The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-05

State whom honor and respect completely lose
their heads that they actually passed bill for the State
vote ona proposition TO pay the farmers fifty per cent
more for their cotton than its market value and saddle debt
upon people that would go down chldrens chill
dren a souvenir Of the great of nations.
Wise say that Europe has gone crazy is the
this awful war.
Have our headsf After what has been pro-
posed and done in South Carolina the last ninety days.
understand qualification. longer wonder at the Seces
sion later things which have later
hard TO understand We made the suppression
upon the world that starvation door, J read
you these lines:
'New York. November 3th-The cotton ball given under
the auspices of the Southern society Lost night for the benefit
of the fund to aid Southerners and increase
and popularity Of cotton fabrics attracted large
bage'
The Christian Observer circulates in the Southern States
and large proportion of its subscribers dependent
cotton Many of these hard pressed for ready cash.
we are glad to wait them for payment of their sbscr
on until they have the funds We count it pri5ilege to
cooperate with them IN this emergency
What do think of them Does any Of your people need
the help from the Charity Ball in New York; necessary
for church paper do without its money account
OF the poverty the customers of your bans If
La sporting man would like to lay that cnnld
any four of you gentlemen in my and drive from
here via Easley, Liberty Central Seneca Walhala West
minister Townvile Anderson, Williamson, Pelzer Fork
Shoals Fairvew, Fountain Inn, Smpsonvile back
Greenvihis all your territoryand stop any
of of of hundreds of the country homes
on the road and give the good lady Of the house hour
get supper and gnara better supper than any you
had at home last night and don't believe that Of you
would be fool enough to take the bets
do not know conditions in other portions of the South but
do know that while the farmers in the counties which
you may be sick and in the hospital they whole
of being charity patients and all of this hue and
about condition is hurting credit and will keep away
from us the friends we much need. ipn lo
We all and know that the farmers lose great
deal account of decline in and it Will hurt some
them badly for which than T. but let
not lose our sefreance let not NOPE and fee.
hat OF all the most miserable. Lets not get
ipityng ourselves Whenever man begins to y himself he
has three parts lost out It Just simply won is for
egn to the traditions Of our ancestry. 3s3s5
Other men have lost money There has been money
lost cotton mill stocks in the counties you represent the
past three years than the losses would be on eo this year
the entire crop sold at five cents per pound Every
body gets left sometime, and all people
have tine good lands. We have
health and and rain; yes, and food eat quit
grnmbling forget tine make virtue out Of Losses
and start in tack and help feed The world. They
can do without clothes but they must have bread
Cur lands much better adapted to grain than to cotton
May it not be to special providence from God to put
into greater and better things Vie compete with
tho cotton belt 1t is only when high prices come that
we can profitably make cotton in our section.
If this change is must begin with the bankers
Of the Piedmont must advocate it and finance the peo
pie while the change being It is Cor this reason that
have gone existing conditions among the
banks located in these counties can bring any desired
change win yop 40 its And again, viii you make
banks fifty schools where che doctrine Of Paternals will be
deeried and infelces started which win destroy these
OF the fathers
back into the hearts and minds of the peope where each