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? ' / " ' v- -. 4 [J 9 ** ? * / ,1 I Watch Label on Your Paper I ?a ^ ?1 ^ I I Am^^f ?4^4^ 1 The Date on the Label is the L I and Don't Let Subscription a I wm 1 -IT I I |f |J jlj |/| /T I II Date Your Paper Will Be I ' [ Expire. V^4lir jPUUlil V&K* CiVii? |St^ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. .MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1919. VOL.24. NO. 14. COM NEWS ' i AND HAPPENIKGS 9 NEWSEY LETTERS BY REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS. ^ n News Items of Interest to Herald T Readers Ebb and Flow of the ' " Human Tide. ' X Oali G^ove. > J Rev. C. S. Felder, the new pastor T of fhe Brownville circuit will arrive E with his family soon and take up his J pastoral duties. B Rev. J. B. Weldon preached his last h sermon at Betheeda last Sunday a * *? vi. ?... #i,aia oi morning. Hg icq,v6s iur ms ut*? ii^iu, of labor at Norway this week. si Rev. L. T. Phillips of Rowesville w spent a short while visiting friends si in this section last week on his re- E I turn from the Methodist Conference ic at McColl. IP The Oak Grove school is full to n capacity and seems to be moving on ) v; nicely. The two assistants attended^ the teachers' meeting at Columbia ti and repor( a pleasant trip. o t( Kemper. n: . t k Miss Manna Ray spent .Saturday r' morning at Lake View. a Miss Manna Ray went oyer to Mar- ' ion Saturday afternoon. ' e Miss Ruth Kneece spent the week end with friends at Hamer. Mr. Burney Hayes and family spent d' Sunday with relatives at Gresham. Messrs. Burney Hayes and Charlie a Moody have new Berch touring cars. ai There was a call meeting of the 11 School Improvement Association at j the Teacherage on Thursday afternoon. Several interesting topics were discussed. I There will be an oyster supper and n f***' v box party at the Kemper school house I - ? 11?h ! V] I on Thursday evening, wcujuci -lah., beginning at seven o'clock. The pub-| lie is cordially invited to attend. ai o L, Oakland. j Mr. White of Bonlee, N. C., visited 5, our community last week. Miss Ruth Kneece of Kemper spent ta last week end at the Oakland Teach- c( erage. d( Mrs. G. W. Campbell and infant ij sonf who were severely burned some te time ago, are both improving. Quite a number of our young folk attended the "Tom Thumb" wedding . at Alfordville last Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Schofield of tl ^ ^^elion, S. C., spent the week end q Wyrith their sister, Miss Carrie B. Scho- F field. 'u, The ladies of the Improvement j Association will give a bazaar and box q supper at the school house, December a. J 1-th. Miss Mary Bryant entertained a!e, number of friends at her home near n] Rowland Friday night, in honor of Miss Kneece and Mr. and Mrs. Scho- A. field. ? | o _ Fork- r j w ' Mr. K. S. Carmichael spent Sat- U; urday in Dillon. I hi Monr Rncpi-s snent the week ip raio. .ww. ^ ? o . end with her son, F. C. Rogers at'Ui ! Zion. IMr. and Mrs. H. Schofield spent i the week end with Dr. and Mrs. Scho-; field. ti Miss Nannie Belle Taylor spent; sometime with her brother Mr. C.E. el Taylor. Mrs. E. Johnson is spending some- st time with her sister, Mrs. Milton h, Rogers. Mrs. Ruby Fort Carmichael and SI little son spent-last week in Rowland with relatives. Mr. Ira McCormick has purchased Mrs. "Johnsoiv's residence and will te p' move the first of the year% tl Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Rogers and J. j O. Rogers, Jr., of Dillon spent Sun- ^ day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. :p J. O. Rogers. _ ol Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Lewis of Mullins and Dr. and Mrs. W. K. Currie e of Taber N. C., spent Sunday after- ^ noon with Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Lewis. 