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VOL XLIII. NO. 2 NEW3ERRY. S. C. FRI DAY. J NUARY 5. 190'. TWIOE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR COTTON ASSOCIATION ANNUAL SESSION ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINU OF REPRESEN TATIVE PLANTERS FROM1 EVERY SECTION. All Officers Reelected-Resolutions Con cerning the Acreage and Holdiug A Cotton Were Accepted-To Put Warehouse Advocate in the Field. The State, 4th. Scoffers may laugh and jeer at the great movement for the eleva tion of the price of cotton as intend ed by the Southern Cotton associa tion and the subdivisions in the va rious states, but if- these ,sneerers could have been present yesterday at the convention of the South Car olina men who are back of the great agitation, their ideas would have been altered. They were not fanat ics, these men, notf renzied by pov erty into fabulous day dreams and visions of untold luxury. They were representative, intelligent and substantial, and working steadily and surely toward a clear solution of their plan. The determination and vigor with which these delegates approached, the issues were remarkable. There were over 120 present trom every portion of the state and each dis played a lively interest in the pro ceedings. Three sessions of the convention were held, but the delegates re sponded to all, even in the face of the horrible weather, and despite the fact that so many wished to be at their homes. At night the num bers were slightly diminished. Perhaps the most important thing done by the convention was the de cision to appoint a "warehouse pro moter.' Although it was at first thought a good thing to have a committee of several leading spirits it was afterwards decided that these could not do the the efficient work of one enthusiastic man. This promoter wvill go into every coun ty. in the state and urge the farmers to erect warehouses. All of the officers wvere unami mnously reelected. Inl connection with these. Mr. E. D. Smith. the president. wvas elected a national committeeman by acclamation. The trust imposed in Mr. Smith by the stat e association was manifest throughout the convention. The other delegate elected was M\r. Mc Tver Williamson of Darlington. * Delegates were elected to the convention of the Southern associa tion in New Orleans next week and an executive committee was ap pointed. It was also determined to ask a bale tax of ten cents in each county, the various couakes to for mulate their own plans of receiving these contributions. Reduction of acreage where not reduced this year and the holding of the cotton wvere two points dwelt upon throughout the meetings with enthusiasm. P'RESIDENT SM ITHI S SPEE~CII. In beginning his speech, Presi (lent Smith saidl that it was a curi ous thing that the whole country for 40 years hadl looked on cotton as a staple over which it had the control to make the prices. to regu late the outpt, andl yet it was in the power of the south to (1o this. "We are 40 years b)ehindl and we had to pay the horrible debt of 40 years of s1averx," said M\r. Smith. "We have learnedi to make it at six cents and, by the eternal godls, we have learned to sell it at twelve." he criedl with ringing enthusiasmn. "Now that the south is prosper oils, Southerin fialiod li1 as assert dlemandl has no0th1ing to doI' with cot to m( m11now from this time on. the south will ictate the price of cot ton. The movement extends from Tennessee to Texas, from the Rio Grande to the Atlantic. -Air. Smith wanted the efforts of the convention directed to one end -the reduction of acreage. For mulate such legislation that the world will see that the south is de termined not to overload itself. \We have retired enough cotton to make the price 13 cents a pound and the mills must give the price or shut thei'r doors and the run of the spin les must cease. The Asheville convention was not a puerile gathering but the con sensus of opinion of the cotton growers of the south. The price was placed at 11 1-2 cents and the manipulators immediately pushed the price down to 9 1-2- cents. de pending on the fact that there were some weak producers from whom they could get 2,000,000 bales. These 2,000,000 bales gone. and the weak growers sifted out. the issue was again put to the mills. This is not alone a farmer s movement but a southern issue. On one side of a bale of cotton is the manipulator with 115 years' experi ence and the money of the world hehind him. On the other side is the man of. the south and behind him are poverty and debt. But the weak must triumph. Mr. Smith dealt with the plan for cooperation between the southern banker and the southern farmer. The bond between is the price of southern prosperity and the brain and money and the labor and exper ience must at last combine. This stateiiient was met with applause. There is an inexorable law in the commercial as there is the social world.