The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-14
Testing Time in
South Carolina
Real Men Will Not Quit in
the Face Of Adverse Condi-
tons

Columbia, Jan. !0-This is
testing time" in South Carolina,
declared Alfred Scarborough Of
Eastover, prominent planter and
member Of the organization COM!
mittee Of the South Carolina Cot
ton Growers Cooperative Assocla-
ton today
There are some people in the
state who seem disposed TO give ZIP
and quit because OF the adverse
conditions due to the tremendous
: drop in the price Of cotton the. past
year and the invasion o., the boil
weevil'' said Mr.. Scarborough. 1T
takes a tine like this 10 find who
are real men and who are not. The
real man does not give up but
fights for the better day which,
must come. We need more Of the
spirit of carry on which our peo-
pie displayed during the war, Also.
we should think Of the gloomy
days OF the sixties and remember
whai. o&,r fathers and Grandfatilers
and mothers and grandmothers
!iEcd through. They did rot give
up.
II am glad 10 say that there are
not many of those people who
would give up in this state but
there should be none. We are
going TO come out Of this situation
! all right. The boil weevil has hit
us hard this year, but other states
] have survived his ravases and we
/ can do it in South Carolina.
Personally, belize the organi-
zation Of the South Carolina Cot
ton Growers Cooperative Asso-
citation is the greatest forward step
; that the farmers Of the state have
/ ever taken The successful for-
! nation Of this association will, I
believe, open the doors of oppor-
tunity TO the growers Of the state.
1T will give them opportunity
! 70 free themselves from the shack
les of poverty and debt, and prs
vation put upon them by an OUT
law marketing system.
1T Will give them opportunity
to break the bonds Of enforced
obedience Of the demands Of per-
petual creditors who own them
body and soul. even to the very
clothes they wear and the food
they cat
1t win give them opportunity
tc take their little children out Of
the cotton fields. away from the,
'backbreaking toll Of other years
and place them where they have.
every right to be-in schools. and
colleges-tfat they may be mould.
ed into capable, Intelligent aea
and women. 5e,..a \,
1T will give them opportunity.
to give.Jheir wives and children 9
home fitted as every American,
home should be with modern con-
veniences: good clothes TO .,vear
and wholesome food to eat 1t VIII
given them opportunity TO step out
Of the poverty Of the past into the
prosperity which is sure TO result
in the future from a stabilized cot
ton market and elimination Of waStf
and speculation between farm ana
mill. 'ei-..i5
/ That the plan upon which the
South Carolina Cotton Growers
Cooperative Association is being
formed and will operate is sound
has been proved repeatedly in acc
tual practice. The association is
making it possible for every farm.
: er in the state to become Il n!cnlT
Der on terms that all can meets Are
they going to turn their backs on
this opportunity TO so with ther
brother farmers who have already
! banded themselves together : Tor
their mutual profit, or are they,
going to join the association say
! ing: We're with YOU boys, let's
: all pull together for prosperity"
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