The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 17, 1906, Page 2, Image 2
The Cotton Convention.
fifteen Cents Fixed, by
Unanimous Vote, as Price
of Balance Cotton CropsAcreage
to be Reduced by
Diversificaton in Crop ?
Bank e r s and Merchants
Stand by the Farmers.
jflfew Orleans, Jan. 12.?That
the sum of work ot the Southern
Cotton Association was to he i.
declaration for 15 cents cotton
*rith production in the form ot
diversification, was practically
aetUed at the afternoon session
tci the convention, when (Jhair
u/uti Dancey, of ilie committee.
t?n holding, in advance of the
presentation of its report, an
nouneed that the committee had
unanimously decided favorably
on that proposition. The an
sxitaucetnent provoked the convention
to a whirlwind of cheer
Taj:. The premature announce
aient ot the conclusions of the
committee was loiced by advice
from New York to the etl'ect thai
ewspaper dispatches and Wall
vtreet reports printed and circuI.
4 .1 A I. ' * - J-' - - "1 ? ?
*atvu mere maicaieu a UicK oi
harmony among the elements
snaking up the convention and
dissensions over the 15.cent
proposition.
SUPPORTED DY BANKERS AND MERCHANTS.
President Jordan brought the
matter before the convention
He referred to the reports which,
he said he was iniormed appear
?& today in all ti?e New York
papers as "bear dope," evidently
manufactured b\ agents of the
speculators, who were sent to
mingle with the d 'legates of the
?on vent ion.
The report that the convention
Hid not have in its purposes
plans and worn, t! e hearty support,
Sympathy a d cooperation
?f every bank and merchant
present, he declared to be abso
iutely without fou>< tation.
Alexander H. Smith, of Green
?nuuty, Georgia, u.ged the sendrog
of a telegram announcing
lhat the South nee d 110 money
)rom Wall street, ' lit had it to
Jend. He said tin live banks in
.his county were pi dged to abso
lute support of th lartners and
that not anothei bale there
<vould be sold under 15 cents a
"j. pound.
T. E. Massengu , of Georgia,
moved that the pi ident be iti
Mructed to send a statement
xjough the Asm) iated Press
I il L I *
v me uanxers, a reiiants unci
'era were in pe net unison ol
^lt and thai J > correct the
dents to the < utrary circuby
Wall strm bear operat ho
were dun all in their
to break ihe Cotton
8' organiza! > .
e resolution w adopted.
ICII TRADE W1T11 run ORIKNT.
^ Mr. Goodwyn, o Georgia, said
it was evident lit. New York
was beginning fo ni ticipate from
ihe construction >' 'be Panama
tanal, the transfer to New Or
leans, Galveston Mobile of
t-jpremacy in the t n trade wit It
'he Orient. ''Wit ;t these peo
pie find they can i.?> longer con
Uol us," said Mr. G ?lwyn,4kthey
wi-H try to seced from this
government and J pray to God
that 1 will live long enough t<
help whif> them back into i'."
This sentiment provoked tin
convention to amusement and
cheers.
Mr. It. Dancey, chairman ol
he holding committee ,then said
I hat in view ol the reports which
had been circulated in the Easi
<>t dissension in the convention,
lie desired to announce in ndvance
of its report, that the com
niittee was unanimous in its decision
to ask the covention t(
stand by the proposition that the
Southern farmers hold their cotton
for 15 cents. Further, he
said, it was to ask the committee
on acreage to join it in anotliei
plan tor 10 per cent reduction in
acreage 111 the form of d'verificalion
and a 10 per cent reduction
of fertilizers in the ohl states.
The enthusiasm with which
the announcement was received,
lett little doubt ot the sentiment
of the convention.
bankers' resolution.
Chairman Walker, ol Sparta.
Ga., who presided over tinmeeting
of the bankers today,
then announced that the bankers
had enthusiastically adopted the
following resolutions :
"The Southern bankers, in con
vention, congratulate the South
ern Cotton Association on the
success which it has already at
tained in its efforts to maintain
a fair and equitable price for tin
South's staple crop, and, recognizing
that the interests ol tin
farmers, bankers and bueinest
men of the South are in epar
able, therefore, be it
"Reso! *d, First, That we,
the r?pre ntatives of Southern
bankets, hereby renew our j ledge
of moral and nuancial support to
the Southern Cotton Association,
in their efforts to carry out this
purpose ; and
Second, we urge the importan
ce of a better and more complete
system of warehousing and car
ing for cotton.
