The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-11-10
First Breath of An
Approaching Po-
litical Cyclone

Aya, wv Sou PoSSlpiy icdIlZe IHe
burdens Of responsibility that we are
face to face with for the next year
and years to come? Shall we meet
them as brave men under the leader
ship Of the great God of nations or
shall we become disgruntled, dis
couraged, demoralized and give up
and surrender to evil forces and in
fluences? don't believe word Of
1t. Such is not the history of our
people.
1t seems that in every grave and
disastrous crisis that the farmer is
the under-dog and is the great bur-
den bearer. He has toiled like a
slave, has had to stint his women
and children almost to the starvation
point and in great many instances
gross ignorance. No greater sacrifi-
ces We're ever made by the Serfs of
Russia than by our farm women and
children, and yet as individuals with
out organization we have achieved
wonders. After every disaster we
have come back and gone to heights
never dream of, but to say that
the agrcultm people of this State
are satisfied with their condition
would be stating an untruth; so nv
fellow farmer herein lies our great
responsibility. We are face to face
with an economic breakdown, and
the eyes of the State as have always
been the case. but he is without the
sympathy and appreciation that he
should have and this is because he
has failed to organize and demam
his rights. The scheming politician
doesn't want. the farmers organized
in the farmers behalf but if he can
get the farmer torn to pieces to
further his cause he is satisfied. No
doubt the farming class has BEEN
frightfully Disseminated against in
taxation. There comes time when
everything the farmer produces, fails,
TO make him any profit and there is
nothing with which to pay taxes with;
yet great proportion of the profit
producing class escapes taxes entirely
but the farmer never escapes his.
The question that the farmers haveI
gotfto ask themselves is, can and will
thsaHld line politician whether in the
Geliefal Assembly CT rs Governor
make any attempts to change these
conditions? | think not; hence the
imperative necessity of cleaning out
the old liners and putting in far
rher for Governor and General Asst
sembly Of farmers and business mem
who would give all the people Just,
and fair deal, without strife and dis
graceful contention as has SO oftel|
characterized political affairs in|
South Caolina before.
Who can measure the responsibility
OF the old stad farmer as from day|
to day he goes over the hills and
through the vallels communing with
Natures God?
Our minds look over into the next
years campaign and we shudder, wei
stand aghast, our blood runs cold,
because we see the vile demagoeue
politician with the tongue of a SER
pent, with lying slander upon his lips
sowing discord, enmty and hatred all
over South Carolina. a devil in
carnate. We secvidences of Il very
strong probability of dragging III the
prohibition or liquor question in the
next campaign. My fellow country
men, did you know that the bootleg
gers and the Illicit distllers could
and would raise 100000 or more if
necessary to elect a liquor governor
CT this state? There is no doubt of
1T and 40 you believe there is d man
IN South Carolina who would be Gov
ernor on such platform if he could ,
do. Not in the campaign would he
avoW himself a liquor candidate but
after the election he would show vo,
what he would do. Who is to save
the State from the possibilities of
such q disaster? Can we look be-
cause their force Of resistance is too
weak to do us much good. The far
mer in the handling Of his labor will
suffer most and the poor women and
children living in the country whose
very lives are constantly in fear and
dread of some friehtful calamity
over-taking them. You Indifferent