8j There will be an entertainment at gj Fork school house Friday night, i December 12th. Will Serve oysters d, and have an old time spelling bee. The public is coruially invited, the p proceeds for the benefit of the school q building. t I c< o M Sellers. Mr. Flemniing Ramsuer speii j Thanksgiving with his family here. j Mr. and Mrs. O'Neal have recent- fc ly moved into a new house on Church j street. vj Mr. F. B. Watson spent Saturday L in Florence with his daughter, Miss i K Lanier. C Miss Jeanette Aiken formerly mus- H; ic teacher here, spent Thanksgiving S in Sellers. it Mr. and Mrs. W. D. sellers are re visiting their sisters Misses Anne and j ^ Leila Sellers at Washington, D. C. ]\ ' Mr. James Norton, Mrs. W. Oi Norton, Mrs. Eliza Johnston and Mrs .tc ^A#^Iargie Strickland of Mullins were ii ! B fellers one afternoon last week. e< Mrs. Charlie Tilghnian and chil- J. B dren have returned from New Yorl la where they have been visiting Mrs J * Tilghman's father, who is very ill. h< Mr. J. C. Baker and daughters, w Misses Louise and Margaret, Miss in Mattie Price and Mr. and Mrs. D. M.I Watson dined at the home of Mr. H. m W. Ritch Sunday. lo Mrs. J. Stephen Bethea and little m son McCloud of Prescott, Ariz., have! returned to their home. They will M stop over in Washington, D. C. for^le a few days visiting relatives. j hi We are informed that Mr. S. Lein-'di *- - ASTOR'S SALARY INCREASED. | letliodists Show Atii>recintioii of Dr. Duncan's Good Work by Substantial Salary Increase. Dr. and Mrs. Watson B. Duncan eniriained the board of stewards of Tl^ 'ir^t Methodist church of Dillon last; ight at an elegant six course dinner, j his was the first meeting of the oard for the present fiscal year. The allowing stewards were present: J. >. Hargrove, J. F. Thompson, W. H. luller, Capers Braddy, W. J. Adams, . P. McLaurin, Prof. W. D. Roberts, '. W. Bethea, E. L. Moore, Dr. A. J. Ivans, J. B. Gibson, W. C. Moore, W. . Carter, B. A. Bedenbaugh, J. Earle j lethea, D. W. Bethea and L. Cottingam. After the dinner which afforded | 11 present a most delightful social < ccasion, the guests returned to the itting room and parlor-en-suite : ent into executive setston. The sesion was opened with prayer by Dr. uncan after which he outlined his leas for the coming year's work, rof. W. D. Roberts was elected chairlan of the board and J. D. Hargrove? ' - 1 *1 T> A T>? ict; c 11 airiiiaii IUI intr >cui. o. A. otrenbaugjj was Elected secretary and easurer. The pastor's salary was increased j ) 13,000, and some of the assesslents of the church members were lised. Many of the board voluntarily, sked to be raised from 20 t0 50 pei jat, in order to meet easily the bud-1 et for the new year. In testimony of the good feeling nd the valuable service being ren-i ered by Dr. Duncan the stewards, resented to him, before adjourning, purse amounting to one hundred id fifty dollars which was quui i lade up by the stewards present. o Passenger Trains TMsoontiirtied. \ The Atlantic Coast Line has anulled the following passenger trains: . Trains 66 and 67 between Fayetteille and Bennettsville. Trains 68 and 69 betweeen Sumter id Columbia. Trains 41 and 42 between Creston ' id Pregnalls. Trains 21 and 22 between Orangeurg and Croston. Other announcements as to cur-j lilment of service on account of th . )al shortage will follow, it being the | esire of the officials.to give the pub-, c due notice of any changes con- j mplated. o 1). A. It. Meeting. Mrs. Arch M. Bethea entertained 1 ie members of the Rebecca Pickens hapter D. A. R. at the home of Mrs. rank Thompson on Tuesday evenig. Reports of the Conference held in herarw were given by the Regent rs. T. WvBethea and the delegate, irs. L. R. Craig. There were no paprs read at the close of the business eeting. Sandwiches and coffe were jrved to the hostess, assisted by rs. Frank Thompson, Mrs. James argrove and Mrs. John C. Bethea. and expects to leave Sellers Jan-i ary 1st. Mr. Leinwand and family ave proved themselves to be excdl-' nt citizens and we hate to give them ( P o . | Minturn. Mildred Usher who broke her leg vo weeks ago is improving fast. Miss Charlton John spent the week of her hntno '?