The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-30
Cotton Congress.

I hereby call G meeting OF the South
ern Cotton Congress in each County il
South Carolina at the Court House II
q. M, October lst. I request that
these meetings be called in addition TO
any others that may have been held. |
hope before that da5e each County will
have been organized. That in each.
County hundreds OF people will be
wearing our badges, indicating they
have paid Sl.90 to help boost the price
of cotton and that we have their sup
port in drying to hold one-third OF this
cotton crop and for reducing the 1915
crop so per cent. We are going to use
your dollar to help organize. While
we shall be glad TO have you contrib
ute 500 to the organization, we are
not going to let that keep you from our
meetings or from receiving all the ben-
efts we can secure. If you work q one
horse farm or fifty horse farm: II you
make one bale; or 500 bales. rich or
poor, white or black, re need your In
fiuence. We stand for the poor man
as we'll as the rich, in asking that our
creditors will take that which We have
"a cotton warehouse receiprAand With
hold collecting his notes and account
as long as he possibly can, in order
that you may obtain cost or above for
this cotton crop. We wish the Coop
Grafton OF farmers, merchants, bankers,
fertilizer companies and all other per-
sons doing business in the South. We
wish every farmer to sign our pledge.
We request you TO hold, II possible. one
third Of your crop for one year, unless
you Can sooner sell it for twelve cents
per pound. We believe FIVE million
bales or ooe-third of this crop cannot
be used by the mills of the world be-
fore September 1st, 1915. We believe
two-thirds the crop, or ten million
bales, can be 'sola at about ten cents or
above, if you will slowly sell as the
mills need it. We can sell the ten
million bales, if properly marketed, for
more money than we can the whole
crop and have FIVE million bales on
storage next September. Will you do
your part, or do you expect YOUR neigh
Dor 10 hold your third as we'll as his?
II you aud your neighbor were serving
with Lee in Virginia, would you ex-
pect,h;m 10 face the enemy like the
brave man he is, while you ran away to
make few dollars out o. his manhood?
Suppose you aud your neighbor both
hold the third OF your crop which both
of you agree is necessary, will you not
pledge to cut your cotton acreage %
per cent in order to give value 10 the
surplus you holj; as we'll as fair VAL
ne 70 the 1915 crop. If Your neighbcr
did not plant but four TO six acres to
the horse, don't you think it would be
sair to let him RISK his full acreage
and let YOU that planted 20 acres 10 the
mule cut 60 per cent? When the can
vass is completed, see that some one in
your County is holding one-third as
much cotton for one year as was made
in 1915 according to government bul.
letin l25. If the farmers have not
pledged that much, ask the bushes:
men TO put up the necessary balance
Refer to similar bulletin and see tha'
total acreage to be planted in your
County in 1915 is only so per cent o
1914 crop.
Every cotton farmer, small or large
is playing game OF chance. The
stake amounts to hundreds OF million:
OF dollars. If we put cotton up fouI
cents per pound, we will save the South
three hundred million dollars. Are
you willing to do your part? Come (
your county meeting October 1st anc
be prepared to instruct our legislature
your wish as to State warehouse bill
also whether you endorse State cont:o
OF cotton acreage.
WADE STACKHOUSE,
Pres. S c., Division Southern c. c.
FORM OF PLEDGE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA:
COUNTY Off,. .........
Whereas: Owing to the. reduction il