The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
Farmers Line Up
State Wide Movement TO Curtail
Cotton Crop Is Growing in
Magnitude

\<OiQillUl<i, 1<1iCIi tli iiiSAo ii'SI
in every county in Sohth Carolina to-
day for the. purose Of electing dele
gates to the big Statewide cotton
acreage reduction rally to be held in
Columbia next Tuesday. Ten dele
gates Were elected from each county,
Congressman j Thomas Hefiin, OF
Alabama, and ". 3. Thompson OF
New Orleans. who are to be the prin-
eipaf speakers at the big meeting
will arrive in Columbia next Monday
night. The meeting will begin at -
o'clock noon Tuesday and Will be
held in Craven Hail. 1t had been
originally planned to hold the meet
ing in the shafl Of the House Of Rep
resentatives but the indications point
to such Il large crowd being pres
e1t that it will be held in Craven
Hall instead.
Hot After Governor Allen.
The farmers of the South are Ger
tairly going after Governor Allen Of
er of the central committee today.
. ..I1very mail brings food Of letters
from farmers in all of the States OF
the, lotion belt saving that the at
tao. made by the Kansas executive
had made them more determined
than ever to make the reduction
movement succeed. Many who were
originally lulsewarm on the move
ment have become ardent support
ers of it because OF Governor Aliens
eutburst I believe that nothing that
has happened during the present;
campaign has done more to stimulate
the movement than this uajus. cri1i--
cism of the Southern farmer for le-
gitimate!y trying TO save himself FROM
Bankruptcy
All States in Line.
1t was said ut the headquarters OF
the central committee today that all
States were in lire in the reduction
movement.
/ ..rhe campaign to cut acreage in
this State is meeting With remarkable
success especially in heavy cotton
counties. and we wiz have at least q
80 per cent reduction in acreage and
around 50 70. As per cent reduction IN
fertilizer. says c. ID. Orreil. chair
man Of the executive committee OF
the North Carolina Cotton Associa-
ton in a letter to the South Carolina
Association.
Letters received from Georgia,
Mississippi. Texas. and Louisiana in
dicate that the reduction in each OF
these States will be at least 80 per
cent.
Several thousand signatures nave
been secured TO q petition circuiateo
at the automobile show here this
week asking Governor Cooper 10 cali
an. extra session of the general as
senlbly for the passage OF good roads
legislation Only about Il half COZ
en- people declined 20 sign the p"ti-
ton.
George Il. Craven. editor of tias'
Lancaster News. was Colain'l2 VS.
itor Yesterday and he declared that
sentiment in. Lancaster county ap-
peared to be almost unanimous; ios
an extra session Mr.. Craven says
that he ran a blank coupon in his
paper last week asking the people
of the county TO say whether or not
they favored the extra session. Up
to the time that he left Lancaster
yesterday morning there had not been
single negative reply While tre-
mendous nunlber had voted in favo.
of the extra session.
Il know that l reflect the sentiment
;. cf Lancaster county when l say that
the people of the county Want an eX-
ira sessions and ! believe that | re-
feet the sentiment OF the people OF
the whole State said Mir. Craven.
The Union Chamber OF Commerce
has adopted resolutions asking the
governor to cali an extra session.