President, W. P. G. Hat ding,
XT.. A. 1 !.> 1
operation with the growers ot
sea inland cotton is provided for
long staple cotton to be held at
24 cents.
ui me r iioi Diiiwuuai iiitiiK 'Ji
Birmingham, Ala., spoke on the
'Farmer, Bankers warehouseman."
An address on "The Newspa
per and Its Relation to the
Southern Cotton Association,"
was made by Mr. H. Y. Brooke,
of Luverne, Ala., and then
Chairman White presented the
report of the committee on fore
ign trade relations. It indorsed
that made by the standing com
mittee.
FOREIGN COMMISSION.
Tl.? i?~ i u.. o
m. no lauci, nif^ncu i>y tjx-nemi"
tor McLaurin, as chairman, said
the committee met President
Roosevelt and cabinet officers in
Washington after the last convention
and explained to him
the desire lor a commission to
enlarge the cotton trade in fore
ign countries.
FIFTEEN OKNTS UNANIMOUSLY
ADOPTED.
New Orleans, Jan. 12?By
unanimous vote, the cotton association
tonight adopted the report
of its committee on holding,
recommending that the balance
Of the crop of 1905 6 be held tor
15 cents a pound. A joint com
mittee of bankers and farmers
from each state and territory is
to carry the plan into effect Co
Brice Law Constitutional.
The Supreme so Declares?
Decision Unanimous.
The Supreme Court of the
state haH decided that, the famous
Brice law, under which dis
pensuries are being voted out by
counties. iR not unconstitutional.
Alter stating the ca^es in which
the question was raised, the
Court says:
"On each of these cases
brought in tlie original jurisdiction
ol this court the question is
raised as to the constitutionality
of the act, commonly known as
the Brice act approved Decern
ber IS. 1894, amending src'ion
7 ol the general dispensary 'aw
approved March (5?1896. Aflei
careful consideration this con it
is of the opinion that said act itno!
unconstitutional on any of the
grounds alleged except in so tar
as said "Bnee act*' declares that
"Any county voting out a dis
pensary shall not thereafter re
ceiye any part of the surplus
that may remain of the dispell
sary school funds after the defici
encies in the various count}
school funds have been made up
as provided by law." While the
court considers this provision
(incotistilutional the courtis ol
the opinion that it is separable
from the remainder of the act
and that said act stands as constitutional
with the provision
treated as s'ricken out. This
conclusion rehders it necessaiy
to set aside the temporary in
junction granted in the five above
entitled cases, restraining the
closing of the dispensaries there
ni mentioned, and also that tin '
temporary injunction granted in ,
the remaining those above entitled,
restraining the comptroller
general from drawing his official
warrant lor the several sums
arising from the surplus of the <
dispensary funds as therein <
mentioned be dissolved and the
comptroller general left free to
disburse the said fund as it
would have been disbursed be
i ? e . l. _ ?; j (
iwio inc cunuiiiirut ill mo nitiii '
Brice act, and it is so adjudged, i
The reason lor these conclusions
will be stated in an opinion
hereafter to be filed.
Attacked. 1
Says Mrs. Nancy Stoddard of Fountain '
Inn, S. (). I wiih attacked by (hat terrible
monster yon call ltheumatism OUK NEW
D1SOOVKUY was recommended to me by
our druggist, and after taking two bottles,
that great monster of trouble and suffering
was forced to rake its flight. I gladly rooommend
it to any suffenng with liheuinaism.
.Sold by Crawford Bros. I
n ; A ! J . . - _ rsi -I i
ocnuus /\cciuent 10 a ^nua.
Kershaw special in Sunday's
State: 1
A little child of Mr. K. It. i
Williams, who recently came in ,
from Nova Scotta, lei 1 and broke
its leg one day this week. Dr.
W. C. Twitty was summond and
reports the child is getting on
very well. i
$100.00 Reward.
OUK NEW DIBCOVEltY MEDICINE
COMPANY of Laurent*, S. O., lias manufactured
nn<l sold thousand* of bottles of
OUlt NEW DIHt'OVEittf within the Ihhi
three (d) years with an absolute GUA KANTEE
with each bottle for all Blood and <
in Diseases, Nervousness, Liver and
Kidney Troubles, and offers $100.00 re- (
ward to any person who will prove that
they have ever failed or refuse! to comply I
with the terms of the Guarantee. Bold by
Crawford Bros. 1
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your money du
present month,
Don't Spe
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till you get our
Clothing, Shoe:
coats, odd Pants
Jackets and a
other things.
We have odds
in all these tha
gDing to close r
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M of it, 60 head to arrive in a fev
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V Some closely matched teams of
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