The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-12
CALL FOR help
Aes Eere Inpestast .baa sessarees,
Says hesiaea, Bsre,t
WANTS BETTER SCHOOLS
should spend from t'if-
~ to One Hundred Million. IA. I,
Year IT, Check the Trend From tl,e
Farm 10 tho City by Providing
Good Country Sch"rl>.

S&o1 country "f1cS>
AZ Atlanta. Ca. in sober. business
phrases nearly four score delegates.
appointed BY sixteen Southern Co.
erno.S. FRIDAY ior";oid an amazi.ts :
-roe in wealth and population for
:he South within the next zen wears
R-pres<n,ins :h~ agriculture an /
business Interests OF ev,ry section
Of Dixie these delegates gathered %
Ass!s, the executive com Rlit;ce o: the
southern Com nerc:sl Congress ~oiH 4
out a non-po!itica! and diS!ntereSl-
ed plan for promoting Development
Of the Sou,hs millions CT un2acu-
pied acres and its rast unused water
powers. the enlargement OF its bps
mess and industry. Doth BY is own
inhabitants and through jut;ciouS
advertising OF It's resources through
out America and Essope.
AS the representative OF more
than Two million farmers. Charles
S. Barrett. president OF 'he Farmers
Union. stressed the necessity OF co.,
se.virs men frst. rather than the re-
sources OF the soil II you conserve
the nations raw resources aad nes-
Iect the nations men. you vii! meet
disaster and ultimate defeat ia you.
undertaking" be said. The nation
has not heen conserving taa :"r-
n... the man who is Srea:e: asset
;han all your powers. coal lands 'or-
ests o. gold mines.
n corterie OF really patriotic
Americans Ia trying TO bead Oh th.
efforts OF tho Norsan-Guebenhe!ui
Interests to bottle Up. or hog the
coal and gold o! Alaska. They have
succeeded in Tousi1s nation to
,hei. assistance. We have had the
menace OF Ballinserism placa:ded
from one end OF America to the
other. We have been warned IN
trumpet tones. Of the encroachins
<ater power interests which may. IN
the long run. aosoro al! the ~atec
power of the country and in the
erd become the kins OF all :he other
trusts. We have been told Of the
penalty OF giving over our forests
20 greedy tim Der interests. We have
been shown wha: will happen IL we
90 not checsmate the money luss
OF the coal. the gold and the timber
bacons.
This il all worthy. this IS al
admirable. But while Ne battle
asains; these foes Of the Republic.
.e leave 20 his Own devices the man
whose vital function Il is 10 feed and
largely 10 elo,he this nation. the
man whose combined product weld
create. annual ra!ue than our
mines or forests or water poHe's.
the aan rhose problems ~iil ~
more than ever the nations a'oh-
lens when the earth shall have been
s.r.ppe:. Of its Goa. and gold.
He said the Government. should
spend fifty 70 one hundred million
dollars annually to check the trend
from the farm 10 the city br in
proving common school and sc;eoh-
6c AGRICULTURAL educational facilities
in every country. in easy reach OF the
.arme.s' CHILDREN. he would pro
eide asains, the contamination o:
the corrupt allen strains ,hs: 50"
seeds OF unrest and d:s1epntation
ina; NAV ripen unto suiaous hAr-
vest.
Mr.. Barret; stressed the necess'ii
OF keeping a pc. pe;u~! @at"h u''on
our na,iona! and STATE Legislators.
The oaitle for conservation 's
no, here in this auditorium I; CONE,
in re elections OF Novemb-s. II
comes after ;ha, in :he halls 81
CONGRESS !, comes two years hence.
In tho selection OF president ana 4
Congress TIA, are committed 10 III.
public AMI no; the private ~e!'a 70
Aod then il comes year aI'rr yr"'.
FOR conservation is SO biz sar TEAK
Il: probably Hi!l not Be ended nn II
your children and min- stand IN ""i
places.
Mr.. Rarrett paid warm Tinnie
10 Clifford P!ncho: 20 who's Ins"i'
hsh public spirit. patience nHde'
humiliation and un:!.ins zeal. he
attributed tho present ad:aEre''n'
70 the ,ausc Of nonSerra;:oE
am con nddent. be said "'ha; WHIP
the verdict Of history is written ois
name All stand high AmoaS ihe
name. OF the men sho have Srou:h;
70. the salvation OF our com mo on
country.
EEES STOPPED WORK.
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