- The reason we are down trodden is because we are too ig norant to understand the laws of trade. "I am a democrat." said Mr. Si:ith, "just as long as it means Anglo-Saxon supremacy. but I do not want to swallow everything anded the south by the part..Had the cotton lplanter been a northern an he would be receiving 30 cents a p)oundl for his cotton." M\ r. Smith is alwvays eloquent and e painted a fine wvord picture when oparing the conserved energies f the coal mine to a cotton field. 'The southern cotton field is a coal ine and all the hopes and all the a5spirations of a southern p.eople are ouredl over the silken staple" He ai l: . "I want the stream of gold turn :dl back into the southland." wvas a ienificant utterance. He congratulated every man in South Carolina and in the south ho had joined in this movement to throw off the shackles. "Let 'em call it a trust. I don't give a damn as long as it bring a stream of gold. But I shudder when I think of 6oooooo people cringing under the lash of that sneering gambler who sits and smirks in WVall street -Theodore A. Price! "Now. gentlemen. the fight is be fore vou. If yo don't get 15 cents. ome1bdly's going naked. They say' the farmers won't stick. They have stuck to starvation for 40 years. e have got the manufacturer and the consumer in a sweat boN and wve are going to sweat 15 cents out ot them." In concluding he said that he had servedl as b)est he could for 12 onths. Hie had been criticizedl but he had got what lie wanted and M Ir. Smith related the rise in cot oi prices under the influence of the ass)ciation. "TIf all the lies that have quent and interruptillg applause and the natural nagnetism of the speaker held his hearers intent. The report of tile executive Coll littee was read and adopted as fol lows: "The execuitve committee of the Southern Cotton association South Carolina division met in the office Of the association Janl. 2nd. 1906. Present were: Messrs. Cleveland, Pe(Tues. Farr and Singleton. I"The president appointed I )r. Wade Stackhonse to fill vacancv cat.sed by death of \I r. A. C. Lvles. "The committee examined the books and accounts of the treasurer and checked off the same. Thev find that this division of the associa tion has received from all sources $7.636.32. and has paid out to the national association $2,300- expen ses $2,342.69. salaries $1.884.33, making a total of $6,527.02-leav ing a balance on hand to the credit of the association of $1,109-30 "Resolved, That the salaries of tile officers of this association be tendered then as directed by this committee at its first meeting, that is to say: President, $i,ooo: secre tary. $6oo: treasurer. $6oo per an "Tle committee desire to call the attention of the association to the work accomplished by the officers of tile association. the president, the vice president, the secretary and the treasurer. to whom is due in a great measure the success of the move ment and we take pleasure in ex tending them our warmest thanks. "All of which is respectfully sub mlitted. "R. Maxs Cleveland, "F. M. Iarr, "Richard Singleton. "R. M. Pegues. "Wade Stackhouse." Mr. F. H. Weston, the secretary .f the association. announced that he wished to conltribute to thle asso ciation tile salary of $60o. whlich tile associationl hadl expected to pay him. Mlr. R. 1. Manning mladle a rngoing speech,. in which he urged thlat Mr. Weston, having worked hard andi faithfully. shlould accept1 the mon01ev. even if only as a token >f esteeml. -Other speechles wereL mlade in support of tihis motion andl' a vote wvas takenl, being unlanimious in favor of tile motion. Tile p)resenlt officers were reelect-i edl. These included the..followving:1 President. E. D. Smith of Sumter: 1 vice p)residlent, T-{. B. Tindal ot Greenville: secretary. F. H. WVeston >f Richland: treasurer, F. H. Hyatt 'f Richland. Before the question was puit,1 President Snlith said- thlat if any lelegate wanted to mlake any other1 lnominationls he hloped thley wold( :l0 so. He wanted to avoid any ap Dearance of anything cut and dried. rile vote wvas taken and Mr. A. B. Stuckev of Sumter cast the ballot. There was then a questionl as to rhethler tihe executive commuittee ;houldl be appointed or elected. Tile llnmbers wxere applointedl last year. A\ vote was taken and tihe chair was mstructedl to appoint all executive1 :omlmittee. The samel action was :aken in regard to the finance coml li ittee. : lni sp)eaking <>if a warehous)tle c iim-1 mi1ttee. \MIr. Smith saidI that tile :comminlttee should be active and en rg'etic. le inlsisted that it be coml pose of(l( tile best imen iin tile state.1 Therle was C considerab)le (iscus i(on1 as to whether the chair should 1ppioint thlis commlittee or it should1( t )e electedl. Thlere wer'e pln to have a mlemblier fromi each counlty 111i(I agaill t> limlit. tlle lllelll)ershi ter further liscussion it was decidea to appoint one memiber from each county. The chairman appointed one (elegate from each of these and the convention adjourned for din ner at 2 o'clock while the big com mittee of over 30 members met in the interim to formulate plans for a warehouse comnmittee. .