-> RennettRville Miss Myrtle Weatherly of Clio high :hool spent the week end at her Dme. Miss Harriet McLees of Hamer >ent the week end at the home of' r. and Mrs. S. J. Chandler. Miss Elizabeth Townsend of Cliiax, Georgia, is spending the win?r with Mrs. H. N. Cousar to attend ie school at Bingham, S. C. The Hargrove Literary Society of inturn held its regular meeting ridav afternoon and elec'^d new Ticers which were as follov Misses Annie Henegan anu Kate vans spent the week end at Flora cDonald College, Red Springs, N. C. 1 Mrs. J. C. Usher from Harlsville )ent a few days last week with Mrs. j im Usher. President, Effie Evans; vice-presi-, ?nt, Mary Edwards; Secretary, Plmt \f Q rv ' VII I Vf JUUIIOVU, l'UOl VI1UV| iuu? j roctor; second critic, MAck Mcueen; censor, Tommie McSwain; jrrespondent to the Dillon Herald, innie Usher. o Judson Mr. and Mrs. Beecham visited home >lks in Clio Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Cottinghani | isited Mrs. Cottingham's sister in i aurinburg Sunday. We are glad to report that Mr. L. . Ford, who has been on the sick st is able to be out again. Mrs. J. D. Cottingham who has been j t the hospital at Feyetteville for a w days came home Sunday night. | Judson church is getting on nice-( - raising their quota of the $75,-1 00,000. Here's hoping to go over the >P. Mrs. S. L. Smith and family visit- j 1 Mrs. Smiths brother-in-law, Mr. C. Smith of near Maxton, Sunday! .St. Mr. J. L. Cottingham is having his' ouse painted and when it is finished ill have one of the prettiest homes ' i the country. Miss Edna MoDaniel, the trained urse from Madisdn, Fla., who is cated at Mr. J. L. Cottingham's is ursing in Clio. Mr. J. A. E. Cottingham and Mrs. rs. Cottingham and daughter, Kathen were pleasant visitors at the ome of Mr. J. L. Cottingham Sun-i iy. ? I SAYS COTTON CROP EM BELOW 10,000,000 001 WAXXAMAKER CLAIMS TRADE MIX! DEMANDS 15,000,000. ! Growers Assured of Share of Profits, High Says Cotton Association President. ! J. Skottowe Wannamaker, presi- j In* dent of the American Cotton associa- ment tion, last night issued a statement ii miorr which he says the indicated yiolc late from the present cotton crop will i the I 9,667,000 bales. When to this is ad- it w? ded the cotton brought over in thi jelem seed from last year, cotton f u !an ai samples, undersized bales and " posal crop," the total yield should be 10,- versj 120,000 exclusive of linters. The .ul jt wc lowing is the crop estimate, supide 0f all mented by a discussion of the laboi speal situation and the cost of production: "The cotton crop has been corner- &c ed Ijy natural forces. The crop is fai - * too small for the world's require- ^ ments. Our investigations, both a. ? home and abroad, show that it wil Pn(jP require an American crop.of 15,000,- ' 000 bales from the present crop to meet anything like meet the absolutely . nroccincv /loniQiiH fnr raw rnttnn TIlP I manufacturer could pay far higher pie8* prices for the raw material without con*1 increasing the price of the manuiac- conr tured product, and still make a hand- was some profit. The Southern cotton pro- <j?ent ducer has the cotton consuming world d0Wn absolutely at its feet for the first time in the history of the trade. Thcr, Slder is such a colossal demand for goods 8U,ne and such an inadequate supply o; "N raw cotton, and the market is so enor- ,said, mously over sold in both long <_ prop< short staple cotton, that it will be ab- Wils< solutely and entirely impossible tc its a fill these commitments regardless ol their the price offered for the raw mater- trove ial. A similar condition has never ex ly dc isted in the cotton industry. The enor justi< mous profits being made, by spinnen fight and manufacturers, the tremendous number of orders clamoring for ex favor ecution, both at home and overs as, ]y jn will add to the acuteness of the sit quest uation. Far higher prices under these conditions are an inevitable q^rtainty te^d( The supply of good grade cotton ! _a(..c unthinkably short and is bound t . force an enormous premium for goo . werp grade cotton ana to raise tne price ~ far higher for off grade. Indicated Yield. "Investigations into the remotest '. rural districts of the cotton bel bring to light the fact that the ginning of the growing crop is mort Rebe nearly completed than at the same time at any period in the industry qd There "was an enormous amount of tjj seed cotton brought over from If un^e whith will be added to the indicated pjcil( yield of the present crop. The v day ( cated yield from the growing crop L ^ we find to be 9,667,000. To this must desig be added cotton brought over in thf the g seed from 1918, cotton from samples xjous undersized bales a<nd city crop, mak- good in'g a total yield of 10,120,000 bales, ^{0lir exclusive of linters. o'cloi "Labor shortage is more acute than f0iks it was in the