
OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE
An Able Address to the Citizens o1
w. CuIp, and Endorsed by
County Cotton GrOwS1k

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cottSn pmefs p 3A,iSther thing fof us
to & South Carolina 'Sss toi aboiisiy}
the ieiaaw We belieye ii is IS: a cursS.
1t WIS ecessary just aftet thewsf, bskl
it hAs Ssxed slime and puTpose.a55as
erybkasss maif in a. Sommunify
knoxs rho has, credit Or scharastsr.
THERE'S too{ulslh etadit nssthe SppthI,
Ths IS ~ esd n
eva zen here are TOD hiany men
yyS9l 81 isbsusiS s;isapiitals 3Ibsy.
lw9nf fiii st1iS 1i worked Tor.
ZONES fsrmcf and be better sat
ishedS The ,5Srdss sfffs: ee,unsry, will
never sbe improved and labor will al
ways be inferior as long as we have the
lien law. Some drafts that keep the
farmers poor,-mules, hay, bacon,
flour. Fellow citizens, it is not vain
boastng but it can be proven by stat
tiStics and the records, that we Oi the
South, and especially oi South Carroll
ma have the most wonderful and pro-
ductiye country on the globe; yet we
fail to grasp our opportunities and
make the most oi them. We Carroll
mans, can grow greater variety oi
crops to perfection than any spot of
earth on this globe OF the same area
We can grow all the cereals to per-
! fection. We have twice carried off the
IpSiJe offered by the American agricu-
'.'""St tor raising the greatest amount
y. oif per acre, once by Drake, OF
marlboro county, and in 1000 bv a
planter III Clarendon county. We grow
the imeSt rice i'll the world. Marlboro
county carries the banner ior raising
the most cotton per.acrc OF any county
IN the cotton states. We can raise
all kinds OF stock, feed ior horses.
cows, sheep and swine, and our stock
requires less food i'll winter than in
more Northern climates, conscuucut-
~ can be raised cheaper. Yet in the
race ot all these acknowledged facts.
9!S iaryhers buy everything but cot
Itda:N can't seanu tt,sa- ,,--s.-. Too,
much dt the money our farmers make
is sent out oi our country inr these
supplies. 1t only shows what a won
dcriul country we have, to have
stood it this long The South
has grown rich in spite "i it
sell. With ali oi our ignorance and
ort-Sightod business methods. the
South is today richer than it was be-
lore the Civil war oi '0I-'O5. We
should diversity our crops and raise
more stock. Today, mules are selling
i'll this market at from $500 to $3.50
! Don't every farmer in Union county
know that he could raise a mule Tor
less money than that, and that he would
be enriching his land and keeping his
money i'll his State by doing so? II
every farmer would raise all or part
OF his supplies and necessities he could
then afford to keep or sell his cotton
when his own free will dictated, but
crops before they are made they are
slaves and are compelled To obey the
bidding OF some one else. Our farm
crS instead OF being Il band Oi the most
independent ircemcn on Gods green
earth are a diSorganized lot oi slaves
to their creditors. Debt is the most
conscicncelcss master that ever exist
ed
/ Now, fellow farmers, you may riggle
and twist and dispute this, but never
theless it is a sad truth. Now the
next question is how long are we go-
ling to remain slaves? Just as long
as we continue our present methods
OF farming. There is another curse
to the cotton grower. viz: the buck ct
shop. Gentlemen, we have ready every
thing we could find on this institution
and every writer condemns them in
the plainest language. as the worst
form oi gambling. The man who pat
ronizeS them is a sure looser, and they
tend to depreSs the cotton market We
have had no personal experience, but
from all the information we can gather
they are curse and should be abol-
ished from the land
In conclusion, fellow citizens, we
say that the Southern Cotton Associa.
ton was formed three years ago in
"a time OF great adversely, when cotton
was bringing six cents per pound In
the face OF the biggest crop ever
grown, this organization forced it up
to ten cents per pound; that is, made
twenty dollars per bale more for the
producer. Yet in the face OF this truth