\FTERNOON sESSION. At the afternoon sess:on various resolutions were handed in and turned over to the committee on resolutions which with the other CLm()Ilmittee retired to consult. On motion of Mr. McIver \Villiamson a committee of five was appointed bv the hair to confer as to salaries. WNhile the committee was out President Smith called for express ions as to reduction of acreage and imong others Mr. F. H. WAeston be gan to speak but was interrupted by the appearance of the warehouse committee. The report of this :oimittee brought about a discus sion which was continued for a lengthy period. The committee recommended that a warehouse committee consist ing of seven men one from each :ongressional district be appointed, .he chairman to be the secretary of 'he state association, who would also represent his district. This :ommittee was to cooperate with :ounty committees of not less than -hree members who should be ap )ointed by the various county pres dents. Mr. R. I. Manning r,ead he recommendation. Mr. A. B. Stucker of Sumter immediately ,ose and in a very intelligent speech noved that instead of such a plan :hat a "warehouse promoter," who ;hould handle the entires ituation. should handle the entire situation, recited the experiences of Sumter :ounty. which was for a long time vithout a ian to start the move nient for a warehouse and used this n behalf of his argument. He be eved that a good mian could go nto the counties andc get the farm :rs to take stock in these ware iouses. lbs speech was vigorous md( hie was warmly applauded. HIe ;-as followved along the same line >v Mr. B. H. B3oykin Rev. R. A. ~ubktt and others. Mr. Stuckey vas about to offem his idea as an ~mendment and in fact did so. when he suggestion was made that the ;tate president sheirY be constit ( the officerV deSi.' 'd~. .Xon ;O &ti inc Mr. R. P. Hamer. Jr.. said that he committee on salaries had rec >mmendled that the president's sal try should be increased. The plan > promoter-organiizer-president" rought out more discussion. Some hought the work wvas too much for me man as he wouild have to go nto every township and especially ts Mr. E. D. Smith is now financial Lgent and general organizer of the 3outhern association. Mr. Smith leclared that he would be satisfied vith the decision of the convention. ut he seemed to advise a special varehouse man. Mr. F. H. Hyatt leclared that the state would not iave Mr. Smith's services much (nger. as lhe would probably be nIade national canv~asser when the Kew ( )rleans conmention met. Col. L. W. Youmnans broughit the natter to a head by mo ving that he executive committee inlsteadl of warehouse co mmittee appoint the vareho)use agent and pay him such alary as they~ should see fit and that he count\y commiiittees of not less han three be appointed by the ounity presidlents to cooperate with his agent. This was idlentical with \ ri. Stuckey's motion and it was pte<l at z.2o o'clo ck. after a long .ljs )ii -t' l N (I \ ' . .crage he redncedl 25 per~ cent ex ej wh vere it ha(l h1 )Clon( ie in I100 and where there was oniv one mule to ten acres was adopted. The word "plow"* was substituted for the "mule" without discussion. An other resolution adopted was that the county secretaries report to the Columbia office the result of the county elections especially that of the delegates to Lhe state associa tion. Still another resolution adop ted endorsed the Southern Cotton association, urged closer bond be tween grower and spinner. between farmer and banker and urged the representatives and senators in con gress to use means to make foreign markets favorable to American and southern products. Another clause advocated diversification of pro ducts and the raising of home sup plies. A resolution was recommended providing for a bale tax levy for the support of the state, county and southern associations. one-third to go to each. THE BALE TAX. When this came up there was some question as to the tax collec tion he had hired men to do this. Orangeburg had been about $1.400 deficient and this amount had been divided into the townships. deduct ing in each the money which had been already paid. After this Mr. Wannamaker had easily collected money from farmers and friends alike. Mr. Louis Appelt of Clarendon felt that each county must formu- I late its plan of collection. The resolution. proviling for a 10 cent tax with each county to for mUlate the plan was passed. The words of the resolution do not make the tax obligatory but only "ask for it." CHINESE EXCLUSION. A rather radical resolution was adopted in regard to Chinese labor This reads: "Whereas, our Chinese Immigra tion laws have been apparently formed under the pressure of labor unions. reinforced by race preju (lice, and I"Whereas, it is high time for our commercial interests, reinforced by the American commerce. to take a hand in forming these laws and "Whereas. the Chinese exclusion act is not only in violation of their treaty rights, but its ap)plica.tion is carried on in such harsh and unjust manner as to cause that amiable. peace-loving and friendly race to rise in resentment, as witness the boycott of American wares. "Resolved. That our senators and rep)resentatives ini congress b)e urg edl to take this matter p)romp)tly and vigorously in hand to the endl that justice may be clone and our comn mercial interests protected." INATIONAL COMMITTEEMEN. The next business in order was the election of two national commit teemen and Mr. J. E. W'annamaker nominated .Mr. R. P. Hamer. Jr. .r. R. M. Cleveland nominated .Mlr. II1. B. Tindal, D)r. W. W. Ray no(minated M\Ir. Mc lver Williamson. (ol. Richard Singleton nomlinatedI M r. E. 1). Smith. .\r. A. B. Stucker nominiatedl .\l1r. R. I. M\ an ning. but .\lri. .\ Iaiming felt that he shon!dI decline " fo r reasonms .which ii(I n no think necessary to mention here.'' -.\Ir. I . F. Keller nominated .r. E. 1). Smith and Dr. WV. WV. Rav* mo)ved that the rules be su s pended and .\ Ir. Smith he elected! bx' acclamiatio n. T'his was (lone amid cheers and applause and Mr. Smith was evidlentlv touched. for he thiankedI the c(on1venitionl feeling' .\ votde was taken Ior tile otier c)tllHhllit'lnell blit rL'ie ill 1 a as f l\w : illiamlson1 .43. I bainer .( and Tind(al 1.4. .\ !r. W\illiamsonm was dlecllred elected. NIGHT SESSION. The first business at the night session was the election of delegates at large to the New Orleans con vention next week. Eight were nominated instead of seven as in tended but the convention suspend ed the rules and sent them all, in addition paying their railroad fare. Those who will go are: J. E. Wan namaker of C)rangeburg, J. P. Rut ledge of Clarendon. F. H. Hyatt of Richland, E. L. Archer of Spar tanburg, G. M. Kinard of Newber rv, R. M. Pegues of Marlboro, Le Roy Springs of Chester and H. B. Tindal of Greenville. These are in addition to the delegates from each countv. The following executive commit tee was appointed for the year: R. M. Cleveland, Richard Singleton, F. M. Farr, R. M. Pegues, Wade Stackhouse afid i. E. Wannamaker. The regular business of the con vention was concluded about g o'clock aid several talks were made. Mr. McIver Williamson announ ced the salary committee had determined to leave the matter to the executive commitee. This rec ommendation was adopted. There were enthusiastic calls for E. L. Archer. president of the Spartanburg county association and one of the most intelligept, energet ic and successful organizers in the state, and he made a speech in re sponse. He said that the men in front of him were not the real suf ferers from cheap cotton but rather the small farmer. He did not wish to be thought a demagogue. He made the statement that farmers outside the association had increas ed their acreage and thus there had been no real reduction. "We have no more use for Dan iel Sully than for Theodore Price, for we are 'not engaged in specula tive values." In making a plea for holdling cot ton. Mlr. Archer saidl that a farmer with oats and hay and flour and supplies (lid not need to (10 else than hold his cotton. In accordance with his ideas, Mr. WX. I. Bryan submitted a resolution that the New Orleans convention be memorialized to devise means for the use of cotton for fertilizer bags, horse collars. etc.-in any way in which cotton might be substituted. for other material. This was adop tedl. .\nother resolution adopted was that the executive committee be au thorized to appoint a state organiz er. This will be combined with the office of warehouse promoter. Col. L. WV. Youmans made a spech depicting the change in as pect of the south-the transition from p)overty to wealth. He be lieves that the southerner has got the game in his own hands. Don't sell your birthright for a mess of pottage, lie begged in pleading for holding cotton. "Bec true to your selves." M r. Mlver Williamson gave an interesting talk on corn production before the convention adjourned. Fifteen-Ton Pieee of Coral. I Ih>oiIllul( )iCoecial .\dlvertiser. lhe dlredlger G overnor. in the'old P'acific Mlail D)ock, did herself >ro)ud yesterday morning by landl ing~ a fifteen ton piece of coral on lry landI. The b)ig scoopl hlad been, leliveingt' ordinary loads when the >Omi dlroppledl and the engine start ed to haul in fresh loadl. Then the ear groanedo and( things commenc C( to make big fnss, and more teamN was iven and( everybodyv ano hr. I alanced as neatly as an n1)a spon came upl a coral -akiar 1to hi t& gt in the scoop thi gu t bl op tun e