The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-02-18

acreage in cotton out of your system
and cut it to at most five acres to the
plow. You fuss because the banks
don't lend you money. How can
they, when you don't pay them what
has already been loaned to you and
don't even care enough about it to
try and see the banker with a view
to arranging the matter in the inter-
est of both?
Common sense common self-lnter-
est and common interest in the coun-
try demands that you think seriously
about this matter and raise some
thing out of the ground that can be
eaten by you and the public and that
you feed the surplus to the hogs that
should be in your pasture if you are
man of progress.
You, Mr.. Laboring man, have been
living in clover, but did you have
sense enough to lay aside a portion
of your splendid earnings for rainy
day or did you think the honey would
last forever and that the days of vine
gar would come no more? The vine
gar days have come and prospects
are for them to last for spell, re-
gardless of what may be told you by
those whose interests demand that
YOU continue in a happy frame of
mind. so their jobs may be continued.
Better wake up, old fellow, and prac-
tice little economy as you go along
for it is going to take a long time to
straighten out this cid world and she
must be Strengthened a whole lot be-
fore YOU can prosper again. We can
ANYMORE go it alone and prosper and
you might as we'll get that into your
head.
You. Mr.. Manufacturer, thought
the period of prosperity was never
to end and in your senseless course
did not take into consideration that all
that goes up is obliged to come down
You went along in . stupid way ano
filed your warehouses with high
nriced goods and did not have brains
enough to know that the public were
growing tired and had quit buying
They did quit and the Lord oni!
knows where you and others are tc
secure the cash to pay your 1920
Federal taxes that must be paid II
1921. Have you thought CT that anc
has it occurred to you that the mos
rigid economy and close application
to business is all that Will keep you
out Of the bankruptcy court?
What applies to the manufacturer
APPLIES to you, Mr.. Merchant, Mr.
Lawyer, Mr.. Doctor, Mr. Preacher
and to Mr.. and Mrs. every one that
has the brains to think.
You, Mrs. Housewife, don't you
think YOU could reduce expenses lit
tie without great inconvenience!
You, Young Lady, don't you thlns
YOU could wear calico dress occa
sionally? Your grand mothers wore
! them and, bless your attractive souls
grand mother was every. bit as attrac
tive and sweet as you are.
All the people. Don't you think we
had better come to realization thai
it is up to us and that economy anc
industry is demanded of US or else
it will be long time before the
clouds roll by. We can and will come
if you will do your part.
If the farmer doesn't seriously
drastically and unanimously cut hi:
cotton acreage to something like five
acres to the plow, and if the farmer
the. laboring man, the merchant, ths
banker, the doctor, the lawyer, tn:
preacher, the manufacturer, the
housewife, the dear young girls ,ane
boys, don't practice economy and in,
dustry, then the Lord have mercy Oh
US for we know not what we do.
To that bunch of would-be specuia'
tors. You bought something without
the slightest idea OF its real value
and you were stung. Don't cry OF
grow sour for you were simply
gambling and lost and neither deserve
or receive sympathy from the public.
Be a real sport and get to work, prac-
tice economy and industry and by
legitimate means earn place your
self that you and your fellow man
will be proud of.
Men, women, boys and girls, for
the love of Heaven, come down OH