The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-04-08
Get COTTON ACREAGE
BY COMMON CONSENT.
Figures Indicate Reduction by Nearly
One-Third Over Cotton Belt.


! One-Third Over Cotton Belt.
The State, 4th.
Statistics collected from every
county in South Carolina and from ali
States in the cotton belt. made pub]i,'
at meeting of SEQ cotton growers
in Craven Hall in Columbia yester-
day. clearly indicate that. the farmers
have gone on strike
These figures show that cotton acre
hege reduction, which is one Of the
Hpotent weapons to be welded by the
farmer in his fight for. share in
the bargaining process for his finish
ed product, approximately 80 per cent
in South Carolina A reduction equal
~ as far reaching is reported FROM
every other cotton State. In fact sew
eral States have exceeded South Car
olina in figures thus far assembled
Georgia. Texas. Oklahoma. Alabama.
Mississippi and Virginia claim -
have made 33 1-3 per cent reduction.
The cut in fertilizer to be,used un-
der cotton this year in this State was
reported by the committee to be only
81, per cent. of the amount used last
year.
Their Own Salvation.
Yesterdays meeting was doubtless
the most representative gathering OF
farmers, business men and bankers
ever assembled in t,tate and there
was not discordant note in defining
the new policy, or in writing the far
mer's declaration of independence.
Universal sentiment was that if the
farmers had gone on strike, the OBJ
jective. was not to speculate, but
matter of self-protection. And just as
the Savior told the questioner that
, the Kingdom of Heaven lay within the
querist. so the power to win their
fight solely within the scope OF action
OF the farmers or within their "wi!l
to; VIM in the cotton crisis
Congressman j. Thomas Hef1in of
Alabama and w. B. Thompson of New
Orleans were the, chief speakers, hut
brief and inspiring addresses were
made BY Governor Cooper, Senator L.
D. Smith, and CONGRESSMAN Lever.
The South Carolina Cotton Associa-
Stion was made permanent organiza-
ton, and the central committee was
authorized to incorporate, if such pro-
cedure was deemed wise. The fol-
lowing delegates were elected:
To the Memphis convention April
20: ]. H. Porter. Barnwell: J. P.
Matthews. Columbia: J. S. Wanna
maker, st. Matthew'S; G. L. Toole.
Aiken; P. T. Gooding, Hampton; H.
:! Wcods.1e. "~eenville; L. I. Guion.
Lugoff; e. W. Dabbs, Mayesville; and
j. P. Cheatham. Mccormick.
To the New Orleans convention.
May il: Governor Cooper; ]. T. Lilies.
1Orangeburg; P. Harris. Columbia: J.
H. Elaffy. Orangeburg: J. S. Wanna
maker. St. Matthews: T: P. Cothran,
Greenville; W. L. Gray. Laurens; W.
W. Long. Clemson Corege: B. F. Nc
Leod, Charleston; John T. Mackey.
Camden; RI eG. Mfxson, ~tlliston;
Paul Sanders, Ritter; William Gif-
ford; R. G. Rhett, Charleston; L. D.
Jennings, Sumter; Ira B. Dunlap.
Rock Hill; Douglas Mcintyre, Marion;
T. G. Mcleod. Bishopville; H E.
Montgomery, Kingstree: B. H. Moss:
orangeburg; d E. Summer. New5er-
ry; and A. N. Ben'bow, Bamberg.
; Negro More Ambitious.
: The meeting was called to order
: promptly at II o'clock by j. skottowe
Wannamaker of st. Matthews. chair
man of the central committee. After
sketching hastily the acreage reduc-
ton report, Mr.. Wannamaker intro
duced Congressman Lever. who in
turn introduced Congressman Heflin.
In connection with the report. Mr
Wannamaker emphasized the added
menace which labor shortag ge brings
The negro has returned from the war
with different views and an intensi
fed dissatisfaction with his environ
ment. He is no longer content 20
Work for pre-war wages and the
humble hut in which he previously
etss ssts s5s 'asais ie' Pros'ois wage: were
being demanded for hbor on tie
farm, which would he further factor
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