The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-08

reached through meetings or as ln-
diyiduals, and will ask that you see
that this pledge be printed in your
county paper, along with copy OF
the message to the other States, ana
that YOU issue over your signature
call for every grower Of cotton IN
YOUR county to come to the cierk
Office at the court house and aIn1
his signature to one of those papers.
We further most earnestly ask you,
in discharging the duties OF your
responsible position IN this crlsls' 10
each day furnish by mail to me at
Columbia a statement giving the
names of the individuals that have
nledged themselves to hold their
cotton and to reduce their acreage IN
accordance with the pledge, stalnS
onnosite the name Of each the num-
ber Of bales that he agrees or pleo-
ges himself to hold.
1T is our purpose to endeaEor as
far as possible to send lecturers INTO
YOUR county to arouse and stimulate
the people to a full sense OF their re-
sponsibility in this quick-hoiolng
campaign, and I would suggest tna1
both YOU and the county secretary
and these lecturers carry supply OF
blanks for pledges to each point VS.
tied, and that all of you get as many
SIGNATURES as possible, file the DOC
nments in the clerks office and
forthwith forward the information
to NE. It is our purpose to collaIe
this information each day and to
nublish the names Of the holders IN
the newspapers with the number OF
bales held, not alone so ia as 1nlS
State is concerned, but the same
Thing will be done in each or ths
other States.
After careful consideration o'
every plan suggested in the presen
crisis, the one that We are putting II
oneration seems to be not alone
practicable, but the only one that L
omen in this hour OF need PROMISING
snccess, and we feel that it is I'M
duty of every man charged with tn
afe-guarding of the interest OF TN
producing classes in this State u
throw aside as far as possible al
personal work and devote tnemselVe
, for the moment to the earnest ols
. charge of this patriotic duty, Whlc'
means the conservation OF a vas
sum of money that justly belongs I
, our people, which can not be con
? served, unless OUT men heel the cal
t to arms and go into the battle VII
: the spirit that has animated our pee
n ple ever since the commonWealI
!. was founded.
( In regard to the two cents pc
: hale. in order that the accounts ma
Q be kept without any danger Of mis-
@ apprehension or misplacing OF funo:
d il is earnestly desired that you &C
: wise and direct every man who sign
the pledge to remit this small SUI
h bv postal money order direct to m
r. bv mail. We desire postal money o.
= der remittance for the reason thar
+ enables US to keep an exact recor
# and any miscarriage in the NAL
+ can be easily traced Immediately VI
Al on complaint, and, further, there
no charge for collection.
- "in sending in your daily report
IN simply use one of the blanks, SUI
,r ply of which is sent you. thus MAXIM
+ duplicate of the record in the hans
N of the clerk of the court.
eve desire you to show TINS le1V'
" and ali of the accompanying doc
h ments to the clerk of the court
t. your county, ask him to receive al
"a keep these pledges on file and assl
10 YOU in every way possible Win u
1e undertaking. feel sure that there
IT, not a clerk Of court in the State WI
Ks will not be willing to lend this mea
sh ure of assistance TO cause Wnl
he means so much to the epople.