spring of 1919, and i' to er was necessary to abandon an enor- a nu: mous amount of acreage for this rea- pege son, so that there is no possibility un- whe< der present conditions, t0 cultivate chap| an acreage for the coming year ever ment as large as the acreage planted fo 0ijve, this year. On account of adverse sea- gum \ sons there will be an enormous scar- of city of planting seed throughout the gjf^s Western belt. could Cost of Production. "While the present crop has been the most costly ever produced. If)will show a far higher cost. A systematic campaign is now on through^ Th the length and breadth of the cotton ,Cotto belt which is meeting with ready re (last ' sponse for the producer to buy Octo bank, ber cotton in New York at present ton f prices, which are far below the ' capiti of production, and planting his land 000.C in food and feed crops, which can lend produced with less labor. Thip in it- ed w self will make an enormous reduc- ed fr< tion in yield for 1920, and increase the s the demand. As a result of the cam- elect* paign conducted in every section of Mi\ I the cotton belt there is absolutely no the r such thing as invisible cotton exist- ganiz ing today. The previous demands wni have added this source to draw from lent Under these conditions with a demand far in excess of the supply, with a natural corner in the cotton crop, tb# price of the manuactured product, far higher prices should pre- At van ior raw coiioii ana such mguci i^a.v.j prices are absolutely certain under on N these conditions. fying "The producer, being thoroughly prese organized through the American Cot- jects ton association, absolutely controls fully the raw cotton. It will be necessary Th to pay him a fair profit, based upon ion n< supply and demand, the cost of pro- ,12, i duction, and the price being paid fori there the manufactured product." (sion I Xew Enteiprise for Dillon. I and Dr. E. A. Early of Florence has unj,e leased one of the stores in tb-> . ..." "Bracey Block" and will open a mint f 11 ( 1 ? . ' r\:ll 1 rTKn '"S P cma put 111 111 union JilllUilli JSI. J. lie , . plant will be in charge of Mr. J. M. | ... Weaver, who arrived in Dillon Tues- L. . day for the purpose of getting the dj building ready for the machinery s which will arrive in a few days. Dr. Early is a resident of Florence and has several mint cola plants in the Pee Dee section. He is making ar- Qu rangements to distribute his product bers among dealers in adjoining towns, jvislte Mint cola is manufactured by the Mint night Cola Co., of Salisbury, N. C.. and is Dr. 1 a popular drink. Dr. Early spent Tuesday in town making arrange- Mr uients for the opening of his plant. end i ) of cot smi r ifidently predicted ERS AND OPERATORS ARE ALMOST TOGETHER. j] f( Official of United Mine Work- si ers Says Settlement Prae- iai a tically Certain. ^ dianapolis, Ind, Dec. 9.?Settle-'P ; of the strike of coal miners to-jn ow confidently was predicted jti tonight by a high official of fi Jnited Mine Workers of America, ci is declared that the conservative fi ent was in the majority and that d ?reement on the President's pro- ci [ for termination of the contro- T ' was only a question of how long |w >uld take to hear the argument? :0 1 representatives who wished S c. I0: lis official, who strongly favor | itance of the new plan for en'' |} strike, spoke enthusiastically o |*v ight made for adoption of t> I 5sal by Acting President Lewis ^ Secretary-Hreasurer Green,?of .j niners' organisation, at today's -r ing of the general committee ? w miners at which the plan wa fi mted. This fight he said, wr jjc nued after adjournment of the ; ^ (rence at 6:30 tonight, and it'ai believed that more than suffi-jfl strength was mustered to vote w i the radical element when the, littee reconvenes tomorrow. Con-'0] ation of the question will b^ re-1 w d at 9:30 o'etock this morning.'w [r. Lewis and Mr. Green," he | bi "whole-heartedly, accepted the; a jsition made them by President |h: )n and entered into the fight for|ni doption by the miners with al> w strength. Settlement of the con- si rsy, when it comes, will be great-1 hi le to their efforfs, and it is only tl :e to give them credit for t he jC I bi he conservative element, which |tt s acceptance of the plan, is clear- E