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THE SOUTH'S SUPREMACY. T7esident Harvie Jordan Tells What The Southern Cotton Associa tion Stands For. The Southern Cotton association -stands for the south's supremacy ag TicUlturally, commercially and finan cially. The present effort of the as sociation, looking to the reduction of ccton acreage and use of comnercial fertilizer, is merely an incident in the great work which it was organized to perform. The principal object of the association is to unite in one grand bu-siness organization the southern -a:mers, merchants, bankers, cotton 'Manufacturers and all other allied Iines of business to develop the vast resources of the south and to main tain the price of our great staple crop -zotton, at a fair and profitable fig n-e to the producers and cottor nill mg interest of the country. To de elop southern ports, extend the building of cotton mills and bring -about closer tradc relations between -this country and foreign nations, and more especial:y with the Central and South American republics, to seek wider markets for the sale of our cot ton and cotton goods, to the end, that . consumption may be made to keep pace with the extended cotton pro duction. To organize and perfect a ,cotton company for the purpose of -protecting the sale of our cotton and -to safe-guard it from wide fluctua -tiors that are brought about by specu lative influences. 'To encourage the building and maintaining of a first .class system of bonded warehouses, in which cotton can be stored at a minimum cost, or encourage the prop er storing of cotton on the farm so that the crop may be marketed in -suzh quantities as will meet the legiti -mate demand for consumption. To enwwirage the better handling of the .cottan crop so that it may go to mar ket in the best possible condition and .bring to each grower its maximum value. To gather correct and accu, rate statistics, bearing upon the p - - duction, manufacture and sale of cot ton so that the producer will be as well informed upon every phase of the great cotton industry of the world as those who handle the crop after it -.passes from the hands of the grower. Non Antagonistic. The association does not propose, ar.d will not antagonize any legiti mate line of business or industry car n.ed on in the south, but on the con ~trary, its best energies will be direct ~ed ilong the lines of a higher develop ment 'of agriculture, more extended ~building of factories, wider develop *ment ef-our commerce and increasing .our -financial strength. These are the fundament-al underlying principles of 'he 'Sauithern Cottqgn association, and in that-work, it earnestly seeks the ac ..ive<eco-qperation of the entire agri :ciltural, -commercial and financial - tr.ength oif the south. Organization Necessary. Organization, of course, is one of the essentia'l features of the associa tion, for without unity there can be no -st,ength. The organization of the -assedation throughout the various -cotton-producing states and territor -ies, is patented after the political form of the United States government. The association, in its head formation, is -made up of representatives from the thirteen states and territories produc - ng cotton; each state division is comn -posed of a representative delegate from each county or parish: each parish or county organization is corn posed of three representatives from each civil sub-division and each civil sub-division is made up of the units of -the people. Thus we have a centra ~ized -organization beginning from -among the people at the bottom and w'.orking throu~gh the counties, or par ishes, up through the state divisions .and forming the parent head--The Sout4ern Cotton association. The .trength of the association is there so-re, obtainred directly from the peo pie, and its success must depend upon the people, whose interest it seeks to safeguard and protect. It is a move ment in which the sympathy, support and active co-operation of every-man of business and profession in the south .should be cordially enlisted. Existing Conditions. For the past fifty years, the south has directed its energies principally in the production of cotton; our people have taken but lit ..1, interae in devising the proper Horsesi1 The best the State. F ceived. Pric Quat 5AND 10 CENTS. Everyhing in our Store for that Price. Newberry's only 5 and 10 Cent Store. In Store formerly occupied by Todd, Main Street. CAGLE BROS. Just received 2car loads of Buggies. 1 car load of Wagons. and a lot of up to-date and first class Harness. All to be had at REASONABLE PRICES at A T. BROWN. ways and means for marketing the staple, or in obtaining proper and, cor rect knowledge of the use to which our cotton has been put and its con sumption among the nations of the world. We have, therefore, known but little of its value beyond the price offered us by the people who have come into our markets to purchase it. Cotton Has No Competition. It is now a wvell established fact that the south holds a complete monopoly of the cotton crop of the world, and that no material which can be woven into cloth, can be used as a competitor against American cot ton under 14 cents per pound. Our cotton has hut four competitors wool, flax, silk and foreign-grown cot ton. It is only when American cot ton is sold at 14c per pound, that foreign-grown cotton can be profi ably manufactured as a competitor. and the price of the staple must ad vance to a5c and Joe per pound to permit woolen goods to be manufact ured as a competitor. The limited supply of silk and flax places them beyond the realm of competition hence, we must cor clude shat the only competitor today of American cot ton is a surplus of American cotton. The only reason why the price of our cotton has been depreciated below its maximum value in years past and gone, has been due to either a bad system of marketing with reckless disregard of its sale, or, to an over production of the staple, and permit ting the over-pr~Auction to be used as a hammer to beat down the price of the staple actually needed for cosmption, either through specu lative influences, or the combined en ergies of the exporters and spinning interest of the world. With the knowledge of the facts, it is the impera tive duty of the cotton-growers, aided by the combined efforts of all the allied business interests in the south, to devise ways and means which will protect the staple from depressing influences which have annually rob bed the south from two hundred to tree hundredA millionni of dollars Nules,Bu assortment resh Car Loa es and terms tlebaum SUCCES' luattlebaum , Prosperii LET US HELP YOU CLEAN HOUSE THIS SPRING. Give us all your cur tains, heavy blankets, bed spreads, under clothing, bedding, etc., to launder. By doing this work in large quantities we are able to do it at prices that make it economy for you to give it to us to do, besides our sav ing ou so much hard worK. Newberry Steam Laundry Co. Shockley & Livingston! Contractors and Builders OF Wood or Brick Build I ings. Estimates, Plans and Specifications Furnished on Applica tion. Shop and Office in Rear of R. C. Williams' Store. Repairs of all kinds done. 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