The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-08
"BUY A RALE,

The "l'uy Bale" movement IL
gaining great hcadway I'm the South.
In many cities the business men have
taken hold OF il earnestly and the
people are putting up the money Each
person who Is able pays at the rate
OF 10 cents per pound
The cotton Is not bought for manu-
facture. but the purchaser is impelled
through II sense Of patriotism and sen
timent, and with a vague hope and ex-
pectatiOD that some day the price may
lie advanced and his generosity will
be dividend bearing Investment
We confess the plan seems TO lib to
be a little bit vague. but IL the pe0plc
will take hold Of il great deal of
good can he done. Provided, that no
cotton is bought except from farmers
who are actually In need OF cash mo
ney, and that none of this cotton will
be thrown on the market for at least
four months.
The movement has been started in
numerous southern cities, and Mark
y. Patterson, n man OF unbounded
public spirit. has put the idea into eff
feet In Anderson. Yesterday with the
local market below 8 cents, he paid
10 cents for bale OF cotton, and
ne calls upon every citizen of Ander-
son who can afford 1t to buy n bale and
take 1t off the market. If 1000 bales
should be bought in this manner from
tenants and poor people, IL would do
great amount of good in Anderson
county.
That this movement is growing
in popularity and In strength, in other
cities is evidenced by the following:
ing the insignia 1--WE bought bale of
cotton-Have y9I?" will be worn by
hundreds and perhaps thousands OF
Atlantians Within the next week as a
result otrohe of the most business like
campaigns for quick and certain re-
lief ever fnaugurated. 1t Is the Allan
tar Journals Buy n Bale" campaign,
and 1t is spreading like wild fire.
been the subject Of great deal of talk
recently. but 1t brought slight action.
Yesterday the Journal called q meet
Ing OF the business men, laid the plan
before them and In ten minutes took
cash subscriptions to purchase 3O1
bales OF cotton at ten cents, or $50
bale. Every man there pledged him
self to go out aud sell more, and At
lanta has set Its mark at one hundred
thousand bales.
Actual cotton will be purchased and
brought to Atlanta and stored. The
committee will see that tho cotton is
purchased direct from those planters
who actually need aid in kaidling
their crop. The big fellows with mo-
ney Or financial backing can get along
for Themselves. ,4,i',n,i.u:
The movement. 1t is expected. will
run, the, length and breadth OF the cot
ton states OF the South within a week.
as kilograms and letters have been
sent every paper In the South, urging
that they start a similar campaign and
thus assure the purchases OF eight mil.
lion bales The buyers will hardly
have chance to lose and tlletr bur:
cllases will probably prove a fair in
vestment. The buyers will pledge
themselves to hold the cotton for a
year or such time necessary To assure
profitable marketing of the crop
MY firm will take ten bales. each of
the partners five bales and every EN-
ploye making 500 a month, n bale
each." was the pledge Of one business
man. believe every man in Atlanta
who can get together $50 should buy
bale, and most of them will"