the majority, and there is nc P? ;ion,of the final outcome." st also was learned that four >d caucuses, in which so-calk ? als of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and em Pennsylvania participated .. held tonight. Except that plans made for continuing the fig*1 , tst adoption of the strike Bettleplan nothing could_ be learned le proceedings. lB 0 ;a< cca Pickens Chapter Entertains'3 ? e of the most enjoyable events'*1 e week was a Rook party given C. - ? ? c r the auspices or tne Keoeccai1" ?ns Chapter, D. A. R., on Thurs- jS( evening at the home of Mrs. C. |81 rheeler. Last week having been "' nated as "Tammassee Week" by j r< tate Regent the Chapter was an-; to do its part financially for this 1111 cause, the ' support of this j in itain Schools for girls. At eight 3C :k between fifty and sixty young married and single, assembled, l'l ijoy an evening of RoolC. After (tf mber of games were played the B nt, Mrs. T. W. Bethea, Mrs. |w iler and several members of the, :er served delightful refresh- jtt s of chicken salad, crackers, a 3 pickles and coffe. Quite a nice bi af money was made and members ct te chapter especially appreciate of money made by some who tl not attend. te o 01 BIO COTTON BANK. ? di e members of the South Carolina tt in Asseciation met at Columbia! rhursday and organized a lavge sc whitfh will handle distress cot- in or the farmers of the state. The'cl al of the new bank will be 12,-Jse iOO, and its business will be to,in money on cotton stored in bond- ti arehouses. A director was elect- m am each congressional district in tc itate. Mr. T. L. Manning being ;d a director from this district. Ini danning has been very active in jm aovement to form a business or-'ai at ion among the farmers and tt make the 6th district an excel- ai representative. o Parent-Teacher's Meeting. hi ir the last meeting of the Parent- (( tiers Association, which was held n] qvember 14. it was most grati-' both to have so many parents id, nt and also to have the sub- . for discussion entered int0 so jr and freely. e December meeting will be held i ext Friday afternoop, December |V( [iromptly at 4:00 o'clock and|n, will be a Round Table discusof the following questions: |_ What books will aid the parents j the teacher in getting a better _ rstanding of the child? Should a parent permit his i to attend social meetings, mov-j^ ictures, or entertainments of any ?; at night during the school week? ? I the parents are urged to attend meeting and to take part in the 'I ssion. jni o Dr. Duncan Pounded. ite a large number of the mem-jtt of Main street Methodist church , w >d the parsonage on last Friday jai and surely pounded the pastor, H rVatson B. Duncan. T f o 1! s. W, Mclnnis spent the week (a in town. si * ILLO.N FOLK TAKE AIR TRIPS. it-men Spent Several Days in Dillon and Many Citizens Take Rides. No longer is the airship a novelty i Dillon. A ship spent several days. ere last week and scores of Dillon )lk took trips through the air. The nail boy was in.his seventh heaven, nd it was with difficulty that the ttention of the school boys could be ept on their books. The plane found a good landing lace in T. W. Bethea's oat field stwo liles southwest of IDillOn and the dps were made from the lending! eld over tdWn and then back by ai ircuitous route. The plane came over om Bennettsville where It had been oing a land office business with the itizens of the Marlboro capita), wenty dollars for a 20 minute trip as the price charged and it was not ften the case that a passenger arued with .the airmen over the length f the stay in the clouds. Mr. Barnes M. Sprunt, cashier of le Bank of Dillon, was the first Dil>n man to "break the ice." Mr. prunt saw the airmefi land and he ent out to the field immediately.! i^hen told that he was in Dillon for le purpose of taking passengers up ito the clouds Mr. Sprunt said he as reauy iu go, auu ne nau iue uia- i nction of being the first native Dil-i >nite to view his own town from a' istance of a thousand feet in the] lr. Mr. Sprunt said it was a delightil sensation and he was charmed ith the experience. Mr. L. Cottingham Vent up the secad day and when the airmen {ook hat is known as a "nose dive" hile over the centre of the town he raced himself for what looked like fall. When