The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-04-16

S fAo.uSsA'e oI lnCerneclne strife
and Of civil war. Mr.. Allen seems to
forget that we are too TAR from Web.
ster' and Calhoun, too far away from
rant and Lee, to appreciate; the thun-
defs or sectionalisn. Nationalism
should De the demand o: tla hour and
or the country everywhei.. Ameri-
cans should feel that the cotton cron
- theirs and should help the cotton
South to get fair price for cotton.
"tlgures of the United States de-
partment of agriculture show that
the production of cotton for 1914.
1915, 1916, and 1917 amounted to less
than the consumption. Regardless of
this fact, the price of cotton during
thls period shows. All Increase of only
80 per cent, as compared with the
vpre-war period. Still, during the
same period, wheat, regardless Of the
fact that there was no such shortage
III the crop, shows an increase of rs
per cent. as compared with the same
pre-war period
Cotton Sears Crime.
ut is we'll stated that the cotton
bears are responsible for Southern IL
literacy. Is it possible that the fact
that the national government is
wet nurse for Governor Aliens wheat
brings ll(iteracy as the final result
The cotton farmer produces hand
made crop and for this should receive
remuneratiye price Tor it. He is
forced to exist, not permitted to live,
forced to sacrifice comfort, conyen-
lence, enjoyment and education. It
has resulted in illiteracy.
"The machine gathered, fabulously
remunerative wheat crop of Governor
Aliens section has produced wealth,
| but 1T seems, if he is to be taken as
an examplt, that it likewise has pro-
! duced illiteracy. The production of
cotton should be an exceedingly prof
liable business for the South. Instead
| 1t has proved curse to the entire
section. 1t was cotton that tied the
South to negro slavery from the be-
ginning of the cotton industry until
1865. 1t tied the entire farming in
, terests to the slavery Of cotton, which
it mas been wellnigh impossible to
! break.
II urge that Governor Allen, in
keeping with his policy of regulating
the political, social and commercial
affairs of the State of South Carolina,
and the political social and CONNER
cial affairs of the cotton belt, let me
have the names of people from South
! Carolina and the cotton belt who have
telegraphed and written him approx
ing of his course. They either belong
, in one of two institutions lunatic
asylum or the penitentiary; they
either lack brains or morals. They
are dangerous to society and should
be locked up.
| Certainly no Southern man who
claims Southern blood or for that
matter any man who loves the Stars
and Stripes, would so far forget him
self as to approve Of his course, as to
approve of his insulting, malicious
Misrepresentation in stating that the
South was attempting to profiteer on
, the miseries of the world, or approves
OF his course in misrepresenting facts
IN stating that the Southern pro-
ducer could get 35 cents per pound for
his cotton; to cast an insult upon the
South that would cause the blood of
any fair minded man to boil; finally
; to attempt to deny to the South the
God given right granted by the dec
laration of independence and our
constitution to regulate our own af-
fairs.
"Finally when he has been exposed
and ridiculed and condemned by hon
est, liberty loving men in every sec
ton, he attempes to intimidate us by
threats to haul us before the bar
of justice-for what? To force us to
obey his mandate or decree to make
brick without straw, threatening to
instruct his taskmasters to force lis
Appeals to Palmer.
Immediately upon receipt of Gov
ernor Aliens telegram 1 wired him
stating that it was my privilege to
refer the entire matter to the United
States attorney general. The entire
matter is now before the attorney
general with the request that he make
ruling concerning the statutes re-
fcrrcd tn hv Governor Allen.
"Thc South can not curtail it's cot
ton acreage, planting such lands in |
other crops and hold it's cotton for re-
munerative prices and if the attorney |
general prevents such action on the |
part of the South, then we are not !
living under the constitution of lib
erty loving, free born American citi-
Zens. The ruling of the attorney gen
eral on this question is being awaited |
with deep interest throughout the
cotton belt. If the decision of the at
torney general does not meet the ap-
proval of Governor Allen, doubtless he
will take some other steps or action,
as he seems determined to dictate the
policy for the regulation of the cot
ton belt and probably he will finally
include in his territory all of the
United States and the entire world.
Besides how can you make fool per
ceive that he is a fool?
Concerning Governor Aliens allu-
sion to the three years prosperity of
thn bn,, 60 !