The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-08-18

owned by negroes. These are deplor
able conditions and should not be, he
said.
Speaking to the negroes in the au-
dience, Mr.. Holloway said:
"You are here as an industrial be-
ing, but when you get above your
! positions We are going to crush you
out. Any other race who attempts to
arrogate themselves in power above
the white people, that race will be
crushed out" He scored the negro
organizations-the different societies
and declared that most of them had
as their object the detriment of the
white race. Mr.. Holloway said that
in many of the counties he has visited
every negro school house has a Sec
ond floor which is used as "society"
hall, and, since the negroes are in the
majority in South Carolina, the white
people have got to prepare for these
negro organizations. These statements
were made, however, to show the
trend Of events, and not to cause pre-
judice against the negro.
I'm ten years you will have to deal
with the negro organized" declared
the speaker, "and the object of the
Farmers union is to mobilize so that
the while people may be able and, pre-
pared to face any move made by the
negroes. The merchants are organiz-
ed, the doctors are organized, the law
yers are organized, the bankers are
organized-every other profession has
an organization, while the farmers
are only working for their health"
The cotton mill merger was heavily
scored by the speaker. Mr.. Holloway
laid particular stress on the Parker
mill merger. He declared that Mr..
Smythe has planned to let all of his
sons-in-law, cousins and other kin
dred into the merger, and run the
several mills to suit his crowd. -
Mr.. Holloway said that one cotton
mill alone in South Carolina had paid,
in one year, the sum of $4,000 to
selling agents, and yet turned into the
treasury of the mill in dividends 1884,
900 for its stockholders. ''It is a. pity
that the Southern cotton mills are
operated by capital from the North,'
said he, "and there is something rot
ten up the creek" He ridiculed the
statements of the merger people, and
declared that the mills are combining
for the purpose Of controlling the
price of the raw material and in an
effort to secure cotton for 10 cents a
pound this fall. The Standard Oil
combine, the Steel Trust and other
combinations were assailed by the
speaker, and attempted to show how
they were all working against the
masses great band Of farmars.
The success of every commercial and
financial institution depends upon the
price of cotton, he said, and when the
price of cotton is high there is g ,ner-
al prosperity. The farmers put their
money in the banks and the corpora
tions use it to their own aggrdndize-
ment The merchants and maurfac-
turers use it, he declared. "It is right
for the banks to organize, but it is not
right for them to organize against the
Farmers"
Mr.. Holloway closed by urging the
farmers to join the union; 10 organ
ize and make use of the golden oppor-
tunities now lying before them. The
farmers are the uncroWned kings of
this country, and it is time they were
coming unto their own.
Mr.. Holloway made an earnest and
strong appeal, and was literally ap-
plauded.
The meeting came to a close with
An address by Mr.. Sharpe, in which
he urged the people to turn out and
vote in the school election.
It was a big day for Edmund and
for the lower section of the county,
and will doubtless bring results in the
years to come.
Mrs, Emma Lindler.