the plane was within a undred feet of the ground the air>an shot it back into the clouds and hen it settled again on a straight loot back to the fields Mr. Cottingam said he felt happy. While up in le air a considerable distance Mr. ottingham dropped his eye-glesses, ut strange to say they were found lat same afternoon near Mr. E. T. lliott's residence. The finder h^pened to walk into Mr. Cottingham's ore next morning and remarked that e had found a pair of gold rimmed lasses. He pulled them out and Mr. ottingham identified them as his wn. The glasses were n?t injured by le fall from the clouds. . The airman returned to Bennettslie Saturday afternoon where he as scheduled to make exhibition ights at a land sale to be bold near ennettsville Tuesday. Mr. Sprunt icompanied him oq the trip back to ennettsville. Mr. Sprunt said ley went by way of Minturn ad about two miles to the north of lio. They were a considerable disinoo in fViQ <iir hilt Olifl was Pasilv sen and recognized. The time conlmed in making the trip to Benettsville from the time the plane )se into the air until it settled on the nding field in Bennettsville was 17 linutes. Mr. Sprunt said they were i no datiger at any time during the urnej as they could have landed most an* where, there were so mauy ^en fields.. The only dangerous ;?la? e ley crossed, he said, was Donaho ay. He recognized the big strip of | oods long before they came to it, j it they were flytng-at such a height1 iat the machine could have glided to i place of safety even if anything had ippened while they were over the. intre of the woods. The plane's visit to Dillon has had le effect of arousing considerable inrest in aviation, and there is talk of ganizing a company and buying a ane for commercial purposes. If the' impany is organized regular sche-! jles will be established to towns iroughout the Pee Dee section. Dillon was the first town in the >uth to own an airplane. When flyig was in its infancy Mr. W. Murlison purchased a plane which made sveral trial flights. The machines j?" WftWAifA*. umro nni nrap I lllitl uaj, li\j nc? v . cal, and after repeated attempts tp; jgotiate the air the plane was sold, ? other parties. There have been so many improve- j ents over the first machines that air; avigation is no longer an experiment i id it is predicted that in a few years, ley will be almost as common as I jtomobiles. o STACKHOUSE-SELLERS. Dr. and Mrs. Wade Stackhouse an-j ounce the engagement and approach-, ig marriage of their daugn-:er, Ruth > Phillip Bruce Seller?, of Bir-j lingham, Ala The happy event will take place J uring the Christmas holidays and i anticipated with a great deal of | iterest by numerous friends and Natives of the young couple. Miss Stackhouse is a universal fa-j orite in Dillon where she has spent j lost of her life since childhood ex- j ipt during her college days, at the ollege for Women' in Columbia. Bruce Sellers is the son of Mrs. P. j . Sellers and lived in Dillon until' e entered Georgia Tech, and after1 raauaiing mere ne eniereu uie neiu F electricity. He completed a course ( i electrical engineering with the j eneral Electric Company at Schenec- J idy, N. Y. He now holds a responsi- : le position in his profession in Bir-! lingham, Ala. o ? Licenses on Sale. New automobile license plates for . ie operation of cars during 102d ent on sale last Monday, the 8th antf *e being distributed by the State ighway Department at Columbia. he new signs are different from the 919 signs, having white letters on blue field, whereas for 1919 the gns were white with black letters. DILLON FARMERS WILL BUILD WAREHOUSES | ?. OLD COMPANY DISSOLVED TO FORM NEW CORPORATION. Will Join State Wide Organization and Build Large Storage , Warehouse. i The Board of directors of the Dillon County Cotton Corporation held a meeting at the courthouse on Tuesday and after a thorough discussion adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That the directors o&tho Dillon County Cotton Corporation recommend to the stockholders that J tho Dillon Cotton Corporation be dis solved or liquidated and in order to be in line with thl purpose and policy of The American Cotton Association that the Dillon County Cotton Unit of the American Cotton Asf ciation pledge its pro-rata of