Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-31
FARMER DISCUSSES CONDITIONS

To the farmers of South Carolina
and Lexington county. We must a.
rouse ourselves to a sense of duty as
We see every other organization a.
reused. Why should we farmers sit.
idle and unconcerned about our farm
ing we see the organization of bank
ers and merchants and there is not a
business of any concern but what
they have an organization in it.But
the farmers are afraid Of each other
they think that the other farmer may
get something that he has Or do some
thing that may be help to his neigh
Dor or brother. If we farmers
are to prosper we must hep each
other or do something to help our nel-
ghbor. We see so much depending on
the farmer for substance to sustain
their body and then we are looked
upon as being the old dog of the
world we must look at our interest on
our farmers closer than we ever have
if we expect to be anybody or count
ed as anybody we must be so ready as
to help others as we expect others to
help US. God has given US the land
and knowledge to till the earth to get
our earnings from by sweat of our
bow but we see so much getting
their earnings by some other scheme
until it looks almost disheartening to
the farmer. But at last we think
of the commands that We are COM
manded to try to continue our work
in poor encouragement. We must do
something in the future that We have
not done in the past ard that is
raise Our supplies so as to keep down
so much of speculation out Of our
earnings We must SOW more wheat
and oats and make more corn and
raise more hogs and then we can live
at home but just as sure as the sun
rises and sets as long as Te plant cot
ton that great plant that 50 much
speculation is in we do not expect to
be in any better shape we see so
many people that are specializing on
our cotton and it is to my judgment
the gamblers that ruin our prices.
We hear so many people talking CT
the cotton futures. some think We will
get a great big price for cotton this
fall and some seems to. think we will
have a fixed price by our government
I don't see how the, government could
afford to take the cotton in hand and
fix a price on it when the people ask
the government for help in 1914
when good cotton sold 50 low that the
farmers could not meet their obliga-
tions and they refused US it was not
the government that caused so much
drop in cotton in 1914 that the farm
ers could not meet their obligations
it was scheme of speculation in cot
ton and that should have1shown the
farmers not to plant so much but to
plant such things as could be eaten
and not so much speculation. We have
facing US now another specializing
crop coming and it looks prosperous
and another thing I just want to call
your attention to is this we have the
wsr on hand ard We are called Upon
% sacrifice SO many precious souls
go to the front and sacrifice their
lives that we might be spared gentle
men it is a serious thing to consider
we are in the war and We cant help
it we must do our part.
As We look on every corner and
nool, we see advertisements asking US
to sacrifice to help win the war as |
read my bible and see how God help
ed vim those wars in olden times why
should God not help US to win our
war. | wonder II there is enough
christianity in our war to win it
if there is not We are sure to loose
Cod says: He that is not for me
is against me and now it is time to
pray and pray earnestly about it we
see so much falling humanity and so
much speculation going on that it
looks almost impossible for Us to re-
frain if we people were as willing to
oomp!E to Gods cause and his Will as
We are patriotic to our president and
his officials We shure would get peace
and get it now or win and win it now
the time has come and come now we
must win or we will loose.
We have another problem to con-
tend with now and it is serious one
too and that is our election We voters