The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-06-12


association has issued systeraent to
the pubi:c in which he says that the
outlook seems to be for short crop.
Letters are gwen from Texas and
Tennessee to support this statement,
w1ich VIII be Of interest 10 the entire
south:
The statement is as follows:
Having written to the State presi-
cents as 10 the condition of the crop
and the outlook, want TO give to
tie public few of the replies that
have come to ne from men whose
standing in their community attests
their integrity: therefore, what they
say may se relied upon.
From Henderson, Texas. ]. S.
Hickey, president OF the First Nation
al bank, writes, under date Of May
p. as follows:
...The outlook in Texas is sorry in
deed for cotton. East Texas has re
duced her acreage fully 40 per cent,
and many farmers are still plowing
Up cotton and planting peas and corn;
many have planted three times ano
ssi,l have a sorry stand. The boil
.weevil is here in great numbers. and
many farmers have no hopes of max
ing any cotton at al. So you can
see why they are replanting in some-
thing e!ese. Middle Texas-the black
land disuict-has nearly all been re-
planted, and the crop will be neces-
sarily late. I talked With some farm
ers from Ellis county last Thursday
and they told ne they had to plant
she second time. and are not done
planting yer Further west. in Mitch;
u. Coleman, Taylor and Tom Green
ard that whole section. have had no
rain since December, and consequent
Is could not plant corn or cotton Il
they make any in that section it is
yet to be planted. South Texas was
forced to replant, and. as a conse-,
.ouence. the crop is late, with much.
complaint Of boil weevil. In my sec
ton tlev-rhe boil weevil-are puc-
trring the squares on all early cotton.
Farmers told ne Saturday that or
earlv planting they find three or fo1lr
to the stalk. SO the general outlook
N Texas is really bad.
Il. c. Long, from Jackson, Tenn,
under date of May %, writes in par;
a. follows
TIE aus.eok Tor sozton crop Il
Tennessee ss extremely bad The en-
sire crop was planted over asG IL is
20, Yet up. Jada- Yerz fet>oga;5le can
.,itions we nay raise a half crop. This
morning mercury down to 40 degrees
and frost visible You car Sraw Your
swn conclusions
These TWO letters are in keeping
With those from Mississippi, Arkan-
sas. Louisiana and Alabama. South
carolina. North Carolina and a por-
ton of Georgia seem to be best OF.
while the outlook in these States is
cerras.3ly below anything like an aver
age crop. The public will bear in
mind that this IS the 1st Of June. And
since the writing of these letters
quoted torrential rains have covered
the entire cotton belt. We haze bee1i
Struggling for three years to get the
SITUATION in our hands. II seems as
if Providence has given US the oppor-
t:.;,.ity 70 realize our hope. From the
present outlook and from the princ;,-
lies Invoked It seems, as if the farm
ers and merchants would refrain
f.orn selling cotton for fall delivery Al
rrice which neither the outlook o.
q crop nor the present price Of MANI
fac1ured goods warrants. SO far Is
TIE Southern Cotton association in its
r@let;on TO the cotton of the world IS
concerned The majority OF Us Go not
propose TO take advantage Of a cot
soa famine and the disastrous scar
city Of cotton TO force the price to TN
warrantahle heights. no more than W..
propose when seasons are p.opiti"u
md the supply is over-abandaat to-
low the price to pc disastrously q
pressed. As I have often said befo1e
I want this to be square deal. |
want our share of the profits that We
are entitled TO in being the sourc,
OF 81 Tor the worlds fiber.
* ,erday was at st. Matthews,
a..1 found that their warehouse is
practically completed. and Orange
burg county is sui in line. doing her
duty. on Aug. they viii have
meeting of all the counties 70 go into