stock to> the Export Corporation and that a \ wr rehouse company be organized in Dillon county for the purpose of building a warehouse with a 10,?0O bale capacity. That a government grader be produced and that a campaign be put on for the cotton iai in Dillon county through the warehouse and marketing system. That the warehouse above referrt to be a central warehouse located Dillon. That the other warehouses or individual owners of warehouses throughout the county be permitt? to be member warehouses of the central warehouse and marketing corporatlon, the basis and rules governing the membership to be as fui-t " That they maintain tfyeir separat identity as corporations. That they enjoy all the rights and privileges i. the central corporation without additional expense to them except their pro rata share of the expense of weighers, graders and other agenta and excess insurance rates. That pro- x "MaH fnrthav thot nn nno hnt mpm? T JUtU &U1 lUVi 1.1JIUV 11V vri*v bers of the American Cotton Association shall receive any service from said corporation 'or its agents. The resolution as adopted is in sequence of the organization of the South Carolina branch of the American Cotton Association in Columbia, on Tuesday, December 2nd. W. W. Evans, Dr. J. H. David, T. L. Manning and L. Cottingham attended the organization meeting in Columbia and posted themselves thoroughly on the policy and the procedure adopted. Until this meeting the county units have had no absolute foundation for action further than securing-members and organizing according to the plans upon which this county did organize. It was found that Dillon county was the only county in the state to organize a cotton corporation and collect a per centage qf the money subscrib The organization of said corporation was in accordance with the Jenni plan which plan did never meet the approval of the leaders in th great movement and th$ Jennings plan was not mentioned in the organization meeting at Columbia. A t? ancial plan was adopted howe ^which inthe minds of the five hundred or more delegates present' was a proper solutioq, namely An Export and Marketing Corporation with a cn of two million dollars to be located in Columbia. Each county is expecte,] subscribe its pro-rata share of f stock based on the number of baleof cotton raised. As Dillon countyraises about 4 5,000 bales of cotton it will be apportioned about $85,000,00 of the stock on a basis of about $2.00 per bale. This great banking in_ stitution centrally located proposes to help the farmer finance his cotton when properly graded and warehoused. The warehouse question is one for each county to solve. Without the proper warehouse facilities the farmer can do nothing and every plan falls flat. To meet this contingency the directors suggest in their resolution a warehouse and marketing plan which if adopted by the members of the Dillon County Cotton Association will save the farmers of this county thousands of dollars and put the business end 0f farming upon a level with other great industries. The farmer will then no longer be "fodder" for the cotton speculator and the unscrupulous cotton buyers. When a bale of cotton is brought to the warehouse under the plan pro posed tne COllon is gruueu uy au wpert authorized grader, the grade is stamped on the bale of cotton and ** receipt Is issued for the bale of cotton so stamped giving the grade and we'ght. ThD receipt will be recognized throughout the south and the world as auilK-ntic and valid and the ho'der thereof can sell his cotton both as to grade and weight without ever again seeing his cotton. He will have also at his command the selling agent of the warehouse who might be of very material assistance in procuring the highest market price for it. In consequence of the action of the directors of the Dillon County Cotton corporation, every stockholder is urgently requested to attend a stockholder's meeting on Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at the court house at which the money paid in by each stockholder will be refunded and a new organization will be gone into along the lines as officially adopted and recommended by the state organization. L. COTTINGHAM, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Dillon County Cotton Corporation. '